Best Side Scroller games on PC
Side-scrolling games show the action from a side-on perspective, with players moving horizontally through 2D environments that may involve platforming, combat, or puzzles.
- Side-on 2D action
- Horizontal movement
- Frequent platforming and combat
Related: 2D, Platformer, Action, Metroidvania
1,927 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Geometry Dash
Rhythm-based precision platformer built around timing and player-made levels
92% positive
669K reviews
Hollow Knight
Challenging 2D Metroidvania through a ruined underground bug kingdom
96% positive
537K reviews
Cuphead
Hand-drawn run-and-gun action built around difficult cartoon boss battles
96% positive
219K reviews
Celeste
Difficult 2D precision platformer about climbing a mountain and persevering
97% positive
144K reviews
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Atmospheric 2D Metroidvania focused on fluid platforming and exploration
94% positive
67K reviews
BattleBlock Theater®
Comedy 2D platformer built around cooperative chaos and cat-run stages
97% positive
61K reviews
Blasphemous
Gory 2D Metroidvania through a cursed world of twisted religion
89% positive
59K reviews
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Side-scrolling action roguelite built around swappable skull powers
93% positive
54K reviews
Ori and the Blind Forest
2D action platformer with ability-based exploration through a dying forest
93% positive
53K reviews
Broforce
Chaotic 2D run-and-gun action with co-op and destructible terrain
97% positive
53K reviews
SANABI
Pixel-art cyberpunk platformer built around chain-hook movement and combat
97% positive
45K reviews
Demo LIMBO
Dark 2D puzzle platformer about a boy seeking his sister
91% positive
44K reviews
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
Turn-based 2D fighter where every move is planned ahead
96% positive
41K reviews
ROUNDS
2D multiplayer fighter where card upgrades turn duels chaotic
95% positive
38K reviews
Super Meat Boy
Fast-paced 2D precision platforming through hundreds of deadly levels
93% positive
33K reviews
Demo ASTLIBRA Revision
Side-scrolling action RPG with time travel and flexible character builds
94% positive
32K reviews
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Gothic side-scrolling action RPG with castle exploration and varied builds
93% positive
31K reviews
ICEY
Side-scrolling action where you can defy the narrator
90% positive
27K reviews
My Friend Pedro
Side-scrolling shooter with slow-motion acrobatics and split aiming
96% positive
27K reviews
Sonic Mania
Fast-paced 2D platforming across reworked classic zones with branching routes
94% positive
27K reviews
Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
2D World War I puzzle adventure about survival and sacrifice
95% positive
26K reviews
Spelunky 2
Punishing roguelike platforming through randomized, trap-filled lunar worlds
92% positive
21K reviews
Salt and Sanctuary
2D action RPG with tough combat and branching island exploration
88% positive
21K reviews
The Expendabros
Free 2D run-and-gun action with seven movie-inspired playable soldiers
97% positive
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