Best Side Scroller Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated side scroller games.

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oO "oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Jul 2015
Loot Hero DX A legendary Dragon is haunting the lands. Towns are set ablaze, and its magic power resurrects the evil creatures of the world. A hero is needed to travel to the corners of the lands and slay the beast to restore peace.

Price -65% 1.07€
Rating 7.1
Release 03 Jul 2015
The Adventures of Mr. Bobley The Adventures of Mr. Bobley is a 3d platformer adventure game featuring physics based puzzles and challenges that also require you to drive vehicles and operate heavy machinery. Set at a skyscraper construction site. The game is all about physics and interaction with the environment.

Price -50% 0.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 01 Jul 2015
METAL SLUG “METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!

Price -94% 0.50€
Rating 8.6
Release 25 Jun 2015
Streets of Fury EX Fight the gangs of Paris in this action packed Beat'Em up. Up to 4 players can join in, to cooperate, or fight against each other! Many unlockables, game modes, crazy combos and devastating furies await you in this deep fighting game.

Price -93% 0.73€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Jun 2015
Super Chibi Knight The Kingdom of Oukoku is threatened by the spicy influence of General Tso. Citizens have placed their hope in a small knight who fits the requirements of ancient legends. Which path will the Chibi Knight choose...

Price -43% 3.93€
Rating 8.1
Release 24 Jun 2015
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio is an exciting, fast-paced action game.Help Tcheco the Adventure Boy to leave a mysterious castle full of deadly creatures! Be ready for a big challenge, full of nonsense humor and retro goodness.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Jun 2015
The Silent Age Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.0
Release 29 May 2015
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition The original epic introduction to the eternal KUNG FURY beat ‘em up saga. New stages, and the Hackademy. Both THE ARCADE STRIKES BACK and the A DAY AT THE BEACH campaign.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 May 2015
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 26 May 2015
Axiom Verge Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Price -88% 2.18€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 May 2015
Dex Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

Price -96% 0.82€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 May 2015
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Apr 2015
Guns, Gore & Cannoli Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

Price -77% 2.35€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Apr 2015
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

Price -96% 0.94€
Rating 8.9
Release 23 Apr 2015
Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: China The first entry in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles saga takes place in China, 1526, as the Ming dynasty starts to crumble. You embody Shao Jun, the last remaining Assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood, returning to her homeland with a vendetta.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Apr 2015
JumpJet Rex Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?

Price -88% 1.24€
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Apr 2015
Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! Featuring a compelling single player survival mode and cooperative multiplayer for up-to four players, this is one zombie firefight you're not going to want to miss!

Price -78% 1.34€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Mar 2015
Ori and the Blind Forest “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Price -74% 2.98€
Rating 9.3
Release 10 Mar 2015
Shelter 2 As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.

Price -91% 2.27€
Rating 8.2
Release 09 Mar 2015
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.

Price -97% 0.60€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Feb 2015
Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Feb 2015
Apotheon Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

Price -73% 4.01€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Feb 2015
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.0
Release 23 Jan 2015
Anoxemia Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.

Price 7.39€
Rating 6.1
Release 16 Jan 2015
Ukrainian Ninja Ukrainian Ninja is a multiplayer platformer game for Windows. The Ninja shoots and slashes, using weapons sold by the trader to clear each world.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Dec 2014
Geometry Dash Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 22 Dec 2014
LISA: The Painful The miserable journey of a broken man...

Price -91% 1.85€
Rating 9.3
Release 15 Dec 2014
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Price -88% 1.80€
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Nov 2014
Chariot Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Price -93% 1.18€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Nov 2014
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Oct 2014
Squishy the Suicidal Pig From the creators of Hero Siege, Squishy the Suicidal Pig is a puzzle platformer with a counterintuitive goal where you play as Squishy, a pig wearing a yellow sweater who's trying to reach his parents in animal heaven by completing his deal with the devil.You asked for a challenge, now you have it!

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.1
Release 23 Oct 2014
Schein Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.

Price -71% 1.49€
Rating 6.9
Release 09 Oct 2014
METAL SLUG X “METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

Price -92% 0.66€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Oct 2014
Silence of the Sleep You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Price -92% 0.43€
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Oct 2014
Super Win the Game Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Price -66% 2.74€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Oct 2014

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