Side view for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 16

Exit the Gungeon - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Shooter, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Exit the Gungeon is a side-view arcade shooter with roguelike elements, which is a spin-off of the game Enter the Gungeon. In the game, you will once again take...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Old school, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is an updated version of the 1986 platformer. The legendary Alex Kidd is back. The main character explores locations, breaks stones...

YesterMorrow

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 49/100

YesterMorrow is an indie side-scrolling time travel platformer. In it you will play as the little girl Yui, who will have to save her family and change the fate of...

Micetopia

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 37/100

Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...

Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...

Chenso Club

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Comedy, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2022

Steam: 74/100

CHENSO CLUB is a cooperative action-rogal with a view of the side of the platformer. Welcome to the growing community of fighters who are ready to save humanity...

Rebel Transmute

Metroidvania, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2024

Steam: 74/100

The main character sets off on a dangerous journey to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance. You can learn abilities that change your playing style to a...

Yars Rising

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Platformer, Comics, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2024

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A young hacker, Amy Kimura, is hired by a mysterious client to infiltrate the sinister QoTech corporation. The heroine embarks on an exciting adventure where she...

Cast of the Seven Godsends

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 April 2018

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Cast of the Seven Godsends is a classic 2D side-scrolling action platformer set in a fantasy world. You will try on the role of a valiant hero who travels through...

Typoman

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2018

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...

Freedom Planet 2

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Freedom Planet 2 is an arcade platformer inspired by the popular Sonic series. The game has three main characters. Each of them will delight you with unique...

Taro the Sneaky Ninja

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2018

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...

Super Hydorah

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2018

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This nonlinear horizontal shoot ’em up takes place around the star Omios, invaded by the Meroptians, biomechanical creatures waging a war of conquest. The player...

Pocket Rumble

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 July 2018

Steam: 71/100

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...

Graceful Explosion Machine

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2017

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Graceful Explosion Machine is a side-scrolling arcade shooter about a fighter pilot lost in deep space, battling an alien armada in search of a way home. The ship...

Light Fall

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Light Fall is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You have to go to the fantasy world of Numbra, where darkness prevails over light. The fate of this...

Octahedron

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Octahedron is a side-scrolling arcade rhythm platformer. You have to explore various locations, avoiding enemies and traps. A unique feature of the game will allow...

Projection: First Light

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Projection: First Light is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. You will travel to an alternative shadow world of puppets and visit 19th century England...

Black Future '88

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2019

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Future '88 is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade action game with procedurally generated levels. The events of the game will take you to the gloomy year of...

Rogue Aces

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Rogue Aces is a dynamic arcade action game with a side view, in which you have to try on the role of a brave pilot and take control of one of three available...

Overwhelm

Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2019

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Overwhelm is a pixel arcade action platformer with horror elements and a side view. As a fearless warrior, you will have to go into dark dungeons where you need to...

Kill la Kill: IF

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2019

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Kill la Kill: IF is a fast-paced Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game from the creators of Dragon Ball FighterZ and the popular BlazBlue series. The...

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories — an atmospheric arcade puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creator of the horror Deadly...

Space Cows

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2019

Steam: 72/100

Space Cows is a fun side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of a dairy farmer who sets out to save his beloved cow, Betsy. One...

Some Distant Memory

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Futurism (Future), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2019

Steam: 93/100

Some Distant Memory is an interactive side-scrolling adventure set in a post-apocalyptic setting. 300 years after the end of the world, people's hope of...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Life of Delta

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Logic, Puzzle, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2023

Steam: 66/100

Life of Delta is a Point and Click indie adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world of destroyed Japan. After a nuclear war, all people died, only robots and...

Moon Samurai

Arcade, Action, Cyberpunk, Beat them all, Side view

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Moon Samurai is a dynamic retro action game with a side view in a cyberpunk setting. In the role of the young samurai Buddy, players will beat up bandits, jump on...

Blade Assault

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2023

Steam: 74/100

After the devastating Red Stone War, the world is divided into three regions: the infected lands, where mutants rule; an underground city where the survivors fled...

Spidersaurs

Arcade, Side view, Comics, Platformer, Shooter, Comedy, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2022

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Spidersaurs is a fun side-scrolling arcade action platformer with sci-fi elements. Ugly spiderosaurs — hybrids of dinosaurs and spiders — have broken...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Side view, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A peaceful village is attacked by enemies, so several children climb into a huge tank to protect themselves. Characters can use their unique abilities and improve...

Eden's Guardian

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.9/10

The game takes place in a world with a medieval and fantasy aesthetic, ravaged by conflict, where the stories of gods and men are intertwined. The main character...

Forestrike

Fighting, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2025

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character is a martial arts master named Yu. In the story, he tries to cross the country and free the emperor from the captivity of the evil admiral. The...

Nikoderiko: The Magical World

Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A bright adventure with the support of a cooperative, whose heroes want to save a magical island from a villain. There are seven unique worlds where you can find...

Shotgun Cop Man

Platformer, Action, Side view, Comedy, Shooter, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Adrenaline platformer for accuracy from the creators my fired pedro. The main goal is to arrest the devil himself, breaking through the hordes of demons, deadly...

Patapon 1+2 Replay

Music game, Side view, Logic, Adventure, Action, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 July 2025

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The rhythmic adventure, where the fate of the whole tribe depends on the sound of mystical drums. The player controls charming patapons - creatures similar to huge...

Helix: Descent N Ascent

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2026

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An atmospheric adventure puzzle game set in a mysterious world of a forgotten civilization. Awakening in a formless reality, the main character encounters their...

Velocity 2X

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Velocity 2X is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. Abducted by a race of hostile aliens, Lieutenant Kai Tana must use her quick...

Ironcast

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2017

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch