Side view 2018 for PC — top best games in the Side view genre

Dead Cells - a game in the Side view genre

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 6 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Unravel Two

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction

Game released: PC → 11 December 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom: Two Crowns is a continuation of the pixel management strategy with a side view in a fantasy setting, where the main emphasis is on cooperative play. You...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: PC → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The game takes you into the spectacular world of cult manga and anime, turning each fight into a dynamic battle on a grand scale. The game is created in the style...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

The Red Strings Club

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 January 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Red Strings Club — a "point and click" adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk style. The game's plot centers around a bartender and his hacker friend, who...

Guacamelee! 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Guacamelee! 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action platformer with a side view. Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacata is forced to once again...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 17 November 2017; Game released: PC → 10 September 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Timespinner

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

Game released: PC → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Chuchel

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 7 March 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Chuchel is an unusual side-scrolling adventure from the creators of Samorost 3, Botanicula and Machinarium. Starring an angry, hairy, slightly nice, screaming and...

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...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...

Beholder 2

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Strategy, Simulation, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 5 December 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Beholder 2 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...

My Memory of Us

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

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PC → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

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...

Lobotomy Corporation

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Horror, Side view, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, In real time, Strategy, Tactics

Game released: PC → 10 April 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Lobotomy Corporation is a side-view business simulator in the indie horror genre with elements of fantasy and tactics. This game was inspired by monsters from games...

Russian Subway Dogs

Arcade, Action, Side view, Old school

Game released: PC → 2 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Russian Subway Dogs is a fun arcade action game with a side view. The simplicity of a dog's life depends on the place it calls home. In Russia, as you know...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

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

Game released: PC → 24 May 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Little Nightmares - The Residence

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Little Nightmares — The Residence is an add-on for the side-view horror adventure Little Nightmares. The main character has to find out who is hiding behind...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Arcade, Fighting, Collection, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is a massive collection of classic games from the Street Fighter series. Some games have online mode available, as well...

Brawlout

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy, Action, Online

Game released: PC → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Brawlout is a crazy side-scrolling arcade fighting game. You have to fight in various arenas, choosing your hero from anthropomorphic fighters, including a toad, a...

Catmaze

Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...

The Greater Good

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 23 October 2018

Steam: 96/100

The Greater Good is a side-scrolling adventure RPG. The game takes place in an amazing and hand-drawn world. Once upon a time it was ruled by magic, but gradually...

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...

Planet Alpha

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Planet Alpha is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. The main character wakes up on a planet unknown to him, which has become home to hundreds of...

Of Mice and Sand

In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Side view, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Of Mice and Sand is an exciting real-time management strategy with a side view. You have to command a huge mobile fortress inhabited by cute mice. Only you can help...

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view, Online

Game released: PC → 30 March 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition is a complete edition of the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe, containing all previously released...

Forgotton Anne

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Steampunk, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Forgotton Anne is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a magical dimension where forgotten things are...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 24 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes...

Wenjia

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Wenjia is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game, two realities await you — the world of Matter and the world of...

Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San

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

Game released: PC → 30 October 2018

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San is a classic side-scrolling retro arcade...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 2 March 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 is a fantastic sequel to the side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game take us 15 years forward, after the end of the first part...

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...

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is a side-scrolling arcade action RPG based on the short anime and TV series of the same name. The events of the game revolve...

Black Bird (2018)

Replayability, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 31 October 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

After dying at a street corner, a young girl is reborn as the ominous Black Bird. The kingdom regards the bird as one of the great calamities spoken of since...

Raging Justice

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

Game released: PC → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Raging Justice is an arcade-adventure beat 'em up with a wide scope. You will go to conquer a city that is immersed in chaos. Crime and corruption are more...

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2018 for PC