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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Puzzle Cube
3D color-matching puzzle where sliding boxes clears handcrafted levels
77% positive
243 reviews
Greedventory
A reflex-driven action RPG where your mouse controls every fight
74% positive
243 reviews
Demo Piece by Piece
A puzzle-platformer where rearranging jigsaw pieces opens new paths
99% positive
243 reviews
Gauntlet of IRE
An isometric obstacle course where each stage changes the challenge
71% positive
Free
Speed Stars
Side-scrolling sprint racing with two controls and precise timing
76% positive
242 reviews
Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
Story-driven puzzle adventure about freeing souls trapped in repeating days
99% positive
242 reviews
PC Creator - PC Building Simulator
Computer-building simulator with repair jobs and a business to grow
66% positive
241 reviews
Demo INAYAH - Life after Gods
2D action platformer with weapon-switching combat and traversal
67% positive
241 reviews
Zack Zero
Side-scrolling action platforming with fire, ice, and rock powers
64% positive
240 reviews
Demo World's End Club
Side-scrolling puzzle adventure following twelve schoolchildren on a journey across Japan
68% positive
240 reviews
Splodey
Precision platformer where potion explosions replace the jump button
90% positive
240 reviews
aMAZE ZER0
A maze puzzle game with increasingly large and varied labyrinths
88% positive
239 reviews
Lost Girl Platformer
A side-scrolling platformer with precise jumps and a time limit
97% positive
Free
Demo Moadra
A sci-fi metroidvania where alien biomass fuels your weapon upgrades
83% positive
238 reviews
Miscreation: Evolve Your Creature!
Side-scrolling platformer where you build a creature from animal parts
60% positive
237 reviews
Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action!
An aerial brawler where building attack power also strengthens enemies
77% positive
236 reviews
AI
Aircraft Evolution
Side-scrolling arcade air combat with aircraft upgrades across four eras
80% positive
236 reviews
AI
Rocket delivery: Space Wok
Side-scrolling shooter about delivering noodles through swarms of alien bugs
96% positive
Free
Azure Striker Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced
Three 2D action platformers built around lightning and aerial dashes
72% positive
235 reviews
Meteor Volleyball!
2D arcade volleyball with robots deflecting meteors to protect Earth
86% positive
Free
Koala Kids
A retro puzzle-platformer with an editor for building your own levels
94% positive
233 reviews
Soulless: Ray Of Hope
A side-scrolling puzzle platformer with a story told through environments
72% positive
233 reviews
Gravity Badgers
A physics-based space puzzler about launching badgers around planets
72% positive
232 reviews
Abathor - Atlantis Landing
Free side-scrolling platformer with local co-op for up to four players
87% positive
Free