Side view for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 9

Deer & Boy - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Stealth

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2026

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 71/100

An atmospheric platformer that tells a touching story without a single word. At the center of the plot is a runaway boy who finds an unexpected friend — a little...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 December 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Mr. Run and Jump

Side view, Platformer, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2023

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A 2D platformer about Mr. Run and Jump and his faithful companion, Leap the Dog, journeying through the dangerous Realms of Color. The duo must collect Power Gems...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to pay attention...

Lethal League Blaze

Arcade, Fighting, Sports game, Side view, Action, Indie, Baseball, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2019

Steam: 97/100

Lethal League Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that allows up to four people to play together. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Online, Fantasy, Adventure, Platformer, Shooter, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 October 2022

Players: 6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef — a dynamic side-scrolling platformer-shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe from the creators of Guns, Gore &...

ASTLIBRA Revision

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 79/100

ASTLIBRA Revision is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG about a young man separated from his childhood friend when a demon attacks their village. He wakes in a world...

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward

Business / Management, Role-playing game, Sports game, Boxing, Isometric, Side view, Adventure, Cyberpunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

The continuation of Punch Club, but in a cyberpunk future setting. The player controls a boxer and tries to make him a champion. The character can upgrade...

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

Action, Platformer, Collection, Side view, Comedy, Comics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Collection of Bubsy games, featuring classic platformers about the lynx Bubsy from the 90s. The collection includes four games from the series, carefully recreated...

Castle of Heart: Retold

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2025

Steam: 63/100

An improved version of Castle of Heart, released in 2018. The player takes on the role of the warrior Svaran, bewitched by an evil sorcerer, who has turned his...

Terrifier: The ARTcade Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Comedy, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2025

Steam: 59/100

A bloody retro beat 'em up based on the film series of the same name. Players take on the role of the clown Art and navigate levels styled after film sets, facing...

Fading Afternoon

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Old school, Sandbox, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2024

Steam: 80/100

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...

Raging Justice

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Indie, Side view, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Raging Justice is an arcade-adventure beat 'em up with a wide scope. You will go to conquer a city that is immersed in chaos. Crime and corruption are more...

Darkestville Castle

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Hidden Objects

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Darkestville Castle is a colorful 2D classic quest with a side view. The game tells the story of Sid, an evil orphan demon who found refuge in the village of...

Steampunk Tower 2

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Steampunk Tower 2 is a unique side-view action strategy game set in an alternative steampunk universe. There is a protracted world war with an unprecedented enemy...

Deck of Ashes

Role-playing game, Card game, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Deck of Ashes is an interesting mixture of a card game and a roguelike. You'll explore procedurally generated levels in search of new cards to build a powerful...

7th Sector

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Racing, Walking Simulator, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 February 2020

Steam: 72/100

7th Sector is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer with horror elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dark cyberpunk world where you will...

The Knight Witch

Side view, Metroidvania, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Exploration, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2022

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Knight Witch is a fast-paced Metroidvania adventure with shooter elements, set in a hand-drawn world. The game tells about witch knights who are trying to repel...

Neon Inferno

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Old-school cyberpunk action that combines elements of a side-scroller and a "target" type shooter, where the action unfolds simultaneously on multiple planes of the...

Nihilumbra

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 May 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is the third part of the series, which follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who tries to thwart the plans of the pirate...

Yoshi's Crafted World

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Yoshi's Crafted World is a fun arcade platformer about the adventures of a dinosaur in the cartoon world of the Mario universe. Explore a large-scale world realized...

ICEY

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Action, Anime / Manga, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...

Gato Roboto

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Gato Roboto is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will play as a cat who has to save his captain and the...

Various Daylife

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2022

Steam: 32/100

Adventure role -playing game in the spirit of classic Japanese RPG from the creators Octopath Traveler and Bravelly default. Events unfold on a new continent...

30XX

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2023

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dynamic action-platformer inspired by the Mega Man series. The game is a direct sequel to 20XX. The events of the game begin with the protagonist awakening after a...

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Metroidvania, Role-playing game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The game takes place in the steampunk city of Canaan, where the brave Aletheia is trying to defeat an army of clockwork golems and destroy the terrible plans of a...

Super Mario Bros. 35

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Online, Side view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Super Mario Bros. 35 — a competitive side-scrolling platformer in the battle royale genre set in the universe of the legendary plumber Mario. The game is...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare

Arcade, Side view, DLC, Fighting, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Streets Of Rage 4 — Mr. X Nightmare — an expansion for the old-school side-scrolling beat 'em up Streets of Rage 4. After the events of the original game, our...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 January 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion, you will...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Young brother and sister are lost in the vastness of their own imagination. Now Toto and Gel must stick together and solve puzzles to return home. Along the way...

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 50/100

A collection that includes 7 games from the Jurassic Park series from the Game Boy, NES, SNES and SEGA Mega Drive consoles. The developers have improved many...

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A fun arcade game that combines fast-paced platforming with grappling hook mechanics. The main character is a brave dog who sets off on a space journey to save the...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2026

Steam: 92/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

Underling Uprising

Action, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2026

VGTimes: 7.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Dynamic action in the spirit of 90s cartoons, combining street fights, crazy super moves, and the vibrant style of old animated series. The story centers around a...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

Ms. Splosion Man

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 November 2018

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ms. Splosion Man is a dynamic puzzle platformer with a side view, where the main character is a female version of the "Explosive Man" from the game of the same...

Chariot

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Chariot is a side-scrolling adventure co-op puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. Together with a friend, you will have to try on the roles of a beautiful...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for Nintendo Switch