Side view for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 6

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The main character is the girl Alba, who, after meeting with dark forces, found herself connected with a curious wolf cub. Together they embark on a dangerous...

Altered Alma

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Side view, Science fiction, Crafting, Metroidvania

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2027

The game takes place in a futuristic Barcelona inspired by real-life locations. A mercenary named Jackelyn has just arrived in town. The girl confronts crime and...

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...

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 humanity is...

Omen of Sorrow

Arcade, Horror, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 March 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The game world is filled with creatures from myths, scary fairy tales and classic books like Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The game features 12 characters...

Deck of Ashes

Role-playing game, Card game, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Deck of Ashes is an interesting mixture of a card game and a roguelike. You'll explore procedurally generated levels in search of new cards to build a powerful...

Magin: The Rat Project Stories

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 April 2026

Steam: 70/100

A narrative adventure in a dark fantasy world, combining exploration, choices, and card battles with deck building. The action takes place in a grim universe at the...

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 three heroes...

Salt and Sacrifice

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Metroidvania, Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 May 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of Salt and Sanctuary, which tells the story of a condemned criminal who becomes an inquisitor hunting mages in a whimsical fantasy world. The events...

Super Bunny Man

Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 August 2026

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Chaotic puzzle platformer with co-op for up to four people. The game tells the story of funny guys in bunny costumes who go on a difficult journey through time and...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Beat them all, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 December 2024

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pixel game with co-op support about "Power Rangers". In the story, the team faces the robotic reincarnation of their longtime enemy. Robo-Rita travels back in time...

A Little to the Left

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 February 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A set, which includes more than a hundred diverse casual puzzles. For example, you need to sort bottles, arrange books or lay out small details in a box. Some tasks...

Flashback 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 November 2023

Players: 2/10

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 36/100

Sequel to the action-platformer Flashback (1992) from 1992. The events of the game tell about the new adventures of Conrad, who defeated the "Mastermind" — the...

A Building Full of Cats

Logic, Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 June 2023

Steam: 99/100

A cute puzzle in which you need to look for cats in pictures. The player moves through a six-story building, examines the interiors of the rooms and tries to find...

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward

Business / Management, Role-playing game, Sports game, Boxing, Isometric, Side view, Adventure, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 July 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

The continuation of Punch Club, but in a cyberpunk future setting. The player controls a boxer and tries to make him a champion. The character can upgrade...

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 their own set...

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...

SteamWorld Heist 2

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view, Tactics, Steampunk, Comedy, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 August 2024

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Turn-based tactics in steampunk style. Not everything is smooth in the blue sea, a crisis is brewing there — a water crisis! A precious resource has suddenly...

ANIMAL WELL

Metroidvania, Action, Side view, Platformer, Old school, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An old school metroidvania with a focus on exploration and puzzle solving that will require the player to think outside the box to achieve results. In the game you...

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...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics and skills...

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 April 2026

Steam: 62/100

Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is a side-scrolling arcade beat-em-up starring popular characters Jay and Silent Bob. The developers took inspiration from...

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 case, in the...

Tetris Effect

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 February 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 February 2022

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...

Contra: Operation Galuga

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 March 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reimagining of the original side-scrolling shooter Contra from 1987. The game includes new levels, enemies, game mechanics, and a weapon system. The story mode...

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

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, carefully recreated...

The Karate Kid: Street Rumble

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 September 2024

Steam: 74/100

Pixel bitmap based on the film series “The Karate Kid”. The action takes place in the 80s. The game features 12 levels inspired by locations featured in the first...

Edge of Sanity

Survival horror, Exploration, Action, Crafting, Detective, Adventure, Side view, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

A hand-drawn 2D psychological survival horror game set in the ruthless wilds of Alaska with the intense atmosphere of the Cthulhu Mythos. The main character is a...

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Survivor

Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 July 2025

A game based on the anime "Hunter x Hunter" featuring team battles. You must assemble a team of characters and use combinations of their abilities to defeat...

Grime

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 65/100

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...

Awaken - Astral Blade

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy, Exploration, Metroidvania, Slasher, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 October 2024

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character is a certain Loretta, who is called upon to defeat demons and save the world. Among the features of the game are a wide selection of weapon...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 May 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

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 finds herself in a...

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...

Akatori

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Open world, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration, Action

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 August 2026

Steam: 71/100

A brave nun named Mako embarks on a journey through the land of emerald peaks, inspired by East Asia. The girl is helped on her journey by a red bird, which can...

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...

Beholgar 2

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Demons, Metroidvania, Gothic

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 June 2026

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Old-school metroidvania, inspired by projects from the 90s for Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. During the gameplay, players will explore a...

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

Arcade, Side view, Comics, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that follows the adventures of secret agents. In the story, world...

Side view

Best Games in the Side view genre for PlayStation 5