For a particular generation of gamers, there remains an unbridled joy in the challenging but simplistic design of a good side-scrolling game. Detailed level design, hidden areas ripe for discovery, ...

A brand-new Steam game called The Dark Heart of Balor has been released, blending elements of Diablo and Castlevania to ...

Kaelaverse: Pemascape, which has garnered Very Positive reviews and is completely free to play, is a new side-scroller on Steam based on a HoloID VTuber. As one of the largest indie-friendly gaming ...

Even Hytale, the long-awaited, standalone Minecraft-like due to release into early access Jan. 13, can have its origins ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Unlit: Side Scrolling Arcade Unlit is a short story based platform game. It has many hidden secrets and paths which come as you progress along with a ...

Developer Orbit Studio has announced action side-scrolling game set in a cyberpunk universe, Sky Dust, for PC via Steam. View the announcement trailer below: Read details on the game elow: SkyDust is ...

So, now in the age of 3D everywhere, the lack of scrolling games is sorrowful... I miss playing games like Cosmo's cosmic Adventure... games like Commander Keen, and Duke Nukem... All those games that ...

Side-scrolling survival simulation game Farworld Pioneers will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on May 30, publisher ...

Inti Creates is excited to announce our newest project, Umbraclaw, at this weekend’s Indie Live Expo 2023. Umbraclaw is a 2D side-scrolling action game that follows the perilous journey of Kuon, a cat ...

Shinobi Rising is a newly announced side-scrolling stealth game set in a Japanese-cyberpunk world, and it’ll come to PS5 sometime in 2023 after first arriving on PC on February 14, 2023. Developed by ...

For many players growing up in the 1990s, some of the most joyful memories came not from pushing technology forward, but from games that refined what already worked. Tight controls, expressive art, ...

Natalie (She/Her) is a writer and game design enthusiast hailing from way-too-sunny Los Angeles. She loves to dissect game narrative and analyze mechanics, but she doesn’t even want to think about how ...