Side view 2024 — top best games in the Side view genre

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Survival horror

May 10, 2024

Steam: 91/100

A short pixel-art horror adventure. The player controls a girl named Ana Lucia, who is trapped in the world of her nightmares and trying to escape...

Darkest Dungeon 2

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

October 26, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

January 18, 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A reimagining of the Prince of Persia series, the main character of which is the Persian soldier Sargon from the elite group of warriors “Immortals...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Old school

August 8, 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The official spin-off to the Five Nights at Freddy's universe, made in 2D pixel style. Oswald is bored with his city and his life. But everything...

Tekken 8

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Online, Side view

January 26, 2024

Players: 7/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Tekken 8 is a side-scrolling adventure fighting game. In the background, during the battle, you can see dynamic waves and tornadoes, a huge tanker...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Replayability, Parkour

May 27, 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the...

Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns

DLC, Fighting, Side view, Action, Fantasy, Futurism (Future)

September 24, 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 60/100

According to the plot of the add-on, the heroes come together again to repel the ruthless titan Havik. Liu Kang continues to defend his New Era by...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

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

February 19, 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

July 23, 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view, Exploration, Remake

September 24, 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A remake of the colorful Disney Epic Mickey for Wii in 2010. Mickey Mouse embarks on an epic journey across the Wasteland, the realm of forgotten...

Katana Zero

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

April 17, 2019

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

September 10, 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Umbraclaw

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Adventure

May 30, 2024

Steam: 85/100

An action-adventure about a cat named Kuon, who finds herself in the Kingdom of Souls after dying in the world of the living—a dangerous dimension...

CATO: Buttered Cat

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

September 5, 2024

Steam: 98/100

A colorful puzzle-platformer based on the famous buttered cat paradox. At the heart of the story are two unusual heroes—a cat and a buttered...

Ib

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view, Exploration

April 11, 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Ib is a dark 2D horror adventure game that is a remake of the original game of the same name, released in February 2012. The game is about a girl...

MultiVersus

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

July 19, 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Dynamic action function with the side of the side, in which you are offered to play for popular heroes from films and cartoons Warner Bros. The...

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Side view

August 7, 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A dark metroidvania inspired by the Castlevania and Dark Souls series. The main character is the doomed Lord Derek Erikon, who escaped a fatal end in...

Octopath Traveler

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

July 12, 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline...

Heroine Anthem Zero 2: Scalescars Oath

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

February 22, 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

100 Dino Cats

Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Free game

February 26, 2024

Steam: 95/100

The player travels through the park with dinosaurs and tries to find all the hidden cats. There are more than a hundred animals in the hand-drawn...

Nine Sols

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

May 28, 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Adventure action-platformer from the creators of psychological horrors Detention and Devotion. The game tells the story of an awakened hero who...

Legend of mushroom

Role-playing game, Arcade, Adventure, Side view

March 3, 2024

Players: 7.6/10

A casual idle RPG where the player controls a small mushroom, gradually turning it from a weak creature into a capable fighter. Legend of Mushroom...

Tenebris: Terra Incognita

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Science fiction, Strategy, Dungeons

September 30, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Turn-based role-playing game in the spirit of Darkest Dungeon. The main action takes place on the planet Tenebris, which is teeming with hostile...

The Case of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Side view, Detective, Puzzle, Point & Click

October 13, 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

The Spirit of the Samurai

Action, Side view, Medieval era, Fantasy, Adventure, Metroidvania, Slasher, Indie

December 12, 2024

Players: 6/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 59/100

The game takes place in feudal Japan and tells about the confrontation with an army of terrible Oni demons, undead and youkai. The game features...

Kong: Survivor Instinct

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

October 22, 2024

Players: 9/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Adventure Metroidvania based on King Kong. The game tells the story of oil rig worker David as he tries to find his daughter in a collapsing city. To...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants

Beat them all, Arcade, Action, Side view, Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

April 23, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 53/100

A cooperative beat-em-up based on the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series from Nickelodeon. The game features local co-op for up to...

Dragon Is Dead

Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Demons, Slasher

June 7, 2024

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Action-adventure roguelike inspired by Dead Cells, Diablo and Castlevania. In the story, the dragons challenged the gods, but lost the battle and...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Replayability, Point & Click, Card game

October 7, 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 95/100

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

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy, Role-playing game

March 25, 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant...

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

March 6, 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Hardcore precision platformer in the spirit of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The player controls the climber's hands to ascend a massive...

Contra: Operation Galuga

Action, Arcade, Side view, Shooter, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Old school

March 12, 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reimagining of the original side-scrolling shooter Contra from 1987. The game includes new levels, enemies, game mechanics, and a weapon system...

Yes, Your Grace

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Historical, Side view, Indie

March 6, 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Yes, Your Grace is a management strategy with role-playing game elements in a medieval setting. In the game you will take control of a large kingdom...

CLeM

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Exploration

February 6, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

An adventure with a dark plot and riddles. The main character is a teddy bear who wakes up in a cold, dim room. He sets off to explore a huge mansion...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

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

January 26, 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The game takes you into the spectacular world of cult manga and anime, turning each fight into a dynamic battle on a grand scale. The game is created...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

October 7, 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics...

BlazBlue Entropy Effect

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania, Procedural generation, Cyberpunk, Replayability

August 16, 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A dynamic action roguelike in the BlazBlue universe. Familiar characters from the series team up to overcome various challenges and fight hordes of...

The Last Case of Benedict Fox

Action, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Platformer

April 27, 2023

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The main character is Benedict Fox, a self-proclaimed detective with a bond with his demon companion. The hero uses this unholy connection to probe...

Harold Halibut

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

April 16, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The events of the game take place on a large spaceship, which, after two hundred years of its journey, has managed to turn into a real retro-utopia...

Sonic Mania Plus

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

July 17, 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Extended version of the arcade platformer Sonic Mania in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The extended edition includes a new...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2024