Side view 2018 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Side view genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Side view genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 September 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom: Two Crowns is a continuation of the pixel management strategy with a side view in a fantasy setting, where the main emphasis is on cooperative play. You...

Unravel Two

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

Dead Age

Role-playing game, Horror, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Zombies, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Dead Age is an action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. You will go to a world where you will forever have to...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Guacamelee! 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Guacamelee! 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action platformer with a side view. Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacata is forced to once again...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

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 tasks, which...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The game takes you into the spectacular world of cult manga and anime, turning each fight into a dynamic battle on a grand scale. The game is created in the style...

Dungeon Rushers

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 May 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 63/100

Dungeon Rushers is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat where you go on a dungeon exploration. All levels are generated randomly and are fraught with...

STAY

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 September 2018

Steam: 93/100

STAY is an unusual adventure with a side view and horror elements. Quinn woke up in a closed room, where there is only a computer connected to the chat you are in...

Timespinner

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Tetris Effect

Arcade, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Virtual Reality (VR), Online, Music game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Tetris Effect — a classic arcade puzzle game for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices from the creators of Rez. The game is dedicated to the "Tetris syndrome...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Brawlout

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy, Action, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Brawlout is a crazy side-scrolling arcade fighting game. You have to fight in various arenas, choosing your hero from anthropomorphic fighters, including a toad, a...

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Arcade, Fighting, Collection, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2018

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is a massive collection of classic games from the Street Fighter series. Some games have online mode available, as well...

Bridge Constructor Portal

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 March 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bridge Constructor Portal is a driving crossover of the Bridge Constructor and Portal series. You will play the role of a new employee of the Aperture Science...

Spacejacked

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 April 2018

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 is a fantastic sequel to the side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game take us 15 years forward, after the end of the first part...

Mega Man 11

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

Blade Strangers

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 August 2018

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Blade Strangers is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game. Expect characters from popular games such as Cave Story, Code of Princess and Umihara...

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 March 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition is a complete edition of the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe, containing all previously released...

Omen of Sorrow

Arcade, Horror, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 November 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The game world is filled with creatures from myths, scary fairy tales and classic books like Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The game features 12 characters...

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...

My Memory of Us

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

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...

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...

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...

Shio

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 May 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Shio is a hardcore Japanese-style side-scrolling action platformer. In the game you will play as a mysterious protagonist who hides his identity behind a wooden...

Mooseman

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 July 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mooseman is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. Long ago, the world was created from the shell of a duck egg by a god named Yen. In the dim...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare

Arcade, Shooter, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare is a free-to-play arcade shooter with strategy elements in the tower defense genre for mobile platforms. You will go to the pixelated and...

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 November 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is a side-scrolling arcade action RPG based on the short anime and TV series of the same name. The events of the game revolve...

Hungry Shark World

Arcade, Action, Free game, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 July 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Hungry Shark World is a free-to-play arcade action game with a side view. In the role of a shark, you have to quench your hunger by eating various sea creatures...

Raging Justice

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 September 2018

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 60/100

SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game. Unique 2v2 team battles await you, where you can perform mesmerizing moves...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 February 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...

Way of the Passive Fist

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Side view

Best Games in the Side view genre of 2018 for PlayStation 4 (Game released)