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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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Top ratedin game jams tagged Side Scroller (1,088 results)

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Explore the ocean floor for treasure!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(151 total ratings)
Platformer
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Underhero
$14.99
One in a minion
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(356 total ratings)
Role Playing
A game for the NOKIA 3310 JAM 2.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Platformer
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Mata a toda tu familia.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Ascend, explore, escape
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
Relaxing fishing adventure.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(123 total ratings)
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an atmospheric and challenging platformer
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Platformer
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A short survival game with a panda and lots of snow
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(58 total ratings)
Adventure
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Can you collect all the Gems, reach the Tower in the clouds, and return home?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Puzzle
Copy weapons from your enemies, and combine 3 of them at once into a unique super-weapon! 175 combinations total!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Action
What if Elden Ring released in 1993? Runs on real retro hardware!
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Adventure
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Just one more stop to get home...
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(115 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Run, jump, and escape through twisted worlds.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Platformer
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A Prototype N Halloween Special
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
An arcade game about blowing up robots
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Famous arcade action classic, finally on the Commodore Amiga computers.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
You must speak with the raven...
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(87 total ratings)
Adventure
Propeller-powered duck delivery action!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Flappy Bird but you're the pipe out for revenge.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Action
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Fear looking at the screen : Eye-tracker Compatible
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Survival
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
A 2D horror side scroller.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Adventure
Kill people and crash police cars!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(72 total ratings)
Action
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reinvent the wheel
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
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Decide which is the superior format in this Vaporwave inspired 4 player fighting game!
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Platformer
Wherever you go, whatever you choose, know that you are loved. CW: References to abuse
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
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Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Action
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Interactive art - Somewhere between video game and exhibition.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Adventure
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Just a calm and beautiful day completing a list... right?
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Authentic retro adventure platformer!
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(81 total ratings)
Platformer
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
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Another metroidvania, featuring a light spirit maiden.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
a bunch of cats shoot things in 2.5d
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Shooter
magarajam3
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Platformer
Did he ever come back?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Physics-based Platformer for the NES
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
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