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 Final Exam
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with co-op monster fights
85% positive
910 reviews
Slow and Steady
A casual side-scroller where a turtle advances in tiny steps
88% positive
Free
Demo Oozi: Earth Adventure
Old-school 2D platforming with short challenge stages alongside the story
86% positive
903 reviews
Mayhem Brawler
Side-scrolling arcade brawler with supernatural enemies and branching story paths
89% positive
899 reviews
Dragon Spear
Side-scrolling action RPG with weapons crafted from defeated bosses
63% positive
893 reviews
SiNiSistar Lite Version
Dark 2D action platformer about exorcising monsters with sword and bow
86% positive
889 reviews
Demo Cat Museum
A surreal puzzle adventure in a museum guarded by a cat
92% positive
885 reviews
Demo Super Mining Mechs
Casual side-scrolling mining game with mech upgrades and online co-op
85% positive
884 reviews
Toodee and Topdee
Puzzle platformer that switches between side-view and top-down play
93% positive
874 reviews
Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn
2D zombie survival shooting where kills pay for new weapons
93% positive
868 reviews
Demo Streets of Fury EX
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with fighting-game combos and local co-op
96% positive
867 reviews
Beyond Gravity
One-button space platformer about timing jumps between rotating planets
88% positive
864 reviews
Pink Heaven
A free action platformer with a harder mode to unlock
90% positive
Free
Towards Future
Pixel-art exploration puzzles about a teddy bear AI seeking its owner
99% positive
Free
Kitsune Tails
A 2D platformer with costume powers and a fox-girl romance
95% positive
852 reviews
SILT
Side-scrolling underwater puzzle adventure built around possessing sea creatures
79% positive
849 reviews
Draw
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer with mouse-drawn objects and a grief story
96% positive
Free
Electronic Super Joy 2
A demanding side-scrolling platformer with a detour into first-person shooting
87% positive
Free
Black The Fall
A puzzle platformer about escaping a dictatorship with a robot
79% positive
842 reviews
Demo Contra: Operation Galuga
Side-scrolling run-and-gun action with weapon upgrades and co-op
87% positive
842 reviews
Demo Super Cyborg
Side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter with alien hordes and tough bosses
86% positive
840 reviews
Message Quest
A stained-glass point-and-click adventure about a herald avoiding his job
85% positive
833 reviews
Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance
A dark point-and-click adventure about finding a way out of hell
93% positive
833 reviews
Teacup
Narrative adventure about gathering herbs for a frog's tea party
96% positive
831 reviews