Side view 2020 for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre

Streets of Rage 4 - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Streets of Rage 4 is a continuation of the iconic side-view beatmap from the 90s. You will find bright graphics made in the style of comics, as well as characters...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 19 February 2020; Game released: Linux → 21 January 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Huntdown

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Early Access: Linux → 20 March 2020; Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Vigil: The Longest Night

Arcade, Side view, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024; Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2020

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Poly Bridge 2

Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Strategy, Simulation, Construction

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Sequel to the game about building bridges. The player is engaged in creating various structures that help vehicles get over ponds and cliffs. In the continuation, a...

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

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

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action game from the creators of Redeemer. Expect thrilling gameplay based on the techniques of the ancient...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a side-view horror adventure in cyberpunk style. The game takes place in 2083 in Neo-Hong Kong. The main character is a young girl...

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a continuation of the horror adventure with survival elements. The game tells the story of a young girl, Mine Park, who, under...

DDraceNetwork

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

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

DDraceNetwork is a side-scrolling team-based competitive action platformer where you and your friends compete against other players to speed through various levels...

Neversong

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Neversong is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a little boy named Pete. Waking up from a coma, he discovers that his...

Plague M.D.

Simulation, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Plague M.D. — a medieval simulator with a side view in the point and click genre. In this game you have to try on the role of a medieval doctor who is trying...

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2020

Steam: 68/100

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is another crossover in the bridge-building puzzle game Bridge Constructor, this time meeting famous characters from the...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons. In the game you...

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus

Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Online, DLC, Free game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 46/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus is a free expansion for the side-scrolling, turn-based RPG Darkest Dungeon. The expansion introduces PvP battles where...

A Long Way Down

Strategy, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 57/100

A Long Way Down is a fun side-scrolling card strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Sam, who finds himself in the...

Death and Taxes

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view, Point & Click, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

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...

VirtuaVerse

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cyberpunk, Point & Click, Old school

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

VirtuaVerse is a cyberpunk adventure game in which you will travel to the near future, where artificial intelligence has taken over everything. The main character...

The Procession to Calvary

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

The Pedestrian

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2020

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer in which a pedestrian icon moves through public signs set within a dynamic 3D world. This textless adventure conveys its...

Help Won't Come

Roguelike, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Help Won't Come is a side-scrolling platformer with roguelike elements. You woke up on an unknown spaceship full of monsters. You have to find a way...

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

Casual game, Comics, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Comedy, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Steam: 76/100

An unusual adventure, the main character of which is trying to uncover a conspiracy with the disappearance of the Pilsner beer in the city of Oslo. To investigate...

LUNA The Shadow Dust

Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LUNA The Shadow Dust is an amazing adventure game that tells the story of a little boy traveling to the ends of the world. Finding himself in a magical world where...

Dead Age 2

Role-playing game, Horror, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2021; Early Access: Linux → 16 July 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Dead Age 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. 10 years after the first...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Steam: 68/100

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Iris and the Giant

Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2020

Steam: 87/100

Iris and the Giant is an adventure RPG with roguelike and collectible card game elements. The main character is a girl named Iris, who aims to overcome her own...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

Supfly Delivery Simulator

Action, Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Steam: 87/100

SupFly is a side-scrolling arcade action game with futuristic elements. In this game you play as a delivery robot who transports goods in an endless procedurally...

The Skylia Prophecy

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2020

Steam: 33/100

The Skylia Prophecy is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. In it you can help the young girl Mirenia in her quest to atone for...

Bite the Bullet

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

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

WarriOrb

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 76/100

WarriOrb is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In a Victorian-era fantasy world, a war rages between industrial superpowers. As...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2020 for Linux