Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 12

God of Blades - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Endless runner God of Blades offers a prog-rock aesthetic and swordplay in an atmosphere very reminiscent of classic '80s fantasy. You know, the kind of fantasy...

Randall

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 38/100

Randall is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a futuristic setting. The events of the game take place in the distant and dark future on a planet that is...

Beholder: Blissful Sleep

Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Side view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Beholder: Blissful Sleep is an add-on for a side-scrolling adventure game where you have to follow people. The add-on will tell the backstory of the events...

Visual Out

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

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

Visual Out is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. You will act as a program whose existence is contrary to the wishes of the...

Hyperspace Dogfights

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2018

Steam: 89/100

Hyperspace Dogfights is a hardcore side-scrolling shooter with roguelike elements. You have to take control of a high-class jet fighter and go to destroy hordes of...

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a collectible role-playing card game with turn-based combat in the fantasy universe of SteamWorld. You have to become the...

I was rebuilt

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

Game released: Linux → 28 June 2018

Steam: 53/100

I was rebuilt is a cute indie action game that is perfect for fans of robots and complexity. The player controls an advanced and agile robot created by Dr. Zhang...

Stellar Interface

Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Top-down view, Side view, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 November 2016

Steam: 77/100

A hardcore shooter made in the style of NES games. In a randomly generated universe and random perks, no journey will be the same. The game has over 100 perks and...

Miska's Cave

Free game, Arcade, Runner, Side view, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Miska's Cave is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade action runner where you take control of a fighting rabbit named Miska who wants to conquer the cave. The only...

WarriOrb

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 76/100

WarriOrb is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In a Victorian-era fantasy world, a war rages between industrial superpowers. As...

Nubarron: The adventure of an unlucky gnome

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2020

Steam: 72/100

Nubarron: The adventure of an unlucky gnome is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting where you can fry and burn everyone with lightning...

Magic Rampage

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

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Magic Rampage is a free action platformer with RPG elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. There are several classes to choose from in the game, including...

Toonsouls

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Arcade

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 80/100

Hardcore action-platformer reminiscent of a mix between Dark Souls Remastered and Cuphead, where players, in the role of a knight, fend off cartoonish enemies...

Ouros

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2024

Steam: 96/100

A relaxing game in which a gamer draws beautiful smooth lines in a serene space. You can move key points to change the trajectory of movement. There are more than...

Keali

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Action, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 28 September 2023

Steam: 84/100

The main character goes on a dangerous journey to save the guardian spirits. You need to quickly run or cling to surfaces so as not to lose precious time. There are...

Dispersio 3

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Dungeons, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2025

Steam: 91/100

A pixel game where the main character tries to escape from a secret military base. As the character progresses, they encounter various challenges, such as wind or...

Grand Pigeon's Duty

Side view, Visual novel, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2016

Steam: 76/100

A side-scrolling visual novel with shooter elements is set in a near future where people have replaced their organs with petrol implants and food businesses have...

Tanglewood

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tanglewood is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The plot of the game tells about a creature named Nimn, who has gone too far from his beloved home and...

Roguescape

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 11 June 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Roguescape — A side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements in the spirit of the NES era. You have to explore the dungeon, fight...

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Third-person view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2016

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a point and click adventure with a side view. The spirit of Captain Bloodbeard returns, mentioning that the main character did not...

Mushroom 11

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

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Mushroom 11 is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Controlling an amorphous organism, you have to overcome flocks of strange mutated creatures and...

Orion Trail

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2015

Steam: 68/100

Orion Trail is a procedurally generated side-scrolling adventure with pixel graphics. You will have to travel in outer space, where only the luckiest, bravest and...

LUNA The Shadow Dust

Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LUNA The Shadow Dust is an amazing adventure game that tells the story of a little boy traveling to the ends of the world. Finding himself in a magical world where...

Ecotone

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

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2016

Steam: 94/100

Ecotone is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a very strange world. The main character embodies only part of the real personality. With each new level you...

Tadpole Treble

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Music game, Side view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2016; Game released: Linux → 3 September 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tadpole Treble is a side-scrolling adventure music rhythm game. You have to take on the role of a newly born fish who is eager to explore the world around him. She...

Cats are Liquid

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

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Cats are Liquid is a funny arcade platformer with a side of the side, where you have to take a cat under control, which behaves as if it is a drop of liquid. The...

Metrico+

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Metrico+ is an updated version of the side-scrolling arcade platformer. The game will take you into the abstract world of infographics, where many indicators depend...

Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator

Simulation, Fighting, Logic, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Free game

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator is a full-fledged remake of the logic simulator with elements of the fighting game Oh...Sir!. You have to engage in active debate...

Rise and Shine

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Rise & Shine is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with colorful graphics. The game takes place on the planet where the characters from their classic games...

Detective Case and Clown Bot in: The Express Killer

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Detective Case and Clown Bot in: The Express Killer — the continuation of the classic adventure Detective Case and Clown Bot: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon...

Coffee Crisis

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2018

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Coffee Crisis is an arcade action-slasher with a side view and the possibility of co-op. You have to play the role of a brave barista and fight the aliens who have...

BalanCity

Simulation, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Arcade, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

Steam: 84/100

BalanCity is a sandbox construction game where you will face the most unusual challenges. As you progress, you will have to protect your buildings from attacks by...

Bite the Bullet

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

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

Drink More Glurp

Indie, Action, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Drink More Glurp is an indie action game with a side view. After binge-watching Earth TV, the aliens are convinced that advertising is the most important part of...

Thyria: Step Into Dreams

Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Side view, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2023

Steam: 72/100

The main action takes place in the world of dark fantasy. Warrior Tyria travels with the Guardians through the dreams of the cursed inhabitants to perform various...

Anomaly Agent

Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2024

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...

Kitsune Tails

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2024

Steam: 95/100

The main character is a cute kitsune (mythical creature-youkai in Japanese mythology), who encounters her ex-girlfriend, who became a villain due to jealousy. As...

An Amazing Wizard: Prologue

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Free game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Free prologue for the game An Amazing Wizard about a magician. The main character can learn and use more than 100 spells in battles, further strengthening them with...

Mini GUNN

Side view, Fighting, Action, Platformer, Arcade, Online

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2024

Steam: 86/100

A pixel game in the spirit of Samurai GUNN, in which characters fight each other in the arena. You need to make precise jumps with the sword to hit the enemy...

Bait & Tackle

Hunting / Fishing, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

The player takes on the role of a legendary fisherman, catching exotic fish and battling sea monsters. The protagonist, a retired fisherman, must rebuild his...

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