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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Queen of treasure isle
A 2D metroidvania about throwing bombs and hunting hidden treasure
94% positive
107 reviews
Tasty Planet: Final Bite
Arcade eating game about growing bigger and devouring the world
91% positive
107 reviews
Ball laB
A precision platformer about bouncing a ball between spikes
64% positive
106 reviews
Gryphon Knight Epic
A medieval side-scrolling shooter with weapons earned from boss duels
87% positive
105 reviews
The soldier in the mine
A side-scrolling puzzle platformer about navigating obstacles in underground caves
52% positive
105 reviews
Awesome Pea
A precision platformer with short stages and no checkpoints
84% positive
105 reviews
Oik Memory 3
A memory puzzle where moving blocks complicate each sequence
90% positive
105 reviews
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Square
A one-button arcade platformer with randomly generated obstacle courses
87% positive
105 reviews
Ammossum
Side-scrolling action roguelike built around a train and evolving ammunition
59% positive
105 reviews
Plus Ultra: Legado
A comic-book Metroidvania set among Mesoamerica's historical locations
79% positive
105 reviews
GOOOAL
Side-scrolling sports adventure where imagined soccer helps win other contests
89% positive
105 reviews
PARRYMAN
A side-scrolling action platformer built entirely around parrying enemy attacks
58% positive
105 reviews
Magic Tiny Lands
Side-scrolling action platformer with forest exploration and gradually unlocked abilities
90% positive
105 reviews
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Lexicon Odyssey ~~A Japanese-Learning RPG~~
Japanese-learning RPG with automatic battles and customizable combat builds
87% positive
105 reviews
Gunman Clive 2
Side-scrolling shooter platformer with a Western chase around the world
87% positive
104 reviews
BLACK BIRD
A side-scrolling shooter where high scores shape the story's ending
91% positive
104 reviews
Oik Memory: Endgame
A memory puzzle game where hidden cubes move and spin
95% positive
104 reviews
Demo Aureole - Wings of Hope
Fast 2D platformer built around a rolling, bouncing halo
96% positive
104 reviews
The Monarch
Medieval defense strategy with expanding borders and nightly enemy attacks
72% positive
104 reviews
Dwarven Skykeep
Card-based strategy about building towers and managing dwarven workers
64% positive
103 reviews
Ogre Tale
A side-scrolling beat 'em up with ogre sisters fighting folk heroes
52% positive
103 reviews
Cosmos Bit
A retro space action-platformer inspired by the original Metroid
87% positive
103 reviews
Demo DEFECTIVE
A short puzzle adventure about a robot helping a child
94% positive
103 reviews
Demo Flying Tank
Side-scrolling bullet hell with a flying tank and local co-op
84% positive
103 reviews