Side view 2012 — top best games in the Side view genre

Mortal Kombat (2011)

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

April 19, 2011

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Point & Click, Combat robots

October 16, 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Machinarium is an amazing quest about the robot Josef, who seeks to return his beloved. The game has mesmerizing hand-drawn graphics and truly mind-bending puzzles...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective

June 24, 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...

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Casual game

November 13, 2012

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Scribblenauts Unlimited — side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle game. Welcome to an adventure in a vast world where your most powerful tool is your...

Bad Piggies

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

September 27, 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Piggies is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. The bad pigs are hunting for eggs again — but, as usual, nothing goes according to plan. You have to...

Castle Crashers

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

August 27, 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...

The Tiny Bang Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Point & Click

April 22, 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The game takes place in a funny universe where you need to piece together a planet destroyed by a meteorite. The game uses point-and-click mechanics in the best...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

August 15, 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

Street Fighter X Tekken

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

March 6, 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter X Tekken is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade fighting game that combines the two universes of Street Fighter and Tekken. Dozens of familiar heroes...

Dungeon Fighter Online

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

June 11, 2010

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...

Hungry Shark Evolution

Arcade, Action, Side view

October 24, 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Hungry Shark Evolution is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You have to take control of a very hungry shark and head out into the frantic violence of the ocean...

Cave Story+

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

September 8, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

January 11, 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...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

May 1, 2012

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

October 25, 1991

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

June 30, 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

March 1, 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Vessel is a fun puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. The events of the game take place in the amazing world of mechanical machines that have...

Gunman Clive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie

April 3, 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gunman Clive is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a beat 'em up style. The game takes place in 1800, where the player controls the main character...

Lode Runner (1989)

Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox, Side view

July 31, 1984

Players: 5.5/10

Lode Runner (1989) is a classic side-scrolling puzzle platformer. You will find many different levels with complex riddles. In addition, you can create your own...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

October 7, 2010

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...

Angry Birds: Star Wars

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Side view

November 8, 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Angry Birds: Star Wars is a fantastic arcade game in the style of Star Wars with a side view. Levels take place both on standard terrain and in outer space. The...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

June 1, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Jetpack Joyride

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

September 1, 2011

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Jetpack Joyride is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. It's time to join Barry Steakfries and equip cool jetpacks, dress up in stylish suits and drive crazy...

Draw Slasher

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Side view, Indie, Adventure

April 27, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Draw Slasher is a side-scrolling arcade action slasher about a ninja named Hanzo. While Hanzo was learning the way of the ninja, pirate zombie monkeys kidnapped his...

Streets of Rage 3

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Side view, Beat them all

March 17, 1994

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Streets of Rage 3 — After Mr. X suffered two defeats, he founded the research company RoboCy Corporation to cover his illegal activities. Dr. Zahn, the...

Quiet, Please!

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle

April 12, 2012

Steam: 100/100

Quiet, Please! is a side view adventure with a hint of puzzle from the developers from the Nostatic Software studio. The main publisher of the game is Nostatic...

Worms Revolution

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

October 9, 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms Revolution is the legendary return of the side-scrolling turn-based tactical action strategy game to the Worms series. The game was created using a new game...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Casual game

May 12, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

March 1, 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

Another World

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Side view

November 27, 1992

Players: 8.8/10

Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...

Random Heroes

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Platformer

August 16, 2012

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 65/100

An action platformer about a group of unlikely heroes trying to save Earth from monsters invading from another dimension. Players choose a character and fight their...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

October 22, 2012

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

August 30, 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

Rayman Jungle Run

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action

September 20, 2012

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Rayman Jungle Run is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. The legendary platformer hero makes the leap to your favorite mobile...

Chaos on Deponia

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

November 6, 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Chaos on Deponia is a continuation of the point and click adventure. Rufus could have come to his senses, become friendly and considerate, and it would not have...

New Super Mario Bros. U

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Mario Game

November 18, 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

New Super Mario Bros. U is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in the Mario universe. Classic, exciting gameplay awaits you, where the main task is to...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

December 1, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

La Mulana Ex

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

June 21, 2011

La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by Active Gaming...

Knightmare Tower

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Slasher

August 31, 2012

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A fantasy action arcade game in which a hero fights upward through a tower, rescuing princesses and escaping rising boiling lava. The ascent is filled with monsters...

Nihilumbra

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

June 27, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2012