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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.

Related: 2D, Platformer, Action, Metroidvania

1,927 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,927 games

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Calvino Noir
Calvino Noir
A noir stealth adventure through the criminal underworld of 1930s Europe
66% positive 394 reviews
Simple Fish Adventure
Simple Fish Adventure
A physics-based platformer about wriggling a fish across dry land
88% positive 393 reviews
God Awe-full Clicker
God Awe-full Clicker
Greek mythology idle clicker with endless battles and gladiator upgrades
65% positive Free
Drag Racing 3D: Streets 2
Drag Racing 3D: Streets 2
Free-to-play drag racing with detailed tuning and car club competitions
73% positive Free
Castle Of Secrets: Prologue AI
Castle Of Secrets: Prologue
Point-and-click adventure with puzzles in the world of the dead
75% positive Free
The King's Bird
The King's Bird
A precision platformer built around momentum and physics-based gliding
75% positive 385 reviews
Han'yo
Han'yo
A side-scrolling action game built around fast samurai duels
83% positive Free
Genopanic
Genopanic
2D space-station platformer with mutants and branching endings
77% positive 384 reviews
Wife Quest
Wife Quest
A 2D action platformer where boss victories unlock new abilities
80% positive 382 reviews
Age of Advent
Age of Advent
An arcade minigame collection starring characters from hololive's Advent group
95% positive Free
100 hidden rams
100 hidden rams
Hidden-object game about finding rams in a hand-drawn village
97% positive 381 reviews
99 Levels To Hell
99 Levels To Hell
Side-scrolling roguelite shooter mixing guns, magic, and dungeon traps
59% positive 380 reviews
Copy Kitty Demo
Copy Kitty
Side-scrolling action platformer where copied enemy powers combine into new weapons
98% positive 380 reviews
Cally's Caves 3 Demo
Cally's Caves 3
Side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer with weapons that evolve through use
83% positive 379 reviews
Mind Spheres
Mind Spheres
A physics puzzler mixing minigolf and pinball through movable platforms
85% positive 378 reviews
Twilight Monk Demo
Twilight Monk
Action RPG with side-scrolling dungeons and overhead world travel
77% positive 378 reviews
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
Side-scrolling platformer where changing personalities transforms the world around you
83% positive 376 reviews
Son of a Witch
Son of a Witch
Co-op action roguelike with procedurally generated dungeons and permadeath
84% positive 376 reviews
Song of Iron
Song of Iron
Side-scrolling action adventure with limited arrows and breakable shields
73% positive 376 reviews
Horace
Horace
A robot's puzzle-platforming journey with abilities that bend physics
86% positive 374 reviews
Summer Catchers Demo
Summer Catchers
A side-scrolling runner that mixes racing, puzzles, and rhythm
80% positive 372 reviews
Rocketbirds 2 Evolution
Rocketbirds 2 Evolution
Side-scrolling shooter with jetpacks and a separate cooperative rescue mode
76% positive 371 reviews
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
A precision rhythm platformer with tools to build and share levels
97% positive 371 reviews
And Yet It Moves Demo
And Yet It Moves
A physics-based puzzle-platformer where rotating the world opens new paths
80% positive 370 reviews