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Side Scroller

Featuring gameplay that moves horizontally across a scrolling background, with characters typically walking, running, or jumping from left to right. Often includes platforming elements and side-view perspectives.

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Topwith Gamepad (any) support tagged Side Scroller (611 results)

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A demake of Terraria, in PICO-8!
Action
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An old adventure... with new features!
Platformer
A side-scroller shooting platformer! Starring Nadine, the prototype android!
Platformer
Parkour platforming as a shinobi tortoise
Platformer
Play in browser
Alchemists's Castle is a 2D side-scroller platformer, inspired by old-school Metroid and Castlevania games.
Platformer
A beat 'em up game about an "oni" (demon) making an escape from a shrine maiden
Action
Authentic retro adventure platformer!
Platformer
An open world Mega Man X fangame
Action
Copy weapons from your enemies, and combine 3 of them at once into a unique super-weapon! 175 combinations total!
Action
A Classic Super Mario Style Platformer
Platformer
A stylish turn-based RPG/action platformer hybrid.
Role Playing
"That psychic spork game."
Platformer
A precision platformer with bouncy walls
Platformer
A free Metroidvania with horror vibes
Action
When the dead start walking, there's no where to run.
Action
A fast paced platformer without...running?
Platformer
An action-adventure platformer inspired by Metroid and Lovecraft
Action
Explore the depths of an abandoned submerged city
Action
A Prototype N Halloween Special
Action
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Shooter
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
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Platformer
1980s-style arcade shooter. It's like a turbo-speed Defender with a shield.
Action
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2D side-scroller action platformer metroidvania RPG.
Platformer
Help Apple rescue her dog from the fiendish Dr. Onion through the power of PUNCHING!
Action
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Collect stardust to build your own constellation!
Platformer
Crate Chucking Action Puzzler (=
Platformer
How far can Hope go?
Play in browser
2D Classicvania side-scroller action platformer retro.
Platformer
A jump and run platform game for Commodore Amiga
Platformer
Action-Platformer about a man who is also a mango.
Platformer
A combination of Risk of Rain and Faster Than Light.
Action
Explore a mysterious world with a mysterious magical companion!
Adventure
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Old-school beat 'em up set in a cyberpunk Neo-Barcelona (prototype demo)
Action
Slay, chop and stab until your name is remembered in the Pantheon of Gladiators!
Action
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Propeller-powered duck delivery action!
Action
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