Sidestepping is most commonly used in
video games as another way of saying dodging. To sidestep you would simply just have to ''dodge'' any visuals with a negative impact. ( Visuals in this sentence would be stuff like magic, fire, traps, hammers and swords, etc. ) When sidestepping
the only thing you do is walking or running. Roll, jump, duck, etc, yeah... none of them counts as sidesteps.
Side note: Sidestepping is a very advanced move depending
on the game you are playing, it can require a lot of skills to pull it off in some games.