Side view 2015 — top best games in the Side view genre

Broken Age - a game in the Side view genre

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...

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...

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...

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...

DISTRAINT

Adventure, Horror, Free game, Side view

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 30 November 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DISTRAINT is a psychological horror game with a side view for mobile platforms. You have to play as a young ambitious guy Price, who in an unholy way took the...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

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...

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...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 10 April 2015

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible epidemic turns...

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...

Braveland Pirate

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 15 September 2015

Braveland Pirate is a side-scrolling turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy setting. The final part of the trilogy of classic games in the spirit of “Heroes of...

Bulb Boy

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2015

Metacritic: 75/100

Bulb Boy is an indie horror adventure with point and click elements. The main character of Bulb Boy is a boy with a glowing head. You have to overcome your fear and...

Duck Game

Arcade, Online, Action, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Ouya, Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2015

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Castle Crashers Remastered

Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Fighting

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Castle Crashers Remastered is an improved version of the furious side-scrolling co-op action game for up to 4 people. The game will delight you with a fivefold...

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...

EA Sports UFC Mobile

Simulation, Fighting, Sports game, Free game, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

EA Sports UFC Mobile — fighting game simulator with side view. You can choose from over 70 fighters in four squads and begin your journey to the top. From...

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...

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...

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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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...

Feist

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 23 July 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Feist is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The game combines a minimalist art style and physics reminiscent of Limbo. As a small black animal, you will...

N++

Arcade, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2015

Metacritic: 85/100

N++ is an arcade side view with elements of an indie game from developers from the Metanet Software, Inc. studio. The game is published by Metanet Software, Inc...

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...

Toby: The Secret Mine

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U → 20 October 2015

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 13 March 2015

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Mystik Belle

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 22 May 2015

Mystik Belle is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. You have to go to the amazing school of magic Hagmore. Freshman witch Bella...

Runbow

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 August 2015

Metacritic: 77/100

Runbow is a side view arcade game with a dash of platforming from the developers at 13AM Games. The game is published by 13AM Games. It seems that Runbow turned out...

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, PS Vita, iOS, Android → 18 May 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 58/100

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary — side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. You will control a firefly, whose main task is to illuminate the path and guide the...

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...

Never Alone

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Wii U, PlayStation 3 → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Mortal Kombat X (Mobile App)

Arcade, Fighting, Card game, Free game, Side view, Online

Game released: iOS, Android → 7 April 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Mortal Kombat X (Mobile App) — arcade card fighting game with a side view. You have to assemble a team of Mortal Kombat 11 console characters on your mobile...

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view,

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 4 March 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow is a fantasy adventure puzzle with horror elements. The game's protagonist is deprived of his memory and is imprisoned against his will in a...

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...

Albert and Otto

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 28 October 2015

Albert and Otto is an adventure puzzle-platformer with horror elements and a side view. You have to try on the role of a little boy Albert and help him find his...

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...

In Between

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2015

Players: 8.8/10

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC → 23 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game. The game is an expanded edition of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma with an...

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...

Artificial Defense

Strategy, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 1 June 2016

Players: 7/10

Artificial Defense is a top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. You have to become the defender of a real server, because it’s no secret that...

Shadow Complex Remastered

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 4 December 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Shadow Complex Remastered is a re-release of the arcade action platformer Shadow Complex, the original version of which appeared on the Xbox 360 in 2009. The plot...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2015 (Game released)