Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 4

Despotism 3k - a game in the Side view genre

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...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

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...

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...

Ecco the Dolphin: Complete

Adventure, Collection, Side view, Casual game, Old school, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Steam: 84/100

The return of the iconic Ecco the Dolphin series, more than three decades after its debut on the Sega Mega Drive. The collection brings together classic games about...

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...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

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...

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...

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...

Warfare Legacy Collection

Strategy, Historical, Side view, Tactics, Remake, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2025

Steam: 92/100

A combined re-release of the strategies Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944, complemented by updated graphics, support for full-screen mode and the ability to create...

The Dark Queen of Mortholme

Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Gothic

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

The player takes on the role of the Dark Queen of Mortholme, the final boss of the game, and fights a tenacious hero who tries to defeat the enemy time after time...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Action

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2021

Steam: 66/100

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world, gathers food...

Comix Zone

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...

Crawl

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Online

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Crawl is a fast-paced action roguelike with side-scrolling RPG elements. The game features a variety of dungeons that are randomly generated. The game is designed...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Steredenn

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Arcade, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2015

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

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...

Saviorless

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A dark action-platformer in which two main characters try to escape the cursed lands known as the Smiling Isles. The main characters realize that they are inside...

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...

Tormentum 2

Adventure, Point & Click, Side view, Fantasy, Horror, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

A continuation of a dark adventure puzzle with horror elements, set in a surreal world full of frightening creatures and strange characters. This time, the story...

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...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2022

Players: 10/10

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...

Turmoil

In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Strategy, Online

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and the struggle for...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Hero Generations: ReGen

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Grand strategy, Open world

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2016

Steam: 55/100

Hero Generations: ReGen is a cartoon strategy with role-playing game elements and turn-based battles in a fantasy setting. You will go explore a procedurally...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

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

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

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...

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1

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

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1 is an indie adventure quest in the point and click genre with puzzle elements. This is the story of Johnny Bonasera, a...

Fatal Theory

Free game, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2016

Steam: 86/100

Fatal Theory — shareware classic bitmap with a side view, made in retro style. The main character Nick Mayhem will have to save the city from hordes of...

World of Goo 2

Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Adventure, Construction

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The continuation of the colorful puzzle World of Goo. The player connects colorful balls, building various structures out of them to reach the end of the level...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2013

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

Dark Matter

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Steam: 38/100

Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to explore an abandoned...

Indivisible

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...

Home Behind

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Side view, Survival

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 53/100

Home Behind is a procedurally generated side-scrolling adventure RPG. You have to become a refugee who is fleeing a devastating war from his country to Europe...

This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

This War of Mine: Stories — Father's Promise — is an expansion to the side-scrolling adventure management strategy game — This War of Mine. The expansion is based...

Chaos on Deponia

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Chaos on Deponia is a continuation of the point and click adventure. Rufus could have come to his senses, become friendly and considerate, and it would not have...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Eagle Island is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Discover the birdlife of Eagle Island with Quil and his faithful owl companion Koji. You'll explore...

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