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 Abyss Kitchen
Side-scrolling survival action where cooking keeps your adventuring party fighting
90% positive
232 reviews
Really Big Sky
Side-scrolling twin-stick shooter with enemy waves shaped by your play
72% positive
231 reviews
TurnOn
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about restoring power along a city's wires
76% positive
231 reviews
Demo Shu
Side-scrolling platformer about escaping a storm with rescued villagers' powers
76% positive
231 reviews
Utter a Name
Supernatural detective adventure about identifying the dead and their killers
90% positive
231 reviews
Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection
A classic platformer collection spanning side-scrolling stages and third-person 3D
84% positive
230 reviews
Demo Drifting Lands
Side-scrolling shooter with randomized loot and customizable ship builds
75% positive
229 reviews
Pogo Rogue
A roguelite action-platformer about fighting and climbing on a pogo stick
91% positive
Free
Even the Ocean
A 2D puzzle platformer where energy changes how you move
85% positive
228 reviews
The Deletion
A precision puzzle-platformer where gravity changes from level to level
76% positive
228 reviews
Super Crush KO
A 2D brawler mixing robot juggling with run-and-gun combat
96% positive
228 reviews
Gravity Snake
Side-view snake puzzles where growth and gravity complicate your route
94% positive
Free
GIGANTIC ARMY
A side-scrolling mech shooter with thrusters, shields, and melee attacks
78% positive
227 reviews
REDO!
A post-apocalyptic metroidvania set in a city overrun by biomachines
87% positive
227 reviews
Idle Kitties Online
Multiplayer idle cat collecting with automatic drops and shared lobbies
75% positive
Free
Demo Madshot
Side-scrolling roguelite shooter with acrobatic combat inside Cthulhu
79% positive
226 reviews
VARIOUS DAYLIFE
A daily-life RPG where town jobs prepare you for expeditions
34% positive
226 reviews
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans 2
Side-scrolling arcade brawler inspired by a slapstick movie duo
88% positive
226 reviews
Super Daryl Deluxe
Side-scrolling action RPG set in a high school spanning dimensions
90% positive
225 reviews
While the Iron's Hot
Crafting adventure about smithing, solving puzzles, and rebuilding a village
82% positive
225 reviews
Archaeogem
A precision platformer where your whip turns flowers into tools
86% positive
225 reviews
Weird Hero
A side-scrolling shooter with odd weapons and mismatched enemies
71% positive
224 reviews
～Daydream～When butterflies dance
A 2D platformer where new abilities change the heroine's appearance
83% positive
224 reviews
Shadow Blade: Reload
Side-scrolling ninja action-platformer built around speed, traps, and sword combat
87% positive
223 reviews