Side view 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre

Dead Cells - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom: Two Crowns is a continuation of the pixel management strategy with a side view in a fantasy setting, where the main emphasis is on cooperative play. You...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

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

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Beholder 2

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Strategy, Simulation, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Beholder 2 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...

The Red Strings Club

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 January 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Red Strings Club — a "point and click" adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk style. The game's plot centers around a bartender and his hacker friend, who...

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...

Timespinner

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

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

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...

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: 97/100

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...

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...

Russian Subway Dogs

Arcade, Action, Side view, Old school

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Just Shapes & Beats

Action, Music game, Side view, Online, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Just Shapes & Beats is a hardcore multiplayer rhythm game with fast-paced shootouts. Together with your friends you have to survive the attack of musical waves...

Star Traders: Frontiers

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Science fiction, Simulation, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Star Traders: Frontiers is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based RPG. You are the captain of a starship sailing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew...

Vagante

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Online

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Role-playing game, Football, Sports game, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2018

Steam: 85/100

Ganbare! Super Strikers is a unique turn-based sports RPG focused on football. You will find non-standard football matches, where victories will increase the levels...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

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...

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...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

Detective Case and Clown Bot in: The Express Killer

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Detective Case and Clown Bot in: The Express Killer — the continuation of the classic adventure Detective Case and Clown Bot: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon...

Stones of Yalmrith

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Stones of Yalmrith is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure in which you take on the role of a living doll and try to escape from strange creatures. An...

The Gardens Between

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Gardens Between is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure from Australian developers The Voxel Agents. The events unfold around the girl Ariana and the boy Frendt...

Unavowed

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2018

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Unavowed is a side-scrolling mystery adventure inspired by the point and click games of the '90s. Demons constantly break into familiar New York to confuse the next...

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

Steam: 73/100

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

Way of the Passive Fist

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

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

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...

Judge Dredd 95

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

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 54/100

Judge Dredd 95 is a hardcore action-platformer with a side view, inspired by the movie "Judge Dredd". You will take on the role of an executioner and judge in one...

Deep Sky Derelicts

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

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

My Brother Rabbit

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

My Brother Rabbit is a colorful adventure with lots of puzzles and a side view in a fantasy setting. After parents find out that their daughter is seriously ill...

Coffee Crisis

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2018

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Coffee Crisis is an arcade action-slasher with a side view and the possibility of co-op. You have to play the role of a brave barista and fight the aliens who have...

Regions of Ruin

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 5 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Regions of Ruin is a side-scrolling adventure RPG with strategy elements and a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to explore fabulous lands, ravaged by...

Dandara Trials of Fear

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

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But all is not...

Lethal League Blaze

Arcade, Fighting, Sports game, Side view, Action, Indie, Baseball, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018

Steam: 97/100

Lethal League Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that allows up to four people to play together. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Regular Human Basketball

Arcade, Online, Basketball, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2018

Steam: 93/100

Regular Human Basketball is an unusual competitive arcade game with a side view, where you will participate in a post-apocalyptic basketball battle. You will...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018; Game released: Linux → 1 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is a side-scrolling survival game with roguelike elements. You have to find the answer to the question: “If you were...

Tanglewood

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tanglewood is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The plot of the game tells about a creature named Nimn, who has gone too far from his beloved home and...

Odium To the Core

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Odium To the Core is a dynamic arcade action game with a side view. You will take control of an amazing furry animal, which will have to go through dangerous caves...

Fall Part 2: Unbound

Action, Adventure, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This side-scrolling action adventure continues the story of a dystopian world through the perspective of Arid, an AI infected by an unknown program. After breaking...

Eternum EX

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2018

Steam: 84/100

Eternum EX is a classic side-scrolling action platformer with pixel graphics. Sir Arthur became old, too old. He lost everything he had and loved. With great...

Desert Child

Arcade, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Side view, Racing, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2018

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Desert Child is a dynamic racing arcade game with RPG elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of a young and talented...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2018 for Linux