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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

1,883 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,883 games

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Once Upon a Jester
Once Upon a Jester
A musical adventure about improvising plays to pull off a heist
100% positive 272 reviews
Mission Zigloton
Mission Zigloton
A free side-scrolling platformer mixing barrel stealth with dancing
94% positive Free
Angel's Gear
Angel's Gear
Side-scrolling horror metroidvania with Angel and Demon combat modes
71% positive 269 reviews
1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
A precision platformer set across one large, trap-filled stage
85% positive Free
Jitsu Squad
Jitsu Squad
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with four-player local co-op and fighting-game mechanics
85% positive 268 reviews
A Game Called Paako Demo
A Game Called Paako
A 2D platformer about a student developing the game itself
76% positive Free
Hero Emblems II Demo
Hero Emblems II
A turn-based puzzle RPG where matching emblems triggers party attacks
59% positive 268 reviews
PARASiTE FLOWER
PARASiTE FLOWER
Side-scrolling horror about surviving a day that keeps repeating
77% positive 268 reviews
Circus Electrique
Circus Electrique
Turn-based tactical RPG with circus management in steampunk London
73% positive 267 reviews
The Portal Trial
The Portal Trial
A fast-paced precision platformer built around portals that change your direction
81% positive Free
Jump Off The Bridge
Jump Off The Bridge
A puzzle-platformer where jumping off bridges counts as success
87% positive 266 reviews
Vox Populi Vox Dei 2
Vox Populi Vox Dei 2
A side-scrolling action platformer with demanding jumps and bloody combat
83% positive 265 reviews
Wenjia
Wenjia
A 2D puzzle platformer about switching between two realms
76% positive 265 reviews
Tinboy
Tinboy
A side-scrolling puzzle platformer where a robot uses a bow
66% positive 264 reviews
The Culling Of The Cows
The Culling Of The Cows
Side-scrolling shooter about defending a farm from zombie cattle
78% positive 263 reviews
Driven Out Demo
Driven Out
A side-scrolling sword fighter with checkpoints you place and protect
82% positive 262 reviews
E.Z
E.Z
Precision platformer where each death sends you back through completed levels
90% positive 260 reviews
Haunted Lands
Haunted Lands
Retro action platformer with six characters and ability-changing artifacts
79% positive 260 reviews
MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST
MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST
Retro action platforming that rewards taking down enemies at close range
86% positive 257 reviews
1 Screen Platformer
1 Screen Platformer
Single-screen precision platforming with different goals for each playable character
88% positive 257 reviews
Viking Squad
Viking Squad
Side-scrolling Viking brawler with lane-based combat and character-specific weapons
84% positive 256 reviews
Bomb The Monsters!
Bomb The Monsters!
A physics puzzler about collapsing buildings onto sticky invading monsters
79% positive 256 reviews
City Siege: Faction Island
City Siege: Faction Island
Side-scrolling action strategy with squad tactics and destructible buildings
68% positive 256 reviews
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
FLARE NUINUI QUEST
Retro action platformer with pistol combat and hidden secrets
93% positive 256 reviews