Side view 2021 — top best games in the Side view genre

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

April 22, 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...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons, Gothic, Indie

October 26, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...

30XX

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

February 17, 2021

Metacritic: 84/100

Dynamic action-platformer inspired by the Mega Man series. The game is a direct sequel to 20XX. The events of the game begin with the protagonist awakening after a...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

September 15, 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Spelunky 2 is a sequel to the fun side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. This time you have to embark on an adventure as the child of...

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era

September 21, 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

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The Slormancer

Slasher, Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

April 6, 2021

The Slormancer is a top-down adventure slasher role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In the game you will lead a brave squad of heroes and fight hordes of deadly...

Little Nightmares 2

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

February 11, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

Grime

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

August 2, 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

February 19, 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

July 23, 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...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game

January 21, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based

April 8, 2021

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

Warpips

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

April 29, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

Huntdown

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

May 12, 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...

Slay the Spire

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

January 23, 2019

Players: 9.2/10

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...

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Steampunk, Side view

September 7, 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is an atmospheric action platformer with a side view in a dieselpunk setting. In the game you will try on the role of a rabbit who...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view

March 18, 2021

Players: 8/10

Mr. Prepper is an interesting management simulator with survival elements and a side view. Events in the world heated up to the limit and the threat of nuclear war...

Cyber Shadow

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

January 26, 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Lost Epic

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

June 5, 2021

Players: 10/10

Lost Epic is a 2D side-scroller where you explore and fight in a fantasy world. The game is an action RPG and tells about the war between gods and people. Players...

Tails of Iron

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

September 17, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Curious Expedition 2

Role-playing game, Simulation, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

June 17, 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Curious Expedition 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling adventure role-playing game with a procedurally generated world, dedicated to expeditions in the 19th...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

March 20, 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Aeterna Noctis

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure

December 14, 2021

Metacritic: 69/100

Aeterna Noctis is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The Supreme God Chaos cursed his creation, forcing the dominant...

Until We Die

Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view

June 3, 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of extraterrestrial monsters...

Octopath Traveler

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

July 12, 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...

Pronty: Fishy Adventure

Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer

November 19, 2021

Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help Pronty and his faithful assistant Bront...

HighFleet

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action

July 27, 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

HighFleet is a dynamic action game with elements of management strategy and a side...

Mighty Goose

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

June 5, 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Melon Playground

Arcade, Side view, Simulation

August 27, 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Melon Playground is a side-scrolling arcade simulator. In this game you have to test different types of weapons on a person who supports the physics of movements...

Guilty Gear Strive

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Anime / Manga

June 8, 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Guilty Gear Strive is a new entry in the side-scrolling fighting game series set in the popular Japanese Guilty Gear universe. The list of fighters includes your...

Eastern Exorcist

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

August 14, 2020

Players: 5.8/10

Eastern Exorcist is a hardcore side-scrolling action RPG platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to get used to the role of an experienced Chinese...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

June 20, 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...

Home Behind 2

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

January 22, 2021

Players: 10/10

Home Behind 2 is a sequel to the action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated events and a side-view view. The action takes place in Skaria, a country engulfed...

The Legend of Tianding

Side view, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Comics

November 1, 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The Legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a comic book style. The game will tell the story of a young Taipei vigilante, Liao...

Dead Age 2

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

July 16, 2020

Players: 8/10

Dead Age 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. 10 years after the first...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

November 2, 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

July 28, 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is a pixel remake of the original Final Fantasy with new graphics and sound. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents...

Worms Rumble

Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter

December 1, 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...

Despotism 3k

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

November 8, 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues

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

October 27, 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues is a side-scrolling fighting game based on the events of the American TV series Cobra Kai of the same name. The plot...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2021