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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.

Related: 2D, Platformer, Action, Metroidvania

1,882 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,882 games

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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Fast-paced space shooter with randomized runs and demanding boss fights
88% positive 969 reviews
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time Demo
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
A side-scrolling action platformer with sword combat and time manipulation
99% positive 968 reviews
Eryi's Action
Eryi's Action
A 2D puzzle platformer built around hidden, deadly traps
90% positive 966 reviews
Unruly Heroes
Unruly Heroes
Side-scrolling action platformer with four switchable kung fu heroes
76% positive 963 reviews
Tadpole Tales
Tadpole Tales
A hand-drawn shoot 'em up about cleaning polluted rivers
90% positive Free
ITORAH
ITORAH
2D action platformer about a lone human among masked beings
73% positive 959 reviews
oO
oO
A minimalist arcade runner about switching circles and dodging spikes
89% positive 956 reviews
Deadlight: Director's Cut
Deadlight: Director's Cut
Side-scrolling zombie platformer with puzzles, parkour, and scarce ammunition
73% positive 956 reviews
The Way
The Way
A sci-fi puzzle platformer inspired by old-school cinematic adventures
82% positive 955 reviews
aMAZE 2
aMAZE 2
Single-player maze puzzler guiding a ball through growing labyrinths
86% positive 954 reviews
HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME
HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME
Run-and-gun roguelite action with permanent cybernetic upgrades between bounty hunts
88% positive 943 reviews
Feudal Alloy
Feudal Alloy
A 2D action metroidvania starring a fish-controlled medieval robot
68% positive 939 reviews
Deathless Death
Deathless Death
A narrative puzzle game about confessions and moral judgment
72% positive Free
Super Neptunia RPG
Super Neptunia RPG
A side-scrolling RPG where changing leaders changes your combat options
78% positive 930 reviews
The Devil Within: Satgat Demo
The Devil Within: Satgat
2D action platformer with demanding combat and demon powers
79% positive 929 reviews
DEVIATOR
DEVIATOR
A 2D action metroidvania built around precisely timed parries
67% positive 928 reviews
1bitHeart
1bitHeart
Side-scrolling mystery adventure about investigating a town and making friends
91% positive 926 reviews
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
A fast-paced 2D platformer about escaping a creature-filled castle
90% positive 925 reviews
Odallus: The Dark Call
Odallus: The Dark Call
Retro action platforming that mixes sword combat with branching exploration
89% positive 921 reviews
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut
Side-scrolling sword-and-sorcery action with gory combat and secret areas
78% positive 918 reviews
Final Exam Demo
Final Exam
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with co-op monster fights
85% positive 910 reviews
Slow and Steady
Slow and Steady
A casual side-scroller where a turtle advances in tiny steps
88% positive Free
Oozi: Earth Adventure Demo
Oozi: Earth Adventure
Old-school 2D platforming with short challenge stages alongside the story
86% positive 903 reviews
Mayhem Brawler
Mayhem Brawler
Side-scrolling arcade brawler with supernatural enemies and branching story paths
89% positive 899 reviews