Side view 2021 for Xbox Series X/S — 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), Puzzle

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 August 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...

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Samurai Shodown

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 March 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game's plot unfolds between Samurai Shodown 5 and the original Samurai Shodown (1993). New and familiar characters with their own goals come together to...

Worms Rumble

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 23 June 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 60/100

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...

Roki

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 28 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Roki is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure steeped in the spirit of Scandinavian folklore. The game will tell the story of a young girl, Tova, who goes on a...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 21 December 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...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 December 2021

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

The Artful Escape

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Music game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 9 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Artful Escape is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. The game tells about what goes on in a musician’s head while writing music. In our case, in the...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Song of Iron

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Omen of Sorrow

Arcade, Horror, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy, Action

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 September 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The game world is filled with creatures from myths, scary fairy tales and classic books like Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The game features 12 characters...

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Aeterna Noctis

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 14 December 2021

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Aeterna Noctis is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The Supreme God Chaos cursed his creation, forcing the dominant...

White Shadows

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 5 March 2021

Steam: 90/100

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Backbone

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 28 October 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...

Hoa

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Aeon Drive

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 30 September 2021

Steam: 75/100

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...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 30 November 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 65/100

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...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Old school, Adventure

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

R-Type Final 2

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 30 April 2021

Steam: 75/100

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...

Melty Blood: Type Lumina

Anime / Manga, Fighting, Side view, Arcade, Online

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 30 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Melty Blood: Type Lumina is an arcade fighting game with a side view in the anime genre and online elements. This game is set in the fantasy world of the...

Dodgeball Academia

Arcade, Sports game, Side view, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Business / Management, Action

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 5 August 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dodgeball Academia is a sports role-playing adventure with elements of Japanese-style management strategy. You will go to conquer an interesting world where the...

Jet Kave Adventure

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 January 2021

Steam: 85/100

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...

Shing!

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 21 January 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game

Free game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Fighting

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 July 2021

Players: 10/10

A free-to-play game dedicated to the movie "Space Jam: The Next Generation". The plot practically repeats the script of the film, excluding the basketball...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Greak: Memories of Azur

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...

Ball laB

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 8 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalistic graphics and a side view. In the game you have to control the ball and overcome 60 levels. The main feature of...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

DARQ

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the darkest corners of...

Despotism 3k

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 19 November 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

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Best Games in the Side view genre of 2021 for Xbox Series X/S