The Best Vertical Games

Update, : Car Stunt Master - Car Racing added at rank #20.
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NETFLIX Poinpy (2022)

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IOS iPhone Android

Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. • Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump.

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  • vertical
  • endless
  • puzzle
  • battlefield
  • dinosaur
  • platform
  • colourful
  • hex
  • sci-fi
  • light-hearted
  • challenging
  • politics
  • cute
  • basketball
  • baseball

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Sophstar (2022)

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

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score sytem and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.

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  • vertical
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • collectathon
  • retro
  • boss
  • vertical-scrolling
  • multiple-endings
  • attack
  • score
  • aliens
  • space

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Wall Kickers (2018)

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Android IOS iPhone

Deftly dodging, swiftly scaling,. But don’t mistime cos if you drop,.

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  • endless
  • frogger
  • bite-sized
  • mech
  • vertical
  • resource
  • touch
  • platform
  • arcade
  • waves
  • real-time
  • entertainment
  • buildings
  • experimental
  • ninja

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Quarto (2018)

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PC Windows

Each piece has 4 different characteristics that make them unique (color, shape, size, hollow or solid). An amazing replayability: change the rules and winning formula, for always unique games,.


  • board
  • chess
  • horizontal
  • abstract
  • vertical
  • strategy

5

Z-Warp (2022)

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

Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.


  • bullet-hell
  • retro
  • vertical
  • boss
  • shoot-em-up
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • shooter
  • replay-value
  • action
  • arcade
  • chiptune
  • difficulty
  • sci-fi
  • vertically

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TwistCross (2017)

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Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Android

With this game, you can easily improve your vocabulary, concentration and spelling skills. Play in English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese.


  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • word
  • puzzle
  • entertainment
  • skill

7

GUNBIRD 2 (2020)

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Xbox One IOS iPhone PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Let's go on the treasure hunt through the skies of the world! The ultimate "Psikyo Shooter" with online rankings!

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  • boss
  • colourful
  • mech
  • vertical
  • classic
  • hardcore
  • retro
  • fight
  • steampunk
  • vampire
  • shooter
  • western
  • bullet-hell
  • scrolling
  • dragon

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Disco Cannon Airlines (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

- Shoot a character from cannon in the sky.
- Move a player and hit items to earn point and boost player higher in the sky.
- Get the points from kicking airplanes, cows, and trampolines.
Try to reach as much points as possible.

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  • vertical
  • classic
  • platform
  • online

9

#SinucaAttack (2021)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Cleverly crafted indie platform puzzler #SinucaAttack arrives on console, bringing its unique blend of pool ball physics and 2D platforming to new players worldwide. Choose your character, customize your cue stick and leap into a series of fast-paced room escape puzzles where pool balls are your greatest weapons. With each room you enter, challenges get increasingly complex, introducing new stage gimmicks to manipulate and obstacles to overcome. Ricochet your shots off the floor, ceiling and walls to activate switches and open doors. Even use jet packs to reach new heights as stages go vertical! But watch out for pitfalls, and be careful not to trap yourself inside!

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  • platform
  • vertical
  • 2d
  • art
  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • fast-paced
  • physics
  • puzzling
  • driving
  • retro

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Block Puzzle - Sudoku Style (2021)

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IOS iPhone Android

The Block Puzzle app is strangely addicting. Clear sections back to back to earn combos and streaks for lots of points. Play as long as you can to rack up points until you are not able to place any more pieces.


  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • grid
  • puzzle

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