Best Games in the Side view genre of 2016 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Android → 17 November 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
79/100
ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2017
Players:
9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
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: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 29 June 2016
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...
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
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 8 January 2016
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Punch Club is a boxing sports game with RPG elements that tells the story of a boxer searching for his father's killer. The game is made in pixel style and...
Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2012
Players:
8.8/10
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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2016
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
84/100
Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 14 January 2016
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along with her friends...
Game released: PC, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux → 2 June 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
92/100
A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and the struggle for...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Strategy
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, PlayStation 4 → 6 September 2016
Players:
1/10
Steam:
63/100
Dungeon Rushers is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat where you go on a dungeon exploration. All levels are generated randomly and are fraught with...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2015
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 20 December 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
81/100
This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac, Linux → 21 June 2016
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
57/100
Metacritic:
52/100
Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 23 August 2016
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...
Game released: iOS, PC, Linux, Android, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
90/100
Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...
