Side view 2014 — top best games in the Side view genre

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

January 28, 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Machinarium

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

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...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

November 23, 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Limbo

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

July 21, 2010

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...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

October 4, 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Deponia: The Complete Journey

Adventure, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click

July 8, 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Deponia: The Complete Journey is the complete edition of a series of exciting point and click adventures, which includes: Deponia, Chaos on Deponia and ]Goodbye...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

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

June 26, 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

June 1, 2012

Steam: 37/100

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...

Never Alone

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

November 18, 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Space

May 30, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

February 24, 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Simulation, Business / Management, Puzzle, Side view, Adult game, Casual game, Indie

September 19, 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker is a fun dating simulator. The player runs his own dating agency under the leadership of Kitty Powers. You'll have to match endless clients...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation, Survival

November 14, 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

The Battle Cats

Strategy, In real time, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy

September 17, 2014

Absurd strategy in the tower defense genre, where armies of funny and completely absurd cats clash in battles against equally strange opponents. The game stands out...

Year Walk

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

February 21, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Year Walk is a first-person adventure set in 19th-century Sweden and based on an old ritual used to glimpse the future. The protagonist ventures into a dark forest...

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...

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...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

September 26, 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots, Point & Click

July 13, 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

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...

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...

Unepic

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

October 2, 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

May 27, 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

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...

Ninja World

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Free game, Side view

April 8, 2014

Players: 5.4/10

Ninja World is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with turn-based combat based on the story of Haruto. The game takes place during feudal Japan, but with...

Marvel Contest of Champions

Arcade, Fighting, Free game, Side view, Comics, Action

December 10, 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A free-to-play fighting game set in the Marvel Universe, where heroes and villains from across the multiverse battle each other in epic duels. The player takes...

Duck Game

Arcade, Online, Action, Side view, Platformer

May 13, 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Duck Game is a side-scrolling multiplayer arcade action game. The game takes us to 1984, where ducks rule the world. The game has the ability to fight up to 4...

Hyper Dragon Ball Z

Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Fighting, Side view, Free game

April 5, 2014

Players: 9.9/10

Hyper Dragon Ball Z is a free-to-play fan fighting game with a side view based on the cult anime Dragon Ball Z. The game will delight you with the real spirit of...

BattleBlock Theater

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

April 3, 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987)

Action, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Adventure, Simulation

February 10, 1989

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

An adventure action game with simulator elements and a side view. Step into the role of a pirate during the golden age of the Caribbean. You can choose one of 6...

Ultra Street Fighter 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

June 3, 2014

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ultra Street Fighter 4 is the most complete edition of the arcade side-scrolling fighting game Street Fighter 4. The game brings significant changes to the balance...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk

August 8, 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Outland

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

April 26, 2011

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

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...

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...

Shadow Blade

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

January 16, 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadow Blade — the game consists of small levels and rewards the player based on three factors: the total time to complete the level from start to finish, the...

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...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania

April 9, 2013

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Worms: Clan Wars

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

August 15, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2014