Side view for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 11

Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Adventure, Side view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 August 2024

Players: 9/10

Steam: 65/100

Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The legendary 2009 game returns with updated HD graphics, new...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 August 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to...

Kung Fury - Street Rage Ultimate Edition

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Side view, Old school, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 March 2023

Steam: 89/100

A co-op game based on the short film Kung Fury. Gamers control one of five characters with unique abilities and make their way through crowds of...

Sclash

Fighting, Side view, Online, Action, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 May 2024

Steam: 82/100

The game takes place in the era of brave samurai fighting each other for their honor. Players take on the role of a master samurai and experience...

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...

Ebenezer and the Invisible World

Metroidvania, Side view, Fantasy, Platformer, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 November 2023

Steam: 73/100

A game based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge and a team of shadowy allies battle a wealthy industrialist and his...

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...

Minabo - A walk through life

Casual game, Procedural generation, Side view, Simulation, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 April 2023

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The player controls a turnip who meets others to form his own personality. At the same time, the hero acquires strong and weak traits that affect...

Yars Rising

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Platformer, Comics, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 September 2024

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A young hacker, Amy Kimura, is hired by a mysterious client to infiltrate the sinister QoTech corporation. The heroine embarks on an exciting...

ZOE Begone!

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 September 2025

Steam: 100/100

A bullet-hell arcade shooter with hand-drawn animation inspired by 1930s films follows Zoe as she tries to get some peace from her creator, the...

Gigapocalypse

Arcade, Action, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 August 2022

Steam: 92/100

A pixel game in which the gamer controls a giant monster. There are characters from prehistoric times, unknown space and popular works, with unique...

Sigma Star Saga DX

Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Space, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 April 2026

Steam: 95/100

Updated and expanded version of Sigma Star Saga from 2005. The game combines side-scrolling battles with top-down planet exploration. The player...

Rugrats: Retro Rewind Collection

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 May 2026

Steam: 43/100

A collection of classic games based on the animated series "Rugrats," bringing back iconic adventures in a refreshed format. The collection features...

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Side view, Science fiction, Space, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 September 2024

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A sci-fi detective adventure set aboard the Zephyr — the first interstellar ship sent by humanity to another star. The main character, security chief...

Abyss

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 August 2022

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Abyss is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game takes place in 2034. The planet's natural resources are depleted, and the survival of...

The Artful Escape

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 January 2022

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Artful Escape is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. The game tells about what goes on in a musician’s head while writing music. In our...

Demoniaca: Everlasting Night

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 January 2022

Steam: 67/100

Demoniaca: Everlasting Night is a gothic, gritty, adult and straight-up action RPG with the spirit and charm of the Castlevania games. In the game...

Inkulinati

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view, Medieval era, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 February 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The player takes on the role of a medieval illuminator who uses Living Ink to draw and command an army of creatures. On his way to power, he battles...

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 September 2022

Steam: 61/100

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...

Frontier Hunter: Erza's Wheel of Fortune

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Anime / Manga, Dungeons, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 July 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Erza is a legendary huntress who has become a spearhead in the Empire's military campaigns. With its...

Rusted Moss

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 June 2024

Steam: 88/100

The main character travels across the map with the help of her grappling hook, fighting her way through witches and rusty machine monsters. The...

God of Rock

Fighting, Music game, Action, Side view, Online, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 April 2023

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 60/100

The mysterious god of rock has revived the souls of the greatest musicians from across the universe to fight for his amusement. They have acquired...

Blue Wednesday

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

Action, Platformer, Collection, Side view, Comedy, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Collection of Bubsy games, featuring classic platformers about the lynx Bubsy from the 90s. The collection includes four games from the series...

Carlos the Taco

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 August 2025

Steam: 93/100

A classic side-scrolling platformer set in sunny Mexico, the player takes on the role of a Mexican hero who has set out to find his kidnapped bride...

Worldless

Adventure, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 November 2023

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The player explores a formless world, battling enemies. Battles are turn-based, but you'll need to choose the right actions at the right moment. As...

Mega Man: Dual Override

Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Side view

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2027

A new installment in the legendary action-platformer series. Mega Man is a helper robot who fights against a mad scientist and his army of bots to...

Last Time I Saw You

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 October 2024

Steam: 95/100

An adventure set in Japan in the 1980s. The main character named Ayumi takes her first hesitant steps into adulthood and faces a terrible curse that...

Brave Escape

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Science fiction, Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 24 July 2026

Steam: 98/100

Cooperative platformer for two, built on constant synchronization and joint overcoming of obstacles. The story follows Colin and Floyd, who embark on...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 June 2026

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric...

The Pedestrian

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 January 2021

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer in which a pedestrian icon moves through public signs set within a dynamic 3D world. This textless...

Tekken 3

Action, Fighting, Arcade, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 October 2025

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Tekken 3 is a side-scrolling arcade action fighting game. Set fifteen years after the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2, the story begins with Jun...

DARQ

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 October 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Fallen Legion Revenants

Anime / Manga, Strategy, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel, Action, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 August 2022

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Fallen Legion Revenants is a turn-based strategy role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. In a world...

Vesper

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Vesper is an atmospheric side-scrolling platformer. A little android travels across a desert planet, where he is hunted by merciless robots. The...

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure

Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 April 2023

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 79/100

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements. In the game you will try on the role...

The Longest Road on Earth

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 January 2022

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

The Longest Road on Earth is a side-view adventure arcade game in the point and click genre. This is a narrative game, deeply personal and...

The Bounty Huntress

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2022

Steam: 66/100

The Bounty Huntress is a side-scrolling action-adventure game with Metroidvania elements in a fantasy setting. In the game, you take on the role of a...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for PlayStation 5