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: 8.1/10

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...

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...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

Despotism 3k

Side view, In real time, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Despotism 3k is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game in a post-apocalyptic style. Humanity is enslaved by artificial intelligence and this is great because we...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Full Metal Furies

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2018

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Full Metal Furies is a side-scrolling arcade co-op action RPG from the creators of Rogue Legacy. In this team game, almost every player is important. Along with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lucah: Born of a Dream

Role-playing game, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Lucah: Born of a Dream is a surreal side-scrolling action RPG with horror elements. You have to go to a dark world where bloodthirsty monsters live, which will give...

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...

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...

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...

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2018

Steam: 84/100

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter with bagel elements in a sci-fi setting. The H-34-RT robot is activated on an abandoned space station...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

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...

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...

Dungreed

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

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Dungreed is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements. The events of the game will take you to a dark fantasy world, where an entire...

Visual Out

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

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

Visual Out is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. You will act as a program whose existence is contrary to the wishes of the...

Unforeseen Incidents

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

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Unforeseen Incidents is a classic point-and-click side-scrolling adventure set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The events of the game will tell the story of Harvey...

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...

Splash Blast Panic

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

Splash Blast Panic is a side-scrolling co-op action game where you shoot, ram, and dodge your opponents while trying to push them off the screen using a variety of...

Underhero

Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Puzzle, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2018

Steam: 91/100

Underhero is a role-playing puzzle platformer with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of a chosen hero who is...

Side view

Best Games in the Side view genre of 2018 for Linux (Game released)