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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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Arksync Demo
Arksync
Sci-fi bullet-hell shooter with scavenged weapons and customizable combat loadouts
89% positive 61 reviews
The Tribulation Entanglement
The Tribulation Entanglement
Side-scrolling horror platformer with grotesque creatures and godlike bosses
82% positive 61 reviews
in Death we Love
in Death we Love
A side-scrolling adventure with Death riding a skeletal horse
97% positive Free
Escape The Cradle Demo
Escape The Cradle
An idle RPG with dungeon battles and healing headpats
87% positive 61 reviews
Welcome Back To 2007 Part II
Welcome Back To 2007 Part II
A side-scrolling platformer with tear attacks and a cigarette-fueled jetpack
85% positive 60 reviews
Seduction
Seduction
A side-scrolling horror puzzle adventure about a monk resisting temptation
55% positive 60 reviews
Dark Treasury
Dark Treasury
Pixel-art dungeon crawler with a choice between risk and retreat
72% positive 60 reviews
Anime Sunset Ride
Anime Sunset Ride
A casual puzzle game about matching pairs alongside anime girls
63% positive 60 reviews
Roar of Revenge
Roar of Revenge
Side-scrolling action platformer with relic upgrades and skill-based endings
93% positive 60 reviews
Wild Dogs Demo
Wild Dogs
A run-and-gun platformer with a soldier and his dog
92% positive 60 reviews
Hatup
Hatup
A puzzle platformer where your hat controls which paths open
90% positive 60 reviews
Perfect  Dice
Perfect Dice
A turn-based card battler about planning around uncertain dice rolls
73% positive 60 reviews
Shovel Pirate
Shovel Pirate
A 2D puzzle platformer about pirates and hidden treasure
93% positive 60 reviews
Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders Demo
Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
A side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter with local co-op for three
85% positive 60 reviews
Yuma Nest
Yuma Nest
A 2D action RPG combining monster battles with farming automation
87% positive 60 reviews
Core Awaken Rurumu's will Demo
Core Awaken Rurumu's will
Side-scrolling action RPG built around switching combat styles
97% positive 60 reviews
100 Find Kitties: Thief
100 Find Kitties: Thief
A hidden-object game about spotting cats during a break-in
93% positive 60 reviews
Taiwan Coolfox Demo
Taiwan Coolfox
Side-scrolling brawler with animal warriors and a boss each level
78% positive 60 reviews
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Side-scrolling platformer about surviving a game tester's glitching commute
59% positive 59 reviews
Too Angry to Space
Too Angry to Space
Retro side-scrolling action platformer built around shooting and difficult jumps
63% positive 59 reviews
Astro Duel 2
Astro Duel 2
Sci-fi arena combat mixing spaceship dogfights with on-foot platforming
98% positive 59 reviews
aMAZE Gears
aMAZE Gears
A maze puzzle game where touching traps restarts the level
78% positive 59 reviews
Grand Brix Shooter
Grand Brix Shooter
Side-scrolling bullet hell with ship fusion and mid-battle upgrades
95% positive 59 reviews
Spirit Mancer Demo
Spirit Mancer
Action platformer with captured demons you summon from cards
71% positive 59 reviews