Side view 2016 for Xbox One — top best games in the Side view genre

Sheltered - a game in the Side view genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Xbox One → 15 March 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...

Unravel

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 9 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unravel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure with various puzzles. The platformer will tell the story of a knitted man — Yarny, who stretches like a ball with...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...

Cursed Castilla: Don Ramiro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox One → 20 July 2016

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling arcade platformer is set in the medieval Kingdom of Castile, where the knight Don Ramiro is ordered by King Alfonso VI to drive evil from...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Horror, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 29 June 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...

Unepic

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

Game released: Xbox One → 8 January 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 11 October 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans, possessing all...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Xbox One → 21 October 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 20 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...

Hue

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival

Game released: Xbox One → 2 September 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

Mortal Kombat XL

Arcade, Fighting, Collection, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat XL — game collection of the popular arcade fighting game with a side view in the Mortal Kombat universe. The game takes place 25 years after...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

Cobalt

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost colonization...

Mortal Kombat X: Kombat Pack 2

Arcade, Fighting, DLC, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 1 March 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Mortal Kombat X: Kombat Pack is an addition to the side-scrolling arcade fighting game Mortal Kombat X. It adds four more characters to the game, including...

Shadow Complex Remastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 March 2016

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Shadow Complex Remastered is a re-release of the arcade action platformer Shadow Complex, the original version of which appeared on the Xbox 360 in 2009. The plot...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Xbox One → 4 March 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is the third part of the series, which follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who tries to thwart the plans of the pirate...

Steredenn

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

Game released: Xbox One → 1 April 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition

Fighting, Futurism (Future), Side view, Action, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 20 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition is a special edition of the fantastic fighting game with a side view of Killer Instinct. It includes all three seasons, 26...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Historical, Side view, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 9 February 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia is an arcade adventure side-scrolling stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Collection, Historical, Side view, Action, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 9 February 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy is a collection that contains: Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India and Assassin's Creed...

Ninja Pizza Girl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Runner, Parkour

Game released: Xbox One → 20 July 2016

Steam: 86/100

Ninja Pizza Girl is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a cyberpunk style. In a futuristic metropolis, all the game's protagonist Gemma wants to do is...

Song of the Deep

Arcade, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 12 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Song of the Deep is a side-scrolling arcade adventure. The setting was a sunken city that hides many secrets and mysteries and where the main character’s father was...

Dead Island: Retro Revenge

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Zombies, Runner

Game released: Xbox One → 1 August 2016

Steam: 62/100

Dead Island: Retro Revenge is a 16-bit game in the style of classic 2D action platformers in the Dead Island universe. The game's story tells of an embittered hero...

Mighty No. 9

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 June 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...

Trials of the Blood Dragon

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Side view, Racing, Platformer

Game released: Xbox One → 13 June 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Trials of the Blood Dragon is a crazy side-scrolling arcade motorcycle racing game in a futuristic setting. The game is a cross between the Trials series and the...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: Xbox One → 7 September 2016

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Deadlight: Director's Cut

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Zombies

Game released: Xbox One → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deadlight: Director's Cut is an improved version of the arcade adventure platformer with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game includes 1080p...

Exile's End

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

Game released: Xbox One → 26 October 2016

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Exile's End is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where the megacorporation...

Earth's Dawn

Arcade, Role-playing game, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 2 November 2016

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Earth's Dawn is a 3D side-scrolling arcade slasher game with a Japanese style and a futuristic setting. The events of the game tell about the struggle of humanity...

Oxenfree

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 15 January 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along with her friends...

Monochroma

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 June 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

10 Second Ninja X

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 19 July 2016

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

10 Second Ninja X is a re-release of the top-down action platformer 10 Second Ninja, recreated in HD quality. As a jumping and fast ninja, you have to run through...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 14 October 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Westerado: Double Barreled

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 9 December 2016

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Westerado: Double Barreled is a side-scrolling arcade-western adventure with RPG elements. You have to try on the role of a brave cowboy who sets out to take...

JumpJet Rex

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Runner, Racing

Game released: Xbox One → 29 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D platformer with time-trial elements follows Rex, a Tyrannosaurus in jet boots trying to save the dinosaurs from a giant asteroid. Across more than 40...

Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers

Arcade, Action, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 8 November 2016

Players: 5.9/10

This side-scrolling arcade action game follows Cartoon Network characters on a journey through multiple dimensions. After Uncle Grandpa accidentally drives the...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 January 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Side view

Best Games in the Side view genre of 2016 for Xbox One (Game released)