Side view 2013 — top best games in the Side view genre

Mortal Kombat (2011)

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

Game released: PS Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 11 May 2012

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...

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, iOS, PlayStation 4, PC, PS Vita, Android → 16 July 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Injustice: Gods Among Us is an exciting side-scrolling fighting game about DC superheroes from the creators of the Mortal Kombat series. You have to defeat your...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

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

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...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

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

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...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, Mac, Linux → 3 April 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC → 10 May 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

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...

Angry Birds

Tactics, Logic, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS, Android, PC, Nvidia Shield → 5 November 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Angry Birds is a tactical puzzle game with a side view. In this game you have to take revenge on the greedy pigs who stole the eggs. You will be able to use the...

The Tiny Bang Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2012

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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: 6.7/10

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...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PS Vita, Xbox One → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

DuckTales Remastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Xbox 360, iOS, Android → 14 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

DuckTales Remastered is an HD remake of the cult game based on the animated series DuckTales. The game contains many restored levels from the original, as well as...

Wormix

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

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 10 August 2013

Players: 8.1/10

Wormix is a side-scrolling arcade turn-based strategy game based on the popular Worms series. As in the original game, you have to assemble a team of cute and...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux → 16 May 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans, possessing all...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2013

Players: 9.6/10

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...

Tekken 6

Action, Fighting, Arcade, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360 → 27 October 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Tekken 6 is a side-scrolling arcade action fighting game. In this game you have to fight with other characters to become the champion of the tournament. A large...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Scribblenauts Unlimited

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

Game released: Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PC, iOS, Android → 6 December 2013

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...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 25 July 2013

Players: 5.4/10

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...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, Wii U, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS → 27 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

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...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One → 30 May 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Year Walk

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Wii U → 6 March 2014

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Year Walk is a side view adventure with puzzle elements from the masters from the Simogo studio. The game is published by Simogo. It seems that Year Walk turned out...

Worms Reloaded

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view

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

Players: 9/10

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...

Angry Birds: Star Wars

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

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...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 31 August 2012

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...

Badland

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One → 4 April 2013

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Badland is an adventure, arcade puzzle platformer with a view. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful locations, avoiding various obstacles...

Draw Slasher

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, PS Vita, Android → 13 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

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...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, iOS, Wii U → 18 December 2012

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Showdown Effect

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 5 March 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Showdown Effect is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade action platformer from the creators of Magicka. The game is inspired by the best films of the 80s and 90s and...

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an adventure arcade puzzle platformer with a side view. You have to save the main character's brother from the evil Lord Mustasho...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view

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

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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...

Worms 3

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Tactics, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android → 8 August 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Worms 3 — arcade action game with strategy and platforming elements. You will collect in-game rewards that allow you to purchase bronze, silver and gold...

Worms: Clan Wars

Action, Strategy, MMO, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 August 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms: Clan Wars is a new part of the exciting turn-based strategy in the Worms universe with an emphasis on the multiplayer component. The game contains 25 single...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PC, Mac, Linux → 10 April 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...

A-Men 2

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PC → 6 November 2013

A-Men 2 is a side view arcade game with a hint of puzzle from the Bloober Team studio. The main publisher of the game is Bloober Team. Overall, the project turned...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2013 (Game released)