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
1,882 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Heroine Anthem Zero -Sacrifice-
Side-scrolling action RPG where weapons change how you fight
61% positive
611 reviews
The Ultimatest Battle
Free-to-play 2D team combat with classes and destructible battlefields
78% positive
Free
Deepening Fire
Side-scrolling action RPG with bosses that change forms mid-fight
67% positive
606 reviews
LostWinds
A puzzle platformer controlled through gusts of wind
82% positive
604 reviews
Sucker for Love: Prelude
A dating visual novel about courting an eldritch goddess
96% positive
Free
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
A 2D metroidvania where you explore in a flying saucer
88% positive
602 reviews
Demo The Longest Road on Earth
A wordless side-scrolling narrative game about everyday life through songs
78% positive
601 reviews
Demo A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
Side-scrolling robot shooter with enemy parts recycled into equipment
70% positive
599 reviews
Demo LumineNight
1950s detective adventure tracing a decade of unsolved murders
89% positive
592 reviews
Infected Shelter
A post-apocalyptic roguelite brawler with permanent upgrades between runs
85% positive
Free
Catmaze
A Slavic folklore metroidvania where summoned creatures fight for you
81% positive
589 reviews
100 hidden snails
A hidden-object hunt through surreal, hand-drawn art full of snails
94% positive
589 reviews
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami — Dojo
Side-scrolling sword combat guided by sensors instead of sight
86% positive
Free
Demo Mushroom Cats 2
A hidden-object game where you find hats for cats
97% positive
586 reviews
Demo Songbird Symphony
A side-scrolling adventure mixing platforming puzzles with rhythm-based singing battles
90% positive
585 reviews
Creepy Tale: Some Other Place
A point-and-click puzzle adventure through a dark fairy-tale world
94% positive
582 reviews
Bleed 2
2D arcade shooter with midair dodges and bullet reflection
97% positive
581 reviews
Darkout
Side-scrolling survival sandbox with crafting and light-sensitive enemies
50% positive
579 reviews
Super Win the Game
A nonlinear exploration platformer focused on jumping rather than combat
89% positive
576 reviews
Gloom
A 2D action roguelike about fighting through a Lovecraftian dream
82% positive
576 reviews
Zexion
A sci-fi metroidvania with eight-direction shooting and an interconnected world
90% positive
575 reviews
UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER – The Feast of the Wolves
Giant-robot action adventure mixing third-person brawling with aerial shooting
82% positive
573 reviews
Breadsticks
A 2D platformer where you throw breadsticks to cross obstacles
94% positive
Free
Tsugunohi
Side-scrolling Japanese horror where walking left brings increasingly strange encounters
74% positive
570 reviews