Side view
Description
These games use a traditional “platforming” viewpoint where the action is seen from the side. This perspective can be used for 2D as well as 3D games, both scrolling and static. Game Title |
Windows (2010) Cat Pöke is a short game written for the TIGSource "A Game By Its Cover" competition, based on fake carts... |
 Game Boy (1990) and Nintendo 3DS (2011) Catrap is a single screen puzzle game with 100 rounds. You and your sister (or girlfriend?) have somehow been turned... |
 Game Boy Color (1999) In Catwoman, the titular Batman villainess is spun off into her own game. Talia tries to hire Catwoman to steal... |
 Commodore 64 (1985), ZX Spectrum (1985) and Amstrad CPC (1985) Playing a witch, you must assemble the six ingredients required to kill off your arch-rival, an evil pumpkin. The ingredients... |
 Windows (2017) |
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Dragon 32/64 (1983) Just like Cavern Fighter, Cave Fighter is a Scramble clone.Your objective is to fly your little spaceship unscathed through a... |
Windows (1996) Everything was fine in the fantasy country Dwarfia - until two magicians were bored and competed their magic abilities. Unfortunately... |
 Commodore 64 (1984), ZX Spectrum (1984) and Arcade (1983) The princess is being held captive inside the castle, and it's up to you (the knight) to rescue her. In... |
 Atari 8-bit (1993) Caveman is a platform game set in the prehistoric times, similar to Prehistorik; as a caveman, we have to find... |
 Windows (2006) Caveman Adventures is a 2D side-scrolling platformer. Use the four direction keys to explore the stages, jump and attack prehistoric... |
 Amiga (1992), Atari ST (1992), Commodore 64 (1991), ZX Spectrum (1990) and Amstrad CPC (1991) Fed up with having Brontosaurus steaks for dinner, Ug the Caveman has decided to try something new for a change... |
 iPhone (2011) Caveman Runner is an action game where you collect steaks and avoid cactuses in a randomly generated scrolling desert that... |
 DOS (1989), NES (1990) and Commodore 64 (1988) Olympic Games set in the stone age. Events include clubbing, dinoracing, firemaking, matetossing, saber racing and the dino vault.Supporting up... |
 Windows (2004) In Caveman Zac a virus made all dinosaurs homosexual and all males impotent. Just Caveman Zac was spared and has... |
Commodore 64 (1983) "I am the Word Wizard. Welcome to my cave." You, as Mark or Becky, have been trapped in the Word... |
Jupiter Ace (1982) Cavern Attack is a side view scrolling game where you control a submarine, moving up or down, to destroy as... |
Apple IIgs (1987) Cavern Cobra is a shoot 'em up that is similar to Scramble but with no scrolling. A dangerous terrorist has... |
 Apple II (1984) You are in a spaceship and are "cleaning up" a new planet we've found so it's safe to colonize it.... |
ZX Spectrum (1984) and VIC-20 (1982) Are you willing to plow through six levels of asteroids, alien ships and defense installations, and finally a Dicator's Lair,... |
 Atari 8-bit (1990) Cavernia is a platform game, set in a cave. As Teddy Arklethorpe, the player has to complete sixteen levels; finishing... |
 Apple II (1983) and Atari 8-bit (1983) You are an astronaut on the moon of Callisto and mutants have stolen the panels from your spaceship along with... |
Commodore 64 (1985) and Atari 8-bit (1986) You are the pilot of a mine supply ship and it is your task to deliver supplies to various amount... |
 Commodore 64 (1984) and Atari 8-bit (1983) Caverns of Khafka is an action game inspired by Indiana Jones movies. The cover features gold, pharaohs and a tan... |
 Atari 2600 (2006) and Atari 8-bit (1981) Martian galactic fleets surround the planet and are demanding its surrender! The Terra IV High Command knows that your space... |
Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 96 Super Mario Galaxy 2
- 96 Super Mario Bros. 3
- 95 World of Goo
- 95 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- 95 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
- 94 World of Goo
- 94 World of Goo
- 94 Three Weeks in Paradise
- 94 Tekken 3
- 94 Super Mario World
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.63 Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu (1993)
- 4.62 Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- 4.61 Museum Madness (1994)
- 4.61 Super Mario Maker (2015)
- 4.60 Blazing Star (1998)
- 4.53 Mortal Kombat X (2015)
- 4.53 Metal Slug: Anthology (2006)
- 4.52 Sonic CD (2011)
- 4.52 Mega Man V (1994)
- 4.51 Action Soccer (1995)
Games must have at least 5 votes and a User Score of 4.0 to be considered.
Perspective
Side view is part of Perspective. This group of genres contain:
