The best 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.

Most popular side-scroller applications

Mega Man X4

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The Lion King

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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

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Side-scroller applications

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Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate my Baby Sitter!

DOS19914.2/5 id software
Lucky Luke

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Infogrames
Body Blows

DOS19934.2/5 Team 17
Oliver & Company

DOS19894.2/5 Coktel Vision
The Smurfs

DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Infogrames
Wings of Fury

DOS19894.2/5 Broderbund
Super Star Wars

DOS19924.2/5 LucasArts
Titus the Fox

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Titus Interactive

Titus the Fox is a DOS horizontal scrolling platform game developed by Titus Interactive in 1992. As Titus, you have to advance through 15 levels to rescue your beloved Suzy who has been kidnapped. The player can interact with objects by throwing them at foes, or jumping higher. There are bosses at the end of each level and secret rooms spread acro...
Asterix and Obelix

DOS19964.2/5 Infogrames
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Windows XP/98/9519954.1/5 Activision

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a platform video game that was originally released in 1994. It is a sequel to the classic 1982 game Pitfall! but features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics. The game was developed by Activision and initially released for various platforms, including PC, the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNE...
Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Softdisk Publishing
Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5
Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19914.1/5 Synergistic Software
Earthworm Jim

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Shiny Entertainment
Super Mario Fusion Revival

Windows2011freewareremake4.1/5

Super Mario Fusion Revival is a remake of the popular Super Mario platform game by Nintendo. SMFR was released in 2011, designed and developed by SMFR Team.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge

DOS19884.1/5 Technos Japan
Axe of Rage

DOS19894.1/5 Palace Software
Altered Beast

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.1/5 id software
Duke Nukem 2

DOS19934.1/5 Apogee Software
Mega Man 3

DOS19924.1/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

DOSMac19934.1/5 Broderbund
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software
Guldkorn Expressen

DOS19914.1/5 SilverRock productions
Mega Man X4

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Capcom

Mega Man X4 is an abandoned side scrolling action-platform video game that was released for Windows, the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997 and 1998. Mega Man X4 is part of the Mega Man X series, which is a spin-off of the original Mega Man series, and it was developed by Capcom. Mega Man X4 is set in a dystopian future where h...
Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS19904.1/5 Tecmo
Ardentryst

WindowsLinux20094.1/5
Frankenstein

DOS19944.1/5 Junkyard
R-Type

DOS19894.1/5 Irem Software Engineering
Eye of Horus

DOS19894.1/5 Denton Designs