Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 7

DekaDuck - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Science fiction, Comedy, Old school

Game in development: Linux → 2027

A dynamic action-platformer inspired by classics for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The player takes on the role of a bounty...

Prehistorik

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2017

Steam: 90/100

Prehistorik is a platform game about a hunter from the T-Bone Tribe who sets out in search of food. The journey takes the hero across Antarctica’s ice fields...

Taro the Sneaky Ninja

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.3/10

Sneaky Ninja is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements. You will play as a secretive ninja master who somewhat resembles a sock rolled up...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

One Dog Story

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...

Maybot Run

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

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 100/100

Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...

Slashers: The Power Battle

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 3 November 2017

Slashers: The Power Battle is a classic 2D fighting game with a side view. With elaborate animations and colorful graphics, the game is a tactical fighting game...

Aztez

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Steam: 80/100

Aztez is a monochrome mix of bitmap and turn-based strategy that tells the story of the Aztec empire. The game's plot takes place in the Aztec Empire before the...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Sunset World Online

Online, Role-playing game, MMO, Platformer, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike, Side view, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 2 March 2022

Steam: 64/100

Sunset World Online is a side-scrolling adventure online role-playing game with platforming elements. You can gather your group and go on an adventure to the edge...

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...

Echoes of Vasteria

Adventure, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Side view

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2025

Steam: 73/100

A pixel adventure where the main character wanders around an endless world and fights on his own, allowing the player to focus on strategy. You will have to spend...

The Drifter

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A dark story inspired by King, Crichton, and Carpenter. The main character constantly moves from one job to another, never staying in one place for long. One day...

BlackHole

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

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2015

Steam: 86/100

BlackHole is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with a variety of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. When Ender's spaceship is sucked into a black hole, the crew...

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...

On Rusty Trails

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

On Rusty Trails is a colorful side-scrolling arcade platformer. The game tells the story of a metal creature named Elvis, whose home was destroyed by a natural...

Lichtspeer

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Lichtspeer is an arcade action game set in a futuristic world inspired by ancient Germanic myths. Summoned by the gods, a hero sets out on a perilous journey and...

Pirate Pop Plus

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

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

This pirate-themed arcade platformer follows Pete Jr and Polly as they take on the nefarious Bubble Pirate and try to free townsfolk trapped in bubbles. The player...

Refactor

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction, Strategy

Frozen: Linux → 2020

Steam: 83/100

Refactor is a side-scrolling, physics-based adventure puzzle platformer. The game takes place in a very bizarre world, which in itself is a huge puzzle. You can...

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...

Panzer Paladin

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Action, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2020

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Panzer Paladin is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The Sinister Raven and his legions of cruel demons are ready for battle...

Super Auto Pets

Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Clicker, Online

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Multiplayer strategy with auto-battle elements, where teams are made up of cute animals with unique abilities. Each character contributes to the overall build, and...

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

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

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2014

Steam: 88/100

A hybrid of an adventure game and RPG, inspired by Norse mythology. The story begins with the summoning of the heroine by the earl Yarnvidr, who is desperately...

KYORA

Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Procedural generation

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Core Keeper takes you to a procedurally generated world where matter itself can be changed. The ruined lands hide...

Don't Disturb

Side view, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2016

Steam: 85/100

This side-scrolling puzzle adventure follows a dog searching the afterlife for its deceased owner. The story draws on traditional Asian views of death and 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...

Soccertron

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Sports game, Basketball

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2015

Steam: 70/100

A side-view arcade sports game where up to four players compete in matches inspired by soccer, basketball, and volleyball. The rules are simple: score with the ball...

Deer God

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

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2015

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A side-scrolling adventure platformer about a deer’s survival in a fantasy world shaped by karma and reincarnation. The player explores 3D pixel-art landscapes...

StarBreak

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

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2016

Steam: 78/100

StarBreak is a free-to-play competitive action platformer in a futuristic setting. Procedurally generated locations in seven fantasy worlds await you. There are...

Grab the Bottle

Arcade, Puzzle, Comics, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Grab the Bottle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Controlling the longest arm in the world, you need to reach certain objects in the level. You will find...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Side view, Turn-based, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition — enhanced edition of the role-playing game Deep Sky Derelicts. It includes expansions: Deep Sky Derelicts: Station Life...

Teslagrad 2

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

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

The young Teslamancer Lumina found herself in a difficult situation after her airship crashed far to the north, on the territory of the unpredictable Wyrmheim. The...

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 → 2027

Players: 9/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Luna's Fishing Garden

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2021

Steam: 93/100

Luna's Fishing Garden is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with life simulation elements. The game will tell the story of young Casey, who ends up on a...

An Opportunity

Free game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Science fiction, Combat robots, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2022

Steam: 100/100

An Opportunity is a free-to-play side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character is an astronaut trying to escape from an...

Sinweaver

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

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The main action unfolds in the fifth circle of hell, where sinners roam freely through a fiery landscape, committing violence in the name of the Archangel. The...

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...

Monochroma

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

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Linux