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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Demo Vasilisa and Baba Yaga
Dark Russian folktale adventure told through varied mini-games
90% positive
984 reviews
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition
Side-scrolling platformer with creature transformations and alternate campaigns
90% positive
983 reviews
Robotex
2D action platformer with guns and puzzles on a hostile planet
38% positive
973 reviews
Peace, Death! 2
Turn-based sorting puzzles about judging souls by their unusual traits
95% positive
973 reviews
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Fast-paced space shooter with randomized runs and demanding boss fights
88% positive
969 reviews
Demo Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
A side-scrolling action platformer with sword combat and time manipulation
99% positive
968 reviews
Eryi's Action
A 2D puzzle platformer built around hidden, deadly traps
90% positive
966 reviews
Unruly Heroes
Side-scrolling action platformer with four switchable kung fu heroes
76% positive
963 reviews
Tadpole Tales
A hand-drawn shoot 'em up about cleaning polluted rivers
90% positive
Free
ITORAH
2D action platformer about a lone human among masked beings
73% positive
959 reviews
oO
A minimalist arcade runner about switching circles and dodging spikes
89% positive
956 reviews
Deadlight: Director's Cut
Side-scrolling zombie platformer with puzzles, parkour, and scarce ammunition
73% positive
956 reviews
The Way
A sci-fi puzzle platformer inspired by old-school cinematic adventures
82% positive
955 reviews
aMAZE 2
Single-player maze puzzler guiding a ball through growing labyrinths
86% positive
954 reviews
HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME
Run-and-gun roguelite action with permanent cybernetic upgrades between bounty hunts
88% positive
943 reviews
Feudal Alloy
A 2D action metroidvania starring a fish-controlled medieval robot
68% positive
939 reviews
Deathless Death
A narrative puzzle game about confessions and moral judgment
72% positive
Free
Super Neptunia RPG
A side-scrolling RPG where changing leaders changes your combat options
78% positive
930 reviews
Demo The Devil Within: Satgat
2D action platformer with demanding combat and demon powers
79% positive
929 reviews
DEVIATOR
A 2D action metroidvania built around precisely timed parries
67% positive
928 reviews
1bitHeart
Side-scrolling mystery adventure about investigating a town and making friends
91% positive
926 reviews
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio
A fast-paced 2D platformer about escaping a creature-filled castle
90% positive
925 reviews
Odallus: The Dark Call
Retro action platforming that mixes sword combat with branching exploration
89% positive
921 reviews
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut
Side-scrolling sword-and-sorcery action with gory combat and secret areas
78% positive
918 reviews