Side view 2008 — top best games in the Side view genre

Castle Crashers - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4, Mac → 27 August 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil sorcerer steals...

Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Game Gear, SEGA Master System, Wii, Android, iOS → December 1991

Players: 6.7/10

Sonic the Hedgehog — side-scrolling action platformer. You'll race at lightning speed through seven classic zones as Sonic the Hedgehog. You'll be able to run...

Renegade

Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Sports game

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, SEGA Master System, Wii, ZX Spectrum, PlayStation 4 → 1989

Players: 9.2/10

Renegade is a fun action-fantasy game with a side view. The game takes place on the gangster streets of Brooklyn in New York. You have to save your beloved from the...

Flashback (1992)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Jaguar, 3DO, Genesis, Amiga, DOS, Mac, PlayStation, PC, SNES, CD-i, Android, Dreamcast, FM-7, Palm OS, iOS, PSP, PlayStation 2 → 1995

Flashback is an arcade action game with platformer elements in a futuristic style. 2142 After escaping from a spaceship and suffering complete amnesia, young...

Rayman

Platformer, Side view, Action, Arcade

Game released: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Jaguar, Nintendo DSi, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC, Game Boy Color, iOS, Android → 1995

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Rayman is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In this game you have to find and save all the Electuns — unusual little creatures. After this, you can...

Peggle

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

Game released: Android, BlackBerry, BREW, iPad, iPhone, iPod Classic, J2ME, Mac, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360, Zeebo, PSP → June 2010

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Peggle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to shoot a limited number of balls at the walls and at the same time you need to hit the multi-colored...

Double Dragon (1988)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Side view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Atari 2600, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Lynx, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, SEGA Master System, Wii, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum, iOS, PC, PlayStation 4 → 1988

Players: 9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A side-scrolling action game about martial arts experts Billy and Jimmy Lee, who take on the Black Warriors street gang to rescue Marian. Players fight through four...

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 21 November 2008

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a dynamic side-scrolling fighting game that is a crossover of two worlds — Mortal Kombat and DC...

Impossible Mission 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Metroidvania, Side view, Cyberpunk

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, Wii, ZX Spectrum, PC → 1988

Steam: 100/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows an attempt to infiltrate the futuristic fortress of Professor Elvin Atombender, a mastermind bent on world...

Trials Dynamite Tumble

Arcade, Puzzle, Stunts, Side view

Game released: Browser → 9 September 2008

Trials Dynamite Tumble — motorcycle racing arcade game with a side view. Your task — go the distance from start to finish, using all the features of...

The Witcher: Versus

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Arcade, Online, Free game, Side view

Game released: Browser, iOS → 9 July 2008

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 56/100

The Witcher: Versus is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting game set in the fantasy universe of The Witcher. In the game you will have three classes...

NiGHTS into Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2, SEGA Saturn, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 21 February 2008

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

NiGHTS into Dreams is an arcade adventure action-platformer with a side view, set in the World of Dreams. This world is divided into Nightopia and Nightmare. It is...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, PlayStation 3, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Android, DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 12 April 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. Chosen by the fickle finger of fate, Master First Class was catapulted into a...

Shift

Action, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Android, Browser, iPhone, PSP → 26 January 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Shift is a side-view arcade puzzle game. You have to guide your character through various levels, find the exit and collect the missing keys. The main thing is the...

Obulis

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 March 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Obulis is a fun arcade puzzle game with a side view, where you have to guide colorful balls to the corresponding jugs. To do this, you will use a developed system...

You Have to Fertilize the Egg

Platformer, Side view, Arcade

Game released: PC → 30 July 2008

You Have to Fertilize the Egg is a side view platformer with a touch of arcade from the developers from the Mazapán.se studio. The game is published by...

Absolute Blue

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Arcade

Game released: PC → 20 February 2008

Steam: 71/100

Absolute Blue is an action game with shooter elements from developers from the Intermediaware studio. The game is published by...

UmiharaKawase: Shun

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation, PSP → 24 November 2015

UmiharaKawase: Shun is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle and anime or manga elements from developers from Jackpot, Japan Clary Business and Studio...

Jets'n'Guns Gold

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 30 January 2009

Steam: 87/100

Jets'n'Guns Gold is an arcade game mixed with action, shooter and flight simulator from the developers from the Rake in Grass studio. The main publisher...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2008 (Game released)