Side view 2021 for PC — top best games in the Side view genre

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 13 December 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

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Little Nightmares 2

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons, Gothic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 26 October 2021; Game released: PC → 8 May 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 19 February 2020; Game released: PC → 21 January 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Guilty Gear Strive

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 11 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Guilty Gear Strive is a new entry in the side-scrolling fighting game series set in the popular Japanese Guilty Gear universe. The list of fighters includes your...

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: 8.6/10

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...

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions

Arcade, Fighting, Sports game, Boxing, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 3 September 2021

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is an arcade boxing simulator featuring 20 iconic characters from the Rocky and Creed film series. In the game you will challenge...

Girlfight 2024

Action, Fighting, Side view, Arcade, Futurism (Future), Adult game, Casual game, Boxing

Early Access: PC → 16 September 2021; Game released: PC → 25 February 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 33/100

Girlfight 2024 is a fast-paced side-scrolling fighting game for adults that will offer you one-on-one fights with sexy girls as playable characters. Features...

Hellish Quart

Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Indie, Side view, Arcade

Early Access: PC → 16 February 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

Hellish Quart is a side-scrolling historical fighting game that focuses on realism and dueling with bladed weapons. A full-fledged dismemberment awaits you in real...

Castlevania Advance Collection

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

Game released: PC → 24 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Mr. Prepper is an interesting management simulator with survival elements and a side view. Events in the world heated up to the limit and the threat of nuclear war...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Early Access: PC → 20 March 2020; Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

White Shadows

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Horror, Stealth, Action, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based, Casual game, Adventure, Tactics

Early Access: PC → 8 April 2021; Game released: PC → 16 August 2022

Steam: 81/100

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

Until We Die

Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival

Game released: PC → 3 June 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of extraterrestrial monsters...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Adventure, Online

Game released: PC → 14 January 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites — remaster of the dynamic side-scrolling slasher BloodRayne Betrayal, where the main character, the seductive half-breed Rayne...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Yaga

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

Game released: PC → 12 January 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Yaga is a side-scrolling action RPG in a fantasy setting, based on Slavic mythology. The main character is the one-armed blacksmith Ivan, who suffers from a...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Ayo the Clown

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Ayo the Clown is an adventure platformer with a variety of puzzles and role-playing elements. You have to help the cute clown Ayo in search of his missing dog Bo...

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare

Arcade, Side view, DLC, Fighting, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Streets Of Rage 4 — Mr. X Nightmare — an expansion for the old-school side-scrolling beat 'em up Streets of Rage 4. After the events of the original game, our...

Hoa

Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Steam: 92/100

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: PC → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

HighFleet

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

HighFleet is a dynamic action game with elements of management strategy and a side...

Grime

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...

Ghosts 'N Goblins: Resurrection

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Ghosts 'N Goblins: Resurrection is a fantasy side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The game follows the valiant knight Arthur as he runs, jumps and fights his...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

PICO PARK

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 May 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 92/100

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

Out of Line

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 June 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Out of Line is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. An exciting journey awaits you, filled with mesmerizing puzzles and a vibrant...

Cats in Time

Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Cats in Time is a side-scrolling logic puzzle game. My name is Professor Tim Edger, I am the inventor of a time machine and an avid cat lover. Unfortunately, I have...

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...

Sheltered 2

Business / Management, Strategy, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, In real time, Survival

Game released: PC → 21 September 2021

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Sheltered 2 is a continuation of the management strategy with turn-based battles and a side view in the world of the post-apocalypse. One of the main innovations of...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Tetris Effect

Arcade, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Virtual Reality (VR), Online, Music game

Game released: PC → 18 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Tetris Effect — a classic arcade puzzle game for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices from the creators of Rez. The game is dedicated to the "Tetris syndrome...

Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 September 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy IV with new graphics and sound. The Kingdom of Baron sends an elite airborne unit, the Red Wings, to attack...

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