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
1,927 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Four classic side-scrolling action platformers with extra challenge modes
85% positive
1,728 reviews
Alien Hominid Invasion
Arcade shoot-'em-up with co-op and shifting city neighborhoods
89% positive
1,698 reviews
Dragon Saga
Free-to-play side-scrolling fantasy MMORPG with combo-based action combat
65% positive
Free
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
Action and match-three cooking contests fueled by monster hunts
95% positive
1,680 reviews
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
Classic arcade collection with rewind and online scoreboards
68% positive
Free
Demo Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer where a magic marker shapes your path
95% positive
1,660 reviews
Bleed
A shooting platformer built around bullet time and acrobatic dodging
92% positive
1,658 reviews
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Retro 2D action platformer with character switching and local co-op
84% positive
1,653 reviews
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One Way Tickets
Side-scrolling driving roguelite with weapons operated through a control panel
86% positive
1,645 reviews
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist
A pixel-art platformer starring YouTubers, with local co-op play
90% positive
1,633 reviews
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
A 2D platform adventure through a sunken city using shapeshifting
90% positive
1,630 reviews
Demo Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Two side-scrolling fantasy beat 'em ups with four-player co-op
80% positive
1,618 reviews
Demo TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Side-scrolling trading RPG where carrying more goods makes travel riskier
76% positive
1,618 reviews
GIBZ
Side-scrolling zombie shooter with four-player co-op across early 1900s London
88% positive
1,603 reviews
Demo Downfall
A psychological horror adventure where choices define a troubled husband
95% positive
1,588 reviews
Grim Nights
Side-scrolling survival strategy with village building and nightly undead attacks
87% positive
1,587 reviews
Creepy Tale 2
Dark fairy-tale puzzle adventure about rescuing your kidnapped sister
86% positive
1,582 reviews
Jerma's Big Adventure
A 2D platformer with a baseball bat and robot dinosaurs
98% positive
Free
Cyber Shadow
Side-scrolling ninja platformer with unlockable moves and tough bosses
83% positive
1,556 reviews
Commander Keen
Side-scrolling sci-fi platformers starring a pogo-stick-wielding child hero
93% positive
1,555 reviews
Towerborne
Side-scrolling action RPG with combo brawls, loot, and co-op
66% positive
1,554 reviews
Kero Blaster
Side-scrolling platformer about a frog clearing monsters from teleporters
94% positive
1,551 reviews
Demo Tribal Hunter
Side-scrolling action platformer where eating enemies changes your size
96% positive
1,542 reviews
The Last Gas Station
Gas station management sim with strange events after dark
88% positive
1,539 reviews