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

Hollow Knight: Silksong - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...

Barotrauma

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

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A game about a submarine, which features procedural generation of tasks, a character editor and an online mode for 16 players. The gamer will be able to visit a...

Terminator 2D: No Fate

Action, Platformer, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Hurricane action with pixel graphics, inspired by the arcade games of the 80-90s, which is based on the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Players can take...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is an arcade side-scrolling retro co-op beat 'em up fighting game set in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe...

Beholder

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

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Beholder is a side-scrolling adventure strategy game where you have to spy on people. The story of the game will tell us about Karl Stein, a citizen of a...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Dead Cells

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...

Marvel Cosmic Invasion

Arcade, Adventure, Comics, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Classic arcade action in the Marvel universe with pixel graphics and exciting command gameplay. Annigilus leads his deadly army and only the greatest heroes are...

Slay the Spire

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

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Slay the Spire is a card-based role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to climb to the top of a dark tower, passing...

Streets of Rage 4

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...

Sheltered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...

Pankapu

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

Steam: 74/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Scott Pilgrim EX

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2026

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An action adventure based on the comic book series of the same name and made in the format of a pixel beat-em-up. Players have to save Toronto from chaos caused by...

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...

Stick It to the Stickman

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Online

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

An unusual roguelike that combines dynamic action and platformer elements, where the player acts as an office worker - Stickman, striving for career heights. The...

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...

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...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Point & Click, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Machinarium is an amazing quest about the robot Josef, who seeks to return his beloved. The game has mesmerizing hand-drawn graphics and truly mind-bending puzzles...

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...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

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

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...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Linux → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge

Role-playing game, Adventure, DLC, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2026

Steam: 79/100

The expansion introduces the Duelist and the Runaway from Darkest Dungeon 2, along with the new mechanics of setting fire, which opens up new tactical options in...

Salt and Sanctuary

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

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Never Alone

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...

Oxygen Not Included

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Side view, Survival, Construction

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Oxygen Not Included is a side-view management simulator. You have to set up a space colony on an asteroid and help the residents survive in difficult conditions...

BattleBlock Theater

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

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Mother Russia Bleeds

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

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand combat and...

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...

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 80/100

The game is about an alchemist named Cassandria, who uses an iron whip and her knowledge to fight formidable demons. Various chemical elements can be used to...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

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...

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...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...

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