Side view 2019 — top best games in the Side view genre

AFK Arena - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: Android, iOS → 9 April 2019

Players: 7.6/10

AFK Arena is a free-to-play side-scrolling role-playing game in a fantasy setting for mobile platforms. The events of the game will take you to the expanses of the...

Mortal Kombat 11

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, PlayStation 5 → 23 April 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Mortal Kombat 11 is a continuation of the series of brutal fighting games, known for their deadly finishing moves and bloody fatalities. Players will enjoy a new...

Dead or Alive 6

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1 March 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Dead or Alive 6 is a continuation of the series of side-scrolling arcade fighting games set in the Dead or Alive universe. The game continues the traditions of the...

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...

People Playground

Indie, Simulation, Side view, Arcade, Horror

Game released: PC → 23 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

People Playground is a fun side-scrolling indie sandbox game. In the game you will find yourself in a real ragdoll world, where all characters and objects are...

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...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Heave Ho

Arcade, Online, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Heave Ho is a side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you can gather a friendly team of up to 4 people to go on a dangerous journey, where the...

Slay the Spire

Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 January 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Slay the Spire is a card-based role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to climb to the top of a dark tower, passing...

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...

Sakura Apprentice

Visual novel, Simulation, Adult game, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 August 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Sakura Apprentice is a side-scrolling adventure game for adults in which you take on the role of a hero trained by a charming girl named Freya. She wants to make...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC → 10 May 2016

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Castle Crashers

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4 → 27 August 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil sorcerer steals...

Little Misfortune

Adventure, Side view, Arcade

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Little Misfortune is an exciting side-scrolling interactive adventure. In the game you will try on the role of the little girl Ramirez Hernandez, who goes on a...

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...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, iOS, Xbox One, Android → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

The Tiny Bang Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2012

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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: 8.1/10

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...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Pilgrims — an atmospheric side-view adventure from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3. The game will delight you with the absence of a rigid script...

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...

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...

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...

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android → 20 September 2019

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls is an exciting side-scrolling action game set in the gothic Castlevania universe for mobile platforms. After the defeat of Count...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 18 April 2017

Players: 6.6/10

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...

Katana Zero

Action, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 18 April 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Katana Zero is a hardcore side-view action game in cyberpunk style. Expect dynamic battles using futuristic technologies, fast movements of the main character and...

Trials Rising

Arcade, Motorcycle racing, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 26 February 2019

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Trials Rising is a continuation of the popular motorcycle arcade game. You will again have to compete in this world and try to become a real celebrity in the world...

Super Mario Maker 2

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Side view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2019

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Super Mario Maker 2 is a continuation of the simulator of creating your own levels in the Super Mario universe. As in the first part, you will be able to publish...

Hue

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

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

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. This time, three heroes will go in search of the...

Pumped BMX Pro

Side view, Stunts, Bicycles

Game released: PC, Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 8 February 2019

Pumped BMX Pro — bike racing with a side view and elements of stunts. An incredible cycling slalom awaits you. You will be able to combine tricks into...

Yaga

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 12 January 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Yaga is a side-scrolling action RPG in a fantasy setting, based on Slavic mythology. The main character is the one-armed blacksmith Ivan, who suffers from a...

My Memory of Us

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

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

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

The House in Fata Morgana

Horror, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 14 May 2016

Players: 10/10

House in Fata Morgana is an adventure visual novel with Japanese-style horror elements. The events of the game will tell the story of a young hero who wakes up in...

Oxygen Not Included

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 30 July 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Oxygen Not Included is a side-view management simulator. You have to set up a space colony on an asteroid and help the residents survive in difficult conditions...

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Mario Game, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Enhanced port of New Super Mario Bros. U for Nintendo Switch. The game features classic engaging gameplay, where the main goal is to reach the flag and avoid...

PICO PARK

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2021

Players: 6.3/10

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

Zero City: Base building RPG

Online, Strategy, Role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, In real time

Game released: iOS → 11 June 2019

Players: 6.8/10

Zero City: Base building RPG is an online real-time strategy game with a side view. You have to command one of the last shelters in the new world. You can gather...

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...

Valfaris

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Valfaris is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Slain: Back from Hell. Many years ago, the huge and powerful...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2019 (Game released)