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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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Fohh
Explore a mysterious world with a mysterious magical companion!
Ismael Rodriguez
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(138 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
The Pedestrian (Demo)
Enjoy this textless journey, where all ideas are shared in icons and your powers of observation will be put to the test.
Skookum Arts
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(142 total ratings)
Platformer
Nymph's Tower
Ascend, explore, escape
brlka
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
Mega Man X Innocent Impulse
An open world Mega Man X fangame
Solren
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Action
There's just something about u
A literal text adventure about a conversation between u and i
GooseStranger
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Elden Ring GB
What if Elden Ring released in 1993? Runs on real retro hardware!
shin
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
I Wanna Be The Guy Remastered
That game that ruined Youtube LPs — Remastered!
Cherry Treehouse
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Platformer
Bride into the Cave
Welcome to the cave, bride.
Bride into The Cave
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Washout Spire
A platformer for weirdos
June Flower
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Platformer
Resurgent
A post-apocalyptic narrative-driven adventure.
Tristan Harris
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(118 total ratings)
Adventure
Digimon: Digital Heroes
Help Agumon rescue his friends and memories in this platformer Digimon fan-game!
sette fan-games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Platformer
Poppin & Jupa: Pocket Adventure - Demo
Chapter 1 Demo of Poppin And Jupa: Pocket Adventure
Cleave
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
Udongein X
Mega Man X inspired Touhou fan game.
potemki11
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Action
Junkraft
Chaos then dust
Axel Malherbe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Return - Alpha
An art driven, soul's like, side scroller
Jesse Eisenbart
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Adventure
Lost魘
迷失在被遺忘的惡夢之中。
AccountForLost
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(102 total ratings)
Puzzle
8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure (Demo)
Metroidvania style 2D action platformer
RootlessStudio
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Platformer
Dreamfarer (English Translation)
A child lost her dreams and a man drowing in the dreams.
rabbitongames
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(58 total ratings)
Adventure
The Apothecary's Apprentice
Swing into adventure as you explore and gather potion ingredients!
Dragon Galaxy
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
Dunkehr - DEMO
They are many, and they are strong. You are but one... but you Dunkehr.
Fábio Fontes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
Action
Don't Look
Fear looking at the screen : Eye-tracker Compatible
Don't Look Team
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Survival
HALF-LIFE 2D: BLOCK MESA
Run. Think. Shoot. Live.
Jim Lessels
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
The Little Red Lie
A 2D horror side scroller.
ralphyua
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Big Donut
Kill people and crash police cars!
Skinner Space
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(72 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
KEEP OUT - Brand New Demo 2.0
Indie Horror Adventure Game
WEAVERACTIVE
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
Reinbō
A Bloody Side Scroller Hack and Slash -alpha version
Dead Imagination
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Bonkers
Help Apple rescue her dog from the fiendish Dr. Onion through the power of PUNCHING!
Milkbar Lads
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Valkyrie Command
Playimu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
PROBABLY ART
Interactive art - Somewhere between video game and exhibition.
schauermann
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
The Lightkeeper
An action-adventure platformer inspired by Metroid and Lovecraft
Dreamnoid
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Action
Griefhelm
2D Sidescroller dueling game with direction-based combat. A mix of Nidhogg and Mount & blade.
JohnnyDale
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Fighting
GIF
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
colorfiction
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
Project Light Spirit - Christmas Patch 2019
Another metroidvania, featuring a light spirit maiden.
Paradoxigent
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Sector 01
magarajam3
marcus7z
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Platformer
VASTYNEX
horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
zakichi
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Mega Man AGAIN
An old adventure... with new features!
SlingshotMage
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Platformer
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