Best Games in the Side view genre of 2017 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 24 February 2017
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
89/100
An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
77/100
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: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 28 March 2017
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
63/100
An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a world where...
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Ouya, Xbox One, Linux → 28 April 2015
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...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 18 April 2017
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...
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: 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: PC, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 26 June 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...
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: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 29 June 2016
Players:
8.9/10
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...
Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots, Point & Click
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Ouya → 17 January 2017
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...
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, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 25 July 2014
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, Mac, Linux → 22 September 2017
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
87/100
SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...
Game released: Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 30 March 2017
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Thimbleweed Park is a classic “point-and-click” quest from the creators of Maniac Mansion. The game takes place in a small town where a mysterious murder occurred...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation 3 → 5 April 2017
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a free add-on for owners of the side-scrolling arcade platformer Shovel Knight. You have to take the other side of the...
Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 11 January 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 28 July 2017
Players:
5.4/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...