Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 9

Dreaming Sarah - a game in the Side view genre

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2015

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

I Am The Hero

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

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2017

Metacritic: 65/100

I Am The Hero is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. The events of the game will tell the story of a mysterious hero with a glorious...

Cloaks and Capes

Platformer, Roguelike, Fantasy, Side view, Free game

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2022

Players: 10/10

A dark pixel game about a magician who wants to resurrect his son. The main character, together with the ashes of the child, sets off to free the city from demons...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Mimpi Dreams

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

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Mimpi Dreams is a free-to-play adventure platformer with puzzle elements. The game will tell the story of the dog Mimpi, who marks literally everything, marks his...

Bleed 2

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 February 2017

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...

Scarlet Deer Inn

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Medieval era

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A colorful adventure inspired by Slavic folklore, medieval culture and the paintings of Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro). The...

Running Through Russia

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 21 May 2017

Players: 1/10

Running Through Russia is a simple arcade platformer with a side view. You have to, in the role of an alcoholic, run for vodka and jump over bears in...

In Between

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

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015

Players: 8.8/10

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

Kitsune Tails

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2024

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...

Draw Slasher

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Draw Slasher is a side-scrolling arcade action slasher about a ninja named Hanzo. While Hanzo was learning the way of the ninja, pirate zombie monkeys kidnapped his...

Bro, where's My head???

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

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2021

Bro, where's my head??? is a humorous puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help a certain Odin from the land of darkness...

Drink More Glurp

Indie, Action, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2020

Players: 7.4/10

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...

Barotrauma: Home and Harbor

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

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 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...

Kanun 1919

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A detective adventure set in a gloomy Russian province at the beginning of the 20th century. As a messenger, the player needs to deliver an important telegram to...

Abomination Tower

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2015

Abomination Tower is an arcade indie platformer with a side view and generated levels. You have to control a headless hero who wants to escape beyond the level. To...

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...

Super Chibi Knight

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

Game released: Linux → 24 June 2015

Super Chibi Knight is an action-adventure RPG with platforming elements and a side view. The game takes place in the kingdom of Oukoku, which is threatened by the...

HellCat

Free game, Action, Side view, Slasher, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2018

HellCat is a free, playful action game with a side view about a cat who is trying to recapture his girlfriend from the devilish creatures. An evil enemy took our...

Eddie Hill in the Curse of the Skull Medallion

Side view, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Eddie Hill in the Curse of the Skull Medallion is an indie side-scrolling platformer with action elements. In this adventure, Eddie has to find a skull medallion...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

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...

LISA: The Painful

Role-playing game, Side view, Comedy, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2014

Players: 9.9/10

A dark role-playing game in a post-apocalyptic world, full of dark humor and unexpected stories. Going in search of the protagonist's daughter, the player is faced...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

Star Vikings Forever

Arcade, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Star Vikings Forever is an arcade strategy game with role-playing elements and a side view. Your task will be to assemble your invincible team of Vikings and fight...

Midnight Riff

Roguelike, Side view, Music game, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 21 June 2025

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...

School Hero

Beat them all, Anime / Manga, Side view, Old school, Comics, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 9 January 2025

Players: 8.5/10

The main character is a beginner who must defeat all the villains at school in order to save his girlfriend. There are several levels and a variety of weapons that...

Super Helmets on Fire DX Ultra Edition Plus Alpha

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2016

Super Helmets on Fire DX Ultra Edition Plus Alpha is a side view arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and indie game from the Ripper Games studio. The...

Russian Subway Dogs

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Russian Subway Dogs is a fun arcade action game with a side view. The simplicity of a dog's life depends on the place it calls home. In Russia, as you know...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Metacritic: 72/100

Lamplight City is a classic side-scrolling Point and Click adventure. The game takes place in the fictional town of Lamplight during the Victorian era with a hint...

DragoDino

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

DragoDino is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. You need to help the little dragon get to the top of the giant...

Miska's Cave

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

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

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...

Brave Escape

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Cooperative platformer for two, built on constant synchronization and joint overcoming of obstacles. The story follows Colin and Floyd, who embark on a dangerous...

Galacide

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2015

Galacide is a side-scrolling arcade shooter from the developers behind the fighting game Blade Symphony. You have to prevent the invasion of hostile aliens to save...

Boo! Greedy Kid

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Boo! Greedy Kid is a fun arcade puzzle action game with stealth elements and a side view. There's a new bully in the house! You have to try on the role of a little...

Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2015

Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game that supports HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. Together with the cute girl...

Way of the Passive Fist

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2018

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Dark Maidens

Anime / Manga, Slasher, Demons, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Action, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2022

A two-dimensional side-scroller in which the main character exterminates demons at the request of the clergy. To complete the task, Sir Galahad, the main character...

Snakebird

Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Snakebird is a shareware side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. The game is very similar to the popular game of snake, only the main characters here are long birds. By...

Ruins To Fortress

Online, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 7.5/10

A pixel game with multiplayer support in which gamers explore a post-apocalyptic island. You need to collect resources to build shelters and craft equipment. You...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Metacritic: 82/100

Slime-san is a side view action game with elements of adventure and indie game from developers from Fabraz studio. The game is published by Headup Games. It seems...

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