Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 3

Guacamelee! - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2013

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...

Little Misfortune

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

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Little Misfortune is an exciting side-scrolling interactive adventure. In the game you will try on the role of the little girl Ramirez Hernandez, who goes on a...

Pocket Bravery

Arcade, Fighting, Online, Side view

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2023

Steam: 90/100

A colorful fighting game inspired by classic games of the nineties. The events of the game unfold around Nuno and his comrades who are trying to investigate the...

Banana

Side view, Clicker, Free game, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2024

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 78/100

A minimalistic and casual game in which the gamer clicks on a banana. The task is to call as many as possible. Every three and eighteen hours a random banana may...

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...

Seasons after Fall

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

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

N++

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Action, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

N++ is a side-scrolling platformer set in a science-fiction world where success depends on controlling momentum. The player navigates obstacles, evades hostile...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

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...

Kingdom Eighties

Strategy, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration, City Building

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A new part of the Kingdom microstrategy series. The main character is trying to protect his family and the city from attacks by mysterious monsters. Neighboring...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

Punch Club

Role-playing game, Boxing, Business / Management, Sports game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Punch Club is a boxing sports game with RPG elements that tells the story of a boxer searching for his father's killer. The game is made in pixel style and...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Outland

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

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

Streets of Rage 3

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Side view, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Streets of Rage 3 — After Mr. X suffered two defeats, he founded the research company RoboCy Corporation to cover his illegal activities. Dr. Zahn, the...

Worms: Clan Wars

Action, Strategy, MMO, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Online

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms: Clan Wars is a new part of the exciting turn-based strategy in the Worms universe with an emphasis on the multiplayer component. The game contains 25 single...

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

While the southern rats are trying to return to their usual way of life after the great war between rodents and frogs, an ancient and indescribable evil has...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkside Detective is a noir adventure detective story that contains references to the popular TV series Twin Peaks and True Detective. The events take place in the...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...

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...

Dreaming Sarah

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...

Shank

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

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2010

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Set in a stylized criminal underworld, this side-scrolling beat ’em up follows Shank on a quest for revenge. Its story unfolds through fully animated scenes, while...

Zombie Night Terror

Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Zombie Night Terror is a side-view management strategy set in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to control a squad of zombies, whose goal is to infect...

Ayo the Clown

Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Ayo the Clown is an adventure platformer with a variety of puzzles and role-playing elements. You have to help the cute clown Ayo in search of his missing dog Bo...

Cassette Beasts

Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2023

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to find the best...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Sundered

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

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Alwa's Awakening

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Alwa's Awakening is a classic side-scrolling adventure platformer. The main character Zoya really loves video games. And one day, when she sat at the monitor and...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Pikuniku

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

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...

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...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

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...

Blue Wednesday

Side view, Visual novel, Music game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

A game about a boy named Morris. The main character plays the piano and walks around the city, where he communicates with various characters. There are many...

Cobalt

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

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost colonization...

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...

Braveland Wizard

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2014

Steam: 80/100

Braveland Wizard is a turn-based strategy game with a side view in a fantasy setting. Continuation of the classic game in the spirit of "Heroes of Might and Magic...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Hue

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

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

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