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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.

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Steampunk Tower 2
Steampunk Tower 2
Tower defense with movable turrets on a single battle tower
73% positive 323 reviews
Craftlings
Craftlings
A strategy puzzle game about directing workers and linking production
86% positive 323 reviews
Afterdream Demo
Afterdream
A side-scrolling horror adventure with camera puzzles inside a lucid dream
92% positive 322 reviews
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Side-scrolling action RPG where you choose which warring factions to help
74% positive 321 reviews
Retro Game Crunch
Retro Game Crunch
Seven 8-bit-style games spanning platformers, puzzles, cards, and shooters
82% positive 321 reviews
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Side-scrolling mech shooter that combines gunfire with melee attacks
93% positive 321 reviews
The End o,,,o
The End o,,,o
Retro horror platformer running at three frames per second
63% positive Free
Romancelvania
Romancelvania
Side-scrolling action platformer meets a monster dating show
74% positive 320 reviews
Blacksmith. Song of two Kings. Demo AI
Blacksmith. Song of two Kings.
Blacksmithing simulator where you hammer, cut, and assemble custom equipment
76% positive 320 reviews
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
Side-scrolling bullet hell with a battlefield you can rotate
93% positive 318 reviews
TOK
TOK
A puzzle game about rotating lines to connect every dot
92% positive 318 reviews
Missing Banban
Missing Banban
2D action platformer about finding a friend through boss fights
93% positive 316 reviews
RWBY: Arrowfell
RWBY: Arrowfell
Side-scrolling action-adventure with special abilities for combat and environmental puzzles
72% positive 315 reviews
Cathedral
Cathedral
Side-scrolling metroidvania where magical items open paths to new areas
74% positive 314 reviews
TetherGeist Demo
TetherGeist
A precision platformer where your spirit stays tied to you
97% positive 313 reviews
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles
Side-scrolling action RPG with combo combat and a growing settlement
52% positive 312 reviews
Rush Bros.
Rush Bros.
Platform racing with traps and obstacles that react to music
64% positive 310 reviews
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender
Submarine arcade shooter about protecting milk-mining cats from mechanical sea creatures
87% positive 309 reviews
Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona Demo
Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
Dark fantasy side-scrolling action RPG with tough bosses and choices
78% positive 309 reviews
DOOMBLADE Demo
DOOMBLADE
A side-scrolling metroidvania where sword attacks double as aerial movement
79% positive 308 reviews
Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread Demo
Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
A run-and-gun metroidvania with four heroes you switch between
87% positive 308 reviews
Enchanted Portals
Enchanted Portals
A cartoon action platformer with elemental spells and multi-phase bosses
40% positive 308 reviews
Cats of the Song Dynasty
Cats of the Song Dynasty
A hidden-object cat hunt through a Southern Song Dynasty painting
94% positive Free
Teleportals. I swear it's a nice game
Teleportals. I swear it's a nice game
2D puzzle platformer built around portals with different physical properties
95% positive 307 reviews