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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Lorera
A 2D exploration platformer built around a momentum-based grappling hook
79% positive
Free
Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)
Side-scrolling ninja platformer where throwing your sword lets you teleport
89% positive
53 reviews
Demo Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery
Point-and-click Western mysteries with online co-op for up to four
70% positive
53 reviews
Demo King's Blade
Side-scrolling fantasy beat 'em up with four-player local co-op
79% positive
53 reviews
Side Scape
A platformer and dungeon crawler with two switchable viewpoints
96% positive
53 reviews
Demo BROKEN LIFE
A point-and-click adventure about returning home after wartime occupation
98% positive
53 reviews
OverRider
A side-scrolling roguelike brawler built around taking over enemy bodies
77% positive
53 reviews
Stop and Breathe
A 3D puzzle platformer where controlled breathing changes the environment
89% positive
Free
Fox Flare Night
A side-scrolling bullet-hell shooter pitting fox magic against shapeshifting raccoon dogs
100% positive
53 reviews
RedMoon : IDLE RPG
Side-scrolling idle RPG with automatic battles and equipment upgrades
34% positive
Free
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection
Two sci-fi action platformers with an endless boss battle mode
77% positive
53 reviews
Bouncing Body Bits
A 2D puzzle-platformer where collecting limbs changes how you move
96% positive
53 reviews
Powernaut VANGARDT
Retro side-scrolling action platformer built around hunting seven generals
73% positive
52 reviews
Demo 1000 hidden snails
Hidden-object puzzles across surreal paintings and islands you can rotate
50% positive
52 reviews
Safari Cannon
Casual physics platformer about bouncing past animals across a savannah
85% positive
52 reviews
Claire a la Mode
Arcade side-scrolling platformer built around a sabotaged baking competition
94% positive
52 reviews
Vivaldia 2
A side-scrolling action platformer with robots and prehistoric dinosaurs
83% positive
Free
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Escape: Immersion
A side-scrolling horror adventure through a collapsing underwater military base
100% positive
52 reviews
In My Shadow
Puzzle platformer where you move objects to reshape shadow paths
82% positive
51 reviews
Demo Madshot: Road to Madness
A side-scrolling shooter with acrobatic movement against endless monster hordes
67% positive
51 reviews
Unbound
A sci-fi precision platformer with a prison guard chasing you
88% positive
Free
Demo Jett Rider
A side-scrolling shooter platformer where recycling space debris earns money
92% positive
50 reviews
Slumbering Feline
Side-scrolling adventure built around attacking enemies at their weak points
74% positive
Free
Oblitus mortis
A side-scrolling metroidvania drawing its monsters from Venezuelan folklore
94% positive
50 reviews