Side view for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 17

The Messenger - a game in the Side view genre

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a cursed world to...

Shadow Blade: Reload

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2019

Metacritic: 70/100

Shadow Blade: Reload is a side-view arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the Dead Mage studio. The game is published by Dead Mage.Shadow Blade...

Fox n Forests

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...

Furwind

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019

Furwind is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. Events take place in a magical world inhabited by intelligent animals. A great evil has awakened, after many...

She and the Light Bearer

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2019

She and the Light Bearer is a Point and Click adventure game with an indie twist from the developers at Mojiken Studio. The main publisher of the game is Toge...

Scribblenauts Showdown

Arcade, Online, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2018

Metacritic: 59/100

Scribblenauts Showdown is a fun arcade game in which you can gather a group of four people and take part in more than 25 mini-games together. Three exciting...

Moonfall Ultimate

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2018

Moonfall Ultimate is a hardcore side-scrolling action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of the Empire, a former small kingdom that is now...

Hardcore Mecha

Action, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Shooter, Anime / Manga, Futurism (Future), Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2020

Metacritic: 77/100

Hardcore Mecha is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will have access to various combat mechs, a large arsenal...

LEGO Brawls

Online, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2022

Metacritic: 46/100

LEGO Brawls is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer set in the LEGO universe. In the game you have to fight with other players, create unique characters...

Bayala

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2019

Bayala is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. When the dragons disappear, the power of magic may also fade into oblivion. Together with...

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...

3 out of 10: Season One

Adventure, Side view, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2021

Players: 7.8/10

3 out of 10: Season One is a shareware episodic adventure game that tells the story of the world's worst game development studio. The game is an interactive sitcom...

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2020

Metacritic: 79/100

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a combination of two popular puzzle games where you have to challenge your opponent. As in the first part, the task is simple: you need to...

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 April 2022

Players: 10/10

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...

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

Board / Group Game, Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2022

Metacritic: 74/100

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright is an unusual role-playing game that tells the story of a young developer. He creates a cool RPG, and you have to help the creator...

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

Business / Management, Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Action, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is a Japanese side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy setting. The game is a prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and will...

Haiku, the Robot

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Overlord: Escape From Nazarick

Anime / Manga, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 June 2022

Overlord: Escape From Nazarick is a side-scrolling, fantasy-adventure action-platformer with anime elements. Clementine wakes up to find herself imprisoned in the...

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2022

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...

Spidersaurs

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2022

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...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2022

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...

The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Remaster Ninja Warriors (1989), to which the developers added additional moves and combos, 2 new characters, 2-player co-op, as well as improved graphics...

Alien Hominid HD

Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Indie, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 November 2023

Enhanced version of the cooperative 2D action game Alien Hominid (2002) . Armed with a space blaster and a team of mysterious little ones, you must try to take...

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...

Morkull Ragast's Rage

Platformer, Slasher, Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Comics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025

The main character of the game is Morkull, a villain who knows that he is a video game character. In battles, you can use combos and a variety of abilities to help...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an adventure arcade puzzle platformer with a side view. You have to save the main character's brother from the evil Lord Mustasho...

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...

Rabi-Ribi

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2019

Players: 9.9/10

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...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2017

Metacritic: 82/100

Slime-san is a side view action game with elements of adventure and indie game from developers from Fabraz studio. The game is published by Headup Games. It seems...

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong

Arcade, Sports game, Snowboard, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2019

Metacritic: 72/100

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a physics sandbox that turns the classic bridge-building genre upside down. You will face hours of new challenges where you need to...

Light Fall

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2018

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...

Floor Kids

Arcade, Adventure, Music game, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Floor Kids is an adventure music arcade game with a side view, in which you will go to conquer underground dance floors. Take your team from ordinary b-boys to...

Sonic Mania Plus

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Extended version of the arcade platformer Sonic Mania in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The extended edition includes a new Encore Mode and two...

Iris.Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 January 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Iris.Fall is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game that tells the interesting story of a little girl, Iris. One day she wakes up in an unfamiliar place...

Bladed Fury

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Bladed Fury is a fun action-platformer with RPG elements and a Japanese-style side view. The game takes place during the times of Ancient China and tells the story...

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a continuation of the arcade action platformer, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. Capital B is...

Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid

Arcade, Action, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 April 2018

Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid is a re-release of the arcade platformer Ninja-Kid for modern platforms. In the game you can try on the role of Ninja-kun and fight your...

Towaga: Among Shadows

Arcade, Side view, Action, Indie, Shooter, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Towaga: Among Shadows is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. You have to play the role of a fearless warrior at the top of the tower, who defends...

The Darkest Tales

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 October 2022

Players: 7/10

The Darkest Tales is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you will become the companion of the teddy bear Teddy, who is forced to...

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