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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R-Type Dimensions III
Side-scrolling sci-fi shooter with local co-op and optional unlimited continues
26% positive
50 reviews
Demo Will Glow the Wisp
A side-scrolling bullet-hell platformer with recorded rivals to challenge
84% positive
43 reviews
Demo Who Takes The Crown?
Precision puzzle platforming built around climbing through chess games
84% positive
38 reviews
Demo Rolling Bird
Retro side-scrolling shooter built around fast, endless arcade action
97% positive
36 reviews
Disney Illusion Island Starring Mickey and Friends
Hand-drawn 2D platforming across an interconnected island in local co-op
94% positive
34 reviews
Demo AI
Bravemech: The Century War
Side-scrolling mech action RPG with a warship to command
77% positive
30 reviews
Demo Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds
A 2D platformer starring a flightless duck with upgradeable weapons
100% positive
23 reviews
Demo Johnny Chainsaw
Puzzle platformer without a jump button, built around environmental navigation
95% positive
22 reviews
Letters of War
A point-and-click adventure linking wartime battles and letters home
75% positive
20 reviews
Roads Of Rome: Portals 2 Collector’s Edition
Casual strategy adventure through worlds linked by ancient portals
68% positive
19 reviews
Demo Dice Goblin's Den
Tower defense roguelite balancing goblin defenses with a growing economy
89% positive
19 reviews
Demo Golden Hornet
Side-scrolling helicopter shooter combining hostage rescues with twin-stick combat
100% positive
15 reviews
Demo Darby Is Here Forever
Challenging 2D platformer built around creating blood platforms midair
100% positive
12 reviews
Battle for Asciion
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with graphics made entirely from ASCII text
83% positive
12 reviews
Demo Two Sides of Hell
Twin-stick shooter where you switch between soldier and demon forms
75% positive
8 reviews
Tiny Cats vs Toys
A hidden-object search for miniature cats among dangerous toys
100% positive
6 reviews
Demo Offendron Warrior
Side-scrolling arcade shooter mixing space combat with planetary rescue missions
100% positive
5 reviews
Dinos Falling
Three-player cooperative platforming where clumsy dinosaurs try to escape a city
100% positive
2 reviews
Blobby and the Milkshake
A 2D platformer where you ride bathtubs and robot crabs
100% positive
1 reviews
The Last Night
A cinematic platformer about life after machines surpass human labor
Coming soon
0 reviews
Almost My Floor
A point-and-click horror mystery drawn in a comic-book style
No reviews yet
0 reviews
Crowsworn
Explore a cursed kingdom in a 2D action platformer
Coming soon
0 reviews
Demo Fools, Maniacs and Liars
A narrative mystery about six lives and a vanished Buddha
Coming soon
0 reviews
Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
A 2.5D action RPG about two heroes in cursed England
Coming soon
0 reviews