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

My Friend Pedro - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills...

Night Slashers: Remake

Side view, Beat them all, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Remake, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

Remake of the beat 'em up Night Slashers, the original version of which was released in 1994 on arcade machines. The events of the game unfold in a...

Nikoderiko: The Magical World

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 December 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A bright adventure with the support of a cooperative, whose heroes want to save a magical island from a villain. There are seven unique worlds where...

Contra Anniversary Collection

Action, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 June 2019

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This collection brings together entries in the Contra run-and-gun series, where players collect power-ups and fight through waves of enemies and...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Full Throttle Remastered

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 April 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Full Throttle Remastered is a re-release of the legendary point and click adventure, imbued with the best stories in the world of...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 January 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Sonic Origins

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Runner, Action, Collection, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 June 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Sonic Origins is a collection of classic Sonic adventures that includes four classic games about the blue hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991...

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Adventure, Side view, Comedy, Exploration, Platformer, Puzzle, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 August 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

An absurd comedy game set in the quaint town of Barnsworth. The main character works as a traveling salesman, and in his free time he goes...

Terrifier: The ARTcade Game

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 November 2025

Steam: 60/100

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...

Castle Crashers

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 September 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil...

Reus

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 October 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans...

Mortal Kombat XL

Arcade, Fighting, Collection, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat XL — game collection of the popular arcade fighting game with a side view in the Mortal Kombat universe. The game takes place 25...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Detention

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 October 2017

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...

SpiderHeck

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Action, Parkour, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

SpiderHeck is a minimalistic side-scrolling arcade fighting game where you take on the role of a spider with a laser sword. In the game you can fight...

Planet of Lana 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2026

Steam: 78/100

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

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 March 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a...

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 April 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is an arcade fighting game with a side view in the Power Rangers universe. You can fight for the most famous...

DNF Duel

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 June 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 77/100

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

River City Girls Zero

Arcade, Side view, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Music game, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Motorcycle racing

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 September 2022

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 68/100

River City Girls Zero is a cooperative Beat 'em up action game with 16-bit graphics, which tells the story of four characters: Kunio, Riki, Misako...

Toxic Crusaders

Arcade, Comics, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school

Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Hurricane beat 'em up based on the 1991 animated series "Toxic Crusaders" of the same name. While Dr. Kilemff tries to enslave the world, only one...

A Little to the Left

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 February 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A set, which includes more than a hundred diverse casual puzzles. For example, you need to sort bottles, arrange books or lay out small details in a...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat...

Mother Russia Bleeds

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand...

Sonic Mania

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 August 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The game will delight you with new stages...

Regions of Ruin

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Regions of Ruin is a side-scrolling adventure RPG with strategy elements and a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to explore fabulous lands...

River City Girls 2

Arcade, Side view, Action, Fighting, Cooperative (co-op), Beat them all, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

River City Girls 2 is a continuation of the exciting retro arcade action game with a side view. The events of the game will take you to the dangerous...

Tekken X Street Fighter

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

Frozen: PlayStation 4 → 2015

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Tekken X Street Fighter is an online side-scrolling arcade action fighting game. The long-awaited dream duel between two fighting titans has finally...

Lost Castle

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

This action RPG with roguelike elements follows an expedition into Castle Harwood, now overrun by demons and a spreading corruption. Heroes enter the...