The Best Scroller Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo added at rank #39.
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Semblance (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

Semblance is a innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. Beat back the strange, crystalline infection of hard material by freeing the world's life essences and uncover the dark cause for its appearance.Unique and innovative deforming platform gameplay:Can’t reach a collectible? Become hypnotized by each world's dynamically layered score, each with a hint of African aural distinction.Explore non-linearly:The game allows you to move between puzzles as you wish, never forcing you to find a solution in order to progress and enabling you to come back later.

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  • scroller
  • platform
  • minimalist
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • colourful
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • 2d
  • nonlinear
  • cute
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • fantasy

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The Longest Road on Earth (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

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  • narrative
  • meditative
  • interactive
  • walking-simulator
  • pixel
  • music
  • noir
  • life
  • scroller
  • fiction
  • cozy
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • cute
  • historical

23

Night Slashers: Remake (2024)

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Night Slashers is a pulse-pounding, horror-themed beat 'em up game, in a nightmarish world filled with bloodthirsty creatures and unspeakable horrors.


  • beat-em-up
  • arcade
  • remake
  • horror
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • zombies
  • fight
  • action-adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • pulse-pounding
  • post-apocalyptic
  • supernatural
  • comic
  • belt-scrolling

24

Hyper-5 (2022)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Hyper-5 draws inspiration from shoot’em up genre classics of the ‘90s. Traditional side-scrolling action is presented in 3D with screen-filling visual effects and thrilling cutscenes. Complete in-game challenges to unlock over twenty weapon systems, ship upgrades and gallery extras.


  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • cinematic
  • shooter
  • 3d
  • sci-fi
  • arcade
  • aliens
  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • scrolling
  • realistic-looking
  • underwater
  • space
  • action

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Cybertrash STATYX (2024)

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PC Windows Linux Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4

Cybertrash STATYX is a story-driven 2D action-platformer with tactical elements, set in a cyberpunk world.


  • 2d
  • robots
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • tactical
  • cyberpunk
  • platform
  • pixel
  • retro
  • dystopian
  • conspiracy
  • shooter
  • linear
  • action
  • futuristic

26

UNREAL LIFE (2020)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android Mac OS PC Windows

And now, for today's story.

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

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Spirit Mancer (2024)

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Slash, Shoot and Break demons. Capture their spirits and summon them out into your battle in the beautiful yet dangerous world of Inferno. Fight against hordes of demons and stop the evil queen with the power of the Spirit Mancer.


  • hack-and-slash
  • collector
  • creature
  • 2d
  • deckbuilder
  • scroller
  • demons
  • action-adventure
  • cooperative
  • pixel
  • local
  • relaxing
  • platform
  • funny
  • fantasy

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Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon? (2020)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Enjoy a free shoot'em up side-scrolling mini-game with the characters from the anime and JRPG DanMachi, and fight through stages of bullet hell and bosses!


  • top-down
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • linear
  • shooter
  • platform
  • anime
  • magic
  • attack
  • score
  • pixel
  • arcade

29

Volgarr the Viking 2 (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

A hardcore, 2D action-platformer where only precision can keep you from death.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • hack-and-slash
  • scroller
  • precision
  • fantasy
  • souls
  • mythology
  • hand-drawn
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s-arcade
  • fine-tuned
  • magic
  • dark

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50 Pinch Barrage!! (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Nintendo 3DS

Shout-inducing 2D side-scrolling action! Alligators! Sharks! Zombies! Escape from a dangerous desert island! Its controls are simple but deep! Use your wit and technique to overcome perfectly balanced stages that will have you saying "Just one more try!!" as you play over and over again!


  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • single-player
  • action
  • remake
  • book
  • online

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