Death by Scrolling

byTerrible Toybox•2026

Welcome to Purgatory, now under new management! Death by Scrolling is a rogue-like vertically scrolling RPG where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Grim Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs exorbitant river-crossing fee to the afterlife.

Release Date

December 30, 2026 (Upcoming)

Developer

Terrible Toybox

Publisher

MicroProse

Genres

Roguelike Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Death by Scrolling Reviews

Professional reviews from gaming critics

GameSpew

Kim Snaith

7/10

Putting a very nice twist on the auto-attacking roguelike genre, Death by Scrolling tasks you with outrunning the apocalypse on a vertically-scrolling screen. It's an absolute delight, but with little variety from one run to the next, repetition can quickly set in.

Nov 4, 2025 Read Review