Side view for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 4

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Creaks — an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creators of Samorost and Machinarium. The events of the game revolve around a young guy who...

Trek to Yomi

Action, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 January 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A black and white action adventure in the style of ancient Japan. The main character is a fearless warrior who fights supernatural forces. Young Hiroki swore to the...

Pumped BMX Pro

Side view, Stunts, Bicycles, Sports game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 February 2019

Steam: 81/100

Pumped BMX Pro — bike racing with a side view and elements of stunts. An incredible cycling slalom awaits you. You will be able to combine tricks into...

Constance

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2026

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A colorful metroidvania about a girl artist. The plot is based on the girl’s inner experiences about creativity, balance between life and work, personal motivation...

Clock Tower: Rewind

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Old school, Gothic, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2024

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Re-release of the 16-bit horror [url=https://vgtimes.ru/games/clock-tower-1997/] Clock Tower[ /url]. The game tells the story of orphan Jennifer. She ended up in...

American Arcadia

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Third-person view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An unusual adventure puzzle game from the creators of Call of the Sea. In terms of plot, the game is similar to a darker version of the film "The Truman Show...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2025

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Pixel game from the Ninja Gaiden series. Ryu Hayabusa goes to America, where he must fulfill the will of his father. At this time, an army of demons penetrates the...

Bridge Constructor Studio

Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Simulation, Construction, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2025

Steam: 90/100

A game from the Bridge Constructor series that supports both regular and virtual reality glasses modes. The gamer builds structures from various elements that must...

Neon Abyss

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Side view, Platformer, Procedural generation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Neon Abyss is a dynamic action game with roguelike elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. As a fearless warrior, you will go into dangerous dungeons that...

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2023

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The main character...

Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2026

Steam: 45/100

The events of the game unfold in the world of Arboréa, which has survived devastating portal wars. After a brief period of peace, the new king of the Empire, along...

The Red Strings Club

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Red Strings Club — a "point and click" adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk style. The game's plot centers around a bartender and his hacker friend, who...

Down To Hell

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 December 2019

Steam: 55/100

Down To Hell is a dynamic action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view. You have to take on the role of a knight filled with hatred and rage. As you...

When The Past Was Around

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Dungeon Munchies

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...

Have a Nice Death

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Slasher, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character is the mortally bored director Death, whose subordinates have completely lost their shores and turned the balance of the coming and going of...

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A dark metroidvania inspired by the Castlevania and Dark Souls series. The main character is the doomed Lord Derek Erikon, who escaped a fatal end in favor of a...

Huntdown

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Yaga

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 November 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Yaga is a side-scrolling action RPG in a fantasy setting, based on Slavic mythology. The main character is the one-armed blacksmith Ivan, who suffers from a...

PICO PARK

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2019

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 92/100

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2023

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The game takes place in the 90s in New York, which survived a nuclear war. The streets are filled with looters and bandits fighting for power. The main characters...

Umamusume: Pretty Derby — Party Dash

Arcade, Online, Anime / Manga, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A pixel game based on the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby franchise. Familiar characters take part in the championship with different challenges. There are several...

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: 80/100

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...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2018

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 July 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

Octopath Traveler

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline, revealing...

ANNO: Mutationem

Indie, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

ANNO: Mutationem is an indie action role-playing adventure game in the style of futurism and cyberpunk, with a side view. Welcome to a world covered in neon lights...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2018

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie, Fantasy, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2024

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The main character is Zau, a young warrior seeking adventure in the fantasy world of Kenzer. He has unusual abilities that allow him to change the shape of his...

Nullstar: Solus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 April 2026

Steam: 98/100

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...

STAY

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2018

Steam: 67/100

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...

Exit the Gungeon

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...

Castlevania Advance Collection

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 December 2021

Steam: 92/100

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

Metal Slug Attack Reloaded

Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Reissue of Metal Slug Attack in the "tower defense" genre. The game combines elements of classic action and strategic gameplay with a rich arsenal of weapons and...

Guns of Fury

Action, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Old school, Indie, Metroidvania, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Dynamic retro action in the spirit of the Metal Slug series. The main action takes place in a dystopian future in which the world is in an energy crisis. One day, a...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...

Pikuniku

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Roki is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure steeped in the spirit of Scandinavian folklore. The game will tell the story of a young girl, Tova, who goes on a...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch