The Best Scrolling Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Cyber mission added at rank #2.
Here are our 10 Best Scrolling Games for Xbox Series X:
1

Caverns of Mars: Recharged (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.


  • rogue-like
  • mars
  • shooter
  • vertical-scrolling
  • scrolling
  • cooperative
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • futuristic
  • space
  • action
  • colourful
  • aliens
  • sci-fi

2

Cyber mission (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Side-scroller, with beautiful 2D pixel art, addictive shooter gameplay, classic levels and weapons that will let you perform a symphony of destruction of the alien base in the black eye galaxy.


  • scrolling
  • local
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • multiplayer
  • aliens
  • action
  • military
  • team
  • boss
  • arcade

3

I, AI (2020)

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

Classic scrolling shooter with modern graphics. You are self-aware AI. You were created on space military station developing weapons. Now your goal is to break out of the lab and win your freedom.


  • scrolling
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • vertical
  • boss
  • space
  • military
  • sci-fi
  • old-school
  • retro

4

Devil Engine (2019)

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

A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.


  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • scrolling
  • horizontal
  • combo
  • shooter-the
  • boss
  • pixel
  • classic
  • shooter
  • arcade

5

Super XYX (2020)

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

Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.


  • vertically
  • scrolling
  • shoot-em-up
  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • shooter
  • vertical-scrolling
  • shoot
  • arcade
  • action

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