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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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Creepy Tale: Snow Child
Creepy Tale: Snow Child
A fairy-tale horror adventure combining brainteasers with action and stealth
90% positive 292 reviews
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE Demo
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
Pixel-art detective adventure across four short, eerie mystery cases
80% positive 291 reviews
With My Past Demo
With My Past
A puzzle platformer where you work with your past self
93% positive 291 reviews
Tiny Thor
Tiny Thor
Side-scrolling platformer built around ricocheting hammer throws and precision jumps
82% positive 290 reviews
Knock'Em Out
Knock'Em Out
Physics-based party brawler with weapons, traps, and dismemberment
85% positive 289 reviews
Kingdom Heroes M
Kingdom Heroes M
Side-scrolling MMORPG with soldier training and wars between factions
67% positive Free
Your Friend's Mom AI
Your Friend's Mom
A desktop companion that uses AI to roleplay your friend's mom
74% positive 287 reviews
Gun Witch
Gun Witch
A side-scrolling action RPG starring a human with a magic gun
91% positive Free
2D Dawg 2
2D Dawg 2
A free visual novel with simple puzzles and story-shaping choices
86% positive Free
Sushi Cat Legacy Collection
Sushi Cat Legacy Collection
A casual arcade collection about cats, with light strategy
95% positive 285 reviews
From the Shadows
From the Shadows
Cooperative puzzle platformer built around the mechanics of light and shadow
85% positive Free
Thunder Tank: Iron Shield
Thunder Tank: Iron Shield
A tank roguelike mixing bullet hell with grid-based weapon planning
81% positive 284 reviews
Fallen Leaf
Fallen Leaf
Retro action platformer with magical gauntlets and branching world maps
90% positive 283 reviews
Forest Heroes Demo
Forest Heroes
Roguelike deckbuilding and tower defense with animal armies and mushroom magic
81% positive 283 reviews
JumpJet Rex Demo
JumpJet Rex
A side-scrolling platformer starring a dinosaur with rocket boots
91% positive 281 reviews
TOMOMI
TOMOMI
Side-scrolling metroidvania with animal transformations and a grappling hook
97% positive 281 reviews
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Side-scrolling action-adventure with rotating terrain that opens new routes
84% positive 280 reviews
Seed Hunter 猎源
Seed Hunter 猎源
Side-scrolling action roguelite with skills tied to your weapons
66% positive 279 reviews
Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Free side-scrolling shooter with wind shots and selectable support characters
92% positive Free
SURA: Shattered Star
SURA: Shattered Star
Side-scrolling action platformer where sheathing your sword triggers finishing attacks
90% positive Free
iZBOT
iZBOT
A precision platformer built around double jumps and wall slides
82% positive 278 reviews
Runner3
Runner3
A rhythm platformer with vegetable vehicles and free-movement retro challenges
76% positive 278 reviews
Make Me LAG
Make Me LAG
Side-scrolling action where lowering the frame rate controls your character
92% positive Free
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin
A side-scrolling action platformer built around umbrella combat and levitation
91% positive 277 reviews