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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Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Hidden-object searching through a Chinese scroll painting of daily life
88% positive
Free
IGS Classic Arcade Collection
Eight arcade games spanning side-scrolling brawlers and martial arts fighters
57% positive
103 reviews
Cooking Witch
Side-scrolling arcade action about abducting children for a witch's cauldron
88% positive
102 reviews
Creepy Road
A side-scrolling shooter with revolvers, shotguns, and a rideable rocket
68% positive
102 reviews
Chocolate makes you happy
A physics puzzle about balancing cookies amid sweets and explosions
84% positive
102 reviews
Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint
Side-scrolling beat-'em-up with improvised weapons and bloody finishing moves
70% positive
102 reviews
Demo 99 Waves
A 2D action roguelite with skills you can automate
85% positive
102 reviews
Caravan Carnage: Fruity Road
Side-scrolling shooter about protecting cargo from waves of fruit enemies
95% positive
102 reviews
HAINYA WORLD
Side-scrolling sandbox RPG with monster battles and base building
81% positive
101 reviews
Colossus Down
Side-scrolling brawler about wrecking the world with a combat mech
87% positive
101 reviews
We are Eva
Precision platforming across dimensions that follow different rules
96% positive
101 reviews
Jones On Fire
A side-scrolling runner about a firefighter racing to rescue cats
82% positive
100 reviews
Monkey Slap
Side-scrolling action platformer with monkey battles, coins, and equipment upgrades
76% positive
100 reviews
ISOLAND: The Amusement Park
A puzzle adventure in a town where everyone repeats their routines
92% positive
100 reviews
Bass Monkey
Side-scrolling hack-and-slash platformer where animals fight with musical instruments
93% positive
Free
Human Apocalypse: Prologue
Story-driven adventure about life after a cure for zombies
82% positive
Free
Star Leaping Story
A precision platformer built around hovering and chained midair dashes
98% positive
100 reviews
The Hidden Scrolls
Turn-based dungeon crawling where fear can make your companions flee
64% positive
100 reviews
The Last Shot
A puzzle platformer about a mechanical engineer in warring cities
84% positive
99 reviews
Melodramatica
Theater management with actor training and backstage problem solving
79% positive
Free
Immortal Hunters
Side-scrolling action RPG with online co-op against a monster invasion
68% positive
99 reviews
Run Of Mydan
VR action shooter with free flight and physics-based combat
78% positive
Free
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell
A 2D arcade platformer with unlockable ninjas and monsters
94% positive
98 reviews
Demo A Week
A side-scrolling adventure about caring for your pet dog
93% positive
98 reviews