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

Dordogne - a game in the Side view genre

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...

Mayhem Brawler

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 24 May 2023

Steam: 89/100

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...

Asdivine Saga

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 September 2021

Players: 2.9/10

Steam: 71/100

Asdivine Saga is a fantasy adventure role-playing tactics game with anime elements and a top-down view. In a world facing sudden war, a mercenary...

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 January 2022

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling arcade action-platformer set in a sci-fi setting from the creators...

RWBY: Arrowfell

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2022

Steam: 72/100

RWBY: Arrowfell is an arcade action platformer with slasher elements and a side view in the RWBY universe. You will play as four members of Team RWBY...

Afterdream

Adventure, Horror, Walking Simulator, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 September 2023

Steam: 91/100

The events of the game unfold around a girl who is lost in a lucid dream, where the line between reality and imagination has blurred. The heroine...

Strike Force Heroes

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Side view, Arcade, Shooter, Remake, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 November 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Remake of the popular flash game. Several gamers fight each other in the arena using a variety of weapons and skills. There are 4 classes, each with...

Jitsu Squad

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 December 2022

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 83/100

A bright game similar to the Marvel vs. series. Capcom. Four characters fight opponents, including strong bosses, performing powerful combos. In...

Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

Action, Side view, Adventure, Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 February 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Five years after the events of Momodora 3 , demons invaded the village of Koho. The high priestess sets out on a journey to save her people from...

Once Upon A Puppet

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 April 2025

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place in the theatrical world. Using the glove, the gamer controls the puppet. The main character must return to the front stage after...

Spiritfall

Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2025

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 92/100

A colorful action roguelike that tells the story of a mysterious warrior named Omen. He was chosen by the Divine Spirits to fight the disease...

Elsie

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Futurism (Future), Old school, Combat robots, Procedural generation

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 September 2024

Steam: 70/100

A fast-paced platformer with vibrant pixel art and an emphasis on fast-paced combat and acrobatic moves. The player takes on the role of Elsie, a...

Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 June 2019

Steam: 58/100

A brave warrior takes up a legendary sword and embarks on a journey through time, exploring a futuristic cyberpunk world. The game features four...

River City Saga: Journey to the West

Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Comedy, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 June 2026

Steam: 65/100

A dynamic action roguelike set in the River City Saga universe, which humorously reinterprets the classic Chinese work "Journey to the West." As...

Kemono Heroes

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 March 2025

Steam: 100/100

Kemono Heroes is a side-scrolling local co-op action fighting game for 1-4 players. You'll choose one of four characters with unique abilities to...

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...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

LEGO Brawls

Online, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 September 2022

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 46/100

LEGO Brawls is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer set in the LEGO universe. In the game you have to fight with other players, create...

Berserk Boy

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 February 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 82/100

An old-school whirlwind platformer with lots of enemies, colorful graphics and the like, in which the player takes on the role of Kay, a young hero...

The Company Man

Platformer, Action, Side view, Indie, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 August 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The Company Man is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game challenges you to battle the work routine of attacking your crazy...

Blade Assault

Futurism (Future), Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 March 2023

Steam: 74/100

After the devastating Red Stone War, the world is divided into three regions: the infected lands, where mutants rule; an underground city where the...

Catmaze

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds...

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 June 2023

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a side-scrolling platformer adventure game. This is a hand-drawn adventure game about a gibbon who has lost his family...

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...

Rusty Rabbit

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 April 2025

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The main character is a rabbit who controls a combat mech. The main action takes place in a fantasy setting thousands of years after people left the...

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...

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...

SUMMERHOUSE

Side view, City Building, Construction, Strategy, Casual game, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 May 2026

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Creative game about building houses with pixel graphics. The gamer builds up a small area to his liking. There are several locations: near a big...

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...

Planet Cube: Edge

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Space, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 February 2023

Steam: 88/100

Planet Cube has been attacked by aggressors who are trying to capture it. The main character Edge explores an underwater scientific complex and tries...

Windswept

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 November 2025

Steam: 92/100

A pixel adventure with co-op on one screen, where characters try to return home after a storm. In single-player mode, you can switch between heroes...

One Gun Guy

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 March 2022

Steam: 72/100

A dynamic pixel game where the main character explores one huge level. Here you can find upgrades, traps to overcome, many enemies, and powerful...

Okko The Exiled

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

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2027

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 88/100

An adventure platformer in the spirit of classic ’90s games, inspired by the aesthetic of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The project’s main...

Freedom Planet 2

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 April 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Freedom Planet 2 is an arcade platformer inspired by the popular Sonic series. The game has three main characters. Each of them will delight you with...

Alien Hominid Invasion

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Platformer, Online, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 June 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Reimagining Alien Hominid (2002), from the developers of Castle Crashers. A dynamic side-scrolling arcade game that tells the story of an alien...

Dark Light

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 January 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 78/100

A sci-fi metroidvania in a cyberpunk setting, where the world is experiencing an apocalypse after an invasion of supernatural creatures. The player...

Jets'n'Guns 2

Arcade, Side view, Science fiction, Shooter, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 August 2023

Steam: 90/100

Jets'n'Guns 2 is a continuation of the furious arcade shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The universe once again faces a terrible threat...

Whateverland

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Comedy, Music game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 September 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Vincent is a skilled thief who decides to steal a precious necklace from the mansion of a lonely old woman named Beatrice. His plan would have gone...

Knights & Guns

Indie, Action, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Arcade, Adventure, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 June 2024

Steam: 93/100

Knights & Guns is a side-scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the best representatives of the "shoot 'em up" genre: Metal Slug, Pang...

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 June 2023

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for PlayStation 5