The Best Scroller Games for Linux - Page 4

Update : Slashboy added at rank #21.
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Hans (2023)

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Step into Hans, a visual novel set during World War I, and play as an alien who bakes magical pastries to help the residents of a small town.

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  • cooking
  • platform
  • precision
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • psychological
  • magic
  • historical
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • humor
  • physics
  • casual
  • runner

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The Monarch (2024)

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Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

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  • rogue-like
  • colony
  • tower-defense
  • base-building
  • voxel
  • scroller
  • character
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • survival
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • real-time
  • top-down
  • customization

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BioGun: Clinical Trial (2024)

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Prologue version of the game BioGun.Get injected into the microscopic world. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?

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  • metroidvania
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • twin-stick
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • cartoony
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • open-world
  • colourful
  • exploration

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Mr. Run and Jump + Kombinera (2024)

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Help Mr. Run and Jump defeat the terrifying Void and collect all of the Power Gems from the Realms of Color! Venture through a dazzling and dangerous world, dodging countless enemies and conquering hundreds of fierce platforming challenges to save the day!

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  • platform
  • collectathon
  • dog
  • precision
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • psychedelic
  • linear
  • cartoony
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • action-adventure
  • modern
  • colourful
  • controller-support

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Aurora's Journey and the Pitiful Lackey (2023)

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Join Aurora and the Lackey in this side-scroller adventure with Run and gun and platformer mechanics, mini-games and lots of enemies. In 1927, Aurora, a young astronomer, receives the journal of her father who disappeared four years earlier and embarks on a journey to find him.

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  • minigame
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • 2.5d
  • comedy
  • 3d
  • historical
  • alternate
  • platform
  • robots
  • funny
  • story
  • single-player

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Rise of the Penguins GB (2025)

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A retro penguin platformer designed for Gameboy. Perfect for fans of penguins and anyone looking for a moderate challenge in a cold setting!

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  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • dark
  • pixel
  • rush
  • linear
  • action
  • retro
  • fantasy

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Underhero (2018)

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Underhero is a 2D side-scroller RPG adventure game with timing-based combat. It tells an intriguing and mysterious story, full of silly characters brimming with personality, quirky dialogue, and lots of weird humor. Inspired by Paper Mario games and RPGs in general, it tells the story of a world where the chosen hero has failed and an underling of the main villain takes his place as the new “hero”. Join the magical hilt Elizabeth the IV and the little Masked Kid, as they travel the world to restore Elizabeth’s long lost power, so they can defeat the tyrannical Mr. Stitches and save the world once and for all!


  • rpg
  • protagonist
  • japanese
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • villain
  • scroller
  • turn-based
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • jrpg
  • platform
  • dark
  • combat
  • colourful

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Sock It (2024)

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Enter Sock It, the zany Punch-Out-May-Cry-like with fleshed out opponents, platforming, and cutscenes! Spar off with more than 12 bosses! Follow the story of a cryofrozen amputee boxer who needs to find his past! Encounter a stupid assassin, a greedy squatter, and a secret scheme!

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  • 2d
  • spectacle
  • precision
  • platform
  • boxing
  • scroller
  • soundtrack
  • hack-and-slash
  • comic
  • fight
  • comedy
  • book
  • story
  • pixel
  • sci-fi

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Throw Home (2024)

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(This game was created as both a proof of concept and game design showcase) A 2D action showcase for players new to video games.

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  • scroller
  • 2d
  • platform
  • controller-support
  • point-and-click
  • action
  • multiple-endings
  • action-adventure
  • single-player
  • trading
  • arcade
  • adventure

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Parkour Legends (2024)

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Complete time-trial courses in this fast-paced side-scrolling parkour platformer. Gain speed boosts and build momentum as you vault over obstacles, slide under objects, run on walls, and rebound over impossible gaps. Collect hard-to-reach gear. Style your runner. Climb leaderboards. Become a legend!

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  • platform
  • parkour
  • 2d
  • precision
  • runner
  • scroller
  • attack
  • score
  • retro
  • competitive
  • exploration
  • sport
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • hard-to-reach

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