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
432 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Freedom Planet
Fast-paced 2D platformer with character-specific combat and alien bosses
95% positive
4,907 reviews
PICO PARK 2
Co-op 2D puzzle platformer where everyone must work together
89% positive
4,757 reviews
Regions Of Ruin
Side-scrolling action RPG with dwarf settlement building and exploration
86% positive
4,650 reviews
Until We Die
Side-scrolling strategy game about directing workers to defend a subway station
63% positive
4,633 reviews
20XX
Side-scrolling action roguelike with changing stages and boss fights
91% positive
4,583 reviews
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Retro side-scrolling action platformer with switchable companions and branching paths
94% positive
4,524 reviews
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Surreal point-and-click narrative adventure along a hidden Kentucky highway
80% positive
4,463 reviews
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
Side-scrolling platformer where the hero sings about your actions
97% positive
4,454 reviews
The Legend of Tianding
Side-scrolling martial arts action as an outlaw in colonial Taipei
94% positive
4,401 reviews
Shift Happens
Co-op puzzle platformer where linked creatures swap sizes to progress
77% positive
4,390 reviews
Teeworlds
Free-to-play 2D arena shooter with team matches and custom maps
89% positive
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Side-scrolling shooter pits a Prohibition-era gangster against zombies and mobsters
91% positive
4,348 reviews
Shelter 2
Single-player survival adventure about raising lynx cubs in a changing tundra
85% positive
4,319 reviews
American Arcadia
Story-driven puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly reality show
94% positive
4,275 reviews
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Side-scrolling action platformer with fast swordplay and interconnected areas
81% positive
4,250 reviews
DARQ: Complete Edition
Side-scrolling horror puzzle adventure built around walking on walls
94% positive
4,195 reviews
One Way Heroics
Side-scrolling roguelike RPG where darkness closes in with every move
94% positive
4,156 reviews
TEVI
Side-scrolling metroidvania with customizable combat and bullet-heavy boss fights
89% positive
4,068 reviews
Shank
2D side-scrolling beat 'em up with weapon combos and local co-op
90% positive
4,067 reviews
Doloc Town
Side-scrolling farming sim with vertical building in a post-apocalyptic world
95% positive
4,008 reviews
METAL SLUG X
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with six missions and cooperative play
88% positive
4,007 reviews
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Rhythm platformer built around precise jumps and a reactive soundtrack
86% positive
3,952 reviews
Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: China
Side-scrolling stealth action as an Assassin seeking revenge in China
74% positive
3,910 reviews
Wandersong
Musical platforming adventure where a bard sings to solve puzzles
95% positive
3,907 reviews