Side view for PC — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 9

Happy Wheels - a game in the Side view genre

Arcade, Indie, Free game, Side view, Sandbox, Action

Game released: PC → 21 September 2026

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Happy Wheels is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade runner for mobile platforms. Your main task is to try to survive and get to the finish line before the “death...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

Side view, Arcade, Fighting, Online, Action, Comedy

Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Sequel to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, where cartoon characters fight each other. The second part introduces new heroes such as Squidward, Jimmy Neutron, and...

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

Action, Collection, Fighting, Side view, Online, Comics

Game released: PC → 11 September 2024

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A collection of iconic fighting games that brings together beloved characters from the Marvel and Capcom universes in dynamic battles. Players dive into the...

Injustice 2: Fighter Pack 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, DLC, Comics, Side view

Game released: PC → 14 November 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 40/100

Injustice 2: Fighter Pack 2 is an add-on for the arcade fighting game with a side view in the DC comics universe. The expansion will add three new characters. One...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Mineko's Night Market

Adventure, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 26 September 2023

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The main character is an inquisitive girl named Mineko, who has just moved to a new home on a hapless Japanese island at the foot of Mount Fugu. Superstitious...

Steampunk Tower 2

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 19 April 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Steampunk Tower 2 is a unique side-view action strategy game set in an alternative steampunk universe. There is a protracted world war with an unprecedented enemy...

Muse Dash

Arcade, Music game, Anime / Manga, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Muse Dash is a musical arcade game with a side view in anime style. The game is an exciting platformer where, to the beat of the music, you need to collect various...

Salt and Sacrifice

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

Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

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...

Blade Assault

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

Game released: PC → 18 January 2022; Early Access: PC → 7 June 2021

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 survivors fled...

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A fun arcade game that combines fast-paced platforming with grappling hook mechanics. The main character is a brave dog who sets off on a space journey to save the...

Blasphemous 2 - Mea Culpa

Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Gothic, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 October 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 51/100

The continuation of the story of the Penitent, who goes on a completely new adventure, where he will be able to try out new abilities and fight additional bosses...

Menace from the Deep

Roguelike, Card game, Indie, Adventure, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 November 2024

Steam: 89/100

Roguelike with card game elements, inspired by the works of Lovecraft. The action takes place in the 1920s in the USA, where players will explore a mysterious...

BLADECHIMERA

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Demons, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game is about demon hunter Shin, who has lost his memory and made a pact with a demon that can turn into a sword. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic...

Vapor World: Over The Mind

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 19 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 48/100

The game takes the player deep into a warped dreamscape, where the mind becomes a battlefield and nightmares take the form of enemies. A world woven from fog and...

Aeterna Lucis

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

Game in development: PC → 3 December 2026

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...

Neon Inferno

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: PC → 20 November 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Old-school cyberpunk action that combines elements of a side-scroller and a "target" type shooter, where the action unfolds simultaneously on multiple planes of the...

Beholgar 2

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2025

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...

Snow Bros Classic Collection

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

Game released: PC → 6 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

An arcade platformer that tells the story of the adventures of brothers Nick and Tom in the Kingdom of Hottoda. The main characters, princes Nick and Tom, turned...

Bounce Quest

Adventure, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 30 June 2025

Steam: 100/100

A hardcore platformer about a little bouncy cube trying to conquer a dangerous mountain and uncover the secret at its summit. The way up is full of treacherous...

Outland

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 29 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 30 August 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a cursed world to...

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows

Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 September 2015

Players: 10/10

Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows — You play as the Plague Knight, a villainous master of alchemy, on his own adventure. Using his maniacal scientific mind...

Sonic Mania

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 August 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The game will delight you with new stages, reworked classic...

39 Days to Mars

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 25 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

39 Days to Mars is a side-scrolling co-op steampunk puzzle adventure. The game will tell the story of Sir Albert Weeks and his pilot Clarence Baxter, who decided to...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Dark Devotion

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

Game released: PC → 25 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dark Devotion is a side-scrolling action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world. You will try on the role of a Templar woman who is trapped in a dark and gloomy Temple. As...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

Battletoads

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

Game released: PC → 20 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Battletoads is the return of the legendary side-scrolling arcade action game set in the fantasy universe of Battletoads. The game retains its original arcade...

Castlevania Anniversary Collection

Action, Adventure, Horror, Collection, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 16 May 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlevania Anniversary Collection is an anniversary edition of Konami's Castlevania games. A great opportunity awaits you to trace the entire history of the games...

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 8 October 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a continuation of the arcade action platformer, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. Capital B is...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: PC → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 50/100

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

FAR: Changing Tides

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 1 March 2022

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

FAR: Changing Tides is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting, which is the spiritual successor to FAR: Lone Sails from...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: PC → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Mariachi Legends

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game in development: PC → 27 April 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is the chosen one of Death itself — detective Pablo Cruz. He was entrusted with the task of returning a powerful amulet that gives power...

TEVI

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

Game released: PC → 30 November 2023

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character Tevi is agile and agile, and has both her trusty dagger and a huge wrench in her arsenal, which she uses to strike in close combat with style. At...

Shadow Labyrinth

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

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The gloomy version of the famous Packman. The main character - Mesnik No. 8, accompanied by a yellow sphere named Pak, examines the mysterious planet. We will have...

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Best Games in the Side view genre for PC