Side view 2021 for PC — top best games in the Side view genre / Page 2

Greak: Memories of Azur - a game in the Side view genre

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

Game released: PC → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

The Slormancer

Slasher, Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Dungeons

Early Access: PC → 6 April 2021; Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

Steam: 87/100

The Slormancer is a top-down adventure slasher role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In the game you will lead a brave squad of heroes and fight hordes of deadly...

Source of Madness

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 22 September 2021; Game released: PC → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Source of Madness is an action-adventure game with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Claylands, the crazy world...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to pay attention...

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 2 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy action platformer draws on the Old Testament apocrypha, the Book of Enoch. The player takes the role of Enoch, who must stop a great flood ordered by...

Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All!

Arcade, Action, Online, Comics, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! — a classic beat 'em up with a side view, based on the comic book "The Adventures of Asterix and Obelix". The main opponents...

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Steampunk, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 3 October 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is an atmospheric action platformer with a side view in a dieselpunk setting. In the game you will try on the role of a rabbit who...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Samorost is an unusual side-scrolling indie adventure game that follows the exciting journey of a dwarf in...

Home Behind 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Side view, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 22 January 2021; Game released: PC → 16 February 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Home Behind 2 is a sequel to the action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated events and a side-view view. The action takes place in Skaria, a country engulfed...

UNBEATABLE

Adventure, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Action, Side view, Music game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 May 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 71/100

UNBEATABLE is a side-scrolling, arcade-style anime action adventure game. It is a special episodic side story set in the world of the upcoming adventure game...

Creepy Tale 2

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 16 July 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Creepy Tale 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a side view and horror elements. These are dark times. A mysterious evil is terrorizing the...

Love Tavern

Simulation, Side view, Adult game, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Business / Management, Strategy, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Construction

Early Access: PC → 31 July 2021; Game released: PC → 19 December 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 72/100

Love Tavern is a side-view arcade management simulator for adults in a fantasy setting. After a series of unfortunate events, you are called by a passionate goddess...

Flynn: Son of Crimson

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

Game released: PC → 15 September 2021

Steam: 84/100

Flynn: Son of Crimson is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to the fabulous and beautiful island of...

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view, Simulation

Game released: PC → 8 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX is a side-scrolling anime fantasy RPG game. In this game you will be able to raise, train and fight just like in the original. You can...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Action

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Steam: 66/100

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world, gathers food...

Okinawa Rush

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Okinawa Rush is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer inspired by classic games from the 90s. Expect dynamic battles with ancient evil, unique character...

Song of Iron

Action, Side view, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Stealth, Adventure

Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Song of Iron is a dark side-scrolling action game developed by just one person: Joe Winter. The main character goes on an exciting and challenging journey to find...

Demon Skin

Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Fighting, Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: PC → 13 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Demon Skin is an indie slasher game with platformer elements and a side view in a fantasy style. The game contains various types of undead, a race of underground...

Metal Unit

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

Game released: PC → 27 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metal Unit is an adventure role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of the survival...

Battlecruisers

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 5 February 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Battlecruisers is a tactical real-time strategy with a side view about warships. It's a hand-drawn 2D side-scroller set in the 22nd century, when the Earth is...

Lost Epic

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

Early Access: PC → 5 June 2021; Game released: PC → 28 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Lost Epic is a 2D side-scroller where you explore and fight in a fantasy world. The game is an action RPG and tells about the war between gods and people. Players...

Banners of Ruin

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Steam: 78/100

Banners of Ruin is an adventure role-playing roguelike with turn-based and card-based elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer a fairy-tale...

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fast-paced side-scrolling action fighting game that puts you in the shoes of popular Nickelodeon cartoon characters. You will have...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Side view, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A peaceful village is attacked by enemies, so several children climb into a huge tank to protect themselves. Characters can use their unique abilities and improve...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

Early Access: PC → 10 June 2021; Game released: PC → 14 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

One Hand Clapping is a side-scrolling indie musical platformer that challenges you to sing into your microphone to solve puzzles and unlock the power of your voice...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Old school, Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is an updated version of the 1986 platformer. The legendary Alex Kidd is back. The main character explores locations, breaks stones...

30XX

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

Early Access: PC → 17 February 2021; Game released: PC → 9 August 2023

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dynamic action-platformer inspired by the Mega Man series. The game is a direct sequel to 20XX. The events of the game begin with the protagonist awakening after a...

Aeon Must Die!

Action, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Role-playing game, Adventure, Beat them all, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 14 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Aeon Must Die! is an indie side-scrolling action game in a futuristic style with tactical and side-scrolling RPG elements. Eon, the fearsome Emperor of the...

Narita Boy

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

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

Warpips

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 April 2021; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

They Always Run

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

Game released: PC → 20 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 73/100

They Always Run is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character in the game is a character named Aiden. He is a mutant...

Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy III with new graphics and sound. The four main characters have been completely redesigned, and new scenarios...

Curious Expedition 2

Role-playing game, Simulation, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021; Early Access: PC → 17 June 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Curious Expedition 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling adventure role-playing game with a procedurally generated world, dedicated to expeditions in the 19th...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 6 April 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Speed Limit

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Side view, Runner

Game released: PC → 17 February 2021

Steam: 80/100

Speed Limit is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade shooter where your daily train ride goes wrong. As you progress, you will run, steer, fly and die many, many...

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will be...

Doors of Insanity

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Side view, Card game, Tactics, Turn-based, Anime / Manga

Early Access: PC → 10 February 2021; Game released: PC → 27 January 2022

Steam: 72/100

Doors of Insanity is a card-based role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based tactical combat. In the game you will go on an exciting journey through...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

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