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.![]() |
Sinclair QL (1985) Blast Buggy is an arcade game similar to Moon Patrol. The player controls a character driving a buggy on the... |
Windows (2015) |
DOS (1997) Katharsis is a game with classic side-scrolling shooter gameplay. It has 3D backgrounds, colorful graphics and an integrated storyline. The... |
NES (1988), Wii (2009), Nintendo 3DS (2012), Wii U (2015) and Nintendo Switch (2019) The game begins with a classic story of a boy and his frog who runs away, becomes radioactive and jumps... |
Game Boy Color (2000) and Nintendo 3DS (2011) Taking place sometime after the events of the original Blaster Master, Blaster Master: Enemy Below puts you once again behind... |
Wii (2010) S.O.P.H.I.A. returns to save the Earth in this new 2D update in the long-running Blaster Master series. This new installment... |
Windows (2019), Nintendo 3DS (2017) and Nintendo Switch (2017) |
Windows (2019) and Nintendo Switch (2019) |
Browser (2009) An evil terrorist organization has built a base inside an antarctic volcano, from where they launch their plan to take... |
Windows (2016), Nintendo 3DS (2016), PS Vita (2017), Wii U (2016) and PlayStation 4 (2017) The terrorist organization The Black Hand of Fate are trying to take over the world with their bio-engineered soldiers and... |
PSP (2009), Xbox 360 (2009), PlayStation 3 (2009) and PS Vita (2012) Blast Off is a game with a simple concept. In each level, players blast off in a rocket ship from... |
Windows (2000) Blasturon is a single player, keyboard controlled space invader style game. The game has three difficulty settings, thirty levels, and... |
Wii (2008) Blast Works is a cross between a side-scrolling shooter mixed with a bit of Katamari. The main objective of the... |
Windows (2010), Xbox 360 (2009), PlayStation 3 (2009), Windows Apps (2012) and Arcade (2008) BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a 2D fighting game with 12 characters, each with unique personalities, fighting styles and advantages. During... |
Windows (2017), PlayStation 3 (2016), PlayStation 4 (2016) and Arcade (2015) |
Nintendo Switch (2019) The Special Edition of the 2015 game BlazBlue: Central Fiction is the first release on the Nintendo Switch platform and... |
PlayStation 3 (2014), PS Vita (2014) and Arcade (2013) |
Xbox 360 (2010) and PlayStation 3 (2010) BlazBlue: Continuum Shift is an updated version of the arcade game BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. It adds one new character (μ-No.12-),... |
PSP (2011), Nintendo 3DS (2011) and PS Vita (2012) BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is an updated version of the arcade game BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II. It adds the new... |
Arcade (2010) BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is a updated version of the Xbox 360/PS3 game BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. It already includes the... |
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 Photographs
- 95 Photographs
- 94 World of Goo
- 94 World of Goo
- 94 Three Weeks in Paradise
- 94 Tetris
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.73 Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition (2012)
- 4.67 Ice Guys (1997)
- 4.64 Darkest Dungeon (2015)
- 4.62 Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- 4.61 Museum Madness (1994)
- 4.57 Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu (1993)
- 4.56 Worms: The Director's Cut (1997)
- 4.53 Metal Slug: Anthology (2006)
- 4.53 Sonic CD (2011)
- 4.52 Street Fighter X Tekken (2012)
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: