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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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PROJECT TACHYON
PROJECT TACHYON
Sci-fi action roguelite with time travel and risky upgrades
86% positive 145 reviews
Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Arcade shoot 'em up with jumping to dodge alien attacks
94% positive 144 reviews
Mute Crimson+
Mute Crimson+
A side-scrolling ninja platformer with demanding jumps and boss fights
88% positive 144 reviews
Time in Time
Time in Time
Side-scrolling puzzle-platformer where you spend seconds to control platforms
74% positive 144 reviews
Wonder Boy Returns Remix
Wonder Boy Returns Remix
An arcade platformer where collecting food keeps you alive
72% positive 144 reviews
Moons Of Darsalon Demo AI
Moons Of Darsalon
Side-scrolling rescue platformer with companions to command and terrain to reshape
78% positive 144 reviews
UEBERNATURAL: The Video Game - Prologue
UEBERNATURAL: The Video Game - Prologue
A 2D action-platformer mixing monster investigations with driving and shooting
93% positive Free
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami
Side-scrolling sword combat against robotic creatures from Japanese folklore
65% positive 143 reviews
Zombiehood
Zombiehood
Side-scrolling zombie roguelite where enemies grow stronger as you survive
86% positive 143 reviews
Who's That Flying?!
Who's That Flying?!
Side-scrolling shooter with an invincible hero and cities to defend
70% positive 142 reviews
Haimrik
Haimrik
A side-scrolling action adventure where written words come to life
85% positive 142 reviews
Chameleon Run Deluxe Edition
Chameleon Run Deluxe Edition
A precision autorunner about matching your color to the ground
90% positive 142 reviews
Dragon Creek Demo
Dragon Creek
Dragon-raising simulation with generated creatures, daily care, and tournament battles
87% positive 142 reviews
Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge
Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge
A gothic action platformer inspired by early Castlevania games
77% positive 142 reviews
Deteriorate.1
Deteriorate.1
Side-scrolling horror about animal characters caught in a death bargain
93% positive Free
Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures Demo
Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures
Run-and-gun platforming with stick figures in paper and card worlds
70% positive 141 reviews
Wicce
Wicce
Side-scrolling action platformer with broomstick combat and villagers to save
72% positive 141 reviews
Devil Engine Demo
Devil Engine
Side-scrolling arcade shooter where clearing bullets costs your score multiplier
80% positive 141 reviews
Return. Demo
Return.
A short 2D platformer about guiding a lost soul home
89% positive 141 reviews
SUPERゆきおんなちゃん
SUPERゆきおんなちゃん
Side-scrolling action where letting the boss timer expire counts as victory
98% positive Free
The Master's Pupil Demo
The Master's Pupil
A hand-painted puzzle platformer set inside Claude Monet's eye
91% positive 141 reviews
Re:Turn - One Way Trip
Re:Turn - One Way Trip
Side-scrolling horror adventure aboard a train spanning past and present
78% positive 140 reviews
Boss Rush: Mythology Demo
Boss Rush: Mythology
2D Souls-like action focused on duels with gods and monsters
79% positive 140 reviews
Space Pressure 3D: Prelude
Space Pressure 3D: Prelude
Horizontal space shoot 'em up with comic-style story scenes
83% positive Free