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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The Inner Darkness
A puzzle platformer where switching dimensions changes your route forward
72% positive
67 reviews
Night Lights
A side-scrolling puzzle platformer where light reveals new paths
81% positive
67 reviews
Citrouille: Sweet Witches
Arcade platforming with magic ladders in place of jumping
91% positive
67 reviews
Double Cross
A 2D action platformer with grappling and interdimensional detective work
81% positive
67 reviews
aMAZE Halloween
A Halloween puzzle game about navigating increasingly large mazes
94% positive
67 reviews
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
A wordless side-scrolling adaptation of a classic Civil War story
91% positive
Free
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One Gun Guy
Side-scrolling action platformer built around a single giant level
70% positive
67 reviews
Super Symbol Boys
A 2D precision platformer with two directions of gravity
99% positive
Free
Neon
A 2D puzzle-platformer with shape changes and carefully timed movement
94% positive
67 reviews
Adventure of Leek
A side-scrolling precision platformer with boss fights and speedrunning
88% positive
Free
Demo Panic Porcupine
A precision platformer with momentum-driven loops and sawblade-filled obstacle courses
94% positive
67 reviews
The Karate Kid: Street Rumble
Side-scrolling karate brawler based on the original movie trilogy
75% positive
67 reviews
Inline: Out of Time
A 2D skating platformer about delivering packages against the clock
93% positive
Free
Midnight Swamp
Point-and-click adventure through a dark swamp full of strange creatures
96% positive
67 reviews
Ravva and the Cyclops Curse
Side-scrolling platforming with four summons for combat and obstacle solving
92% positive
66 reviews
Jump with Friends
A side-scrolling platformer where your partner can get in the way
64% positive
66 reviews
Return Of The Zombie King
One-button auto-runner where gold buys back your missing body parts
71% positive
66 reviews
Jad
A puzzle platformer built around wall jumps and boosters
76% positive
66 reviews
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Castle of Secrets
Gothic point-and-click mystery through a castle and the underworld
58% positive
66 reviews
Demo Aftermath
Side-scrolling interactive fiction about a soldier alone in a bunker
100% positive
66 reviews
Demo Unwording
A word-puzzle adventure about changing perspective and challenging negative thoughts
76% positive
66 reviews
大海与你
Pixel-art RPG with psychological horror and five possible endings
95% positive
Free
Vengeance Hunters
Arcade beat 'em up with grappling, aerial combos, and missiles
85% positive
66 reviews
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Blacklist Mafia
A dialogue-led 2D crime adventure set in gangster-run Chicago
82% positive
66 reviews