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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Demo Transiruby
Side-scrolling metroidvania where frozen enemies become platforms for exploration
92% positive
300 reviews
Infinitevania
A 2D metroidvania about absorbing powers from defeated creatures
92% positive
300 reviews
Demo Fly'N
A 2D puzzle-platformer built around four characters with different powers
90% positive
299 reviews
100 hidden gnomes
A hand-drawn hidden-object game about finding gnomes in fairytale scenery
79% positive
299 reviews
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor
A party-based rhythm RPG where spells depend on keeping time
86% positive
297 reviews
Score a goal (Physical football)
A soccer physics puzzler built around obstacles and chain reactions
67% positive
297 reviews
Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
A retro platformer where a frog eats and throws bugs
97% positive
297 reviews
One Dog Story
Side-scrolling action platformer with weapon upgrades and branching story choices
74% positive
295 reviews
Minit Fun Racer
A scooter racing game whose profits go directly to charity
96% positive
295 reviews
Demo CONERU -DIMENSION GIRL-
2D action platformer about an android sharing a body with a girl
96% positive
295 reviews
Soda Girls
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with combos you build yourself
85% positive
294 reviews
Oik Memory
A casual memory puzzle built around remembering ordered block sequences
87% positive
294 reviews
Demo CounterAttack: Uprising
Side-scrolling space shooter where defeated players become turrets on teammates' ships
89% positive
292 reviews
Demo Terror At Oakheart
Side-scrolling horror where you control a killer and his victims
85% positive
292 reviews
Creepy Tale: Snow Child
A fairy-tale horror adventure combining brainteasers with action and stealth
90% positive
292 reviews
Demo MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
Pixel-art detective adventure across four short, eerie mystery cases
80% positive
291 reviews
Demo With My Past
A puzzle platformer where you work with your past self
93% positive
291 reviews
Tiny Thor
Side-scrolling platformer built around ricocheting hammer throws and precision jumps
82% positive
290 reviews
Knock'Em Out
Physics-based party brawler with weapons, traps, and dismemberment
85% positive
289 reviews
Kingdom Heroes M
Side-scrolling MMORPG with soldier training and wars between factions
67% positive
Free
Gun Witch
A side-scrolling action RPG starring a human with a magic gun
91% positive
Free
2D Dawg 2
A free visual novel with simple puzzles and story-shaping choices
86% positive
Free
Sushi Cat Legacy Collection
A casual arcade collection about cats, with light strategy
95% positive
285 reviews
From the Shadows
Cooperative puzzle platformer built around the mechanics of light and shadow
85% positive
Free