The Best Scroller Games - Page 2

Update : Knock\'Em Out added at rank #19.
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Peace, Death! 2 (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!


  • comedy
  • memes
  • turn-based
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • scroller
  • funny
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • humor
  • arcade
  • simulation
  • tactical
  • dark
  • puzzle

12

HAAK (2020)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Explore the ruins of the once glorious city as Haak, the brave traveler. With retro-futuristic pixel world and hand-drawn graphics, this Metroidvania-style game will keep you hooked, using your hook, dash, and charged slash to uncover hidden rooms and secrets. Enjoy extremely good and fluid platforming, fun mechanics, solid level design and challenges that adapt to your skills. Make meaningful choices to change the game's fate with multiple endings. Join in and become the light that repels the darkness!


What we like:
  • Fun platforming
  • Great combat mechanics
  • Well-designed levels
  • Good controls
  • Engaging story and atmosphere
What could be improved:
  • Linear with stingy ability gating
  • Tedious and punishing platforming with dubious checkpoints
  • Inconsistent exploration
  • Poor translation
  • Lack of boss variety

  • platform
  • underground
  • dystopian
  • metroidvania
  • comic
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • book
  • rpg
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • combat

13

The Underground Man 2 (2022)

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PC Windows

We at MEHSOFT are proud to present a sequel to our very first game The Underground Man. This game is a pleasure for the fans of classic video games. Experience a mix of different genres such as beat 'em up, point-and-click, platformer, and many more in a thrilling post-apocalyptic adventure.

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  • arts
  • beat-em-up
  • scroller
  • conversation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • martial
  • humor
  • satire
  • hidden-object
  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • violent
  • exploration

14

Valfaris: Mecha Therion (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!


  • side-scrolling
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • sequel
  • gore
  • scroller
  • sci-fi
  • bullet-hell
  • aliens
  • gothic
  • shoot
  • on-rails
  • 2.5d
  • colourful
  • arcade

15

UNREAL LIFE (2020)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android Mac OS PC Windows

And now, for today's story.


  • pixel
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • puzzle
  • dark
  • exploration

16

Tribal Hunter (2022)

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PC Windows

An action platformer with size-changing mechanics. Be quick and nimble or large and in-charge!


  • foreign
  • beat-em-up
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • scroller
  • nature
  • cartoony
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • cute
  • anime
  • hack-and-slash
  • colourful
  • funny
  • fantasy

17

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.


  • fmv
  • cinematic
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • noir
  • space
  • retro
  • aliens
  • politics
  • cooperative
  • old-school
  • local
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • so-so

18

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons - Sacred Reunion (2024)

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The Double Dragon brothers return in this fresh addition to the iconic beat 'em up franchise. With roguelite elements, every playthrough is a chance at new action. Tag in with 2 of 4 starter characters or unlock 9 additional characters, each with their own special moves and unique playstyles.

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  • local
  • beat-em-up
  • arts
  • cooperative
  • scroller
  • martial
  • 1990s
  • rogue-like
  • pixel
  • retro
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • action
  • multiplayer
  • old-school

19

Knock'Em Out (2025)

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Fight with your whole body. If you lose an arm, it's just a scratch. If you lose the other, it's a flesh wound. If you lose your legs, headbutt them. LET'S FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!


  • beat-em-up
  • party
  • parkour
  • pvp
  • gore
  • fight
  • 3d
  • character
  • 4-player
  • scroller
  • physics
  • funny
  • cooperative
  • colourful
  • customization

20

Return. (2018)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure. Shoot, slash, and roll your way through dangerous enemies and ancient bosses, purchase items and unlock powerful weapons, and explore your unfamiliar home for parts to repair your ship.


  • dystopian
  • soundtrack
  • pixel
  • stylized
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • post-apocalyptic
  • souls
  • exploration
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • difficult

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