Side view 2025 for PC — top best games in the Side view genre

Hollow Knight: Silksong - a game in the Side view genre

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...

Little Nightmares 3

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

Game released: PC → 10 October 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Low and One are trying to get out of Nowhere. They joined forces to survive in a dangerous world full of illusions and shadows. The main feature of the sequel is...

Absolum

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: PC → 9 October 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Dynamic action-clip from the creators teenage mutant ninja turtles: shredder's revenge and streets of rage 4. The main action unfolds in the world of Talam, where...

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Action, Fighting, Online, Side view

Game released: PC → 24 April 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A new game in the popular 90s Japanese fighting game series Fatal Fury. It’s always hot on the streets of the Southern City: those who dream big and make...

Terminator 2D: No Fate

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 December 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Hurricane action with pixel graphics, inspired by the arcade games of the 80-90s, which is based on the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Players can take...

Greenhouse: Schism

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 15 June 2025

An adventure action-platformer set in the magical forest of Acri. Players need to explore its mysterious corners, learn new spells, uncover secrets, and gradually...

Back to the Dawn

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

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 3 November 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is a survival...

Marvel Cosmic Invasion

Arcade, Adventure, Comics, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: PC → 1 December 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Classic arcade action in the Marvel universe with pixel graphics and exciting command gameplay. Annigilus leads his deadly army and only the greatest heroes are...

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Role-playing game, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 17 April 2025

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The game takes place in a world where humanity has fallen due to an attack by monsters. Now people have to hide behind brick walls and distraction fences that...

Castle of Heart: Retold

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 3 October 2025

An improved version of Castle of Heart, released in 2018. The player takes on the role of the warrior Svaran, bewitched by an evil sorcerer, who has turned his...

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 86/100

The story centers on Joe Musashi, a martial artist whose village was destroyed and his fellow tribesmen turned to stone. Ahead lies the path of revenge and battle...

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

Action, Fighting, Collection, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 October 2025

Players: 3.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The ultimate compilation of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, featuring 20 different games released across the 90s and 2000s on consoles and arcades. The...

Constance

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 24 November 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A colorful metroidvania about a girl artist. The plot is based on the girl’s inner experiences about creativity, balance between life and work, personal motivation...

Volkolak: The Will of Gods

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 22 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7/10

The game takes place in a gloomy world where, because of Koshchei the Immortal, all people began to go crazy and turn into evil spirits. The main character is...

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 25 March 2024; Game released: PC → 22 January 2025

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant to aid in...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 27 May 2024; Game released: PC → 20 August 2025

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the influence of...

Cast n Chill

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: PC → 16 June 2025

Players: 8.5/10

A relaxing fishing game in the background where you can explore calm lakes, rivers and oceans at your own pace. The game requires you to catch fish, sell them for a...

Double Dragon Revive

Fighting, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view

Game released: PC → 23 October 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Fast-paced action in the Double Dragon series, featuring Jimmy Lee, Billy Lee and other iconic characters. The game brings the Lee Brothers into the modern era...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school

Game released: PC → 31 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Pixel game from the Ninja Gaiden series. Ryu Hayabusa goes to America, where he must fulfill the will of his father. At this time, an army of demons penetrates the...

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

Action, Adventure, Side view, Survival, Crafting, Zombies, Survival horror

Early Access: PC → 10 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

A side-scroller in the Into the Dead series about survival in a zombie apocalypse. The action takes place in Texas in 1980, where the once vibrant town of Walton is...

The Wandering Village

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

Game released: PC → 17 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 14 September 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A city-building simulator where the settlement is built not on the ground, but on the back of a giant wandering creature named Onbu. The world around is poisoned by...

Dragon Is Dead

Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Demons

Early Access: PC → 7 June 2024; Game released: PC → 6 June 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

Action-adventure roguelike inspired by Dead Cells, Diablo and Castlevania. In the story, the dragons challenged the gods, but lost the battle and fell. Only one...

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Survivor

Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 July 2025

A game based on the anime "Hunter x Hunter" featuring team battles. You must assemble a team of characters and use combinations of their abilities to defeat...

SteamDolls - Order of Chaos

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Indie, Steampunk, Side view

Early Access: PC → 11 February 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

SteamDolls — Order Of Chaos is a side-scrolling stealth action adventure game in the Metroidvania format, made in a steampunk style. The game takes place in a...

The Siege and the Sandfox

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A combination of stealth and metroidvania in the setting of an oriental fairy tale. The main character is a sand fox, a master of stealth, who must escape from a...

Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition

Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Survival

Game released: PC → 10 October 2025

An updated version of Little Nightmares, which runs at 60 frames per second and 4K resolution. The developers also added ray tracing and improved various effects...

Neon Inferno

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: PC → 20 November 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

Old-school cyberpunk action that combines elements of a side-scroller and a "target" type shooter, where the action unfolds simultaneously on multiple planes of the...

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.

Action, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC → 28 January 2025

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

An improved version of the fighting game Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown for PlayStation 4. The game features classic modes such as Arcade and Ranked Match, as...

Ratopia

Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 6 November 2023; Game released: PC → 1 May 2025

Players: 9.2/10

The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize suitable jobs for the...

Kentum

Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Construction, Crafting

Game released: PC → 6 November 2025

Players: 10/10

A sci-fi adventure in which the protagonist awakens from a very long sleep in the year 10,000. You must explore a world with new plants and animals, harvest...

Katanaut

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 10 September 2025

Metacritic: 75/100

A dynamic pixel game set on a huge space station filled with monsters. You need to jump quickly and use a variety of weapons to survive. You can find memory...

Wall World 2

Action, Strategy, Roguelike, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 11 November 2025

Players: 8.5/10

The continuation of the pixel game Wall World, in which Gamer in the role of Shakhtar explores the mysterious wall on a spider robot. You need to fight monsters in...

Once Upon A Puppet

Side view, Fantasy, Puzzle, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2025

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place in the theatrical world. Using the glove, the gamer controls the puppet. The main character must return to the front stage after solving all...

The Slormancer

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

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

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...

Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 August 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A dynamic action platformer based on the anime and manga "Cobra's Space Adventures". The player takes on the role of space pirate Cobra and faces a mysterious...

Drill Core

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Side view, Construction

Early Access: PC → 12 September 2024; Game released: PC → 17 July 2025

The player controls a group of miners who make their way to the center of the planet. It is necessary to manage workers extracting resources and guards. You will...

Capcom Fighting Collection 2

Collection, Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC → 16 May 2025

Metacritic: 83/100

A collection of 8 classic fighting games from Capcom, including crossovers Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium...

Shadow Labyrinth

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Science fiction, Platformer

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

The gloomy version of the famous Packman. The main character - Mesnik No. 8, accompanied by a yellow sphere named Pak, examines the mysterious planet. We will have...

Ratatan

Strategy, Online, Music game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Early Access: PC → 18 September 2025; Game in development: PC → 15 October 2026

The spiritual successor to the Patapon series of games. Ratatans are animated musical heroes, each with unique abilities. So, one of them uses a megaphone to...

News Tower

Strategy, Business / Management, Sandbox, Steampunk, Side view

Early Access: PC → 13 February 2024; Game released: PC → 18 November 2025

Metacritic: 84/100

The player grows his newspaper and tries to become the new media magnate of 1930s New York. It is necessary to hire and manage the various personnel necessary for...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2025 for PC