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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Little Lighthouse of Horror
Survival horror about tending a lighthouse while managing your sanity
83% positive
65 reviews
Burgers
Side-scrolling shooter mixing military action with zombies and absurd humor
58% positive
64 reviews
Goblins and Grottos
A comedy puzzle platformer about a goblin outwitting greedy adventurers
59% positive
64 reviews
Zeran's Folly
A side-scrolling action adventure with instant switching between playable characters
72% positive
64 reviews
akda
A minimalist physics puzzler about getting balls into baskets
31% positive
64 reviews
Demo Herd is Coming
Zombie survival RPG where you survive by eating the dead
66% positive
64 reviews
ROCKETRON
Side-scrolling action shooter with rocket-powered movement and light nonlinear exploration
88% positive
64 reviews
Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition
A side-scrolling action platformer with a shield as your weapon
86% positive
64 reviews
Demo Fallen City Brawl
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with a wolf you can command
75% positive
64 reviews
Entangled
A physics puzzle platformer where you manipulate objects from afar
92% positive
Free
Demo MOMIBOSU
Precision 2D platformer with exploration and enemies you knock together
91% positive
64 reviews
Connie and the Essence of Chaos
A 2D platformer built around precise jumps and Essence powers
97% positive
64 reviews
Skull Stompers
Side-scrolling action platformer with parody characters and skull-stomping combat
81% positive
Free
Canto I
A precision platformer retelling the opening of The Divine Comedy
77% positive
Free
Demo Touch of Madness
Psychological horror across shifting realities, with two contrasting play styles
100% positive
64 reviews
Demo Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
Psychological horror adventure where found objects unlock new character conversations
86% positive
64 reviews
ARMED SEVEN
Side-scrolling bullet hell with a mech instead of a spaceship
90% positive
63 reviews
Inops
A puzzle platformer about splitting and merging groups of creatures
81% positive
Free
Chocolate makes you happy 3
A physics puzzler about balancing cookies amid sweets and explosions
81% positive
63 reviews
Demo Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes
A dungeon-crawling roguelike built around party tactics and spell cards
67% positive
63 reviews
Demo Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl
An 8-bit beat 'em up set during a mall escape
84% positive
63 reviews
TitTok 2
A 2D puzzle platformer with cats and freely placed bombs
89% positive
63 reviews
S.P.L.I.C.E.D.
Side-scrolling action-adventure with hidden paths through a biopunk Chinatown
63% positive
Free
Demo Creepy Creepy Love
A dating sim where romantic rivalry leads to brutal fights
97% positive
63 reviews