Side view

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

August 17, 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

HAAK

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

September 16, 2020

Players: 8.4/10

HAAK is a side-scrolling action adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will find yourself in a dark futuristic world of the future, where unique...

Lost in Play

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Fantasy

August 10, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Bye Sweet Carole

Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy

October 9, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A dark and captivating fairy tale that pays stunning homage to 1930s animation. Set in early 20th-century England against the backdrop of the burgeoning women's...

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath

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

May 26, 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath — continuation of the story campaign of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, known for its deadly finishers and bloody fatalities. It...

Voidwrought

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

October 24, 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The main action takes place in a hand-rendered cosmic horror world, in which the player explores the ruins of the First Civilization and battles the gods who live...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view

March 30, 2017

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...

Five Nights at Freddy's World

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Side view

February 12, 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Five Nights at Freddy's World is an animatronic RPG where gamers won't have to fear the little characters. The gameplay is done in a turn-based mode, familiar to...

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

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

January 28, 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...

Beholder 3

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Simulation

March 3, 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Beholder 3 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

April 18, 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters

Adventure, Horror, Side view

January 28, 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a continuation of the horror adventure with survival elements. The game tells the story of a young girl, Mine Park, who, under...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

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

October 8, 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. This time, three heroes will go in search of the...

Tonight We Riot

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

May 8, 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Tonight We Riot is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action game where you lead a working-class revolution. The events of the game take place in the near future. The...

Cassette Beasts

Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view

April 27, 2023

Metacritic: 83/100

The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to find the best...

Kingdom: New Lands

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

August 9, 2016

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...

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles

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

August 8, 2024

Role-playing adventure based on the anime series “About My Reincarnation into Slime.” The game offers two completely new stories from the author of the original...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

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

December 20, 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Rabi-Ribi

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

January 28, 2016

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...

Cave Story+

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

September 8, 2011

Players: 10/10

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

WARSAW

Role-playing game, Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

October 2, 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

WARSAW is a tactical role-playing game set in the Second World War. You will play the role of the Polish Resistance fighting against the Nazis. You will find...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

February 21, 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Contra

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Side view

May 25, 2006

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Deep Sky Derelicts

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Visual novel, Side view

September 26, 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

Potionomics

Business / Management, Side view, Fantasy, Simulation, Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game, Crafting

October 17, 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Potionomics is an exciting management simulator with visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. After the tragic death of her uncle, a poor witch named Sylvia...

Sons of Valhalla

Side view, Strategy, Roguelike, Dungeons, Action

April 5, 2024

Metacritic: 73/100

The main character sets off on a dangerous journey to find the jarl who stole his beloved. It is necessary to establish a fortress on the lands of England in order...

Grime 2

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

March 31, 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Continuation of the metroidvania about a hero with a black hole instead of a head. The new part is dedicated to the Formless — a vile creature that can absorb...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

January 11, 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Neon Abyss 2

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

July 17, 2025

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...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

August 10, 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...

Suikoden 1&2 HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

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

March 6, 2025

Remsters Suikoden and Suikoden 2 -games from the 90s, known for their deep plot and memorable characters. In games, updated visual effects, new sounds of the...

Lost Ruins

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

May 13, 2021

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Overlord: Escape From Nazarick

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

June 15, 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...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

October 4, 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

GoNNER

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view

October 12, 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

GoNNER is a brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. The game tells the story of the friendship between Hiccup...

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

Action, Fighting, Collection, Side view

October 30, 2025

Players: 3.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The ultimate compilation of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, featuring 20 different games released across the 90s and 2000s on consoles and arcades. The...

Iron Meat

Shooter, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

September 26, 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Meat shooter inspired by the legendary Contra and seasoned with a dark plot and living machinery. Players fight bloodthirsty bosses that look like KAMAZ trucks...

Actraiser Renaissance

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

September 23, 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...

Sonic Superstars

Adventure, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

October 17, 2023

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy travel to the North Star Islands to defeat the evil Dr. Eggman. Heroes use new abilities, the power of which is bestowed by the...

Yes, Your Grace

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Historical, Side view

March 6, 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Yes, Your Grace is a management strategy with role-playing game elements in a medieval setting. In the game you will take control of a large kingdom. Every game...

Best Games in the Side view genre