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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Perfect Dice
A turn-based card battler about planning around uncertain dice rolls
73% positive
60 reviews
Shovel Pirate
A 2D puzzle platformer about pirates and hidden treasure
93% positive
60 reviews
Demo Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
A side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter with local co-op for three
85% positive
60 reviews
Yuma Nest
A 2D action RPG combining monster battles with farming automation
87% positive
60 reviews
Demo Core Awaken Rurumu's will
Side-scrolling action RPG built around switching combat styles
97% positive
60 reviews
100 Find Kitties: Thief
A hidden-object game about spotting cats during a break-in
93% positive
60 reviews
Demo Taiwan Coolfox
Side-scrolling brawler with animal warriors and a boss each level
78% positive
60 reviews
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Side-scrolling platformer about surviving a game tester's glitching commute
59% positive
59 reviews
Too Angry to Space
Retro side-scrolling action platformer built around shooting and difficult jumps
63% positive
59 reviews
Astro Duel 2
Sci-fi arena combat mixing spaceship dogfights with on-foot platforming
98% positive
59 reviews
aMAZE Gears
A maze puzzle game where touching traps restarts the level
78% positive
59 reviews
Grand Brix Shooter
Side-scrolling bullet hell with ship fusion and mid-battle upgrades
95% positive
59 reviews
Demo Spirit Mancer
Action platformer with captured demons you summon from cards
71% positive
59 reviews
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game
Side-scrolling horror beat 'em up about sabotaging a movie production
59% positive
59 reviews
Stray Savior
2D action platformer built around weapon switching and boss battles
93% positive
59 reviews
Retro Endurance 8bit
Retro arcade collection with rapid switches between game genres
100% positive
59 reviews
Nova-111
A sci-fi puzzle adventure mixing turn-based tactics with real-time action
81% positive
58 reviews
CometStriker DX
A bullet-hell arcade shooter with invincible boosts and local co-op
98% positive
58 reviews
Bravium
Side-scrolling action RPG combining tower defense and resource management
64% positive
58 reviews
Demo Everslash
A 2D action platformer with scythe attacks that double as dodges
93% positive
58 reviews
Ageless
Puzzle platforming built around changing the age of living things
71% positive
58 reviews
Demo Rose and Locket
A twin-stick platform shooter set in a Wild West afterlife
90% positive
58 reviews
Go Home, Mr. Fisk!
A physics platformer about climbing a mountain as a salmon
79% positive
Free
A Sister's Journey
Action metroidvania combining run-and-gun combat with demanding precision platforming
62% positive
58 reviews