Side view 2018 — top best games in the Side view genre

Disney Heroes: Battle Mode - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Free game, Side view

Game released: Android, iOS → 16 May 2018

Players: 6.7/10

Disney Heroes: Battle Mode is a free-to-play arcade role-playing game with turn-based combat and side-scrolling for mobile platforms, in which heroes from various...

Octopath Traveler

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Stadia, Xbox One → 12 July 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Octopath Traveler is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade RPG. Embarking on an exciting adventure, you can choose one of eight characters. Each of the characters...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 6 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Hollow Knight

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...

Unravel Two

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 11 December 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom: Two Crowns is a continuation of the pixel management strategy with a side view in a fantasy setting, where the main emphasis is on cooperative play. You...

Star Traders: Frontiers

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android → 31 July 2018

Players: 9/10

Star Traders: Frontiers is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based RPG. You are the captain of a starship sailing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew...

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...

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...

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...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the sequel to the action-packed side-scrolling fighting game, featuring 66 characters from different game universes, all of whom will...

Beholder 2

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 5 December 2018

Players: 8/10

Beholder 2 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...

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...

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...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PlayStation 4, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

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: 8.2/10

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...

Four Last Things

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 23 February 2017

Four Last Things is a classic point-and-click adventure inspired by Renaissance art. The game will tell you the story of sin and the Four Last Things — Death...

The Red Strings Club

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The Red Strings Club — a "point and click" adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk style. The game's plot centers around a bartender and his hacker friend, who...

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...

Lobotomy Corporation

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Horror, Side view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, In real time, Strategy, Tactics

Game released: PC → 10 April 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Lobotomy Corporation is a side-view business simulator in the indie horror genre with elements of fantasy and tactics. This game was inspired by monsters from games...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 8 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Little Nightmares - The Residence

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Little Nightmares — The Residence is an add-on for the side-view horror adventure Little Nightmares. The main character has to find out who is hiding behind...

Chuchel

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 7 March 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Chuchel is an unusual side-scrolling adventure from the creators of Samorost 3, Botanicula and Machinarium. Starring an angry, hairy, slightly nice, screaming and...

Muse Dash

Arcade, Music game, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Android → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Muse Dash is a musical arcade game with a side view in anime style. The game is an exciting platformer where, to the beat of the music, you need to collect various...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: Linux, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One → 23 January 2018

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

The game takes you into the spectacular world of cult manga and anime, turning each fight into a dynamic battle on a grand scale. The game is created in the style...

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...

Nidhogg 2

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Side view

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

Metacritic: 76/100

Nidhogg 2 is a sequel to the arcade side-scrolling indie fighting game. The sequel received completely new graphics and animation, characters stylistically similar...

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...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: PC, iOS, Mac, Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Pinstripe

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Of Mice and Sand

In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS → 21 December 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Of Mice and Sand is an exciting real-time management strategy with a side view. You have to command a huge mobile fortress inhabited by cute mice. Only you can help...

Owlboy

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

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

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac, Xbox One → 2 March 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 is a fantastic sequel to the side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game take us 15 years forward, after the end of the first part...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 30 March 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition is a complete edition of the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe, containing all previously released...

Forgotton Anne

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Forgotton Anne is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a magical dimension where forgotten things are...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2018 (Game released)