Side Scroller games on Steam
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Steam tag · 9,310 games · 1,069 released in the last 12 months · median 86% positive across 3,804 games with 10+ reviews · 4,006,283 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
4.0% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (1,069 games), 5.0% the 12 before (944). By year: 2014: 6.1%, 2015: 5.3%, 2016: 3.6%, 2017: 3.4%, 2018: 3.9%, 2019: 4.2%, 2020: 5.5%, 2021: 8.6%, 2022: 6.7%, 2023: 6.5%, 2024: 5.4%, 2025: 5.0%, 2026: 3.8%.
Most reviewed Side Scroller games
- Geometry Dash · 2014
- Hollow Knight · 2017
- Cuphead · 2017
- Celeste · 2018
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition · 2016
- BattleBlock Theater® · 2014
- Blasphemous · 2019
- Ori and the Blind Forest · 2015
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- REPLACED · 2026
- Happy Wheels · 2026
- Well Dweller · 2026
- Doloc Town · 2026
- Silver Pines · 2026
- Constance · 2025
- MARVEL Cosmic Invasion · 2025
- Silly Polly Beast · 2025
Often paired with
2D, Action, Adventure, Platformer, 2D Platformer, Pixel Graphics, Colorful, Arcade, Cute, Atmospheric