Side view 2022 — top best games in the Side view genre

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 13 December 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

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SIGNALIS

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 27 October 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

SIGNALIS is a classic sci-fi horror, the style of which is very reminiscent of the movie "Alien". Finding herself alone on the snowy planet Elster, the main...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, iOS, Android, Xbox Series X/S → 16 June 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is an arcade side-scrolling retro co-op beat 'em up fighting game set in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe...

Beholder 3

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Simulation

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 3 March 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Beholder 3 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...

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...

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Arcade, Action, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course — an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-platformer, designed in the style of classic 1930s animation. The story...

DNF Duel

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Fighting game set in the Dungeon Fighter Online universe. The game features 16 characters with unique skills and personalities, 8 battle arenas, and 7 diverse...

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...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Circus Electrique

Tactics, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 6 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Circus Electrique is a turn-based tactical role-playing game in the steampunk genre. Ordinary Londoners have suddenly turned into evil killers, and only the...

Girlfight 2024

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 25 February 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Girlfight 2024 is a fast-paced side-scrolling fighting game for adults that will offer you one-on-one fights with sexy girls as playable characters. Features...

The Case of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Side view, Detective

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 13 October 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Side view detective adventure game. The game takes place in an alternate 18th century England, where players will have to unravel 12 of the strangest and most...

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...

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...

Silt

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 1 June 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The actions of the game take place in the depths of the sea, where various monsters live. With the help of soul transference, the main character can use the...

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...

Sonic Origins

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Runner, Action, Collection

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 23 June 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Sonic Origins is a collection of classic Sonic adventures that includes four classic games about the blue hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic CD (1993...

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...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 10 August 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

Deck of Ashes

Role-playing game, Card game, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Deck of Ashes is an interesting mixture of a card game and a roguelike. You'll explore procedurally generated levels in search of new cards to build a powerful...

The King of Fighters 15

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC → 17 February 2022

Metacritic: 79/100

The King of Fighters 15 is a continuation of the popular series of side-scrolling 3D fighting games. Games from this series have already visited almost all...

Just Shapes & Beats

Action, Music game, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 31 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Just Shapes & Beats is a hardcore multiplayer rhythm game with fast-paced shootouts. Together with your friends you have to survive the attack of musical waves...

Endling - Extinction is Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Adventure, Indie, Stealth

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 19 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Endling — Extinction is Forever is a fun side-scrolling adventure in which you need to help the last adult fox on Earth. She needs to lead her three cubs to...

Unusual Findings

Adventure, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2022

Players: 9.9/10

Unusual Findings is an old-school side-scrolling quest that combines the atmosphere of 80s teen adventure movies ("The Goonies," "The Monster Squad," and "The Lost...

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 20 October 2022

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef — a dynamic side-scrolling platformer-shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe from the creators of Guns, Gore &...

A Little to the Left

Logic, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: iOS, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android → 7 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A set, which includes more than a hundred diverse casual puzzles. For example, you need to sort bottles, arrange books or lay out small details in a box. Some tasks...

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...

Warpips

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 21 April 2022

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...

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

Adventure, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

A traditional quest where you need to search, combine, and use items to solve puzzles. The game's plot is based on one of the greatest mysteries in the history of...

Ganryu 2

Action, Arcade, Slasher, Side view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2022

Ganryu 2 is a continuation of the old-school action-slasher with a side view in the setting of fantastic Japan of the 17th century. After defeating Kojiro, Musashi...

Heroine Anthem Zero 2: Scalescars Oath

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Anime / Manga, Slasher, Platformer, Adult game

Game released: PC → 22 February 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Heroine Anthem Zero 2: Scalescars Oath is a fast-paced action-platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting, the plot of which is based...

Salt and Sacrifice

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of Salt and Sanctuary, which tells the story of a condemned criminal who becomes an inquisitor hunting mages in a whimsical fantasy world. The events...

Across the Obelisk

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 16 August 2022

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...

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...

Pentiment

Adventure, Side view, Logic, Historical, Medieval era

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 14 November 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Historical role-playing detective story, the events of which unfold in Bavaria in the early 16th century. The main character is an apprentice who follows his mentor...

Ayo the Clown

Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 28 July 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Ayo the Clown is an adventure platformer with a variety of puzzles and role-playing elements. You have to help the cute clown Ayo in search of his missing dog Bo...

ASTLIBRA Revision

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons, Metroidvania

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 13 October 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Vagante

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

ACTION SANDBOX

Simulation, Side view

Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 7/10

ACTION SANDBOX is a side view simulator. A physical sandbox for people who love to play with digital toys. You will be able to create, manage toys and determine...

Islets

Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Action, Open world

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 24 August 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Islets is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements in a fantasy setting. Aiko is an aspiring warrior who explores the skies and earth...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2022 (Game released)