So I got Limbo, and Rayman Origins and I already played Braid back when it came out and I had a horrible time with Trine on the PS3 (mainly because of a bug that made the game virtually unplayable for me) so I am not getting Trine 2 until it hits the $5 mark. Besides those games are there any 2D side scrollers that are on the same level? I really don't care if they are a puzzle platformer or a shooter as long as they are fun and polished.

Thanks.

Super Meat Boy and Dustforce are two that immediately come to mind.

Cave Story+ is also rather good.

Only ones I can think of are the old Oddworld games, and Terraria might fill that void for ya. It's top down and not side scrolling, but Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has a 2D dungeon crawler portion to it that may do something for ya. Steam just uploaded a shit ton of old Sega Genesis games that you may want to take a look at. I was never a Sega kid so I can't comment on the quality of them, but there are a ton of them.

I'm really enjoying Noitu Love 2 Devolution (dumb name, I know). If retro Metal Slug-ish games with a unique control scheme are your thing. It's on steam.

@TripleBeat: Boy that's a mouthful. lol

I Wanna Be The Guy.

Abuse. Yeah that's right I'm calling back to a game from 1996.

Mount & Blade: Warband

VVVVVV

EDIT: on second thought, that game isn't exactly a side scroller, is it?

EDIT 2: Bit.Trip Runner is pretty good.

@Video_Game_King said:

I Wanna Be The Guy.

*Watching gameplay footage*...Ok, WTF did I just witnessed?

@LordXavierBritish said:

Mount & Blade: Warband

Despite its irrelevance, I'll have to recommend this one as well.

@mordukai:

Your destiny.

Cave Story + is pretty good, as is VVVVVV and the Bit.Trip.Runner as mentioned by @RVonE.

The Shank games are pretty neat too. Played a bit of the first one and really enjoyed what I played of it.

If you want some really old stuff the Commander Keen pack off Steam ain't to shabby.

@Video_Game_King said:

@mordukai:

Your destiny.

I think I need to buy a second keyboard because it looks to be a rage inducing game.

@mandude said:

@LordXavierBritish said:

Mount & Blade: Warband

Despite its irrelevance, I'll have to recommend this one as well.

That's cool. I also like tacos in the morning.

@mordukai:

It is.

Iji.

@mordukai You wanna be the guy.

For straight up Sidescrollers, I'd say Super Meat Boy and uh, Super Meat Boy.

For fucking AWESOME free roaming sidescrollers, I'd grab an emulator or two and play games like Super Metroid or Symphony of the Night, Cave Story is pretty awesome as well, and has a legit PC release.

Rochard is pretty awesome and that's on steam. More of a puzzler than platformer, but recommended.

@VinceNotVance: I bought Trine when it came out on PS3. All was fine, I was having a good time until this bug started where every time I would levitate an object, said object would just start spinning with no control over it. The game then became unplayable to me. So I won't even bother with Trine 2 until it gets on steam sale.

• VVVVVV is a lot of fun and has a wonderful soundtrack.
• The first 2 Oddworlds are crazy (in a good way). Both of them are up there with some of my favourite games ever.
• Eversion; it's not amazing, but I really loved the way the game progressed.
• Capsized; Definitely worth checking out for the lovely atmosphere alone.

Dustforce, one of the best games this year.

Jazz Jackrabbit 1 and 2 were great back in the day if you can find them somewhere and get it them to run.

I am currently enjoying A Valley Without Wind. There is a free demo if you'd like to give it a try.

Forgot to mention earlier but 1000Amps is pretty damn good it's more puzzle-y then platformy but it's pretty nifty ( for a flash game) and its $5.

Not exactly sure if it is the type of game you're exactly looking for, but Lone Survivor recently released on Steam and I think it is pretty great.

Rochard is a fun one. A little more puzzle-like than platforming though.

