Best Games in the Side view genre of 2012 (Game released)
Game released: Android, iPad, Linux, Mac, PC, PS Vita, iPhone, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, iOS, Xbox One → 10 May 2012
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...
Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2012
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...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 24 May 2013
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...
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...
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS → 11 May 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...
Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, J2ME, Mac, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, Sharp X1, SG-1000, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Phone, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum → 1989
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...
Game released: iPad, iPhone, Android, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PSP, iOS → 1 September 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...
Game released: 3DO, Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, SNES, Windows 3.x, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita → 21 October 1994
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...
Game released: iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, Wii U, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS → 27 June 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...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2013
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...
Game released: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 30 June 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...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 May 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...
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game
Game released: Genesis, PlayStation 3, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 25 October 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Wii, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 8 November 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...
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...
