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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Ebenezer and the Invisible World
A side-scrolling Metroidvania starring Scrooge and his ghost allies
72% positive
109 reviews
Demo Go Slimey Go!
A 2D platformer with momentum-based movement and secret routes
99% positive
109 reviews
Neon Curves Racing
Arcade racing with customizable cars and anime-inspired garage crews
95% positive
109 reviews
PONCHO
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer built around jumping between foreground and background
63% positive
108 reviews
A Fold Apart
A paper-folding puzzle adventure about a couple living far apart
76% positive
108 reviews
DYE
A precision platformer about restoring color to a fading world
79% positive
108 reviews
2D Platformer GAME (Toy Factory)
A side-scrolling platformer about guiding a doll back home
94% positive
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Deathsmiles I・II
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooters with a gothic horror setting
96% positive
108 reviews
HEART ABYSS
A 2D platformer where fighting restores health and powers magic
89% positive
108 reviews
Aestik
Hand-drawn metroidvania with branching storylines shaped by your choices
70% positive
108 reviews
Truth of Beauty Witch -Marine's treasure ship-
Side-scrolling horror aboard a pirate ship captained by a VTuber
92% positive
108 reviews
Drag and Drop Medieval
A puzzle platformer where you drag medieval characters with your mouse
88% positive
108 reviews
Skidaddle Skidoodle
Side-scrolling arcade action about a gnome defending the forest
90% positive
108 reviews
Desktop Heroes
An idle fantasy RPG along the bottom of your desktop
65% positive
108 reviews
Dusty Revenge:Co-Op Edition
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with rocket and rifle support
49% positive
107 reviews
Demo Squirreltopia
A 2D precision platformer with a different squirrel every life
69% positive
107 reviews
Demo Sky Racket
Arcade shoot 'em up built around batting enemy bullets back
93% positive
107 reviews
Demo Clea 2
A side-scrolling survival horror game without any jump scares
99% positive
107 reviews
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Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony
A side-scrolling point-and-click mystery about a colony that vanished
77% positive
107 reviews
Demo PSYCRON
A side-scrolling metroidvania about escaping a deep-space research ship
92% positive
107 reviews
Curse of the Sea Rats
Side-scrolling metroidvania with rat protagonists and four-player local co-op
54% positive
107 reviews
Demon Skin
Side-scrolling hack-and-slash with combat built around changing fighting stances
70% positive
107 reviews
Rap Pop Jump Core
Side-scrolling action platformer built around constant movement and precise jumps
88% positive
107 reviews
Demo Elite Exorcist Miko
Bullet hell roguelite with close-range combat and three battle styles
96% positive
107 reviews