Side view for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 11

Rising Hell - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Cat Quest 3

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 August 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character is a sweet and brave sailor cat, who this time goes in search of endangered artifacts in order to save his world from disaster. He explores a...

VED

Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2024

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A dark game in which the gamer explores mysterious islands where he fights monsters. Set in two worlds, the game tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who embarks...

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Survivor

Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2025

A game based on the anime "Hunter x Hunter" featuring team battles. You must assemble a team of characters and use combinations of their abilities to defeat...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Adventure, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...

Rabi-Ribi

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Rabi-Ribi is a Japanese-style 2D side-scrolling action platformer. In the game you will find a huge world to explore, where you will take on the role of a quirky...

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is a collection of legendary arcade action-platformers with a look of megamen. The new collection includes 4 games: Mega Man 7, Mega...

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Little Nightmares: Complete Edition is a complete edition of the adventure puzzle game with horror elements. The edition contains the full game, as well as...

Neversong

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Neversong is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a little boy named Pete. Waking up from a coma, he discovers that his...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view, Combat robots

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes...

Super Mario Maker 2

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Side view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2019

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Super Mario Maker 2 is a continuation of the simulator of creating your own levels in the Super Mario universe. As in the first part, you will be able to publish...

Little Misfortune

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2020

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...

Flashback 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

Players: 2/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 36/100

Sequel to the action-platformer Flashback (1992) from 1992. The events of the game tell about the new adventures of Conrad, who defeated the "Mastermind" — the...

Planet of Lana

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 April 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The planet that was once a place of serene balance between man, nature and animals has now become something completely different. The disharmony that had been...

Watcher Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Watcher Chronicles is a hardcore side-scrolling action RPG platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. In the game you have to go to conquer purgatory, filled with...

Moonscars

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Slasher, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Moonscars is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Under the dark moonlight, the fierce clay warrior Gray Irma fights, driven by a lonely goal: to find the...

WrestleQuest

Role-playing game, Side view, Arcade, Fighting, Wrestling, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 August 2023

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The player controls an aspiring wrestler and tries to lead him to success. Along his journey, the character meets various famous WWE athletes. The main character...

Rusty Rabbit

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The main character is a rabbit who controls a combat mech. The main action takes place in a fantasy setting thousands of years after people left the Earth. Instead...

Pocket Bravery

Arcade, Fighting, Online, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 April 2025

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...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2023

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

Escape from Ever After

Role-playing game, Action, Turn-based, Side view, Comedy, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A bright game in the spirit of the Paper Mario series. In the story, greedy corporations from the real world want to profit from the magical worlds of books. The...

Bug Butcher

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2018

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes of aliens alone...

Necrocosmos

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Side view

Frozen: Nintendo Switch → 5 June 2020

Anticipation Rating: 3.3/10

Necrocosmos is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action game set in a Metroidvania style. Each player will start the game with a unique star map and will be able to...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Vambrace: Cold Soul

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 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...

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Point & Click, , Exploration, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2022

Steam: 94/100

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise is a side-scrolling action-adventure roguelike set in a fantasy setting. As Noah, you will travel to ancient ruins to uncover their...

Shovel Knight Dig

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Scarlet Deer Inn

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Medieval era, Exploration

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Steam: 88/100

A colorful adventure inspired by Slavic folklore, medieval culture and the paintings of Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro). The...

Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness

Horror, Survival, Puzzle, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2023

Steam: 88/100

A pixelated psychological game in which the protagonist explores the history of a 1920s freak circus that burned to the ground. The character solves puzzles and...

Lords of Exile

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2024

Players: 7/10

Steam: 80/100

In ancient times, as a result of the war in the Far East, the lands of Exilia were captured by creatures of the night and samurai. In this brutal conflict, only a...

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

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: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Valfaris

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Valfaris is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Slain: Back from Hell. Many years ago, the huge and powerful...

HAAK

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

HAAK is a side-scrolling action adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will find yourself in a dark futuristic world of the future, where unique...

Despotism 3k

Side view, In real time, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2020

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...

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

Arcade, Side view, Comics, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that follows the adventures of secret agents. In the story, world...

My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Third-person view, Side view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure is a bright arcade platformer based on the popular animated series Friendship is Magic. You will take on the role of Sunny...

Biomorph

Metroidvania, Action, Side view, Fantasy, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 April 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A colorful metroidvania in the spirit of Hollow Knight, in which the main emphasis is on hardcore battles with enemies, an abundance of different fighting styles...

Mr. Sun's Hatbox

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Comedy, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Steam: 85/100

The evil Mr. Moon and his criminal gang robbed a small but proud courier company, stealing a box of hats for Mr. Sun. The hero, thirsting for justice, assembles a...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch