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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Extra Lives
Zombie survival with wrestling-based combat and rival human factions
89% positive
94 reviews
Cat city
A hidden-object game about finding cats and uncovering city secrets
70% positive
94 reviews
Blaster Shooter GunGuy!
A tough side-scrolling platformer built around shooting and collecting gems
47% positive
93 reviews
Doug and Lily
Pixel-art platformer about parents rescuing their son with dinosaurs
82% positive
93 reviews
Sigi - A Fart for Melusina
A retro action platformer with boss fights and secret caverns
84% positive
93 reviews
SolSeraph
A fantasy platformer paired with town building and tower defense
53% positive
93 reviews
Lost In Malul
A side-scrolling beat 'em up about reclaiming a streamer's house
87% positive
Free
Last Bloody Snack
A side-scrolling horror adventure with choices and multiple endings
80% positive
Free
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Swing Into Zero-G: Space Parkour Race
Side-scrolling space races with grappling hooks and gravity manipulation
82% positive
Free
Demo Wells
A steampunk run-and-gun with unlimited ammunition but weapons that overheat
73% positive
92 reviews
aMAZE Christmas
A Christmas maze puzzler with larger labyrinths as you progress
88% positive
92 reviews
Heroes Of Maidan 2
Side-scrolling strategy about building defenses and commanding an army
87% positive
92 reviews
Space Elite Force II
Arcade space shooter with local co-op and boss rush
90% positive
92 reviews
Random Heroes: Gold Edition
Side-scrolling shooter with a cast of heroes to unlock
67% positive
92 reviews
Demo Recolit
Pixel-art puzzle adventure in a town where night never ends
88% positive
92 reviews
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia
Side-scrolling action platformer with time travel and local co-op
80% positive
92 reviews
Angry Squirrel
A squirrel platformer about gathering nuts and dodging traps
71% positive
92 reviews
Blue Wednesday: Prologue
A story-driven adventure about a jazz pianist, with rhythm minigames
92% positive
Free
白猫骑士物语/ White Cat Knight
A side-scrolling action platformer about uncovering secrets beneath a town
100% positive
92 reviews
Demo Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake
A side-scrolling metroidvania remake with hidden levels to uncover
91% positive
92 reviews
Space Fuss
Arcade strategy with rock-paper-scissors robot matchups and combat pets
75% positive
91 reviews
Demo Cybermotion
Physics-based robot platformer controlled through poses and full-body animations
77% positive
91 reviews
Pixelum
2D survival sandbox where you reshape a destructible pixel world
53% positive
Free
Znkl - 177
A space physics puzzle about firing capsules between ships
68% positive
91 reviews