Side view 2020 — top best games in the Side view genre

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath - a game in the Side view genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath — continuation of the story campaign of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, known for its deadly finishers and bloody fatalities. It...

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...

Streets of Rage 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 30 April 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Streets of Rage 4 is a continuation of the iconic side-view beatmap from the 90s. You will find bright graphics made in the style of comics, as well as characters...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

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...

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: 8.1/10

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...

Death and Taxes

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 11 March 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Ori and the Will of the Wisps — the continuation of the colorful side-scrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest. The forest spirit Ori embarks on a journey once...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

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...

DISTRAINT 2

Adventure, Horror, Side view

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 13 November 2018

Players: 9.2/10

DISTRAINT 2 is a continuation of the horror adventure with a side view. You have to plunge into the role of an employee of a successful company that decides 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...

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2021

Metacritic: 79/100

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a combination of two popular puzzle games where you have to challenge your opponent. As in the first part, the task is simple: you need to...

Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice

Adventure, Side view, Adult game

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android → 23 October 2020

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice is a continuation of a series of exciting point and click adventures about forty-year-old balding heartthrob Larry Laffer...

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...

Neighbours Back From Hell

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Action

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

Players: 7.7/10

Neighbors Back From Hell is a modern re-release of two parts of the How to Get Your Neighbor puzzle. The new product received updated graphics, doubled frame rate...

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, PlayStation 5 → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate — the ultimate edition of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, which includes the base game, two fighter packs, and a story expansion...

DuckTales Remastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Xbox 360, iOS, Android → 14 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

DuckTales Remastered is an HD remake of the cult game based on the animated series DuckTales. The game contains many restored levels from the original, as well as...

Beholder 2

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view

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

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...

Huntdown

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Poly Bridge 2

Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Sequel to the game about building bridges. The player is engaged in creating various structures that help vehicles get over ponds and cliffs. In the continuation, a...

Noita

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

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Stela

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Stela is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure platformer. The game follows a young woman exploring a mysterious ancient world a few days before the end of the...

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...

Battletoads

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One, PC → 20 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Battletoads is the return of the legendary side-scrolling arcade action game set in the fantasy universe of Battletoads. The game retains its original arcade...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Despotism 3k

Side view, In real time, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 19 May 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Despotism 3k is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game in a post-apocalyptic style. Humanity is enslaved by artificial intelligence and this is great because we...

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...

DARQ

Action, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the darkest corners of...

Neon Abyss

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 14 July 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Neon Abyss is a dynamic action game with roguelike elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. As a fearless warrior, you will go into dangerous dungeons that...

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...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

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

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...

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 27 October 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition is a complete edition of the adventure puzzle game with horror elements. The edition contains the full game, as well as...

Inmost

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...

Creaks

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Creaks — an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creators of Samorost and Machinarium. The events of the game revolve around a young guy who...

WARSAW

Role-playing game, Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 October 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

WARSAW is a tactical role-playing game set in the Second World War. You will play the role of the Polish Resistance fighting against the Nazis. You will find...

Shadow Fight Arena

Action, Fighting, Side view, Online

Game released: iOS, Android → 3 November 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Shadow Fight Arena is an exciting side-scrolling competitive fighting game in the Shadow Fight series for mobile platforms. In the game you have to choose a team of...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2020 (Game released)