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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The Mobius Machine
Side-scrolling metroidvania with free aiming and an interconnected alien world
82% positive
459 reviews
Mutant Mudds Deluxe
A precision platformer with paths through foreground and background layers
79% positive
458 reviews
Tactic Boxing
Third-person boxing simulation with ragdoll physics and local matches
75% positive
457 reviews
Space Gladiators
Hand-drawn roguelite platformer with randomized rooms and arena fights
90% positive
456 reviews
Listen to the Wind
Side-scrolling martial arts action built around parries and counterattacks
72% positive
452 reviews
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
Side-scrolling brawler with android ninjas and local co-op
92% positive
451 reviews
Legend of Himari
Side-scrolling arcade action with combos that make each hit stronger
90% positive
449 reviews
Demo Heavy Weapon Deluxe
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with heavy artillery against tanks and planes
87% positive
448 reviews
Armed with Wings: Rearmed
Side-scrolling action platformer with sword combat and an eagle companion
88% positive
445 reviews
Demo 99Vidas
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with four-player local and online co-op
76% positive
445 reviews
Megabyte Punch
A robot platforming brawler where enemy parts become your weapons
93% positive
444 reviews
Spirits Abyss
A roguelite platformer where you can destroy the terrain
95% positive
444 reviews
One Dreamer
A story-driven adventure where you solve puzzles by rewriting code
90% positive
444 reviews
Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
Fast-paced 2D platformer with secrets, side quests, and bosses
95% positive
444 reviews
Demo Chronicles of the Wolf
Side-scrolling action adventure with new abilities opening interconnected paths
81% positive
442 reviews
BEHEMOTH
Side-scrolling arcade action about rescuing falling chicks and dodging hazards
88% positive
442 reviews
WarriOrb: Prologue
Side-scrolling action platformer starring a demon trapped in a ball
88% positive
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Demo Mining Merchant
A side-scrolling mining game about supplying your own jewelry shop
86% positive
438 reviews
Call of Tomsk-7
Side-scrolling survival shooter with score-based unlocks for weapons and hats
84% positive
437 reviews
Pixel Gladiator
Side-scrolling tower defense where fighting on camera pays for upgrades
83% positive
436 reviews
Arrest of a stone Buddha
A noir shoot-'em-up split between gunfights and mundane city life
69% positive
434 reviews
Fallen Tear: The Ascension
Side-scrolling metroidvania with recruitable allies for combat and exploration
71% positive
434 reviews
Little Triangle
Side-scrolling platformer with local co-op and head-stomping battle royale matches
89% positive
433 reviews
Berserk Boy
Fast 2D action platformer built around dashes and changing powers
85% positive
433 reviews