Side-view games on the PC have one obvious feature - the view takes place from the side. The concept is most often found in 2D arcade platformers - the genre originated back in the 1980s and, despite its respectable age, is still very popular today, over 40 years later.

Games with a side view, they are often undemanding to the iron and easily run on computers of any configuration. These can be weak PCs or old laptops with different versions of Windows - from XP to 10. That is why they are actively downloaded by torrent. As a rule, the best friend for projects in this genre is a gamepad (game controller, joystick - call it what you want). With his help character control is simplified at times and, as a consequence, the passage becomes less complicated and "convoluted" than to pass control using the keyboard and mouse. The difference is especially noticeable in games like Super Meat Boy, whose goal - to bring the gamer to a fit of rage.

Games with a side view are not the only platformers: there are also action, and side-scrollers, and adventure, as well as stealth, shooter, and even racing. But the leaders in popularity are considered metroidvaniya and all sorts of "roguelikes. (rogue-like).