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
432 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
2D action-platformer with wrestling moves and shifting between dimensions
93% positive
6,010 reviews
Lost Ruins
2D dungeon platformer with deliberate combat and elemental hazards
85% positive
5,806 reviews
SKYHILL
Turn-based survival roguelike about descending a mutant-filled hotel
78% positive
5,773 reviews
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Side-scrolling action and detailed rice farming on a demon-filled island
92% positive
5,738 reviews
Dungeon Fighter Online
Free-to-play 2D MMO beat 'em up with combo combat
60% positive
Free
You Have to Win the Game
Retro exploration platformer with difficult jumps and hidden routes
93% positive
Free
The Last Faith
Gothic 2D action game with tough combat and ability-gated exploration
85% positive
5,684 reviews
DEADBOLT
2D stealth action where the reaper dies in one shot
96% positive
5,644 reviews
Unravel
Physics-based puzzle platformer using yarn to cross natural obstacles
91% positive
5,595 reviews
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Dark fantasy 2D action RPG with nonlinear exploration and demanding bosses
81% positive
5,594 reviews
Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Side-scrolling shooter pits a gangster against zombies and World War II soldiers
94% positive
5,580 reviews
Mega Man 11
Side-scrolling action platformer with robot boss weapons and power boosts
89% positive
5,482 reviews
Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
Online stick-figure shooter with dual-wielding and custom maps
88% positive
Free
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Six classic 8-bit action platformers with remixed challenge stages
86% positive
5,418 reviews
Neighbours back From Hell
Point-and-click puzzle comedy about pranking a neighbor without getting caught
95% positive
5,345 reviews
METAL SLUG
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with six missions and a tank
89% positive
5,295 reviews
Gato Roboto
A 2D exploration platformer where a cat pilots a mech
94% positive
5,261 reviews
Bread & Fred
Co-op precision platformer where tethered penguins climb a mountain
77% positive
5,243 reviews
King Arthur's Gold
Team-based 2D medieval combat with castles you build and destroy
84% positive
Free
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
Hand-drawn metroidvania with changing paths and waves of enemies
82% positive
5,178 reviews
Nocturnal
Side-scrolling action adventure where a flaming sword repels mist
94% positive
5,156 reviews
Worms Reloaded
Turn-based 2D strategy with armed worms and four-player battles
87% positive
5,101 reviews
Iconoclasts
2D action platformer about an unlicensed mechanic on the run
86% positive
5,019 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Four classic side-scrolling action platformers with bosses and stolen weapons
79% positive
5,001 reviews