Side view for Mac — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 9

Shovel Knight Dig - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Procedural generation, Strategy, Action

Game released: Mac → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A fast-paced action platformer with roguelike elements set in the Shovel Knight universe. Shovel Knight embarks on a new adventure, digging ever deeper in search of...

Pocket Bravery

Arcade, Fighting, Online, Side view

Game released: Mac → 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...

Dog Witch

Turn-based, Card game, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 5 November 2025

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A bright game about a dog wizard. You need to use spells, collect various items into a deck, and summon allies to fight against opponents. Dice are also used in...

Blood Dungeon

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 25 August 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A dynamic roguelike platformer with frantic shooting from the creators of Nidhogg, where danger lurks at every level of the underground maze. The space here is not...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

Titan Attacks!

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Mac → 13 March 2006

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This arcade shoot ’em up, presented in a neo-retro style, follows Earth’s last surviving tank commander as they repel an alien invasion and pursue the Titans across...

Unepic

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

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Anoxemia

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Mac → 16 January 2015

Steam: 53/100

This science-fiction exploration game follows scientist Dr. Bailey, who must collect samples in underwater caves after his submarine crashes, relying on his...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

Game released: Mac → 31 May 2016

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

Typoman

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Headlander

Arcade, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Action, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 26 July 2016

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This side-scrolling action-adventure is set in a retro-futuristic world where humanity has transferred its minds into robotic bodies and is ruled by a deranged...

Tricky Towers

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 2 August 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tricky Towers is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game inspired by the popular Tetris. As in the original game, you have to build a tower from familiar figures and...

Kathy Rain

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 5 May 2016

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Kathy Rain is a side-scrolling pixel point and click adventure. The game takes place in the early nineties and tells the story of Detective Katie, who is armed with...

Ayo the Clown

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

Game released: Mac → 28 July 2021

Steam: 84/100

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...

Monster Slayers

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Card game, Turn-based

Game released: Mac → 23 March 2017

Steam: 79/100

A turn-based, card-based RPG with roguelike elements follows a hero who joins the Monster Slayers Guild and ventures through the perilous Northern Valley to defeat...

Whispers of a Machine

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

Game released: Mac → 17 April 2019

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Whispers of a Machine is an atmospheric "Point and Click" adventure in a retro style. You have to take control of Detective Vera and investigate a series of murders...

Inkulinati

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view, Medieval era, Historical

Early Access: Mac → 1 February 2023; Game released: Mac → 22 February 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The player takes on the role of a medieval illuminator who uses Living Ink to draw and command an army of creatures. On his way to power, he battles numerous...

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 28 January 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Soldat 2

Arcade, Online, Roguelike, Side view, Shooter, Battle Royale

Early Access: Mac → 22 September 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Soldat 2 is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling multiplayer shooter. The game is based on a combat sandbox with customization and modification capabilities...

Miska's Cave

Free game, Arcade, Runner, Side view, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 28 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Miska's Cave is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade action runner where you take control of a fighting rabbit named Miska who wants to conquer the cave. The only...

Rhythm Doctor

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

Early Access: Mac → 26 February 2021; Game released: Mac → 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...

Rocket Bot Royale

Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Tanks, Tactics, Side view, Battle Royale

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Rocket Bot Royale is a tactical online platformer with a side view about tanks. Powerful, wall-climbing, rocket-jumping robot tanks are the best choice in this...

Haiku, the Robot

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

This adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements takes place in Arcadia, a mechanical world inhabited by corrupted robots and machinery. The player explores...

Explottens: Rise of K.L.A.W

Arcade, Shooter, Strategy, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Mac → 2027

The player controls a team of adorable cats and embarks on an epic adventure full of danger and explosive fun. The hero uses a small plane with powerful guns to...

News Tower

Strategy, Business / Management, Sandbox, Steampunk, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2025

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The player grows his newspaper and tries to become the new media magnate of 1930s New York. It is necessary to hire and manage the various personnel necessary for...

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Hardcore precision platformer in the spirit of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The player controls the climber's hands to ascend a massive, treacherous...

Wall World 2

Action, Strategy, Roguelike, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration

Game released: Mac → 11 November 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 72/100

The continuation of the pixel game Wall World, in which Gamer in the role of Shakhtar explores the mysterious wall on a spider robot. You need to fight monsters in...

Live Hard, Die Hard

Arcade, Shooter, Comics, Side view, Comedy, Strategy, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 20 November 2025

Steam: 89/100

The player must gather a team of brave heroes to stop the alien army advancing on Earth. The fighters battle automatically, but it is important to help the doctor...

Prehistorik

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Side view

Game released: Mac → 17 November 2017

Steam: 90/100

Prehistorik is a platform game about a hunter from the T-Bone Tribe who sets out in search of food. The journey takes the hero across Antarctica’s ice fields...

Grabbles

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Frozen: Mac → 2016

Grubbles — side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The game uses simple gameplay mechanics where you interact with your environment by pulling yourself and...

Taro the Sneaky Ninja

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.3/10

Sneaky Ninja is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements. You will play as a secretive ninja master who somewhat resembles a sock rolled up...

She Wants Me Dead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Side view

Game released: Mac → 13 May 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

She Wants Me Dead is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The main character Max has to jump and dodge the traps that his insidious and evil cat Lula has...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 14 October 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: Mac → 18 July 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...

One Dog Story

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...

Maybot Run

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

Game released: Mac → 19 October 2017

Steam: 100/100

Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...

Slashers: The Power Battle

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Early Access: Mac → 3 November 2017

Slashers: The Power Battle is a classic 2D fighting game with a side view. With elaborate animations and colorful graphics, the game is a tactical fighting game...

Soda Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Side view, Free game, Dungeons

Game released: Mac → 9 July 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Soda Dungeon 2 is a continuation of the role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view. The Dark Lord hides legendary items and valuable loot in his...

Aztez

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Mac → 1 August 2017

Steam: 80/100

Aztez is a monochrome mix of bitmap and turn-based strategy that tells the story of the Aztec empire. The game's plot takes place in the Aztec Empire before the...

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