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Best Side Scroller Games

If you'd love for your next gaming session to be full of a retro vibe and simple yet deeply engaging gameplay, then look no further than the best side-scroller games. If you've ever played platformers like Metroid titles or Super Mario Bros. (1985), you know the drill: the camera view will follow your character, who moves around the 2D map. 

DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 21 Jul 2026
Discount: -37% Current price: C$13.85
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Fanatical Fanatical and 14 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown PC
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 8 Aug 2024
Historical low Discount: -75% Current price: C$9.60 Historical low
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Ubisoft Store Ubisoft Store and 13 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites PC
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites
Genres: Action
Release Date: 9 Sep 2021
Historical low Discount: -64% Current price: C$8.16 Historical low
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GAMIVO GAMIVO and 24 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable
Absolum PC
Absolum
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie + 1
Release Date: 9 Oct 2025
Discount: -32% Current price: C$22.10
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LootBar LootBar and 25 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable
Cuphead PC
Cuphead
Genres: Action, Indie
Release Date: 29 Sep 2017
Discount: -30% Current price: C$15.39
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Gog.com Gog.com and 18 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
MARVEL Cosmic Invasion PC
MARVEL Cosmic Invasion
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual + 1
Release Date: 1 Dec 2025
Discount: -35% Current price: C$25.99
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Microsoft Store Microsoft Store and 8 stores
Platforms: Windows Linux Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Hollow Knight PC
Hollow Knight
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 24 Feb 2017
Discount: -42% Current price: C$11.26
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GAMIVO GAMIVO and 22 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound PC
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 31 Jul 2025
Discount: -40% Current price: C$19.50
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Steam Steam and 10 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Dead Cells PC
Dead Cells
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 6 Aug 2018
Discount: -64% Current price: C$10.76
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Difmark Difmark and 32 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
The Rogue Prince of Persia PC
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 20 Aug 2025
Historical low Discount: -75% Current price: C$9.60 Historical low
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Ubisoft Store Ubisoft Store and 10 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Wall World 2 PC
Wall World 2
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie + 1
Release Date: 11 Nov 2025
Discount: -81% Current price: C$2.93
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Yuplay Yuplay and 30 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Verified
Possessor(s) PC
Possessor(s)
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 11 Nov 2025
Discount: -75% Current price: C$2.99
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Gog.com Gog.com and 21 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable GeForce Now
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge PC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual + 1
Release Date: 16 Jun 2022
Historical low Discount: -60% Current price: C$11.59 Historical low
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Microsoft Store Microsoft Store and 17 stores
Platforms: Windows Linux Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
REPLACED PC
REPLACED
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 14 Apr 2026
Historical low Discount: -20% Current price: C$20.79 Historical low
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Microsoft Store Microsoft Store and 11 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
FlipWitch - Forbidden Sex Hex PC
FlipWitch - Forbidden Sex Hex
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 18 Nov 2023
Historical low Discount: -25% Current price: C$14.59 Historical low
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Gog.com Gog.com and 1 store
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
ASTLIBRA Revision PC
ASTLIBRA Revision
Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG
Release Date: 13 Oct 2022
Historical low Discount: -30% Current price: C$20.29 Historical low
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Steam Steam and 2 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Planet of Lana Xbox & PCXbox & PC
Planet of Lana (Xbox & PC)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 23 May 2023
Historical low Discount: -75% Current price: C$6.24 Historical low
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Microsoft Store Microsoft Store
Platforms: Xbox One Xbox Series Xbox Cloud Gaming Windows GeForce Now
Blasphemous 2 PC
Blasphemous 2
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 24 Aug 2023
Discount: -79% Current price: C$7.99
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G2Play G2Play and 34 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree PC
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Genres: Action, Indie, RPG
Release Date: 17 Apr 2025
Discount: -51% Current price: C$24.03
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K4G.com K4G.com and 19 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
MARVEL Cosmic Invasion + Cyclops & The Thing DLC PC
MARVEL Cosmic Invasion + Cyclops & The Thing DLC
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual + 1
Historical low Discount: -32% Current price: C$27.11 Historical low
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Steam Steam
Platforms: Windows Linux Steam Deck Verified
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate PC
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
Genres: Action
Release Date: 17 Apr 2025
Historical low Discount: -93% Current price: C$1.98 Historical low
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PremiumCDKeys PremiumCDKeys and 24 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Transiruby PC
Transiruby
Genres: Action
Release Date: 9 Dec 2021
Current price: C$17.49
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Steam Steam and 2 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night PC
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG
Release Date: 18 Jun 2019
Discount: -96% Current price: C$2.01
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Difmark Difmark and 32 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable
HUNTDOWN PC
HUNTDOWN
Genres: Action, Indie
Release Date: 12 May 2020
Discount: -80% Current price: C$5.39
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Steam Steam and 18 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Haiku, the Robot PC
