The most popular side-scroller games

A side-scroller (or horizontal scrolling) is a video game in which the action is shown in a side perspective and the environment scrolls mainly on an horizontal axis. Characters usually have to move from the left to the right side of the screen to go on in the game.

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Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS19904.1/5 Tecmo

Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive

Face Off!

DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan

Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.

Zool 2

DOS19943.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

Night Hunter

DOS19883.8/5 UBI Soft

Disney's The Jungle Book

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 Virgin Interactive

Beats of Rage

DOS2003freeware3/5

Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx

Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality

DOS1990freeware4/5

Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5

Secret Agent

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software

Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation

Doofus

DOS19944.1/5 X-ample Architectures

Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5

Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17

The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!

DOS19893.9/5 Paragon Software

Bad Street Brawler

DOS19874/5 Beam Software

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software

First Samurai

DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image

Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected3.8/5 Creature Labs

Iron Blood

DOS19964.1/5 Family Production

Artura

DOS19893.2/5 Arcadia Systems

Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja

DOS19914.2/5 Data East

Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed and released by Data East in 1991. Known as "Joe & Mac" in North America and "Caveman Ninja" in other regions, the game gained popularity for its humorous take on prehistoric themes, cooperative gameplay, and challenging levels.The game is set in a colorful and car...