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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Canto I
A precision platformer retelling the opening of The Divine Comedy
77% positive
Free
Demo Touch of Madness
Psychological horror across shifting realities, with two contrasting play styles
100% positive
64 reviews
Demo Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
Psychological horror adventure where found objects unlock new character conversations
86% positive
64 reviews
ARMED SEVEN
Side-scrolling bullet hell with a mech instead of a spaceship
90% positive
63 reviews
Inops
A puzzle platformer about splitting and merging groups of creatures
81% positive
Free
Chocolate makes you happy 3
A physics puzzler about balancing cookies amid sweets and explosions
81% positive
63 reviews
Demo Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes
A dungeon-crawling roguelike built around party tactics and spell cards
67% positive
63 reviews
Demo Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl
An 8-bit beat 'em up set during a mall escape
84% positive
63 reviews
TitTok 2
A 2D puzzle platformer with cats and freely placed bombs
89% positive
63 reviews
S.P.L.I.C.E.D.
Side-scrolling action-adventure with hidden paths through a biopunk Chinatown
63% positive
Free
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Luctus
Pixel-art action-adventure mixing melee attacks, fire magic, and boss fights
95% positive
63 reviews
Demo Creepy Creepy Love
A dating sim where romantic rivalry leads to brutal fights
97% positive
63 reviews
School Hero
A school-set beat 'em up with pets as fighting companions
89% positive
63 reviews
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Echoes of Vasteria
Side-scrolling idle RPG built around automated adventures and equipment upgrades
73% positive
Free
Demo Horse Runner DX
Arcade runner where a growing herd doubles as extra lives
94% positive
63 reviews
Pixel Shooter
A side-scrolling platform shooter where you can fight or flee
27% positive
62 reviews
Zed Survival
Side-scrolling zombie shooter with increasingly difficult waves to survive
94% positive
62 reviews
Star Sky 3
A walking adventure about choices beneath a sky full of stars
89% positive
62 reviews
Mon Amour
One-button arcade action about rescuing captives with kisses
97% positive
62 reviews
Maximus 2: Street Gladiators
Fantasy beat 'em up with four-player local and online co-op
92% positive
62 reviews
World for Two
A side-scrolling adventure about restoring animal life through DNA experiments
77% positive
62 reviews
Hunter Girls
Side-scrolling arcade shooter built around constant movement and timed dodges
79% positive
62 reviews
Demo The Glitch Fairy
A side-scrolling action platformer where enemies become tools and power-ups
100% positive
62 reviews
The Legend of Yan Loong 1+2
A side-scrolling brawler where longer combos earn more experience
56% positive
62 reviews