Side view 2017 — top best games in the Side view genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Cuphead

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

Game released: Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Forts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 19 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Injustice 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, PC → 16 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Injustice 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe. The plot continues exactly from the same moment where the first...

Sonic Mania

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC → 15 August 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The game will delight you with new stages, reworked classic...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, Mac, Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Little Nightmares

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, iOS, Android → 27 April 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A dark tale in which the main character Six must find a way out of an underwater vessel filled with creepy creatures. The inhabitants of the in-game world also...

Salt and Sanctuary

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

Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2017

Players: 9/10

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...

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...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 28 March 2017

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Beholder

Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Logic, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Beholder is a side-scrolling adventure strategy game where you have to spy on people. The story of the game will tell us about Karl Stein, a citizen of a...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2016

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Double Dragon 4

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 30 January 2017

Metacritic: 50/100

Double Dragon 4 is a continuation of the classic arcade action game with a side view that will make you remember your childhood. The game's plot begins after the...

Punch Club

Role-playing game, Boxing, Business / Management, Sports game, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 8 January 2016

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Cryptark

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 20 June 2017

Space arcade shooter with a side view. The player takes on the role of a futuristic mercenary who earns money from government contracts and attacks space stations...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

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...

Oxenfree

Adventure, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2016

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Sheltered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016

Players: 8/10

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...

Sundered

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.4/10

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...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

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...

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...

20XX

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 16 August 2017

Players: 8.7/10

20XX is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a sci-fi setting, inspired by the Mega Man series of games. You have to go on a dangerous journey and destroy...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch → 8 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is a collection of legendary arcade action-platformers with a look of megamen. The new collection includes 4 games: Mega Man 7, Mega...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 20 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...

Tricky Towers

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tricky Towers is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game inspired by the popular Tetris. As in the original game, you have to build a tower from familiar figures and...

Pankapu

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 21 September 2016

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Mooseman

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac → 17 February 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Mooseman is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. Long ago, the world was created from the shell of a duck egg by a god named Yen. In the dim...

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...

Dead Age

Role-playing game, Horror, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 4 November 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Dead Age is an action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will go to a world where you will forever have to...

Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite

Arcade, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 19 September 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite is a dynamic side-scrolling fighting game for fans of the Marvel universes and legendary Capcom fighters. You can expect new characters...

Mummy Demastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Mummy Demastered is a classic side-scrolling action platformer. Once again, a powerful and ancient evil has awakened and threatens all of humanity. You will try on...

Mages of Mystralia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 18 May 2017

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Mages of Mystralia — A colorful action adventure with a side view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in a world where magic is strictly...

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 1 November 2016

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a side-view arcade with a mixture of fighting and anime or manga games from the studio Arc System Works. The game's main publishers are...

GNOG

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, iOS, Mac → 2 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

GNOG is a psychedelic side-scrolling puzzle game inspired by Montreal illustrator Samuel Boucher. You will go on a journey through a colorful world inhabited by...

Seasons after Fall

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2017 (Game released)