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 Revolgear Zero
Side-scrolling space shooter with boomerang attacks and burst energy beams
98% positive
129 reviews
Demo Jet Kave Adventure
Side-scrolling platformer with jetpack traversal in a prehistoric sci-fi world
86% positive
128 reviews
Schein
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer where magical light reveals hidden worlds
72% positive
127 reviews
CatNab
Arcade score attack about collecting cats against the clock
97% positive
Free
Static of Eve –凝滯聖夜–
A side-scrolling detective puzzle game with multiple story endings
96% positive
Free
KnightLight
A 2D puzzle platformer about light magic and removable armor
94% positive
Free
Lunnye Devitsy
Exploration-based 2D platformer with multiple ways back to the moon
70% positive
126 reviews
Overloop
A puzzle platformer about sacrificing your clones to overcome obstacles
94% positive
126 reviews
Don't Kill the Cow
A short side-scrolling game that questions what winning means
84% positive
Free
Exographer
A 2D puzzle platformer built around exploration and particle physics
94% positive
126 reviews
Digital Meow
A precision platformer with a cat in a digital world
84% positive
126 reviews
Rigid Force Alpha
Side-scrolling space shooter with auxiliary weapons you can reposition
78% positive
125 reviews
Score a goal 2 (Physical football)
Physics-based soccer puzzles built around blocks, hazards, and quick reactions
70% positive
125 reviews
Demo Trackline Express
Side-scrolling survival strategy where you build and defend a train
84% positive
125 reviews
1993 Space Machine
Side-scrolling space shooter with local co-op for four players
76% positive
124 reviews
Gun Crazy
A run-and-gun platformer built around weapon pickups and bullet dodging
71% positive
124 reviews
Goodnight, Lily
A side-scrolling platformer where lantern light protects you from nightmares
76% positive
Free
RedEx
A side-scrolling shooter mixing gunfights with turret-based tower defense
81% positive
124 reviews
Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening
Side-scrolling action platformer adapting an anime about a space pirate
74% positive
124 reviews
Apocalyptic cat
A side-scrolling platformer about a cat escaping a toxic wasteland
84% positive
124 reviews
Land of Ghosts
Psychological horror adventure built around ghost encounters in endless rain
95% positive
124 reviews
Step Lightly
Side-scrolling horror puzzle-platformer about sneaking away from your monstrous family
92% positive
Free
Tsugunohi -The Thread That Beckons to Heaven-
Side-scrolling psychological horror where the walk home changes each day
85% positive
124 reviews
Mission Ammunition
Side-scrolling action platformer where carrying fewer guns lets you jump higher
78% positive
123 reviews