Side view 2010 — top best games in the Side view genre

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS Vita, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective

Game released: iOS, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The main character is Sissel, the spirit of a deceased man, capable of inhabiting objects and controlling them. The goal of the game is to find out the cause of the...

Worms 2: Armageddon

Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, PC → 14 September 2010

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Worms 2: Armageddon is a special edition of the tactical strategy Worms 2 for consoles and mobile devices. The game will tell about the famous and “unsinkable...

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 December 2010

Steam: 72/100

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on an infected space station...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view

Game released: Genesis, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Xbox 360, iPhone, PC, iOS, PlayStation 3, Mac, Android, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch → 24 November 1992

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an old-school platformer about a blue hedgehog, released by Sonic Team in 1992. In the story, Sonic and Tails decide to fight back against...

EA Sports MMA

Simulation, Fighting, Sports game, Wrestling, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS → 19 October 2010

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

EA Sports MMA is a realistic mixed-style fighting simulator licensed from an MMA sports organization. In the game you will be able to fight with the best champion...

Castle Crashers

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...

Shank

Action, Platformer, Side view, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360, Mac, Linux → 24 August 2010

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Set in a stylized criminal underworld, this side-scrolling beat ’em up follows Shank on a quest for revenge. Its story unfolds through fully animated scenes, while...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 11 January 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Comix Zone

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, Windows 3.x, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3, Mac, Linux → 10 June 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...

Dungeon Fighter Online

Arcade, Online, Free game, Side view, MMO, Action, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox 360, PC → 13 July 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Dungeon Fighter Online is a free-to-play Japanese-style side-scrolling multiplayer action role-playing game. Expect an exciting 2D action game with an epic...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Adventure, Online

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...

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...

Ecco the Dolphin: Complete

Adventure, Collection, Side view, Casual game, Old school, Action

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 1 June 2010

Steam: 84/100

The return of the iconic Ecco the Dolphin series, more than three decades after its debut on the Sega Mega Drive. The collection brings together classic games about...

Worms Reloaded

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view, Online

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS → 25 November 2010

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Worms Reloaded is the legendary return of the fast-paced side-scrolling team strategy game. The game offers multiplayer play for up to four people and with a...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV → 25 January 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is a side-scrolling action platformer. Dr. Eggman has returned and in an attempt to finally get rid of Sonic, he returns to his best...

Doodle Jump

Action, Platformer, Arcade, Side view

Game released: Android, BREW, iPad, iPhone, J2ME, Windows Phone, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS → 1 March 2010

Players: 7.7/10

Doodle Jump is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. you have to travel across a sheet of graph paper, constantly jumping from one platform to another...

Who's That Flying?!

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: iPad, iOS, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 28 April 2011

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Who's That Flying?! is a side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. As the mysterious and powerful "Guardian of the Earth" with an iron eye and...

The Impossible Game

Action, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Music game

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux → 20 April 2010

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The player taps the jump screen and tries to navigate the orange square while avoiding traps to reach the end of the level. Any mistake will result in instant death...

I Wanna Be the Boshy

Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 2 November 2010

Players: 10/10

A parody of the popular game I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie - The Game. The main difference is the very high level of complexity. The character overcomes various...

Gunstar Heroes

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Game Gear, Genesis, iOS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo 3DS → 24 March 1995

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This side-scrolling action shooter follows the Gunstar family, protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After the twins’ older brother is kidnapped and placed under mind...

Coma

Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Side view

Game released: Browser → 3 July 2010

Coma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to help a little boy find out what happened to his sister. The father...

Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: iOS, Nintendo DS → 7 January 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery - the continuation of the adventures of Ezio from assassin's Creed 2 for Nintendo DS and iOS. The hero will go to Spain to fight the...

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...

Tommy Tronic

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Side view

Game released: PC → 28 October 2010

Steam: 68/100

This old-school platformer follows Tommy on a journey through Gnarly Wood, an eerie forest avoided by adults, as he sets out to rescue his puppy Yapz from an insane...

The Dream Machine

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac → 14 December 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Dream Machine is a plasticine point and click adventure with horror elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a certain Victor Neff, who one day...

Soul

Action, Horror, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 January 2010

Soul is a side-scrolling action-adventure game with horror elements. The events of the game take place in a gloomy skyscraper, where a man died under mysterious...

Bit.Trip Runner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view, Runner, Music game

Game released: Mac, Wii, PC, Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2011

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bit.Trip Runner is a hardcore side-scrolling arcade runner set in the Bit.Trip universe. You have to run through dangerous locations, which are located on the Moon...

Divergent Shift

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo DSi → 16 August 2010

Steam: 84/100

Divergent Shift is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with...

Doodle Jump Christmas

Side view, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: iOS → 15 December 2010

Doodle Jump Christmas is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. An amazingly beautiful special Christmas version of one of the most exciting games. Includes amazing...

ZombieSmash!

Action, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, iOS → 28 April 2012

Metacritic: 82/100

ZombieSmash! — strategic turn-based role-playing action game in the style of a post-apocalypse with a side view. You will plunge into the role of a legendary...

Frogatto & Friends

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Side view, Arcade

Game released: iPhone, Linux, Mac, PC → 22 July 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Frogatto & Friends is a third-person action game with platformer and sandbox...

One (1997)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Side view

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 25 March 1999

Players: 5.5/10

One is a dynamic action fighting game with a side view. Intense battles with well-developed characters await you. Each of them has its own fighting style and unique...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2010 (Game released)