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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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Latest freein game jams tagged Side Scroller (3,506 results)

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Whiskerhold is Dungeon Crawler style game with a goal of surviving until you reach the end of the castle's hallway.
Strategy
A short platformer designed to reflect the classics!
Platformer
Run to secure your copy!
Action
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Action
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Casual Mayhem is a side scroller game where you need to reach the end without taking a hit.
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Escort Carl, the carefree prince, back to his castle!
Action
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Created for Brackey's Game Jam 2025.1. Lenny just wants to get his steps in... no matter what
Puzzle
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nothing can go wrong... unless you're a vase.
Platformer
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Simple, prevent the engine from overheating or freezing while your boss checks in on you. Nothing can go wrong… right?
Simulation
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the game about a heist gone wrong
Platformer
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You are a new crew member aboard the Space Titanic
Action
Erase the stain of Darkness from the world
Platformer
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Look who signed up for the Advanced Environment Testing Program!
Platformer
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Everything is normal
Platformer
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Vintage style frantic defense
Action
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An idle road trip sim through a cold, wintry landscape. Manage your gas and reach Saskatoon before you run dry!
Simulation
You are Magical Girl Melody Starlight (?!)
Action
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Nothing can go wrong with a little inner tubing right?
Survival
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Search for the long-lost infinite-sided polygon.
Platformer
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Will you clear the stage or will you fall to the poison running through your veins?
Platformer
A side scrolling shooter game
Action
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A platformer where you create the platforms
Platformer
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Mister Freezer est un jeu vidéo en 2D pixel art, disponible sur PC.
Platformer
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Stranded in space, Adam must maintain his ship while a space eel and other hazards drain its power.
Action
Probably the stupidest thing I've ever made
Platformer
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Glide through force fields, predict your path, and master momentum!
Puzzle
Game made for the Bossrush Gamejam
Action
Deadly Mechanical Twisting Snakes...
Action
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A discarded ballerina automaton rises from industrial ruins, discover an engaging hand-drawn sidescroller bossrush game.
Adventure
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Celeste with a Skip Button and an AI drone
Platformer
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Shooter
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