Side view 2021 for Xbox One — top best games in the Side view genre

Little Nightmares 2 - a game in the Side view genre

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 21 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Mr. Prepper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 10 December 2021

Players: 8/10

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...

Octopath Traveler

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 March 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Octopath Traveler is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade RPG. Embarking on an exciting adventure, you can choose one of eight characters. Each of the characters...

Cyber Shadow

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

Game released: Xbox One → 26 January 2021

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...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: Xbox One → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Blightbound

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 27 July 2021

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Blightbound is a multiplayer roguelike in which players explore dungeons and fight monsters. A group of heroes breaks into the heart of the Plague, a mysterious fog...

Worms Rumble

Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter

Game released: Xbox One → 23 June 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: Xbox One → 5 June 2021

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...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox One → 29 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 November 2021

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Super Meat Boy Forever

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Rising Hell

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Despotism 3k

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

Game released: Xbox One → 19 November 2021

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...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: Xbox One → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 5 October 2021

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...

Mayhem Brawler

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Xbox One → 18 August 2021

Mayhem Brawler — a fresh take on 90s side-scrolling beat 'em ups, influenced by the success of Streets of Rage 4. You will be able to choose one of three heroes...

Okinawa Rush

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 29 October 2021

Players: 6.8/10

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...

Aeon Drive

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2021

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

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

Game released: Xbox One → 9 September 2021

Players: 10/10

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

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2021

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...

Ghosts 'N Goblins: Resurrection

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

Game released: Xbox One → 1 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

Demon Skin

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 14 January 2021

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Narita Boy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 March 2021

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...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all

Game released: Xbox One → 21 January 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons. In the game you...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 26 May 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Mutazione is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantasy setting. More than 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

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

Game released: Xbox One → 6 April 2021

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...

Dwarf Journey

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

Game released: Xbox One → 8 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Dwarf Journey is an adventure role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. One look into the eyes of death forced...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 31 August 2021

Players: 8/10

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...

Jet Kave Adventure

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

Game released: Xbox One → 15 January 2021

Metacritic: 65/100

Jet Kave Adventure is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer. You will meet Cave, a caveman with a jet engine. When the chief is driven out by his own tribe, he...

Bladed Fury

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 25 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Bladed Fury is a fun action-platformer with RPG elements and a Japanese-style side view. The game takes place during the times of Ancient China and tells the story...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Xbox One → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

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...

R-Type Final 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 April 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

R-Type Final 2 is an arcade side-scroller with shooter elements and a space theme. It has been almost twenty years since the release of the last game in the...

The Procession to Calvary

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 2 July 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

Flynn: Son of Crimson

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

Game released: Xbox One → 15 September 2021

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...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A Juggler's Tale is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The main character is a puppet named Abby, who was captured in a circus...

Hoa

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

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...

Fallen Knight

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 July 2021

Fallen Knight is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a descendant of the legendary...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2021 for Xbox One