Side view 2026 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Side view genre

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - a game in the Side view genre

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The Curse of Blood returns to the Castlevania universe in a modern 2D action format with a focus on world exploration from the creators of Dead Cells. The events...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Exploration, Detective, Metroidvania, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2026

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The main character is a private detective, Red Walker, who travels to the mysterious town of Silver Pines to investigate the disappearance of musician Eddie Velvet...

Back to the Dawn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Side view, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is a survival...

Neon Abyss 2

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2026

Steam: 87/100

A sequel to the explosive roguelike, where everything moves even faster, brighter and more dangerous. In the game, each playthrough turns into a crazy experiment...

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2026

Players: 4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

An android named Mio awakens on a large spaceship that has fallen into disrepair. The main character explores overgrown locations filled with hostile machines to...

Well Dweller

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A dark fairy tale metroidvania from the creators of Crypt Custodian. Deep in the forest lies a well, at the bottom of which lives Blik — a tiny bird armed with a...

Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

Online, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2026

Steam: 71/100

A game that supports co-op for up to 4 people. Characters explore dungeons, ruins, and gardens that are automatically generated each time. The game also has...

Disney Pixar Toy Story: Retro Roundup!

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A large retro collection that brings together classic games based on the animated films "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life". The compilation includes iconic projects...

Moadra

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2026

A dark metroidvania set on the forgotten planet Protea VI. Its landscape combines sandy wastelands, icy peaks, and research facilities overrun by alien organisms...

The Witch's Bakery

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel, Indie, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2026

Steam: 94/100

An RPG bakery simulator inspired by the anime Witch's Delivery Service. The game is about a cheerful witch who opens her bakery in modern Paris. During the day, the...

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2026

VGTimes: 7.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A game based on the anime "Avatar: The Last Airbender," featuring 12 playable characters, players can utilize various attacks and a flow system with fast movements...

Dragon Is Dead

Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Demons, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2026

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Action-adventure roguelike inspired by Dead Cells, Diablo and Castlevania. In the story, the dragons challenged the gods, but lost the battle and fell. Only one...

Scott Pilgrim EX

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2026

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An action adventure based on the comic book series of the same name and made in the format of a pixel beat-em-up. Players have to save Toronto from chaos caused by...

Creepy Tale: Snow Child

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Steam: 90/100

The game continues to develop the ideas of the Creepy Tale series, focusing on expanding the world, improving the visual component, and offering more diverse...

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...

Kong: Survivor Instinct

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Adventure Metroidvania based on King Kong. The game tells the story of oil rig worker David as he tries to find his daughter in a collapsing city. To save his...

Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge

Role-playing game, Adventure, DLC, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2026

Steam: 79/100

The expansion introduces the Duelist and the Runaway from Darkest Dungeon 2, along with the new mechanics of setting fire, which opens up new tactical options in...

Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Gothic, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 27/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Old-school action-platformer in the Legacy of Kain series with dynamic battles and a vertical level structure, where players explore the dark world of Nosgoth...

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival

Arcade, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Beat them all, Side view, Old school, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An arcade beat 'em up in the universe of "The Walking Dead," based on the events of the storyline "All-Out War." The game brings familiar heroes into a brutal...

Prison Run and Gun

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...

Planet of Lana 2

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The continuation of the adventure Planet of Lana about Lana and her companion Mui. The heroes explore different corners of the planet and solve puzzles together...

Little Nightmares 3 - The Shores

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2026

Steam: 53/100

An expansion for Little Nightmares 3 that takes Little and One to a new location related to water and underwater dangers. The heroes will face the return of...

ChainStaff

Action, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 April 2026

Steam: 91/100

A hardcore action-platformer with an unusual spear-hook, powerful weapon upgrades, and a cool soundtrack. The events of the game take place on Earth, which has been...

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...

BloodRayne: Definitive Collection

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2026

This edition brings together three updated games from the legendary Rayne vampire series: BloodRayne: Revamped, BloodRayne 2: Revamped, and BloodRayne Betrayal...

Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2026

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A collection that includes versions of Rayman for MS-DOS, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, over 120 additional levels from Rayman's...

MARVEL MaXimum Collection

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2026

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

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...

Magin: The Rat Project Stories

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2026

Steam: 70/100

A narrative adventure in a dark fantasy world, combining exploration, choices, and card battles with deck building. The action takes place in a grim universe at the...

This Is Fine: Maximum Cope

Adventure, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2026

Steam: 69/100

A colorful Metroidvania based on the famous meme about a dog in a burning house. The player controls a dog named Question Hound, exploring five worlds inspired by...

BlazBlue Entropy Effect X

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Procedural generation, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Extended version of the 2D action BlazBlue Entropy Effect from 2023. The events of the game unfold in a post-apocalyptic future, where the real world is on the...

Lady Death Demonicron

Action, Slasher, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2026

Steam: 47/100

Cooperative action-slasher in the spirit of arcade fighters from the 1990s. Lady Death embarks on a journey through time and reality, where she must cut through...

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view, Comics, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2026

Steam: 63/100

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is a side-scrolling arcade beat-em-up starring popular characters Jay and Silent Bob. The developers took inspiration from...

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...

The Perfect Pencil

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2026

Steam: 69/100

A colorful metroidvania with a side view, where John finds himself trapped in a surreal "world of fear" and seeks a way to freedom. The hand-drawn graphics turn...

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...

River City Saga: Journey to the West

Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Comedy, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 June 2026

Steam: 65/100

A dynamic action roguelike set in the River City Saga universe, which humorously reinterprets the classic Chinese work "Journey to the West." As familiar heroes...

Escape from Ever After

Role-playing game, Action, Turn-based, Side view, Comedy, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A bright game in the spirit of the Paper Mario series. In the story, greedy corporations from the real world want to profit from the magical worlds of books. The...

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...

SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed

Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Runner, Casual game, Comedy, Parkour, Online, Racing

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2026

Steam: 55/100

A dynamic competitive platformer and a sequel to the cult indie game. In races with up to eight players, participants compete on challenging tracks, use bonuses...

Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band

Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2026

Steam: 100/100

Three new playable characters have been added to the expansion — Stephen Stills, Kim Pine, and Knives Chau. Each character has their own fighting style: Stephen...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2026 for Nintendo Switch