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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ASTRAL
A horror puzzle platformer where you take control of monsters
60% positive
134 reviews
Zombie Derby 2
Side-scrolling arcade driving with armed cars against hordes of zombies
87% positive
134 reviews
Demo Pull Stay
A house-defense brawler with fish missiles and toothpaste turrets
98% positive
134 reviews
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One Way Road: Firehunt
Space shooter with changing perspectives, ship upgrades, and branching storytelling
75% positive
Free
Demo This Is No Cave
Physics-based 2D platformer with grappling hooks and giant worm chases
96% positive
134 reviews
Shoot 1UP DX
Arcade shooter where extra lives join your squadron immediately
79% positive
133 reviews
Psycho Starship Rampage
Side-scrolling roguelite shooter where you build and expand your spaceship
82% positive
133 reviews
Escape the Underground
A time-attack platformer built around jumping and clinging to walls
88% positive
Free
Deathwish Enforcers Special Edition
A side-scrolling arcade shooter parodying classic action and crime films
83% positive
133 reviews
Star Leaping Story:prologue
A 2D precision platformer built around chains of midair dashes
95% positive
Free
Girl Blonde
Side-view platformer about collecting food while getting past obstacles
74% positive
132 reviews
BVOVB - Bruising Vengeance of the Vintage Boxer
Side-scrolling arcade brawling with characters made from vintage photographs
94% positive
Free
Demo Three Minutes To Eight
Point-and-click sci-fi mystery with randomized events and multiple endings
64% positive
132 reviews
Blade of the Netherworld
A 2D action roguelite with mask powers and town management
75% positive
132 reviews
Okinawa Rush
A martial arts platformer where even traps can be parried
79% positive
131 reviews
HordeCore
Side-scrolling zombie shooter combining survival, squad management, and crafting
66% positive
131 reviews
Demo 1976 - Back to midway
VR arcade air combat with top-down shooting and cockpit sections
88% positive
131 reviews
Pigment
A hand-drawn platformer where your movement brings back the world's color
95% positive
Free
Demo Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
A precision platformer where you create platforms beneath your feet
95% positive
130 reviews
Ruthless Safari
Side-scrolling runner about fleeing a lion through a cactus-filled desert
72% positive
130 reviews
Pompom
A puzzle platformer where you move platforms, not the hamster
87% positive
130 reviews
Songs from the Iron Sea
An aquatic puzzle platformer about escaping a dark industrial world
98% positive
Free
Demo Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Side-scrolling platform shooter with alternate paths through monster-filled stages
80% positive
130 reviews
Demo Deadliest Pigeon
Physics-based action shooter with an armed pigeon out for revenge
94% positive
129 reviews