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Best Side Scroller Games on Steam

Filter the Steam catalog for top-rated Side Scroller games. Every title listed here is aggregated based on positive community reviews and active player feedback. Compare current discounts below to get the best deal on your next game.

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Black The Fall After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?
Price -94% 0.94€
Rating 7.5
Release 11 Jul 2017
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!
Price -80% 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Jun 2017
Armed with Wings: Rearmed You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries. Embark on a journey through a vicious world ruled by darkness and imperial tyranny - the lands of Blackmist.
Price -39% 6.11€
Rating 8.2
Release 01 Jun 2017
OVIVO Switch between black and white to flip gravity and ride the border between two worlds. A wordless, meditative puzzle platformer full of optical illusions, hidden symbols and an ambient soundtrack by Brokenkites.
Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 May 2017
Charlie Murder It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.
Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 May 2017
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built on a new engine that allows for an even more visually gruesome experience.
Price 9.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 May 2017
Shio “Shio” is a challenging platformer game in which you deep and moving story by jumping from lantern to lantern. If you are big fan of Super Meat Boy, you will like Shio as well!
Price -80% 2.39€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 May 2017
WAVESHAPER WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.
Price 1.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 03 May 2017
Mini Ghost "Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Apr 2017
Pinstripe An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.
Price -93% 1.14€
Rating 8.5
Release 24 Apr 2017
aMAZE 2 aMAZE 2 is a colorful 2D maze puzzle game that blends relaxing gameplay with challenging brain teasers. Guide a ball through intricate labyrinths, find the right path, and test your logic and spatial thinking across 60 levels and three difficulty settings.
Price -72% 0.56€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Apr 2017
The Disney Afternoon Collection Starring a cast of beloved Disney characters, The Disney Afternoon Collection takes you back to a golden era of gaming and afternoons filled with adventure. All six classic games feature new and improved visuals and include filtering options that replicate a retro look and feel.
Price -83% 3.47€
Rating 8.1
Release 18 Apr 2017
Flinthook Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
Price -34% 9.98€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Apr 2017
Gloom Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.
Price -87% 1.34€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Apr 2017
Spark the Electric Jester Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on best classics from the 16-bit era from both sides of the aisle.
Price 6.59€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Apr 2017
GIBZ Shoot, slice and surf on zombies by yourself or with friends. Fight overwhelming amounts of zombies and other monsters summoned by an evil wizard (ooOooOOOo spooky) in an early 1900s London.
Price -81% 1.20€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Apr 2017
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!
Price -40% 6.02€
Rating 8.7
Release 05 Apr 2017
aMAZE aMAZE is a colorful 2D maze puzzle game that blends relaxing gameplay with challenging brain teasers. Guide a ball through winding labyrinths, find the right path, and test your logic, concentration, and spatial thinking across 50 levels and three difficulty settings.
Price -77% 0.47€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
BRAIN / OUT Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Feb 2017
Hollow Knight Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Masterpiece
Price -46% 8.09€
Rating 9.5
Release 24 Feb 2017
Shift Happens Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.
Price -94% 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Feb 2017
Zup! 4 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Feb 2017
Bleed 2 Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
Hidden gem
Price -95% 0.52€
Rating 8.9
Release 08 Feb 2017
Rosenkreuzstilette Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
Price 9.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 02 Feb 2017
Alwa's Awakening Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Price -94% 0.68€
Rating 7.5
Release 02 Feb 2017
Rocketbirds 2 Evolution The original Coq of War returns in a glorious explosion of finger-licking fun; with enhanced controls, new upgrade systems, a full single player campaign in “Part 1: The Cockup” with full VO and OST - and a 1- 4 player campaign in “Part 2: The Rescue” with procedurally generated maps.
Price -31% 6.90€
Rating 7.2
Release 26 Jan 2017
Little Triangle Little Triangle has the most complete platformer experience among many others. All three game modes including single player mode, local co-op mode and local mini Battle Royale mode are all well polished and hilarious!
Price -74% 2.19€
Rating 8.3
Release 20 Jan 2017
I Am The Hero I Am The Hero is a pixel art, beat 'em up, fighting game that tells the story of a "Hero" with a glorious but mysterious past. Is he the hero he thinks he is or is there a another side to this legendary figure?
Price 9.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Jan 2017
Rise & Shine Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
Price -74% 2.55€
Rating 6.7
Release 13 Jan 2017
99Vidas "99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.
Price -17% 10.86€
Rating 7.2
Release 22 Dec 2016
Heroine Anthem Zero -Sacrifice- 《Heroine Anthem Zero : Sacrifice》 is an epic fantasy 2D side-scrolling ARPG with Japanese voiceovers and support for 7 languages. In a world unforgiven by God, it is a story of sacrifice and survival ten years in the making. Come and enter a world of adventure from long ago.
Price 9.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 22 Dec 2016
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
Price -79% 4.28€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Dec 2016
ICEY ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?
Price -79% 2.58€
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Nov 2016
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
Price -66% 4.16€
Rating 8.0
Release 20 Oct 2016
GoNNER GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Price -93% 0.78€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 Oct 2016
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor A Rhythm Role-Playing Game! Fight party crashing monsters with the power of music! Level your party and upgrade your gear while dancing to the beat of some groovin' tunes. Grab a friend and combine forces in all game modes in The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor!
Price -95% 0.98€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Sep 2016

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