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

Super Plane Rush - a game in the Side view genre

Game released: iOS → 17 February 2014

Super Plane Rush is an arcade action game with a side view. You have to fly high and collect rings to buy upgrades and unlock different planes and levels. Various...

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...

Hungry Shark Evolution

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV → 24 October 2012

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Ouya, Xbox One → 28 April 2015

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Deponia: The Complete Journey

Adventure, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 8 July 2014

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Ultra Street Fighter 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 7 August 2014

Players: 6.2/10

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...

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...

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...

Trials Frontier

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android → 9 April 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Trials Frontier is an arcade racing action game with elements of stunts. You'll be able to control your bike with incredible precision and move your weight back or...

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...

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

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

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2015

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...

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...

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...

Marvel Contest of Champions

Arcade, Fighting, Free game, Side view, Comics

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 10 December 2014

Players: 7.7/10

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...

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...

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...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Out There

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

Game released: iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PC, Mac, Linux → 27 February 2014

Players: 8/10

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...

Whispering Willows

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Ouya, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Wii U → 9 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

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

Game released: PC, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

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...

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...

2064: Read Only Memories

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Ouya → 17 January 2017

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Angry Birds Epic

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Tactics

Game released: iOS, Android, Windows Phone → 16 March 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Angry Birds Epic is a turn-based adventure tactical role-playing game. It's the perfect continuation of Rovio's popular franchise, featuring iconic characters in a...

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...

Flockers

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS → 19 September 2014

Metacritic: 64/100

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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...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

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

Players: 7.3/10

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...

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...

Chariot

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PC, PlayStation 3, Android → 22 October 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Chariot is a side-scrolling adventure co-op puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. Together with a friend, you will have to try on the roles of a beautiful...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC, Linux, iOS, Android → 15 January 2013

Players: 5.5/10

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 1 March 2012

Players: 6.3/10

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...

Braveland

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view

Game released: Android, PC, Mac, Linux, iOS → 23 April 2014

Players: 3.9/10

Braveland is a turn-based strategy game with a side view in a fantasy setting. You will embark on a dangerous journey filled with battles and exciting adventures...

Cave Story+

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo 3DS → 22 November 2011

Players: 10/10

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...

Azure Striker Gunvolt

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One → 28 August 2015

Players: 3.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Velocity 2X

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view, Puzzle, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2014

Metacritic: 88/100

Velocity 2X is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. Abducted by a race of hostile aliens, Lieutenant Kai Tana must use her quick...

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...

Awesomenauts

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

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 May 2012

Players: 6.4/10

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...

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...

Magicite

Arcade, Role-playing game, Online, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 9 June 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Magicite is an action role-playing platformer with procedurally generated levels. The player, together with his friends, will have to explore the dungeons. The game...

Derrick the Deathfin

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Android → 16 June 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Derrick the Deathfin is a unique side-scrolling arcade adventure game with a world made entirely of paper. You will plunge into a bizarre underwater world, where...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2014 (Game released)