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

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...

Oxenfree

Adventure, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along with her friends...

Gravity Circuit

Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Beat them all, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 July 2023

The game takes place in a future world where intelligent robots face an old enemy — the Virus Army. Many years ago the villains were defeated, but now they...

Silt

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 June 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The actions of the game take place in the depths of the sea, where various monsters live. With the help of soul transference, the main character can use the...

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

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...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the influence of...

Vigil: The Longest Night

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...

Turmoil

In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2020

Players: 8.4/10

A side-view real-time management strategy game set in North America at the end of the 19th century. The beginning of the oil rush, a small town and the struggle for...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2025

Players: 10/10

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...

Trine 6: Together in Time

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Fantasy

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Continuation of the popular series of cooperative games about the wizard Amadeus, the thief Zoya, and the knight Pontius. The story begins with a robbery that went...

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

Adventure, Action, Side view, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

While the southern rats are trying to return to their usual way of life after the great war between rodents and frogs, an ancient and indescribable evil has...

The Plucky Squire

Arcade, Puzzle, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2024

Metacritic: 80/100

The main characters are characters from a fairy tale book who manage to get out of their 2D world and get into another reality — three-dimensional. The heroes...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons

Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2023

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...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

DARQ

Action, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the darkest corners of...

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2025

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant to aid in...

Exit the Gungeon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2020

Players: 6.4/10

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...

Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy III with new graphics and sound. The four main characters have been completely redesigned, and new scenarios...

Vernal Edge

Side view, Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2023

The Kingdom of Harikot took off into the skies and split into many small islands — this helped the Aloe Church gain control over these locations. 20 years...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Infernax

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2022

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Infernax is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The main character is a brave knight who returned to his homeland to defeat monsters caused...

Mega Man 11

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

MARVEL MaXimum Collection

Arcade, Fighting, Platformer, Collection, Side view, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2026

Metacritic: 71/100

A collection that brings together six classic Marvel games from arcade machines, Sega Genesis, NES, and Super Nintendo. Various display options can be used to...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the sequel to the action-packed side-scrolling fighting game, featuring 66 characters from different game universes, all of whom will...

Ravenous Devils

Business / Management, Side view, Horror, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Ravenous Devils is an atmospheric culinary simulator with horror elements, where you will manage a pub and an atelier that keep a dark secret. Percival and Hildred...

Actraiser Renaissance

Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, Side view, In real time

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Actraiser Renaissance is an action role-playing platformer with real-time strategy and platforming elements. You will be able to use powerful fire, ice and other...

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...

While the Iron's Hot

Side view, Crafting, Adventure, Role-playing game, Medieval era, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 December 2023

Players: 9.9/10

In the distant land of Ellian, legendary artisans have gathered for centuries to perfect their skills. The main character wants to join them. The character explores...

Little Nightmares 3 - The Backstage

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A story expansion for Little Nightmares 3 that opens a new chapter of a dark journey through the mysterious Carnival. This time, the events unfold behind the...

Yaga

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 November 2019

Players: 7.9/10

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...

DNF Duel

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Fighting game set in the Dungeon Fighter Online universe. The game features 16 characters with unique skills and personalities, 8 battle arenas, and 7 diverse...

Rive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Islets

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Islets is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements in a fantasy setting. Aiko is an aspiring warrior who explores the skies and earth...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Neighbours Back From Hell

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Neighbors Back From Hell is a modern re-release of two parts of the How to Get Your Neighbor puzzle. The new product received updated graphics, doubled frame rate...

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Metacritic: 80/100

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is a pixel remake of the original Final Fantasy with new graphics and sound. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents...

Young Souls

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Young Souls is an arcade co-op action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch