Side view for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 8

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 January 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

TOHU is a cute 2D platformer in an unusual setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a heroine who can turn into her mechanical alter ego. Together with...

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 October 2021

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fast-paced side-scrolling action fighting game that puts you in the shoes of popular Nickelodeon cartoon characters. You will have...

Aeterna Noctis

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 March 2022

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Aeterna Noctis is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The Supreme God Chaos cursed his creation, forcing the dominant...

Circus Electrique

Tactics, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Circus Electrique is a turn-based tactical role-playing game in the steampunk genre. Ordinary Londoners have suddenly turned into evil killers, and only the...

While the Iron's Hot

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 December 2023

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Chicken Assassin: Reloaded

Clicker, Action, Side view, Casual game, Comedy, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 July 2018

Steam: 94/100

A humorous clicker about fighting cock Min McCallister, who went on a journey to save his kidnapped girlfriend Candy. The game features 11 missions, an endless mode...

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A remastered version of the sequel to the first Shantae, released for the Game Boy Advance, the project of which was suspended in 2004 due to problems with the...

Stick it to the Man

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Stick it to the Man is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game's plot tells the story of a safety helmet tester named Rey. One day the hero wakes up...

Deadlight: Director's Cut

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deadlight: Director's Cut is an improved version of the arcade adventure platformer with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game includes 1080p...

Cursed Castilla: Don Ramiro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2016

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling arcade platformer is set in the medieval Kingdom of Castile, where the knight Don Ramiro is ordered by King Alfonso VI to drive evil from...

LocoRoco Remastered

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 May 2017

Players: 10/10

LocoRoco Remastered is a remastered version of the classic arcade game with a side view for modern consoles and the DualShock 4 controller. The terrible Moya and...

Forgotton Anne

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Steampunk, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Forgotton Anne is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a magical dimension where forgotten things are...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Young Souls

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 March 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 September 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is a remaster of the 2013 fighting game of the same name based on the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The game features...

Primal Planet

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2025

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel adventure about a caveman who went on a dangerous journey for his family. The main character encounters dinosaurs and wildlife. You need to create weapons...

Nihilumbra

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 January 2015

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...

Tetris Ultimate

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 December 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 32/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Tetris Ultimate is the return of the iconic side-scrolling arcade puzzle game Tetris. The game has six game modes and multiplayer, which can take up to four people...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 December 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a 2D arcade action shooter inspired by 1970s exploitation and grindhouse films, classic gangster movies, and old-school arcade...

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 combat and...

99Vidas

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 July 2017

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 61/100

99Vidas is a side-scrolling arcade action game reminiscent of the gameplay of classic games Double Dragon and Battletoads. You have 11 characters to choose from...

Shu

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 October 2016

Players: 2.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shu is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the role of a funny creature named Shu, you have to save the villagers from a...

Alwa's Awakening

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Alwa's Awakening is a classic side-scrolling adventure platformer. The main character Zoya really loves video games. And one day, when she sat at the monitor and...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

Old Man's Journey

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 March 2019

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Old Man's Journey is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure that puts you in the role of the titular old man as he travels to various locations and reminisces...

Chaos on Deponia

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 December 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Chaos on Deponia is a continuation of the point and click adventure. Rufus could have come to his senses, become friendly and considerate, and it would not have...

River City Girls

Arcade, Side view, Action, Fighting, Cooperative (co-op), Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

River City Girls is a fun retro arcade action game with a side view. The events of the game will take you to the dangerous streets of River City. Two heroines Kyoko...

Micetopia

Side view, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 37/100

Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...

Creepy Tale 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 April 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Creepy Tale 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a side view and horror elements. These are dark times. A mysterious evil is terrorizing the...

ITORAH

Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 April 2023

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 61/100

ITORAH is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game, you can try on the role of Itora, the only person left in the colorful...

Blue Wednesday

Side view, Visual novel, Music game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

A game about a boy named Morris. The main character plays the piano and walks around the city, where he communicates with various characters. There are many...

Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

The story of the game tells the story of Count Dracula, whose army is spreading across the Carpathians and poses a mortal threat to humanity. Only two brave heroes...

Double Dragon Revive

Fighting, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Arcade, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 October 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Fast-paced action in the Double Dragon series, featuring Jimmy Lee, Billy Lee and other iconic characters. The game brings the Lee Brothers into the modern era...

Hayfever

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2020

Steam: 89/100

Players need to help the postman Thomas collect lost letters. The hero suffers from severe allergies, and various allergens help him overcome obstacles. For...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 November 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...

Tricky Towers

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 August 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tricky Towers is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game inspired by the popular Tetris. As in the original game, you have to build a tower from familiar figures and...

Heart Forth, Alicia

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 2027

Heart Forth, Alicia is a classic Metroidvania with action RPG elements and a side view. The events of the game unfold around the young sorceress Alicia, who sets...

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