Side view 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre

Dreaming Sarah - a game in the Side view genre

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2015

Steam: 90/100

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...

Out There

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

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

2064: Read Only Memories

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

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Ninja Pizza Girl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Runner, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2015

Steam: 86/100

Ninja Pizza Girl is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a cyberpunk style. In a futuristic metropolis, all the game's protagonist Gemma wants to do is...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 56/100

A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is taking its war to...

Penarium

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

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2015

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This 2D arena platforming game is set in a sinister circus where contestants must entertain a cruel crowd. Willy tries to survive the show by running, jumping and...

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...

Super Chibi Knight

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

Game released: Linux → 24 June 2015

Steam: 87/100

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...

Anoxemia

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2015

Steam: 53/100

This science-fiction exploration game follows scientist Dr. Bailey, who must collect samples in underwater caves after his submarine crashes, relying on his...

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...

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...

In Between

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

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

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...

Steredenn

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Arcade, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2015

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

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

Steam: 72/100

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...

Apotheon

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Apotheon — A fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. The main character Nikandreos will have to climb Mount Olympus to gain the power of the gods. Only...

Fire: Ungh's Quest

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This puzzle adventure follows Ungh, a Neanderthal who falls asleep during his first night watch and lets the village fire go out. Banished by his tribe, he explores...

Psycho Starship Rampage

Side view, Construction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

A horizontal-scrolling space shooter about a warship controlled by a psychotic AI that is trying to return to Earth. After a long hibernation, the ship’s AI...

Toby: The Secret Mine

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

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2015

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Tinboy

Side view, Collectible card game (CCG), Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2015

Steam: 64/100

This puzzle-platformer follows a small humanoid robot created by a scientist and tested in different environments. The player guides the robot, using a special bow...

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...

Timberman

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Online

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Timberman is an arcade game with a side view about the hard everyday life of lumberjacks. The player's task is to cut down as many trees as possible in order to...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

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

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

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...

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...

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...

JumpJet Rex

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Runner, Racing

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D platformer with time-trial elements follows Rex, a Tyrannosaurus in jet boots trying to save the dinosaurs from a giant asteroid. Across more than 40...

Hot Tin Roof

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

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2015

Steam: 70/100

This noir mystery combines platforming, exploration and Metroidvania elements as private investigator Emma Jones investigates a series of grisly murders. Her...

Shadow Blade: Reload

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2015

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Shadow Blade: Reload is a side-scrolling action platformer about Kuro, a ninja tasked with restoring balance to a modern world where ancient clans are locked in a...

Exile's End

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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2015

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Exile's End is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where the megacorporation...

Kingdom: Classic

Strategy, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Kingdom: Classic is a management strategy with pixel graphics in a fantasy setting. In the game, every coin spent can lead to both prosperity and rapid decline. In...

Mute Crimson+

Side view, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2015

Steam: 89/100

A side-scrolling platformer about a ninja setting out to save the world. The hero climbs walls, fights enemies and navigates challenging platforming sequences, with...

Ronin

Stealth, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Ronin is a side-scrolling turn-based stealth platformer. You have to play as a girl who takes revenge on corporations. During this dangerous adventure you need to...

Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game, Adventure

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...

Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2015

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 71/100

This run-and-gun platformer follows stick-figure characters fighting across levels made of paper and card. Players fly a helicopter over city rooftops while firing...

Snakebird

Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Steam: 94/100

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...

Mystik Belle

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

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2015

Steam: 86/100

Mystik Belle is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. You have to go to the amazing school of magic Hagmore. Freshman witch Bella...

Lumini

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Reign of Bullets

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

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2015

Steam: 84/100

Reign of Bullets is a side view arcade game with shooter elements from developers from the Critical Bit studio. The game is published by Critical...

Message Quest

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2015

Steam: 86/100

Message Quest is a colorful point and click adventure with a side view. The game tells the story of Sloth and her messenger. The game has stained glass graphics...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2015 for Linux (Game released)