Side view for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 14

Chronicles of the Wolf - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 June 2025

Metacritic: 77/100

A fantasy Metroidvania in the vein of the Castlevania series, players take on the role of the last remaining member of the Order of the Rose Cross, Mateo Lombardo...

Storm Lancers

Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2025

A dynamic game with co-op on one screen, where heroes make an emergency landing in a dying alien world that holds a secret source of powerful magic. You need to...

The Drifter

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2025

Metacritic: 84/100

A dark story inspired by King, Crichton, and Carpenter. The main character constantly moves from one job to another, never staying in one place for long. One day...

Nullstar: Solus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 April 2026

A dynamic 2D platformer set in a "dying future." Players take control of a scout drone that ventures into the ruins of an abandoned world. The goal of the game is...

Ninja Five-O

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2025

Metacritic: 82/100

The dynamic action-platformer, in which Detective Dzo Osuga, known under the call sign of Ninja Five-O, is taken for restoration of justice. Applying the skill of...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

Unepic

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2017

Players: 8/10

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...

Crawl

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 December 2017

Players: 9/10

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...

Burly Men at Sea

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018

Metacritic: 72/100

Burly Men at Sea is a minimalist side-scrolling adventure. The game tells a fairy tale about three big bearded fishermen who were tired of quietly and peacefully...

Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All!

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 December 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! — a classic beat 'em up with a side view, based on the comic book "The Adventures of Asterix and Obelix". The main opponents...

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 February 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a side-view arcade with a mixture of fighting and anime or manga games from the studio Arc System Works. The game's main publishers are...

Battle Princess Madelyn

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 December 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Battle Princess Madelyn is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer made in the tradition of Ghouls N' Ghosts. An unusual story awaits you in a fantasy world...

Pocket Rumble

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 July 2018

Metacritic: 75/100

Pocket Rumble is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade fighting game. You will find classic gameplay elements inherent in this genre with the execution and...

Animal Super Squad

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Animal Super Squad is a side-scrolling arcade action puzzle game from the creator of Goat Simulator. In the game you have to fight your way through traps and...

I Am The Hero

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2018

Metacritic: 65/100

I Am The Hero is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. The events of the game will tell the story of a mysterious hero with a glorious...

One Finger Death Punch 2

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

One Finger Death Punch 2 is a continuation of the arcade fighting game with a side view and simple mechanics, where you need to press a couple of buttons and fight...

My Brother Rabbit

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 September 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 78/100

My Brother Rabbit is a colorful adventure with lots of puzzles and a side view in a fantasy setting. After parents find out that their daughter is seriously ill...

Degrees of Separation

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Degrees of Separation is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of two heroes — Amber and Rhyme...

Castlevania Anniversary Collection

Action, Adventure, Horror, Collection, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 May 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlevania Anniversary Collection is an anniversary edition of Konami's Castlevania games. A great opportunity awaits you to trace the entire history of the games...

Castlestorm 2

Arcade, Strategy, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, In real time

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2020

Castlestorm 2 is a continuation of a fun strategy game in the tower defense genre with a side view. The game will once again take you back to a classic fantasy land...

SolSeraph

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2019

Metacritic: 56/100

SolSeraph is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with strategy elements in a fantasy setting. You will play the role of the young god Helios, who must lead...

Indiecalypse

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Indiecalypse is a side-scrolling action-adventure game that lets you experience the real life of an indie game developer. Three misfits team up to design and create...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2020

Players: 8.4/10

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

Underhero

Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2020

Underhero is a role-playing puzzle platformer with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of a chosen hero who is...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Creepy Tale 2

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Creepy Tale 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a side view and horror elements. These are dark times. A mysterious evil is terrorizing the...

Dodgeball Academia

Arcade, Sports game, Side view, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Business / Management

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 August 2021

Metacritic: 79/100

Dodgeball Academia is a sports role-playing adventure with elements of Japanese-style management strategy. You will go to conquer an interesting world where the...

Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy VI with new graphics and sound. The War of the Magi has wiped out all magic from the world. A thousand years...

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection

Role-playing game, Isometric, Side view, Anime / Manga, In real time, Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2023

Metacritic: 76/100

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is a collection of classic Mega Man games. Mega Man is a popular character who has become the hero of games of various...

Ebenezer and the Invisible World

Metroidvania, Side view, Fantasy, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2023

A game based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge and a team of shadowy allies battle a wealthy industrialist and his private guard to...

Akatori

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Open world, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

A brave nun named Mako embarks on a journey through the land of emerald peaks, inspired by East Asia. The girl is helped on her journey by a red bird, which can...

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

Platformer, Side view, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Remaster Donkey Kong Country Returns from the Wii, featuring 80 levels, including additional stages from the Nintendo 3DS version. Players once again take...

Blazing Strike

Action, Fighting, Side view, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

A dynamic fighting game with retro graphics, inspired by 16-bit games by Capcom and SNK. The game has three modes: story, arcade and online battles. Each fighter...

Volgarr the Viking 2

Platformer, Action, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 August 2024

Metacritic: 73/100

A hardcore action platformer that continues the story of the brave Viking Volgarr. The player is once again immersed in the world of ancient mythology and epic...

Ninja Kamui: Shinobi Origins

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Action, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2024

A colorful game based on the anime Ninja Kamui. The main character is a shadow named Tsukumo. The character cuts through hordes of deadly ninjas. You can time your...

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A remastered version of the sequel to the first Shantae, released for the Game Boy Advance, the project of which was suspended in 2004 due to problems with the...

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

A pixel co-op game in which a brave foursome of characters explore parallel worlds to rescue a girl kidnapped by a villain. The battles are made in the form of a...

Snow Bros Classic Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 February 2026

An arcade platformer that tells the story of the adventures of brothers Nick and Tom in the Kingdom of Hottoda. The main characters, princes Nick and Tom, turned...

Blackmoor 2: Action Platformer

Action, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 January 2020

The story begins with a missing knight, who once set out to destroy a cursed artifact. Years later, a new group of heroes sets out after him, and this journey...

Crashnauts

Arcade, Online, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2021

A dynamic arcade platformer-player for 2-6 players with quick and spectacular battles. Matches take place on different arenas, where you can use a wide arsenal of...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch