Side view for Linux — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 7

Iris and the Giant - a game in the Side view genre

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...

Gravity Circuit

Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Beat them all, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2023

Steam: 95/100

The game takes place in a future world where intelligent robots face an old enemy — the Virus Army. Many years ago the villains were defeated, but now they...

BioGun

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Open world, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2024

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 87/100

The main character, named Beck, goes on a journey to save all dogs from extinction caused by an ominous virus. The character explores the crazy hand-drawn world of...

Hidden Cats: The last of cats

Free game, Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 97/100

The player travels through a mysterious post-apocalyptic world and tries to find all the hidden cats. There are more than a hundred animals in the hand-drawn...

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

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...

A Boy and His Blob

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Remake

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Typoman

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Typoman is an unusual side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The creators of Typoman were inspired by the biographies of dedicated writers. It will take you on...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Hive Jump

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2017

Steam: 68/100

Hive Jump is a futuristic side-scrolling action platformer. In the 24th century, humanity is at war with a hostile alien race. Space Corporation J.U.M.P. remains...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. The...

Tadpole Treble

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Music game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tadpole Treble is a side-scrolling adventure music rhythm game. You have to take on the role of a newly born fish who is eager to explore the world around him. She...

Snakebird

Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Steam: 94/100

Snakebird is a shareware side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. The game is very similar to the popular game of snake, only the main characters here are long birds. By...

Rise and Shine

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Rise & Shine is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with colorful graphics. The game takes place on the planet where the characters from their classic games...

Glittermitten Grove

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Farm Simulator, City Building, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2016

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Glittermitten Grove is a fantasy real-time strategy game with a side view. You will find yourself in a colorful magical world, where you need to build a settlement...

BRAIN / OUT

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Side view, Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 80/100

BRAIN / OUT is an online shooter with a side view. You have to fight on the territory of the post-Soviet space. Fight not for glory or country, but simply for...

Vambrace: Cold Soul

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Vambrace: Cold Soul is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The King of Shadows has cursed the great city of Icenair, causing...

Merchant of the Skies

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Merchant of the Skies is a real-time management strategy with a side view. In the game, you will act as the captain of an airship, who will have to trade, collect...

Rhythm Doctor

Role-playing game, Adventure, Music game, Indie, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2025

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An unusual musical rhythm game in which every keystroke becomes the pulse of life. Here, medicine and music intertwine: synchronizing keystrokes at the right moment...

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2016

Steam: 70/100

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. You'll find all the classic elements from 90's games plus some cool new ideas. You...

Tap Ninja

Side view, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Tap Ninja is an adventure arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a warlike...

The Impossible Game

Action, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Music game

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The player taps the jump screen and tries to navigate the orange square while avoiding traps to reach the end of the level. Any mistake will result in instant death...

Mosa Lina

Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2023

Steam: 95/100

An immersive puzzle platformer in which the player is given three random abilities and attempts to complete small levels. The main task is to collect all the apples...

Anomaly Agent

Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2024

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...

Soccerboy vs Aliens

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Free game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2026

Steam: 100/100

A sports action platformer where soccer skills become the main weapon in the fight for humanity's salvation. After the invasion of aliens on Earth and the abduction...

Rochard

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Rochard is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting, filled to the brim with physics-based puzzles. You will play as John Roshard, the...

Mighty No. 9

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

Game released: Linux → 21 June 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...

Monochroma

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

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

Pixel Piracy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Simulation, Platformer, Indie, Sandbox, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock

DLC, Side view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Beat them all, Arcade, Online, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2023

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The Neutrino alien race from Dimension X needs help again: Shredder is planning to take over the entire multiverse by moving between dimensions. The add-on...

KWAAN

Arcade, Role-playing game, Online, Adventure, Side view

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 10/10

KWAAN is an adventure, online role-playing game in pixel style. The main task of the players is to maintain the Kvaan tree of life. By completing mini-tasks against...

Pharaonic

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2016

Steam: 77/100

Pharaonic is a side-scrolling action RPG that will take players to Ancient Egypt. You have to explore the cursed kingdom to solve the riddle of the Red Pharaoh. The...

Spooky Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2016

Steam: 50/100

Spooky Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling arcade platformer. The player will become a nameless hero who travels through dungeons, seas, in the air and fights against the...

Braveland Pirate

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2015

Steam: 87/100

Braveland Pirate is a side-scrolling turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy setting. The final part of the trilogy of classic games in the spirit of “Heroes of...

Dog Sled Saga

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management, Side view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2016

Steam: 94/100

Dog Sled Saga is a pixelated sled racing game with management simulator elements and a side view. You have to harness horse-drawn dogs to a sleigh and participate...

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...

River City Ransom: Underground

Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Steam: 73/100

River City Ransom: Underground is a modern take on the old classic beat'em up games. It has over 500 different street battle moves, tons of weapons and fun...

The End Is Nigh

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The End Is Nigh is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy. You will play as a character named Ash...

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...

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...

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...

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