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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

1,882 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,882 games

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CrushBorgs
CrushBorgs
A side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer with NES-style graphics and chiptune music
94% positive 136 reviews
Oil Strike '75
Oil Strike '75
Oil-rig arcade minigames where completing jobs pays for deeper drilling
96% positive Free
The Monarch: First Light
The Monarch: First Light
Medieval base-building strategy about surviving attacks that arrive each night
68% positive Free
ENYO Arcade
ENYO Arcade
Side-scrolling action platformer where you can finish without fighting
74% positive Free
Below The Ocean
Below The Ocean
Underwater puzzle platformer built around swinging on an oxygen tether
99% positive 135 reviews
Into the Sinkhole
Into the Sinkhole
Side-scrolling platformer about descending a sinkhole while dodging springboards
74% positive 135 reviews
Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler-
Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler-
Party-based fantasy RPG with turn-based battles built around attack combos
82% positive 134 reviews
ASTRAL
ASTRAL
A horror puzzle platformer where you take control of monsters
60% positive 134 reviews
Zombie Derby 2
Zombie Derby 2
Side-scrolling arcade driving with armed cars against hordes of zombies
87% positive 134 reviews
Pull Stay Demo
Pull Stay
A house-defense brawler with fish missiles and toothpaste turrets
98% positive 134 reviews
This Is No Cave Demo
This Is No Cave
Physics-based 2D platformer with grappling hooks and giant worm chases
96% positive 134 reviews
Shoot 1UP DX
Shoot 1UP DX
Arcade shooter where extra lives join your squadron immediately
79% positive 133 reviews
Psycho Starship Rampage
Psycho Starship Rampage
Side-scrolling roguelite shooter where you build and expand your spaceship
82% positive 133 reviews
Escape the Underground
Escape the Underground
A time-attack platformer built around jumping and clinging to walls
88% positive Free
Deathwish Enforcers Special Edition
Deathwish Enforcers Special Edition
A side-scrolling arcade shooter parodying classic action and crime films
83% positive 133 reviews
Star Leaping Story:prologue
Star Leaping Story:prologue
A 2D precision platformer built around chains of midair dashes
95% positive Free
Girl Blonde
Girl Blonde
Side-view platformer about collecting food while getting past obstacles
74% positive 132 reviews
BVOVB - Bruising Vengeance of the Vintage Boxer
BVOVB - Bruising Vengeance of the Vintage Boxer
Side-scrolling arcade brawling with characters made from vintage photographs
94% positive Free
Three Minutes To Eight Demo
Three Minutes To Eight
Point-and-click sci-fi mystery with randomized events and multiple endings
64% positive 132 reviews
Blade of the Netherworld
Blade of the Netherworld
A 2D action roguelite with mask powers and town management
75% positive 132 reviews
Okinawa Rush
Okinawa Rush
A martial arts platformer where even traps can be parried
79% positive 131 reviews
HordeCore
HordeCore
Side-scrolling zombie shooter combining survival, squad management, and crafting
66% positive 131 reviews
1976 - Back to midway Demo
1976 - Back to midway
VR arcade air combat with top-down shooting and cockpit sections
88% positive 131 reviews
Pigment
Pigment
A hand-drawn platformer where your movement brings back the world's color
95% positive Free