Side view for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 10

Ghost Song - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Side view, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A peaceful village is attacked by enemies, so several children climb into a huge tank to protect themselves. Characters can use their unique abilities and improve...

Alien Hominid HD

Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Indie, Online, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 June 2025

Steam: 95/100

Enhanced version of the cooperative 2D action game Alien Hominid (2002) . Armed with a space blaster and a team of mysterious little ones, you must try to take...

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact

Action, Fighting, Online, Side view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 July 2025

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 55/100

A fighting game based on the famous anime and manga Hunter x Hunter, with 3-on-3 team battles. Players create their own teams of characters, selecting a composition...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 March 2023

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

The Devil Within: Satgat

Action, Side view, Platformer, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 November 2024

Steam: 79/100

The main character is Kim Rip, a royal guard who is trying to uncover the secrets of the Black Sting and cleanse the world of its vice. The source of demonic power...

Shovel Knight Dig: Wicked Wishes

Action, Adventure, DLC, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 May 2025

The free expansion begins in Hoofman's Guild Hall, a secret hideout where elite adventurers and their distinguished patrons meet. As players progress, they rise...

Drill Core

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 April 2026

Steam: 84/100

The player controls a group of miners who make their way to the center of the planet. It is necessary to manage workers extracting resources and guards. You will...

Wizard and The Slug

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 June 2022

Steam: 100/100

Wizard and The Slug is a humorous action-platformer with a side view, where you will play the role of Slug, who went on a rescue mission to a mysterious wizard...

Enchanted Portals

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 September 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 40/100

The game tells the story of two aspiring wizards, Bob and Penny, who are stuck between dimensions. As they progress, they encounter mortal dangers and collect lost...

Dordogne

Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Dordogne is a watercolor adventure game. The game takes place in France. The main character's grandmother dies and leaves her an old house as an inheritance. There...

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view, Casual game, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 December 2020

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a combination of two popular puzzle games where you have to challenge your opponent. As in the first part, the task is simple: you need to...

Zombie Derby: Pixel Survival

Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Arcade, Racing, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 April 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

A vibrant game in a post-apocalyptic setting, in which the gamer controls a car making its way through crowds of zombies and various obstacles. A large selection of...

Lost Epic

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Lost Epic is a 2D side-scroller where you explore and fight in a fantasy world. The game is an action RPG and tells about the war between gods and people. Players...

Souldiers

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 June 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Souldiers is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. Together with other fighters fighting for the glory of their kingdom, you...

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Cyberpunk, Slasher, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 September 2022

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami is a fast-paced side-scrolling cyberpunk slasher game. Welcome to Edo, the dark age of machines, during a time when the Shogunate rules...

9 Years of Shadows

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 July 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character explores a dark castle filled with dangerous creatures in order to lift the curse that has stripped the earth of all its flowers. The dormant...

Convergence: A League of Legends Story

Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 May 2023

Steam: 87/100

The main character Ekko is a young inventor of a device that rewinds time. Together with his friends, he works to make his hometown of Zaun safe. But one day a new...

Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 August 2026

Steam: 70/100

A hardcore game inspired by classic Korean crime films. Mr. Peppermint is a hard-boiled detective trying to figure out who gives the orders to the local gangsters...

Lapin

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 October 2025

Steam: 92/100

The rabbits who lived under the park had to go looking for a new home as people began renovations. Liebe, the white rabbit, goes on an adventure with the Captain...

Withering Rooms

Adventure, Action, Horror, Side view, Procedural generation

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 April 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The main action takes place in a Victorian-style mansion. Every night the environment in the house changes, which makes it impossible to study the locations. The...

Possessor(s)

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 November 2025

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The events of the game take place in the labyrinths of a destroyed metropolis, hiding many secrets. The game tells the story of Luka and her uncooperative companion...

Blazing Strike

Action, Fighting, Side view, Old school, Online, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 October 2024

Steam: 53/100

A dynamic fighting game with retro graphics, inspired by 16-bit games by Capcom and SNK. The game has three modes: story, arcade and online battles. Each fighter...

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 August 2024

Steam: 52/100

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...

Beyond the Ice Palace 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 March 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game about the damned king who went on a trip to return his crown and throne. In battles, the character uses chains that also help when moving along the...

Patapon 1+2 Replay

Music game, Side view, Logic, Adventure, Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 July 2025

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The rhythmic adventure, where the fate of the whole tribe depends on the sound of mystical drums. The player controls charming patapons - creatures similar to huge...

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 April 2025

Steam: 84/100

A pixel co-op game in which a brave foursome of characters explore parallel worlds to rescue a girl kidnapped by a villain. The battles are made in the form of a...

The Phantom

Arcade, Adventure, Comics, Beat them all, Side view, Casual game, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 March 2025

Steam: 61/100

An adventure in which the main characters must stand up for justice and stop pirates. The legendary comic book hero Phantom and his partner, Diana Palmer, fight...

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 October 2025

Steam: 92/100

Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game has you exploring a vast, hand-crafted world filled with...

Valfaris: Mecha Therion

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 August 2024

Steam: 94/100

Direct sequel to Valfaris. The main character Therion once again pursues Lord Vroll. For this, he embarks on a journey across the galaxy, exterminating various...

Plunder Panic

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 September 2022

Steam: 94/100

Plunder Panic is a side-scrolling, 12-player arcade action platformer where two rival teams battle for supremacy. You and your crew need to loot the loot, defeat...

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

Business / Management, Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Action, Arcade, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 May 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is a Japanese side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy setting. The game is a prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and will...

Ravenous Devils

Business / Management, Side view, Horror, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 April 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Ravenous Devils is an atmospheric culinary simulator with horror elements, where you will manage a pub and an atelier that keep a dark secret. Percival and Hildred...

Terror of Hemasaurus

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 December 2022

Steam: 91/100

Terror of Hemasaurus is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with local co-op in a science fiction setting. In the game you have to get used to the role of a...

Sonic Superstars

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 October 2023

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 65/100

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...

Abathor

Platformer, Fantasy, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 July 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

A pixel game with support for 4-player co-op mode, in which a group of brave heroes must save Atlantis. The people angered the gods, who sent monsters in revenge...

Speedollama

Shooter, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 October 2024

Steam: 95/100

A dynamic pixel game about a group of elite llama mercenaries who set out to destroy an army of alpacas. You can improve your skills and use different weapons. The...

Gurei

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 July 2026

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game follows Rei, a human spirit who must defeat mystical nature entities, Kami, to obtain their power. The game features a dynamic difficulty system: the...

Star Fire: Eternal Cycle

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 April 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 91/100

A fast-paced action roguelike that transports you to the arena of fast-paced battles, where each new adventure becomes a unique challenge. Dynamic controls and...

Snow Bros Classic Collection

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

An arcade platformer that tells the story of the adventures of brothers Nick and Tom in the Kingdom of Hottoda. The main characters, princes Nick and Tom, turned...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for PlayStation 5