A bunch of old ones off the top of my head:

Abuse

Bio Menace

Commander Keen 4-6 & Keen Dreams (1-3 aren't very good, IMO)

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Crystal Caves

Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem 2

Heartlight

Jazz Jackrabbit

Major Stryker

Megaman X

Monster Bash

Secret Agent

Tyrian 2000

Xargon

There are probably a bunch more I'm forgetting. As for newer games, others have already covered most of the ones I can think of, but there's also The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, Eets, NyxQuest, Toki Tori, Aquaria, And Yet It Moves, Bob Came in Pieces, Space Pirates and Zombies, Trials 2...

I'm going to recommend one of my old favorites ... Zeliard

@TobbRobb said:

For fucking AWESOME free roaming sidescrollers, I'd grab an emulator or two and play games like Super Metroid or Symphony of the Night,

I'm not really sure advising people to illegally pirate games is the smartest idea...

@JP_Russell said:

Xargon.

How'd I know you'd say that :o

No Jill of the Jungle though?

@DeF: Where did I say pirate? Buy the games and keep the cartridge/cd in your closet if you want to. Playing with an emulator is just easier and more comfortable. Especially since he specifically asked for PC games.

CAVE STORY.

It is the ultimate PC side scroller.

Cave Story+

Also Sideway, Blocks That Matter, and Nightsky are great.

For fucking AWESOME free roaming sidescrollers, I'd grab an emulator or two

@TobbRobb said:

@DeF: Where did I say pirate? Buy the games and keep the cartridge/cd in your closet if you want to. Playing with an emulator is just easier and more comfortable. Especially since he specifically asked for PC games.

well, it's heavily implied and technically illegal no matter how you slice it (unless you manually get the ROM from your own cartridge, as far as I know) so while everyone kinda does it, I don't think it's considered "okay" to give that kind of advice here when asked for gaming recommendation.

@DeF: It's really subjective about older "hard to get"games, but I'll try and refrain from insinuating illegal actions in the future. At least on these boards.

Still there are a lot of old gems to miss out on without piracy. :P

Trine/Trine 2 are lots of fun. I wish Shadow Complex would get ported one day...

@TobbRobb said:

@DeF: It's really subjective about older "hard to get"games, but I'll try and refrain from insinuating illegal actions in the future. At least on these boards.

Still there are a lot of old gems to miss out on without piracy. :P

I know ... *cough* I know ... :)

just don't advertise it^^ that's all I wanted to say with that ;)

I don't think anyone else has mentioned this, but Capsized is pretty good. Awesome art and music, the combat and platforming are just as good, tons of replayability, and it's $10 on Steam.

@BeachThunder said:

@JP_Russell said:

Xargon.

How'd I know you'd say that :o

No Jill of the Jungle though?

You obviously have powers of divination.

Anyway, I don't think JotJ is particularly good. Probably the biggest problem I have with it is that there's no consequence for dying (so there is essentially no failure), but even that aside, I just think it's a little on the boring side. It's worth a mention, though, if only because of its music and neat things like the transforming mechanic that later showed up in Xargon.

Super Meat Boy is amazing. The controls feel so great that the basic running and jumping itself is fun.

SMB and VVVVV.

If you want a side-scrolling brawler, Little Fighter 2 is a good way to go. Played it way back, good times.

http://lf2.net/

Now that I think about it, it'd be a real cool addition to XBLA/PSN.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/another_world_15th_anniversary_edition

Rogue Legacy has proven to be pretty fun.

Indeed, Halloween Harry/Alien Carnage.

Dust: An Elysian Tail

SNES and GBA emulators should be chock full of those.

But if you're looking for sidescrollers that run natively on the PC, then there's

• Super Meat Boy - An incredibly difficult 2D platformer bared down to the basics of jumping and running.
• Intrusion 2 - An indie side scrolling shooter that reminds me of SNES games.
• Dust: An Elysian Tale - A Metroidvania-ish game with combat like a sort of Devil May Cry/ beat 'em up hybrid.
• Terraria - 2D Minecraft. Well, OK, there's more to it than that but that phrase is a pretty adequate introduction to the game. Minecraft is more of a creativity tool, where this edges on being more of a game. It's got more of a focus on bosses and weapons and action than MC does.