Hidden gem Side Scroller games
60 overlooked Side Scroller games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Indie 1559
Adventure 1377
Casual 1331
2D 1205
Singleplayer 1136
Action 1101
Puzzle 950
Story Rich 724
Pixel Graphics 717
RPG 700
Cute 647
Strategy 558
Exploration 551
Anime 529
Simulation 522
Visual Novel 511
◆ 88Infinos Gaiden
🕳 ×20 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players$10.99
◆ 85そこへ向かう(GO THERE)
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 85Wild Dogs
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$9.99
◆ 84PIGROMANCE
🕳 ×36 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$19.99
◆ 84Putty Pals
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 83PUTRID SHOT ULTRA
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players-75% $0.74
◆ 83TOMOMI
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~7k players-75% $1.99
◆ 83Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~9k players$9.99
◆ 83Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$0.99
◆ 82Kalyzmyr
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 82Mon Amour
🕳 ×9 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$8.99
◆ 82Supercow
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~7k players$7.99
◆ 82GB Rober
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~800 players$6.99
◆ 81Clea 2
🕳 ×9 gap🪙 Buried treasure🔁 Franchise
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$13.99
◆ 81Raimodula
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~720 players$9.99
◆ 81Bleeding Deities
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure
▮ ~720 players$9.99
◆ 81Adventure Rush
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 8110mg: Always Down
🕳 ×9 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$0.99
◆ 81LIBLADE
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~5k players$6.99
◆ 81Something Ate My Alien
🕳 ×24 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$16.99
◆ 81Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, RPG, Simulation
▮ ~11k players$14.99
◆ 81Hill Agency: PURITYdecay
🕳 ×12 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~680 players$14.99
◆ 81Mission Zigloton
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
▮ ~10k playersFree
◆ 81Splinter Zone
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action
▮ ~960 players-55% $2.24
◆ 81Winging It
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 81BLACK BIRD
🕳 ×19 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$18.99
◆ 80Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
🕳 ×18 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action
▮ ~3k players$16.99
◆ 80Time Commando
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action
▮ ~3k players$5.99
◆ 79StellaGale: The Trials Of Faith
🕳 ×9 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access
▮ ~920 players$9.99
◆ 79Six F and Six 0
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 79Treasures of the Aegean
🕳 ×11 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$19.99
◆ 79Triple Take
🕳 ×6 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$6.99
◆ 79Skybolt Zack
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$13.99
◆ 79Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
🕳 ×6 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing
▮ ~9k players$19.99
◆ 79Save The Astronaut
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~760 players-51% $0.49
◆ 79Paralyzed
🕳 ×5 gap
Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 79Zom Nom
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Free To Play
▮ ~6k playersFree
◆ 79A Winding Path
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~720 players$4.99
◆ 79QUIT TODAY
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$11.99
◆ 78Beekyr Reloaded
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 78HunterX: code name T
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players$16.99
◆ 78Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
🕳 ×24 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$19.99
◆ 78Little Lighthouse of Horror
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99
◆ 78Bauer
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Racing
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 78Freedom Finger
🕳 ×3 gap
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~6k players$7.99
◆ 78CrushBorgs
📈 Rising🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~5k players$4.99
◆ 77Everything is going to be OK
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~2k players$1.99
◆ 77One Dreamer
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~16k players$15.99
◆ 77El Panadero -The Baker-
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~920 players-35% $4.54
◆ 77Duke Dashington Remastered
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🔁 Franchise
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-50% $2.49
◆ 77Songs from the Iron Sea
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k playersFree
◆ 77Clea
🕳 ×4 gap💎 Genre outlier
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~16k players$13.99
◆ 77Cold Call
🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, Strategy
▮ ~3k players$0.99
◆ 77Soulvester VS Lil' Beezey
🪙 Buried treasure
Action
▮ ~2k players-40% $0.59
◆ 77Robot-X
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~800 players-40% $4.19
◆ 77Nobody Nowhere
Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~6k players$9.99
◆ 77Super Ninja Miner
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~760 players$4.99
◆ 77The Smell of Death - A Tsugunohi Tale - STEAM EDITION
🕳 ×5 gap
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players$5.99
◆ 77Mythargia
🕳 ×3 gap
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$5.99
◆ 77Arcade Empire Tycoon
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~720 players-45% $2.74