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
1,883 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Thunder Tank: Iron Shield
A tank roguelike mixing bullet hell with grid-based weapon planning
81% positive
284 reviews
Fallen Leaf
Retro action platformer with magical gauntlets and branching world maps
90% positive
283 reviews
Demo Forest Heroes
Roguelike deckbuilding and tower defense with animal armies and mushroom magic
81% positive
283 reviews
Demo JumpJet Rex
A side-scrolling platformer starring a dinosaur with rocket boots
91% positive
281 reviews
TOMOMI
Side-scrolling metroidvania with animal transformations and a grappling hook
97% positive
281 reviews
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Side-scrolling action-adventure with rotating terrain that opens new routes
84% positive
280 reviews
Seed Hunter 猎源
Side-scrolling action roguelite with skills tied to your weapons
66% positive
279 reviews
Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Free side-scrolling shooter with wind shots and selectable support characters
92% positive
Free
SURA: Shattered Star
Side-scrolling action platformer where sheathing your sword triggers finishing attacks
90% positive
Free
iZBOT
A precision platformer built around double jumps and wall slides
82% positive
278 reviews
Runner3
A rhythm platformer with vegetable vehicles and free-movement retro challenges
76% positive
278 reviews
Make Me LAG
Side-scrolling action where lowering the frame rate controls your character
92% positive
Free
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin
A side-scrolling action platformer built around umbrella combat and levitation
91% positive
277 reviews
Squirrel Launcher
Side-scrolling arcade action about launching squirrels toward the moon
92% positive
Free
Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version)
Post-apocalyptic side-scrolling action RPG with zombies and hired allies
53% positive
276 reviews
Void Memory
A dark 2D action platformer built around demanding, deliberate combat
69% positive
Free
Magia X
Side-scrolling action RPG with character-specific skills and aerial combo attacks
63% positive
275 reviews
Potatoman Seeks the Troof
A surreal platformer built around quick reactions and changing rules
84% positive
274 reviews
Pharaonic
Side-scrolling action RPG with demanding combat in ancient Egypt
78% positive
274 reviews
Asteroid Bounty Hunter
Side-scrolling space shooter with rival hunters and unlockable ships
61% positive
274 reviews
Shokudo Underworld
Sushi restaurant management with ingredients gathered from monsters in caves
83% positive
273 reviews
Siegeturtle
Idle roguelite auto-battler about a turtle fighting its way home
87% positive
273 reviews
Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony
Side-scrolling action mixing close-range combat with bullet-hell boss fights
66% positive
272 reviews
Super Catboy
Retro cat platformer combining shooting, brawling, and vehicle chase sequences
76% positive
272 reviews