Side view for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 12

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 September 2021

Steam: 64/100

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...

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 meaningful. Simple...

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 bounty hunter...

Watcher Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 September 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Watcher Chronicles is a hardcore side-scrolling action RPG platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. In the game you have to go to conquer purgatory, filled with...

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 Shogunate rules...

Venture to the Vile

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Open world, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 December 2024

Steam: 72/100

The game is about a hero who is looking for his missing best friend Ella. On his way there are various dangers and opponents, by killing whom he can absorb their...

Laika: Aged Through Blood

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 December 2023

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Western set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The plot tells the story of a tribe oppressed by the invaders. The main character wants revenge in order to return...

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...

Ytash: A Nocturnal Poem

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

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

A hand-drawn metroidvania with the mechanics of “juggling” the enemy and a unique game feature: after a single blow to the source of fire, the sword bursts into...

Gimmick! 2

Platformer, Side view, Old school, Puzzle, Adventure, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A sequel to the classic 1992 platformer that retains the spirit of the original while offering new and exciting adventures. Players once again control a lovable...

Ultimate Sheep Raccoon

Racing, Platformer, Bicycles, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Online

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 December 2025

Steam: 46/100

A bright cooperative game in which several characters ride on the highway on bicycles. You need to perform tricks, type points and overtake opponents. There are...

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...

Bunraku

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

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

A colorful platformer-fighting game, distinguished by its unique visual style inspired by Japanese puppet theater. The story unfolds in a magical Japanese puppet...

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 11/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is a collection of remasters of the classic platformers Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil. The games...

Rebel Transmute

Metroidvania, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 March 2024

Steam: 74/100

The main character sets off on a dangerous journey to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance. You can learn abilities that change your playing style to a...

One Gun Guy

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 March 2022

Steam: 70/100

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

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...

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 you will explore...

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Role-playing game, Football, Sports game, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 June 2022

Steam: 85/100

Ganbare! Super Strikers is a unique turn-based sports RPG focused on football. You will find non-standard football matches, where victories will increase the levels...

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 colleagues with a...

The Outbound Ghost

Adventure, Arcade, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 November 2022

Steam: 67/100

The Outbound Ghost is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based battles and a side view, reminiscent of Paper Mario. Paper creatures roam a charming world...

Mighty Fight Federation

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 February 2021

Steam: 76/100

A dynamic game with multiplayer support in which gamers control fighters, team up with other heroes and fight in the arena. There are 13 different characters with...

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 communication. You...

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 covered in...

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Futurism (Future), Action, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2022

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting with a touch of futurism. You will find an...

Sakeworld

Beat them all, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 24 February 2023

A dynamic game set in an alternate dimension where everything looks strange. The main character confronts various monsters using weapons and special attacks. A...

qomp2

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 February 2024

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Reimagining Pong. The player controls a ball that needs to be guided through the location. The level features enemies and various traps. The controls are simple...

Spidersaurs

Arcade, Side view, Comics, Platformer, Shooter, Comedy, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 July 2022

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Spidersaurs is a fun side-scrolling arcade action platformer with sci-fi elements. Ugly spiderosaurs — hybrids of dinosaurs and spiders — have broken...

Side Bullet

Action, Online, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 October 2023

Players find themselves in an urban jungle filled with a variety of enemies, including monsters. The goal of the game is to survive and destroy the remaining...

Bumballon

Dungeons, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 April 2023

Steam: 97/100

A bright pixel game in which the main character explores 7 worlds. He must overcome various obstacles to save the Ballon kingdom and the beautiful princess Luna...

Pepper Grinder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 August 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixel game about a pirate girl, Pepper, whose ship crashed and her treasure was stolen. In the hands of the heroine, Grinder is a powerful drilling machine. The...

KungFu Kickball

Online, Action, Side view, Indie, Sports game, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 February 2022

Steam: 91/100

KungFu Kickball is a side-scrolling multiplayer pixel sports arcade game where you have to kick a ball to hit the enemy team's bell. The winner is the one whose...

Violetti Goottii

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 May 2021

Violetti Goottii is an old school side-scrolling indie platformer. The game will tell the story of a very strong woman who, while exploring a mysterious cave in the...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2021

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

RUSHING BEAT X: Return of Brawl Brothers

Casual game, Side view, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 March 2026

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A beat ’em up in the RUSHING BEAT series follows the conflict with the Zeekus and Cyber Clones. A virus known as the “Joecal incident” increases the physical...

Mr. Run and Jump

Side view, Platformer, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 July 2023

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A 2D platformer about Mr. Run and Jump and his faithful companion, Leap the Dog, journeying through the dangerous Realms of Color. The duo must collect Power Gems...

R-Type Dimensions III

Side view, Action, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 May 2026

Steam: 34/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This science-fiction action game follows humanity’s struggle against the Bydo Empire, a biomechanical life-form that can corrupt and absorb anything it touches...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for PlayStation 5