Best Free Side Scroller Games for PC in 2024!

Join a Cartel and blast your way to success in a free-to-play side-scrolling interpretation of "FPS" type fun!

In Closers, a free-to-play fighting MMORPG, horrific creatures are springing from mysterious dimensional gates all around New Seoul, and it's up to you to stop them! Play as one of several psychic warriors, each with their own unique backstory and special abilities, and reclaim Korea!

LaTale is a free to play 2D side-scrolling fantasy MMORPG with anime inspired graphics, lots of quests and a massive player base. Simple gameplay and intuitive quests make LaTale accessible for players of all ages, while a large, immersive world promises hours of entertainment.

Take command of pint-sized brawlers with plus-sized arsenals in The Ultimatest Battle, a free-to-play platformer fighting game from Ediogames. Choose one of six fighters and battle across a variety of maps with destructible elements, taking all comers in PvP battles and PvE boss fights!

Create your own world and enjoy endless customization in Pixel Worlds, a 2-D free-to-play MMORPG from Kukouri Mobile Entertainment that's now on Steam! Gather resources through mining and farming, using what you can to build and trading away what you can't to other players, thanks to an economy that's 100% created by the players.

Fight for the future and be totally awesome in Awesomenauts, a 2-D, side-scrolling MOBA that's even better now that it's free-to-play! Play online or local multiplayer in 3v3 matches or death matches.

Set in the distant future, when humanity is on the brink of extinction, StarBreak is a free-to-play platformer MMO with loads of exploration and fast-paced combat. Choose your class and follow your allies into combat in confusing mazes that are different every time you play, but watch out -- a boss lurks at the end of these zones, and if you die, you'll have to start completely over!

Blast some robotic butt in Holodrive, a free-to-play 2D shooter from BitCake Studio and Versus Evil. The Holocorp "Dummy" robots were designed to be man's new best friend, but they instead became murderous machines looking only to blow each other up -- and look good doing it.

Brawlhalla is a fast-paced, frenetic smash-em-up like no other! OK, it's a little like that one “Smash” game, with plenty of interesting characters, weapons, environments, and many, many ways to die, horribly and comedically.

Bethesda Softworks' hit mobile game comes to PC! In Fallout Shelter, you'll populate and manage the citizens of your Vault-Tec Vault, protecting them from the dangers of the Wasteland and encouraging them to rebuild society.

Dungeon Fighter Online is a free 2D arcade-style action MMORPG which transports players into the mystical realm of Arad where dangerous dungeons abound. Gamers battle monsters as an individual explorer or team up to journey through exclusive multiplayer dungeons.

Transformice is a hilarious, ever-changing platformer that puts you and a bunch of your fellow mice in a race to capture the most cheese and become the all-powerful mouse shaman. The shaman has amazing powers, which can help or hinder her and her fellow mice.

Elsword is a free to play 3D non-stop side-scrolling MMORPG set in a colorful comic book style world with anime-style graphics and RPG elements. Experienced gamers as well as casual players can immediately jump into the game and pick-up the intuitive controls to defeat enemies or string together combos to deal devastating damage.

GetAmped 2 is a free fighting MMO game that follows the work made on Splash Fighters. In this game players enter the city of Wingdom and choose a fighter from five different classes.

Dragon Saga (Dragonica Online) is a free to play side scrolling 3D Fantasy MMORPG set in a world of Dragons and magic. Choose one of four classes (Warrior, Mage, Thief and Archer) and explore a rich world filled with unique monsters.

Rumble Fighter is a free 3D fighting MMO game offering a casual approach, being easy to play but difficult to master. A maximum of 8 players get to battle it out simultaneously in fast paced and exciting multiplayer action.

Teeworlds is a free to play retro multiplayer online shooter with side-scrolling combat like that of Smash Bros., and the ability to edit the maps for custom mods. It’s easy to see why Teeworlds is a popular MMO shooter.

MapleStory is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online role-playing Game) with real time gameplay and traditional RPG elements.