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 Drakkar Crew
Side-scrolling Viking brawler with sea exploration and crew management
76% positive
156 reviews
Streets of Red : Devil's Dare Deluxe
Horror beat 'em up where cash buys upgrades or revivals
79% positive
155 reviews
Demo Erra: Exordium
A dieselpunk action platformer where ammunition and resources are scarce
81% positive
155 reviews
Xanthiom Zero
A 2D sci-fi metroidvania with mix-and-match weapon upgrades
95% positive
155 reviews
Once Upon A Puppet
Theater-set puzzle-platformer where a stagehand controls a puppet's strings
86% positive
154 reviews
Clash Force
Retro side-scrolling shooter with platforming and weapon upgrades
82% positive
153 reviews
Demo KinnikuNeko: SUPER MUSCLE CAT
A side-scrolling platformer about a muscular cat fighting aliens
95% positive
153 reviews
Demo Brave Escape
A two-player precision platformer where progress depends on coordinated movement
98% positive
153 reviews
Dawn of the Monsters
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with giant monster battles
88% positive
153 reviews
CODE Bunny
Side-scrolling action platformer where attacks double as movement tools
93% positive
153 reviews
After Death
A side-scrolling metroidvania with alternate versions of each area
88% positive
152 reviews
Demo ZOE Begone!
Hand-drawn arcade shooter with looping arenas and score-chasing combat
99% positive
152 reviews
Demo Bat Boy
A side-scrolling action platformer built around baseball bat combat
94% positive
152 reviews
Demo Project X: Light Years
Side-scrolling space shooter with a roguelite career mode
95% positive
152 reviews
Dashy Square
A rhythm-based platformer with one-click controls and vehicle power-ups
85% positive
151 reviews
Aura of Worlds
Side-scrolling roguelite platformer where you turn traps against enemies
91% positive
151 reviews
Keepers of the Trees
Local co-op puzzle platformer where you grow plants to progress
52% positive
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A side-scrolling adventure about a Ukrainian farmer's risky oil venture
74% positive
149 reviews
Demo Midnight Girl
A point-and-click heist adventure inspired by comics and Sixties cinema
93% positive
149 reviews
PP
A pixel-art platformer built around an urgent trip to the toilet
86% positive
149 reviews
Beeftacular
A precision platformer about clearing rotten meat against the clock
76% positive
148 reviews
Everybody Wham Wham
A winter adventure built around competitive snowman building and sabotage
97% positive
148 reviews
HunterX: code name T
Side-scrolling action RPG with exploration and devil fights
84% positive
148 reviews
Demo Spinch
A psychedelic platformer where your babies become ammunition against bosses
70% positive
147 reviews