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

Mortal Kombat 11 - a game in the Side view genre

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...

Grime

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

Game released: PC, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 2 August 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...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 21 January 2021

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...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 March 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...

HighFleet

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

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

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

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...

Curious Expedition 2

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

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...

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...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 September 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...

Little Nightmares 2

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Tunche

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 2 November 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...

Until We Die

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

Game released: PC → 3 June 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...

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...

Cyber Shadow

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 5 → 26 January 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...

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...

Guilty Gear Strive

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5 → 8 June 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...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Blightbound

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2021

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Blightbound is a multiplayer roguelike in which players explore dungeons and fight monsters. A group of heroes breaks into the heart of the Plague, a mysterious fog...

Dead Age 2

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 12 March 2021

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...

Pronty: Fishy Adventure

Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 19 November 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...

Axiom Verge 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

They Always Run

Side view, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One → 20 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

They Always Run is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character in the game is a character named Aiden. He is a mutant...

Mighty Goose

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

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

Eastern Exorcist

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

Game released: PC → 8 July 2021

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...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, PlayStation 5 → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Young Souls

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 10 March 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Young Souls is an arcade co-op action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of...

Mayhem Brawler

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021

Mayhem Brawler — a fresh take on 90s side-scrolling beat 'em ups, influenced by the success of Streets of Rage 4. You will be able to choose one of three heroes...

Narita Boy

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

Sheltered 2

Business / Management, Strategy, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, In real time

Game released: PC → 21 September 2021

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Sheltered 2 is a continuation of the management strategy with turn-based battles and a side view in the world of the post-apocalypse. One of the main innovations of...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Android → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Melon Playground

Arcade, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Android → 27 August 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...

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...

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...

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 28 July 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...

Aeterna Noctis

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 15 December 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...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2021 (Game released)