Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 11

Satellite Repairman - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Satellite Repairman is an arcade action game with a side view. All the planets in the system suddenly decided that the galaxy was not big enough for all the...

Bleed 2

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 February 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Bleed 2 is a continuation of the fun arcade action game with a side view. As in the original, you will again have to save the world from an impending disaster in...

Himno

Action, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 April 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Himno is a free-to-play side-scrolling action platformer that combines parkour mechanics, old-school pixel art, and an endless supply of procedurally generated...

Mable & The Wood

Adventure, Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Horror, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2019

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Mable & The Wood is a side-scrolling Metroidvania adventure with horror elements set in a dark fantasy world. The plot tells the story of a mysterious girl named...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

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...

The Skylia Prophecy

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

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2020

Steam: 33/100

The Skylia Prophecy is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. In it you can help the young girl Mirenia in her quest to atone for...

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

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

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2016

Steam: 70/100

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. You'll find all the classic elements from 90's games plus some cool new ideas. You...

Rocket Bot Royale

Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Tanks, Tactics, Side view, Battle Royale

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Rocket Bot Royale is a tactical online platformer with a side view about tanks. Powerful, wall-climbing, rocket-jumping robot tanks are the best choice in this...

Powers in the Basement

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2023

Steam: 86/100

A short pixel game set in a comedic medieval fantasy world in the spirit of classic LucasArts quests. Fifteen-year-old boy Will Feil is looking for his favorite...

Fourmiworld

Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox, Side view, Exploration, Open world, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2025

Steam: 98/100

A game about an explorer of a strange world revolving around a dying star. Along the way, the girl finds the remains of a lost civilization, meets strange creatures...

Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 April 2016

Steam: 71/100

An adventure inspired by classic platformers. The caveman explores a prehistoric world where he encounters dinosaurs, mammoths, and deadly traps. In the levels, you...

Overruled!

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

A side-scrolling multiplayer brawler where players change the rules and objectives in the middle of a match. The winner is the player with the most points, but the...

Late to the Party

Role-playing game, Stealth, Historical, Side view

Frozen: Linux → 5 December 2014

Late to the Party is a side-scrolling spy RPG with stealth elements. The game takes place during the Cold War in the Baltic region. You have to try on the role of a...

Kingdom: Classic

Strategy, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Kingdom: Classic is a management strategy with pixel graphics in a fantasy setting. In the game, every coin spent can lead to both prosperity and rapid decline. In...

Tonight We Riot

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Tonight We Riot is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action game where you lead a working-class revolution. The events of the game take place in the near future. The...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This platforming action game follows a slime swallowed by a giant worm. Trapped inside, the protagonist must find a way out before an advancing wall of stomach acid...

This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

This War of Mine: Stories — Father's Promise — is an expansion to the side-scrolling adventure management strategy game — This War of Mine. The expansion is based...

Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2016

Steam: 85/100

Order of the Thorne — The King's Challenge is a fantasy "point and click" adventure with a side view. The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of...

Derrick the Deathfin

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Derrick the Deathfin is a unique side-scrolling arcade adventure game with a world made entirely of paper. You will plunge into a bizarre underwater world, where...

Unforeseen Incidents

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Unforeseen Incidents is a classic point-and-click side-scrolling adventure set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The events of the game will tell the story of Harvey...

Dungreed

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

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Dungreed is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements. The events of the game will take you to a dark fantasy world, where an entire...

Lucah: Born of a Dream

Role-playing game, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Lucah: Born of a Dream is a surreal side-scrolling action RPG with horror elements. You have to go to a dark world where bloodthirsty monsters live, which will give...

Splash Blast Panic

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

Splash Blast Panic is a side-scrolling co-op action game where you shoot, ram, and dodge your opponents while trying to push them off the screen using a variety of...

Soldat 2

Arcade, Online, Roguelike, Side view, Shooter, Battle Royale

Early Access: Linux → 22 September 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Soldat 2 is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling multiplayer shooter. The game is based on a combat sandbox with customization and modification capabilities...

How We Got Here

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Arcade, Free game

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2021

Steam: 84/100

How We Got Here is a rather unusual side-view pixel adventure game about the adventures of a robot on a floating island. The main character discovers that in...

Tomb Rumble

Free game, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2021

Steam: 73/100

Tomb Rumble is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel platformer with an MMO component in which players compete to find treasure. The game features hundreds of levels...

Upside Down

Arcade, Indie, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Steam: 83/100

Upside Down is an adventure platformer with action and puzzle elements. You have to sharpen your reflexes. As a scarecrow, armed only with your wits, you'll face...

Pepper Grinder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixel game about a pirate girl, Pepper, whose ship crashed and her treasure was stolen. In the hands of the heroine, Grinder is a powerful drilling machine. The...

Nerobi

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 92/100

The events of the game take place in a wonderful world inhabited by demons, spirits and entities, where the balance between Life and Death is strictly maintained...

Jaded

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A fun platformer where you can slow down time, perform 360-degree dashes and fight hordes of enemies. The main character explores picturesque snowy mountains, dense...

Midnight Riff

Roguelike, Side view, Music game, Fantasy, Indie, Casual game, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 21 June 2025

Steam: 93/100

A rhythm adventure where you place your own notes on a chart to fight your enemies. You can collect powerful relics that will help you become stronger and turn the...

Soccerboy vs Aliens

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Free game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2026

Steam: 100/100

A sports action platformer where soccer skills become the main weapon in the fight for humanity's salvation. After the invasion of aliens on Earth and the abduction...

1993 Space Machine

Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2016

Steam: 74/100

A side-scrolling space shoot ’em up inspired by classic arcade shooters, in which a band of mercenaries seizes a terraforming machine and begins building an army...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out to assassinate...

Rogue Stormers

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This arcade platform shooter blends run-and-gun action with roguelike and RPG elements in the medieval city of Ravensdale, where a mysterious substance has turned...

Fire: Ungh's Quest

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This puzzle adventure follows Ungh, a Neanderthal who falls asleep during his first night watch and lets the village fire go out. Banished by his tribe, he explores...

Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2015

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 71/100

This run-and-gun platformer follows stick-figure characters fighting across levels made of paper and card. Players fly a helicopter over city rooftops while firing...

Rot Gut

Side view, Platformer, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Steam: 88/100

This side-scrolling platform shooter is set in 1920s America during Prohibition. The player controls an agent investigating the city’s criminal underworld and...

Spooky Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2016

Steam: 50/100

Spooky Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling arcade platformer. The player will become a nameless hero who travels through dungeons, seas, in the air and fights against the...

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