Games like Sideway™ New York
If Sideway™ New York is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss Odyssey, Cobalt and Pikuniku — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Abyss Odyssey
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Top pick for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Cobalt
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Spelunky
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Ranked #4 for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Slime-san: Superslime Edition
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Ranked #5 for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
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Ranked #6 for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
City Climber
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Ranked #7 for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sideway™ New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sideway™ New York at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Sideway™ New York on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Counter Agents
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Counter Agents is a spy-themed, head-to-head multiplayer game where your objective is to sneak around guards, steal the briefcase, and make it to an exit point before your opponent!
Unless
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
Abathor - Atlantis Landing
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Play Abathor Atlantis Landing and relive the glory of arcades in this action platformer for up to 4 players.
Linebound
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
One player navigates. One player creates. Linebound is a 2D asymmetric co-op puzzle platformer where one player navigates the world while the other draws platforms in real time. Progress is only possible through communication.
Let's Go Nuts!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Fast, party platform game for up to 4 players. Finish levels as quick as possible. Collect nuts using movable objects.
Ascendant
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up in which you are a demigod invading a world controlled by your rivals. Choose your fate by discovering Blessings, equipping mighty weapons and spells, and learning to survive in this brutal realm. Only the most impressive warriors have a chance of victory.
Shadow Puppeteer
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Cobalt
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sideway™ New York.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideway™ New York.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Frequently asked about Sideway™ New York
- Does Sideway™ New York run on Steam Deck?
- Sideway™ New York is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Sideway™ New York cost?
- Sideway™ New York is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sideway™ New York have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sideway™ New York supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Sideway™ New York?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sideway™ New York are Abyss Odyssey, Cobalt, Pikuniku.
- Who developed Sideway™ New York?
- Sideway™ New York was developed by Playbrains, Fuel Entertainment and published by Playbrains.
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