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

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2023

Players: 10/10

The player explores the depths of the aristocrat's sick mind, which are filled with scary monsters and puzzles. Using the mechanics of mirroring a character, you...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2023

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...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2019

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

Astro Duel 2

Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 March 2024

A pixel game with multiplayer support that you can play with or against friends. The gamer controls a fast spaceship and fights at a distance, and when necessary...

Meifumado

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Players: 4/10

A dynamic action platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting with a dash of Japanese aesthetics. The player controls a warrior armed with a katana. During the...

Windswept

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2025

A pixel adventure with co-op on one screen, where characters try to return home after a storm. In single-player mode, you can switch between heroes to use their...

Wolfhound

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Metroidvania

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old-school metroidvania with a side view, set on a mysterious island in the Bermuda Triangle, where a secret Nazi base is hidden. The player takes on the role of...

Mages of Mystralia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2019

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Mages of Mystralia — A colorful action adventure with a side view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in a world where magic is strictly...

A Space for the Unbound

Anime / Manga, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 January 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Two school friends with supernatural powers explore the Indonesian countryside to uncover its secrets. There is an opportunity to communicate with the townspeople...

Kirby Star Allies

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2018

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Kirby Star Allies — A cooperative arcade action platformer with a side view, in which a cute pink round character named Kirby, armed with an impressive sword...

Unto The End

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 December 2020

Metacritic: 70/100

Unto The End is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. A veil of rage covered his eyes and cold steel slipped out of its sheath. But the roar...

Skelattack

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 June 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Skelattack is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You are an enchanted skeleton living in the deepest part of the dungeon. You are awakened by the sound...

Blade Strangers

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Metacritic: 75/100

Blade Strangers is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game. Expect characters from popular games such as Cave Story, Code of Princess and Umihara...

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Arcade, Fighting, Collection, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2018

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is a massive collection of classic games from the Street Fighter series. Some games have online mode available, as well...

STAY

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2018

STAY is an unusual adventure with a side view and horror elements. Quinn woke up in a closed room, where there is only a computer connected to the chat you are in...

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...

Bubsy: Paws on Fire!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 May 2019

Metacritic: 63/100

Bubsy: Paws on Fire! is a continuation of the old-school side-scrolling arcade platformer about a kitten named Bubsy. This time you will be given the opportunity to...

Vambrace: Cold Soul

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2019

Players: 8.5/10

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...

WARSAW

Role-playing game, Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

WARSAW is a tactical role-playing game set in the Second World War. You will play the role of the Polish Resistance fighting against the Nazis. You will find...

River City Girls

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

River City Girls is a fun retro arcade action game with a side view. The events of the game will take you to the dangerous streets of River City. Two heroines Kyoko...

Tale of Ronin

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Tale of Ronin is a game about the human side of samurai life, which contains a fascinating story about betrayal, honor, war and peace. The players' decisions...

Helheim Hassle

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Helheim Hassle is an adventure game with puzzle elements. The player controls a pacifist Viking named Bjorn, who has a unique ability — he can detach and...

Unreal Life

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Logic, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 November 2020

Unreal Life is a side-view pixel adventure about a girl who has lost her memory and remembers nothing but one name — Miss Sakura. Hooked on this thread, she...

When The Past Was Around

Adventure, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

When The Past Was Around is a point & click adventure puzzle game with a sad story about a girl who has lost the meaning of life. She couldn't find him until she...

The Procession to Calvary

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 July 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

Grimvalor

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Grimvalor is a fantasy action game with RPG elements and a side view. An evil force is raging in the forgotten kingdom of Vallaris. The quest is to uncover the fate...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

Narita Boy

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

Smelter

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2017

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...

The Shrouded Isle

Strategy, Horror, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Metacritic: 69/100

The Shrouded Isle is a management turn-based strategy with horror elements and a top-down view, in which you will control a small gloomy port town, satisfying the...

Steel Assault

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Steel Assault is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the near future of post-apocalyptic America. You...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

Decarnation

Horror, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 May 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Paris, 1990. The main character is a young dancer Gloria, who is going through a turning point in her life. She struggles with the fallout from her relationship...

Itadaki Smash

Action, Arcade, Indie, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Fantasy, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 July 2022

Itadaki Smash is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with fighting elements. Katsu owns the best restaurant in the city, but the Tengogo mafia decided to...

River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Action, Anime / Manga, Old school, Indie, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2022

Metacritic: 66/100

River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is a fast-paced side-scrolling action game with co-op for up to four players. The story spans all the way from the Yellow Turban...

Convergence: A League of Legends Story

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2023

The main character Ekko is a young inventor of a device that rewinds time. Together with his friends, he works to make his hometown of Zaun safe. But one day a new...

Rusty Rabbit

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

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...

Snakebird Complete

Indie, Puzzle, Casual game, Side view, Logic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 November 2023

A collection with Pazzlov remasters Snakebird and Snakebird Primer, where the main characters are long birds. Gathering fruits, players gradually increase the...

Fading Afternoon

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2024

Metacritic: 77/100

An atmospheric pixel adventure about Seiji Maruyama — an aging yakuza who has just been released from prison and finds himself at a crossroads. The story unfolds in...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch