Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 3

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

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

39 Days to Mars

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

39 Days to Mars is a side-scrolling co-op steampunk puzzle adventure. The game will tell the story of Sir Albert Weeks and his pilot Clarence Baxter, who decided to...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 50/100

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Chained Echoes

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

Game released: Linux → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2011

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

The Dark Queen of Mortholme

Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Gothic

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

The player takes on the role of the Dark Queen of Mortholme, the final boss of the game, and fights a tenacious hero who tries to defeat the enemy time after time...

Sister Ray

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Survival, Detective

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

A dark two-dimensional RPG with survival elements, telling the story of an artist named Ray, who is trying to cope with addiction while taking care of her younger...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

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...

99Vidas

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie, Old school

Game released: Linux → 23 December 2016

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 61/100

99Vidas is a side-scrolling arcade action game reminiscent of the gameplay of classic games Double Dragon and Battletoads. You have 11 characters to choose from...

Thimbleweed Park

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

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Thimbleweed Park is a classic “point-and-click” quest from the creators of Maniac Mansion. The game takes place in a small town where a mysterious murder occurred...

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

While the southern rats are trying to return to their usual way of life after the great war between rodents and frogs, an ancient and indescribable evil has...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

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

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

Barotrauma: Home and Harbor

Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Survival

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

The add-on adds the Descendants faction for Barotrauma, which uses alien technology. Now you can control underwater outposts and install modules on them. Also, NPC...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024; Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2020

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Sundered

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

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Poly Bridge 2

Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Strategy, Simulation, Construction

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Sequel to the game about building bridges. The player is engaged in creating various structures that help vehicles get over ponds and cliffs. In the continuation, a...

Kingdom Eighties

Strategy, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration, City Building

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A new part of the Kingdom microstrategy series. The main character is trying to protect his family and the city from attacks by mysterious monsters. Neighboring...

Aye Leon

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Free game

Game released: Linux → 7 January 2026

Steam: 90/100

A short pixel adventure lasting 20 minutes, where the main character flies with a jetpack through colorful floating worlds. You also need to search for secrets and...

Turmoil

In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Strategy, Online

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and the struggle for...

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey

Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2015

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey is a word puzzle game with a side view and a fantasy setting. The main task of the players is to collect English words from letters...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2021; The project is closed: Linux → 31 July 2026

Steam: 72/100

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

Warfare Legacy Collection

Strategy, Historical, Side view, Tactics, Remake, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2025

Steam: 92/100

A combined re-release of the strategies Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944, complemented by updated graphics, support for full-screen mode and the ability to create...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2013

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2015

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible epidemic turns...

Catmaze

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

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...

Slain: Back from Hell

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

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 71/100

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...

Bridge Constructor Portal

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 20 December 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bridge Constructor Portal is a driving crossover of the Bridge Constructor and Portal series. You will play the role of a new employee of the Aperture Science...

FoxTail

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

Early Access: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

FoxTail is a pixelated "point and click" adventure game with a side view. The game tells the story of a little fox named Lia, who travels in search of medicine for...

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

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

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Linux