Haiku, the Robot
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 28 Apr 2022
Historical low Discount: -96% Current price: C$0.90 Historical low
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Difmark Difmark and 11 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Verified
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days PC
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Genres: Action, Early Access, Simulation + 1
Release Date: 9 Apr 2025
Historical low Discount: -20% Current price: C$26.39 Historical low
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Steam Steam and 9 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Verified
Catmaze PC
Catmaze
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie + 1
Release Date: 24 May 2018
Historical low Discount: -81% Current price: C$2.44 Historical low
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G2Play G2Play and 3 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified
Train45 PC
Train45
Genres: Casual, Indie
Release Date: 26 Jun 2026
Current price: C$12.99
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Steam Steam
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable
Infernax PC
Infernax
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie + 1
Release Date: 14 Feb 2022
Discount: -51% Current price: C$12.94
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G2Play G2Play and 7 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Streets of Rage 4 PC
Streets of Rage 4
Genres: Action, Indie
Release Date: 30 Apr 2020
Discount: -85% Current price: C$4.33
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Eneba Eneba and 18 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Symphonia PC
Symphonia
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 5 Dec 2024
Historical low Discount: -94% Current price: C$1.48 Historical low
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G2Play G2Play and 12 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable
Primal Planet PC
Primal Planet
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 28 Jul 2025
Discount: -85% Current price: C$3.78
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G2Play G2Play and 24 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Ori and the Will of the Wisps PC
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Genres: Action
Release Date: 11 Mar 2020
Discount: -78% Current price: C$8.68
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GAMIVO GAMIVO and 18 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Playable GeForce Now
Sonic Mania PC
Sonic Mania
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual
Release Date: 29 Aug 2017
Discount: -84% Current price: C$4.07
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G2Play G2Play and 25 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Planet of Lana PC
Planet of Lana
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 23 May 2023
Discount: -94% Current price: C$1.35
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Kinguin Kinguin and 26 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Laika: Aged Through Blood PC
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 19 Oct 2023
Discount: -87% Current price: C$3.20
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G2Play G2Play and 23 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Between Horizons - A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure PC
Between Horizons - A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 25 Mar 2024
Historical low Discount: -96% Current price: C$0.70 Historical low
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Difmark Difmark and 20 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
Cuphead & The Delicious Last Course PC
Cuphead & The Delicious Last Course
Genres: Action, Indie
Release Date: 30 Jun 2022
Discount: -26% Current price: C$22.79
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GAMIVO GAMIVO and 10 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Verified
Bread & Fred PC
Bread & Fred
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual + 1
Release Date: 23 May 2023
Discount: -92% Current price: C$1.49
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Loaded Loaded and 15 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Playable
My Friend Pedro PC
My Friend Pedro
Genres: Action, Indie
Release Date: 20 Jun 2019
Discount: -85% Current price: C$3.68
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Instant Gaming Instant Gaming and 26 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa PC
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie + 1
Release Date: 17 May 2018
Discount: -66% Current price: C$5.85
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G2Play G2Play and 7 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Steam Deck Playable
American Arcadia PC
American Arcadia
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 15 Nov 2023
Discount: -89% Current price: C$2.68
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Eneba Eneba and 25 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition PC
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Genres: Action
Release Date: 27 Apr 2016
Discount: -76% Current price: C$5.89
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G2A G2A and 28 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified GeForce Now
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo SwitchNintendo Switch
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch)
Genres: Action
Release Date: 20 Oct 2023
Discount: -5% Current price: C$79.99
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Humble Store Humble Store and 8 stores
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 1
Dead Cells: Medley of Pain Bundle PC
Dead Cells: Medley of Pain Bundle
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Release Date: 6 Mar 2023
Discount: -47% Current price: C$25.08
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GAMIVO GAMIVO and 24 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified
Rogue Legacy 2 PC
Rogue Legacy 2
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie + 1
Release Date: 28 Apr 2022
Discount: -59% Current price: C$13.32
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GAMIVO GAMIVO and 17 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified
Terminator 2D: NO FATE PC
Terminator 2D: NO FATE
Genres: Action
Release Date: 12 Dec 2025
Current price: C$33.99
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Epic Games Store Epic Games Store and 9 stores
Platforms: Windows Mac Linux Steam Deck Verified
Spelunky 2 PC
Spelunky 2
Genres: Action, Indie
Release Date: 29 Sep 2020
Current price: C$22.79
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Steam Steam and 8 stores
Platforms: Windows Steam Deck Verified
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DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
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DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain PC
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Historical Low:
C$13.49 from Loaded (expired )
Metacritic:
Metacritic Metascore: 79 Metacritic Userscore: tbd
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Very Positive (161)
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