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

Dead Cells - a game in the Side view genre

Game released: PC → 6 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 11 December 2018

Players: 8/10

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...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Beholder 2

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 5 December 2018

Players: 8/10

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...

Guacamelee! 2

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

Game released: PC → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.4/10

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)

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

Players: 7.9/10

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...

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

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...

FAR: Lone Sails

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

Game released: PC → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Despotism 3k

Side view, In real time, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 November 2018

Players: 10/10

Despotism 3k is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game in a post-apocalyptic style. Humanity is enslaved by artificial intelligence and this is great because we...

Mega Man 11

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

Game released: PC → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

Speed Brawl

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 18 September 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Speed Brawl is a dynamic side-scrolling action game in which you will have to hold a continuous chain of blows for as long as possible. In total, there are 6...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

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

Game released: PC → 2 March 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Deep Sky Derelicts

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 September 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

Unravel Two

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

Game released: PC → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

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...

My Memory of Us

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Dungreed

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Dungreed is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements. The events of the game will take you to a dark fantasy world, where an entire...

Sonic Mania Plus

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 July 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Extended version of the arcade platformer Sonic Mania in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The extended edition includes a new Encore Mode and two...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 August 2018

Players: 8/10

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...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection

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

Game released: PC → 24 July 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC → 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 30th Anniversary Collection

Arcade, Fighting, Collection, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

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...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Planet Alpha

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Not Tonight

Role-playing game, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 August 2018

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The story unfolds in an alternative United Kingdom, where the country teeters on the brink of collapse, and everyday life is filled with anxiety and strict control...

Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition

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

Game released: PC → 21 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Rad Rodgers — Radical Edition is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game tells the stories of two characters — a 12-year-old boy, Red...

GNOG

Puzzle, Logic, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 July 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

GNOG is a psychedelic side-scrolling puzzle game inspired by Montreal illustrator Samuel Boucher. You will go on a journey through a colorful world inhabited by...

Symmetry

Adventure, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC → 20 February 2018

Players: 4/10

Symmetry is an adventure action game with survival elements and a side view in a science fiction setting. Your main goal is to help the survivors survive on a...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Vagante

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Lumines Remastered

Arcade, Music game, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 26 June 2018

Metacritic: 81/100

Lumines Remastered is an updated version of the arcade side-scrolling match-3 rhythm puzzle game for modern platforms. In it you have to throw two-color blocks down...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2

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

Game released: PC → 24 July 2018

Metacritic: 60/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 14 March 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...

Overwhelm

Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 June 2018

Overwhelm is a pixel arcade action platformer with horror elements and a side view. As a fearless warrior, you will have to go into dark dungeons where you need to...

Bonkies

Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: PC → 10 September 2018; Game released: PC → 29 January 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Bonkies is a fun side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, designed for up to 4 people to play together. Each player takes control of a highly...

Double Kick Heroes

Arcade, Music game, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Early Access: PC → 11 April 2018; Game released: PC → 13 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Double Kick Heroes is a fiery mix of shooter and musical rhythm game. You have to fight for your life, shooting back from opponents on the steep Gundillac on the...

Semblance

Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 24 July 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Semblance is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. You will set off to conquer an amazing world that can easily become deformed...

Chuchel

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC → 7 March 2018

Players: 8.4/10

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2018 for PC