Side view 2021 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Side view genre

Little Nightmares 2 - a game in the Side view genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

R-Type Final 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

R-Type Final 2 is an arcade side-scroller with shooter elements and a space theme. It has been almost twenty years since the release of the last game in the...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 October 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2021

Players: 8/10

Mr. Prepper is an interesting management simulator with survival elements and a side view. Events in the world heated up to the limit and the threat of nuclear war...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Tetris Effect

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Cyber Shadow

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 April 2021

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkside Detective is a noir adventure detective story that contains references to the popular TV series Twin Peaks and True Detective. The events take place in the...

Guilty Gear Strive

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Guilty Gear Strive is a new entry in the side-scrolling fighting game series set in the popular Japanese Guilty Gear universe. The list of fighters includes your...

Hoa

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Mayhem Brawler

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 August 2021

Mayhem Brawler — a fresh take on 90s side-scrolling beat 'em ups, influenced by the success of Streets of Rage 4. You will be able to choose one of three heroes...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 June 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Narita Boy

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

Actraiser Renaissance

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 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...

Bite the Bullet

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

Olija

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 January 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

Olija is a pixel platformer about Faraday, a shipwrecked man who ends up in the mysterious country of Terraphage. He is armed with a legendary harpoon, which he...

Blightbound

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2021

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Blightbound is a multiplayer roguelike in which players explore dungeons and fight monsters. A group of heroes breaks into the heart of the Plague, a mysterious fog...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2021

Players: 10/10

One Hand Clapping is a side-scrolling indie musical platformer that challenges you to sing into your microphone to solve puzzles and unlock the power of your voice...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is an atmospheric action platformer with a side view in a dieselpunk setting. In the game you will try on the role of a rabbit who...

Despotism 3k

Side view, In real time, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 June 2021

Players: 10/10

Despotism 3k is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game in a post-apocalyptic style. Humanity is enslaved by artificial intelligence and this is great because we...

The TakeOver

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2021

Players: 10/10

The TakeOver is a classic arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. In the game you have to choose one of four available characters and fight...

Fallen Knight

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 July 2021

Fallen Knight is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a descendant of the legendary...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A Juggler's Tale is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The main character is a puppet named Abby, who was captured in a circus...

Demon Skin

Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Fighting, Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Demon Skin is an indie slasher game with platformer elements and a side view in a fantasy style. The game contains various types of undead, a race of underground...

Axiom Verge 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 August 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...

Okinawa Rush

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 October 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Okinawa Rush is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer inspired by classic games from the 90s. Expect dynamic battles with ancient evil, unique character...

Bonkies

Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 January 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Bonkies is a fun side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, designed for up to 4 people to play together. Each player takes control of a highly...

Colossus Down

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Side view, Arcade, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Colossus Down is a juicy side-scrolling fighting game about a girl named Nika and her fight against everything uncool. For her own purposes, she even assembled a...

Capcom Arcade Stadium

Arcade, Fighting, Racing, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 May 2021

Metacritic: 79/100

Capcom Arcade Stadium is a shareware program for launching cult retro games from Capcom. You will find classic shooters, fighting games, action games, adventures...

Smelter

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

Karma - Incarnation 1

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 May 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Karma — Incarnation 1 is a fun side-scrolling adventure. You have to get used to the role of a worm named Pip, who, according to the plan, was supposed to...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2021 for PlayStation 4