Side view for PS Vita — top best games in the Side view genre

Mortal Kombat (2011)

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

Game released: PS Vita → 11 May 2012

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Salt and Sanctuary

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

Game released: PS Vita → 28 March 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 27 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 18 June 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 24 December 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Machinarium is an amazing quest about the robot Josef, who seeks to return his beloved. The game has mesmerizing hand-drawn graphics and truly mind-bending puzzles...

Unepic

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

Game released: PS Vita → 29 March 2016

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 21 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: PS Vita → 5 December 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 18 February 2016

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 25 August 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Rabi-Ribi

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

Game released: PS Vita → 31 October 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Rabi-Ribi is a Japanese-style 2D side-scrolling action platformer. In the game you will find a huge world to explore, where you will take on the role of a quirky...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 20 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 29 November 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Injustice: Gods Among Us is an exciting side-scrolling fighting game about DC superheroes from the creators of the Mortal Kombat series. You have to defeat your...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 28 August 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 10 May 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

ScourgeBringer

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

Game released: PS Vita → 22 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 24 May 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an exciting side-scrolling action-platformer set in a fantasy setting from the creators of Mega Man 10 and Mighty No. 9. The...

Street Fighter X Tekken

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 26 October 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter X Tekken is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade fighting game that combines the two universes of Street Fighter and Tekken. Dozens of familiar heroes...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 21 August 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 10 April 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: PS Vita → 19 April 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

Rocketbirds 2: Evolution

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 26 April 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Rocketbirds 2: Evolution is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view. Players will once again take on the role of a robot bird and set out to spread...

Full Throttle Remastered

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 18 April 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Full Throttle Remastered is a re-release of the legendary point and click adventure, imbued with the best stories in the world of...

10 Second Ninja X

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 19 July 2016

Players: 3.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

10 Second Ninja X is a re-release of the top-down action platformer 10 Second Ninja, recreated in HD quality. As a jumping and fast ninja, you have to run through...

Hue

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PS Vita → 29 November 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots

Game released: PS Vita → 9 December 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PS Vita → 23 January 2018

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Stick it to the Man

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 3 December 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Stick it to the Man is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game's plot tells the story of a safety helmet tester named Rey. One day the hero wakes up...

Tetris Ultimate

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 3 June 2015

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Tetris Ultimate is the return of the iconic side-scrolling arcade puzzle game Tetris. The game has six game modes and multiplayer, which can take up to four people...

DISTRAINT

Adventure, Horror, Free game, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 11 September 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DISTRAINT is a psychological horror game with a side view for mobile platforms. You have to play as a young ambitious guy Price, who in an unholy way took the...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 18 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 6 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 29 April 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PS Vita → 30 June 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 13 February 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Romancing SaGa 2 Remaster

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 15 December 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Romancing SaGa 2 Remaster is an updated version of the Japanese-style adventure role-playing game. You will control members of the royal family of Avalon. The...

Badland

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 4 April 2013

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Badland is an adventure, arcade puzzle platformer with a view. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful locations, avoiding various obstacles...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 4 May 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 19 June 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 58/100

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary — side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. You will control a firefly, whose main task is to illuminate the path and guide the...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view

Game released: PS Vita → 6 November 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

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