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
432 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Tower Keepers
Free-to-play party RPG with missions, loot, and hero battles
52% positive
Free
Caveman Craig
Prehistoric strategy survival with clan training and dinosaur attacks
80% positive
158 reviews
Once Upon A Puppet
Theater-set puzzle-platformer where a stagehand controls a puppet's strings
86% positive
154 reviews
Dawn of the Monsters
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with giant monster battles
88% positive
153 reviews
Aura of Worlds
Side-scrolling roguelite platformer where you turn traps against enemies
91% positive
151 reviews
HunterX: code name T
Side-scrolling action RPG with exploration and devil fights
84% positive
148 reviews
PROJECT TACHYON
Sci-fi action roguelite with time travel and risky upgrades
86% positive
145 reviews
Voidsayer
Dark monster-taming RPG with turn-based battles and risky generated levels
68% positive
111 reviews
Aureole - Wings of Hope
Fast 2D platformer built around a rolling, bouncing halo
96% positive
104 reviews
HAINYA WORLD
Side-scrolling sandbox RPG with monster battles and base building
81% positive
101 reviews
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive
97 reviews
Doug and Lily
Pixel-art platformer about parents rescuing their son with dinosaurs
82% positive
93 reviews
Pinch of Fighting Girls
Pixel-art side-scrolling fighter about clearing monsters across five levels
71% positive
82 reviews
Rusty Rabbit
Side-scrolling action adventure about a rabbit digging through human ruins
73% positive
74 reviews
Castle of Secrets
Gothic point-and-click mystery through a castle and the underworld
58% positive
66 reviews
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Side-scrolling platformer about surviving a game tester's glitching commute
59% positive
59 reviews
Hang up Street
Side-scrolling idle RPG with academies and automatic monster battles
65% positive
54 reviews
Powernaut VANGARDT
Retro side-scrolling action platformer built around hunting seven generals
73% positive
52 reviews
Safari Cannon
Casual physics platformer about bouncing past animals across a savannah
85% positive
52 reviews
Who Takes The Crown?
Precision puzzle platforming built around climbing through chess games
84% positive
38 reviews
Disney Illusion Island Starring Mickey and Friends
Hand-drawn 2D platforming across an interconnected island in local co-op
94% positive
34 reviews
Johnny Chainsaw
Puzzle platformer without a jump button, built around environmental navigation
95% positive
22 reviews
Roads Of Rome: Portals 2 Collector’s Edition
Casual strategy adventure through worlds linked by ancient portals
68% positive
19 reviews
Darby Is Here Forever
Challenging 2D platformer built around creating blood platforms midair
100% positive
12 reviews