Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 2

Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2026

Three new playable characters have been added to the expansion — Stephen Stills, Kim Pine, and Knives Chau. Each character has their own fighting style: Stephen...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 June 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...

Plague M.D.

Simulation, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2020

Players: 7/10

Plague M.D. — a medieval simulator with a side view in the point and click genre. In this game you have to try on the role of a medieval doctor who is trying...

NODE: The Last Favor of the Antarii

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

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2025

The game takes you to an abandoned nuclear complex from the Cold War, where the ruins of Soviet technology are intertwined with something otherworldly. As an...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

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

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Super Bunny Man

Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy

Early Access: Linux → 1 September 2017; Game released: Linux → 16 May 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Chaotic puzzle platformer with co-op for up to four people. The game tells the story of funny guys in bunny costumes who go on a difficult journey through time and...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2017

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkside Detective is a noir adventure detective story that contains references to the popular TV series Twin Peaks and True Detective. The events take place in the...

Stick It to the Stickman

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Early Access: Linux → 18 August 2025; Game in development: Linux → 23 September 2026

Players: 10/10

An unusual roguelike that combines dynamic action and platformer elements, where the player acts as an office worker - Stickman, striving for career heights. The...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Dungeon Rushers

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

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2016

Players: 1/10

Dungeon Rushers is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat where you go on a dungeon exploration. All levels are generated randomly and are fraught with...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...

Across the Obelisk

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

Early Access: Linux → 8 April 2021; Game released: 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...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans, possessing all...

Dead Age

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

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Dead Age is an action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will go to a world where you will forever have to...

Speedollama

Shooter, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2024

A dynamic pixel game about a group of elite llama mercenaries who set out to destroy an army of alpacas. You can improve your skills and use different weapons. The...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

The Wandering Village

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

Early Access: Linux → 14 September 2022; Game released: Linux → 17 July 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A city-building simulator where the settlement is built not on the ground, but on the back of a giant wandering creature named Onbu. The world around is poisoned by...

Vapor World: Over The Mind

Action, Side view, Adventure, Platformer

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The game takes the player deep into a warped dreamscape, where the mind becomes a battlefield and nightmares take the form of enemies. A world woven from fog and...

Streets of Rage 3

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Side view, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Streets of Rage 3 — After Mr. X suffered two defeats, he founded the research company RoboCy Corporation to cover his illegal activities. Dr. Zahn, the...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 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...

Seasons after Fall

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

Lumini

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Lumini is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure that takes you on a path to unprecedented discoveries and encounters a long-forgotten species of creatures on an...

Bug Butcher

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

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes of aliens alone...

GoNNER

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

GoNNER is a brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. The game tells the story of the friendship between Hiccup...

Tormentum 2

Adventure, Point & Click, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2026

Players: 7/10

A continuation of a dark adventure puzzle with horror elements, set in a surreal world full of frightening creatures and strange characters. This time, the story...

Seablip

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Open world

Early Access: Linux → 17 May 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 9/10

A colorful role-playing sandbox with an open world, ships and the romance of sea adventures. A long journey awaits the player, full of secrets and adventures. The...

Death and Taxes

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

Knuckle Jet

Action, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game in development: Linux → осень 2026

Crazy action-platformer with jet-powered flights, ricochets, and destructive collisions from the creators of the Teslagrad series. Dynamic battles are based on...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...

Monochroma

Arcade, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

Indivisible

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Historical, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action game from the creators of Redeemer. Expect thrilling gameplay based on the techniques of the ancient...

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