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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Terrifier: The ARTcade Game
Side-scrolling horror beat 'em up about sabotaging a movie production
59% positive
59 reviews
Stray Savior
2D action platformer built around weapon switching and boss battles
93% positive
59 reviews
Retro Endurance 8bit
Retro arcade collection with rapid switches between game genres
100% positive
59 reviews
Nova-111
A sci-fi puzzle adventure mixing turn-based tactics with real-time action
81% positive
58 reviews
CometStriker DX
A bullet-hell arcade shooter with invincible boosts and local co-op
98% positive
58 reviews
Bravium
Side-scrolling action RPG combining tower defense and resource management
64% positive
58 reviews
Demo Everslash
A 2D action platformer with scythe attacks that double as dodges
93% positive
58 reviews
Ageless
Puzzle platforming built around changing the age of living things
71% positive
58 reviews
Demo Rose and Locket
A twin-stick platform shooter set in a Wild West afterlife
90% positive
58 reviews
Go Home, Mr. Fisk!
A physics platformer about climbing a mountain as a salmon
79% positive
Free
A Sister's Journey
Action metroidvania combining run-and-gun combat with demanding precision platforming
62% positive
58 reviews
Demo Dancin' Divas
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with branching routes and four heroines
93% positive
58 reviews
Cash Cow DX
Score-attack arcade platforming with normal and turbo movement speeds
95% positive
58 reviews
Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
A side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer about stopping a cyborg invasion
95% positive
58 reviews
Goliath Depot
An arcade platformer about slamming doors and chasing high scores
98% positive
58 reviews
Demo Disaster Arms - Impact Project B.A.H.N.
Side-scrolling run-and-gun built around boss duels and bullet-hell attack patterns
100% positive
58 reviews
Kick
A soccer platformer about kicking a ball past tricky obstacles
93% positive
58 reviews
Sunfluffs
Exploration platformer about helping animals and photographing the local wildlife
100% positive
58 reviews
WOIM
A block-pushing puzzle game where you split your worm in half
98% positive
58 reviews
forma.8
A side-scrolling Metroidvania starring a stranded exploration probe
81% positive
57 reviews
Demo Amberial Dreams
A physics-based precision platformer where you roll rather than jump
95% positive
57 reviews
Sea Bubble
Local arcade competition with seahorses battling over a giant bubble
100% positive
57 reviews
Super Neat Cat
A retro 2D platformer with dungeons that change between visits
86% positive
Free
Jack Axe: The Trial
A precision platformer where axe throws help you race the clock
79% positive
Free