Side view 2012 for PC — top best games in the Side view genre

Scribblenauts Unlimited - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 February 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Scribblenauts Unlimited — side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle game. Welcome to an adventure in a vast world where your most powerful tool is your...

Bad Piggies

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 27 September 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Piggies is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. The bad pigs are hunting for eggs again — but, as usual, nothing goes according to plan. You have to...

Castle Crashers

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

Game released: PC → 26 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil sorcerer steals...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

Game released: PC → 24 May 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

Street Fighter X Tekken

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 May 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 56/100

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...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 30 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: PC → 23 June 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Angry Birds: Star Wars

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Side view

Game released: PC → 8 November 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Angry Birds: Star Wars is a fantastic arcade game in the style of Star Wars with a side view. Levels take place both on standard terrain and in outer space. The...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Streets of Rage 3

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Side view, Beat them all

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Streets of Rage 3 — After Mr. X suffered two defeats, he founded the research company RoboCy Corporation to cover his illegal activities. Dr. Zahn, the...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 March 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Vessel is a fun puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. The events of the game take place in the amazing world of mechanical machines that have...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 January 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is a side-scrolling action platformer. Dr. Eggman has returned and in an attempt to finally get rid of Sonic, he returns to his best...

Home

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 August 2012

Steam: 37/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Worms Revolution

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: PC → 10 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms Revolution is the legendary return of the side-scrolling turn-based tactical action strategy game to the Worms series. The game was created using a new game...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 July 2013

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 December 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 August 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Chaos on Deponia

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: PC → 23 November 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Chaos on Deponia is a continuation of the point and click adventure. Rufus could have come to his senses, become friendly and considerate, and it would not have...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 3 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a frantic and bloody side-scrolling platformer set in Hell. You have to get used to the role of the demonic hare Ash, heir to...

La Mulana Ex

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 July 2012

La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by Active Gaming...

NiGHTS into Dreams

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

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

NiGHTS into Dreams is an arcade adventure action-platformer with a side view, set in the World of Dreams. This world is divided into Nightopia and Nightmare. It is...

Bluecoats: North vs South

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Side view

Game released: PC → 10 May 2012

Bluecoats: North vs South is an arcade strategy game with action elements. You have to lead one of the armies in a civil war. Your goal is to conquer US territory...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 15 August 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

Desolate Hope

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 April 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Desolate Hope is a unique action-platformer with role-playing elements, turn-based combat and a side view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the...

Gateways

Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 September 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Gateways is a puzzle platformer in which a scientist explores a huge laboratory filled with many mysteries. You can use teleporters to jump from one place to...

The Dream Machine

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 December 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Dream Machine is a plasticine point and click adventure with horror elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a certain Victor Neff, who one day...

Waveform

Action, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 20 March 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Waveform — A unique side-scrolling rhythm puzzle game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to ride a beam of light and go to conquer various solar systems. As...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC → 15 October 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out to assassinate...

Time Commando

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Historical

Game released: PC → 5 January 2012

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This third-person action game follows a virus that has invaded a top-secret military supercomputer and is disrupting the flow of time. To restore its memory and...

Kung Fu Rabbit

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 14 March 2012

Metacritic: 68/100

Kung Fu Rabbit is a classic platformer with a charming cartoon style. You take on the role of a bunny teacher who must save his students from alien evil while...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: PC → 3 December 2012

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Super Amazing Wagon Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Side view, Comedy, Shooter

Game released: PC → 28 August 2012

Steam: 95/100

Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is an arcade game with adventure elements from the sparsevector studio. The game is published by...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2012 for PC