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Best Games in the Action genre for Nintendo Switch

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - a game in the Action genre
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2021
Metacritic: 67/100
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fast-paced side-scrolling action fighting game that puts you in the shoes of popular Nickelodeon cartoon characters. You will have...
Archvale - a game in the Action genre
Archvale
Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 December 2021
Players: 8.9/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Archvale is a fun top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Once upon a time, the fairy lands were ruled by an evil king who destroyed...
Severed Steel - a game in the Action genre
Severed Steel
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2022
Players: 6.2/10
Metacritic: 76/100
Severed Steel is a dynamic first-person shooter in which the main character is a one-armed girl who destroys entire squads of soldiers using different types of...
Midnight Fight Express - a game in the Action genre
Midnight Fight Express
Action, Top-down view, Beat them all, Fighting, Isometric, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 August 2022
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 76/100
Midnight Fight Express is a dynamic action game with an isometric camera view in the spirit of Hotline Miami and "John Wick." In the game, you will have to...
Moonscars - a game in the Action genre
Moonscars
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022
Metacritic: 73/100
Moonscars is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Under the dark moonlight, the fierce clay warrior Gray Irma fights, driven by a lonely goal: to find the...
Ship of Fools - a game in the Action genre
Ship of Fools
Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 November 2022
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 77/100
A cooperative action roguelike about Fools, the only creatures that can travel the seas. The Great Lighthouse has been destroyed, leaving the Archipelago...
Blade of Darkness - a game in the Action genre
Blade of Darkness
Adventure, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 November 2022
Players: 10/10
Re-release of the classic action-slasher Blade of Darkness (2001), originally released in 2001. The game features support for widescreen monitors and resolutions...
AK-xolotl: Together - a game in the Action genre
AK-xolotl: Together
Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2023
Players: 10/10
The main character is an angry but cute axolotl (the larva of some species of tailed amphibians) with a Kalashnikov assault rifle. He is trying to protect his pond...
ASTLIBRA Revision - a game in the Action genre
ASTLIBRA Revision
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Demons, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Anomaly Agent - a game in the Action genre
Anomaly Agent
Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2024
Metacritic: 84/100
A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...
Lifeless Moon - a game in the Action genre
Lifeless Moon
Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Science fiction, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2024
Metacritic: 64/100
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town, just like on Earth. They soon discover that the city is the beginning of a...
Dead of Darkness - a game in the Action genre
Dead of Darkness
Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Zombies, Survival horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 July 2025
Players: 10/10
The game takes place in 1985 in England. The main character is a private detective who is investigating the death of his own daughter. The character finds himself...
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X - a game in the Action genre
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X
Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Procedural generation, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2026
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Extended version of the 2D action BlazBlue Entropy Effect from 2023. The events of the game unfold in a post-apocalyptic future, where the real world is on the...
World of Goo - a game in the Action genre
World of Goo
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2017
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 91/100
World of Goo is a construction puzzle game where you move living Goo balls and use them to build buildings, bridges, and airships to solve various problems as you...
Quest of Dungeons - a game in the Action genre
Quest of Dungeons
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2017
Unruly Heroes - a game in the Action genre
Unruly Heroes
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2019
Players: 6.2/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Unruly Heroes is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting, inspired by the famous Chinese fairy tale "Journey to the West." The game...
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded - a game in the Action genre
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded
Clicker, Action, Side view, Casual game, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 July 2018
A humorous clicker about fighting cock Min McCallister, who went on a journey to save his kidnapped girlfriend Candy. The game features 11 missions, an endless mode...
Mega Man 11 - a game in the Action genre
Mega Man 11
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2018
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 80/100
Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...
Persona 5 Strikers - a game in the Action genre
Persona 5 Strikers
Action, Hack and slash, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2021
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 80/100
Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off of Persona 5, continuing the story of the Joker and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and incorporating mechanics from the Dynasty...
The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition - a game in the Action genre
The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition
Adventure, Action, Interactive movie, Comics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2020
Players: 10/10
The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition — an adventure collection that includes the first two seasons ( Batman: The Telltale Series and Batman: The Enemy Within), as...
Grimvalor - a game in the Action genre
Grimvalor
Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Adventure, Side view, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2020
Players: 8.9/10
Grimvalor is a fantasy action game with RPG elements and a side view. An evil force is raging in the forgotten kingdom of Vallaris. The quest is to uncover the fate...
Fight Crab - a game in the Action genre
Fight Crab
Simulation, Action, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2020
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 65/100
Fight Crab is a crazy action game in the world of giant crabs who received incredible strength and intelligence from the gods. Arthropods took the best human...
QV - The Dimension Painter - a game in the Action genre
QV - The Dimension Painter
Adventure, Arcade, Puzzle, Action, Isometric
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 November 2020
QV — The Dimension Painter is an arcade action puzzle game with adventure elements. In the universe, dimensions are connected to each other. At the center of...
Super Meat Boy Forever - a game in the Action genre
Super Meat Boy Forever
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 December 2020
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...
Cyber Shadow - a game in the Action genre
Cyber Shadow
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2021
Metacritic: 80/100
Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...
Habroxia 2 - a game in the Action genre
Habroxia 2
Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction, Arcade, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 February 2021
Metacritic: 73/100
Habroxia 2 is an old-school space shooter with pixel graphics and a top-down view. After a brutal attack in the free space zone, humanity sends reconnaissance ships...
Animus: Revenant - a game in the Action genre
Animus: Revenant
Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Role-playing game, Slasher, Horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 June 2021
Animus: Revenant is an adventure action-slasher with an isometric camera view in a dark fantasy setting, made in the spirit of the Dark Souls Remastered series...
Kitaria Fables - a game in the Action genre
Kitaria Fables
Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2021
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 69/100
Kitaria Fables is an action-adventure role-playing game with management elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to an amazing world, which is...
Dungeon Munchies - a game in the Action genre
Dungeon Munchies
Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2022
Metacritic: 54/100
Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...
Blackwind - a game in the Action genre
Blackwind
Action, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Combat robots, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2022
Players: 10/10
Blackwind is a dynamic action-slasher about combat robots with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the mining colony...
Sonic Origins - a game in the Action genre
Sonic Origins
Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Runner, Action, Collection
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2022
Players: 6/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Sonic Origins is a collection of classic Sonic adventures that includes four classic games about the blue hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic CD (1993...
New Tales from the Borderlands - a game in the Action genre
New Tales from the Borderlands
Adventure, Interactive movie, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2022
Players: 7/10
Metacritic: 63/100
New Tales from the Borderlands — the continuation of the interactive adventure game Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series in the Borderlands...
Saturnalia - a game in the Action genre
Saturnalia
Action, Roguelike, Puzzle, Third-person view, Horror, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2022
Metacritic: 76/100
An action-horror adventure set in a gloomy village where terrible ancient rituals are carried out. Each time after the death of all the characters, the streets and...
RWBY: Arrowfell - a game in the Action genre
RWBY: Arrowfell
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2022
RWBY: Arrowfell is an arcade action platformer with slasher elements and a side view in the RWBY universe. You will play as four members of Team RWBY — Ruby...
Samurai Maiden - a game in the Action genre
Samurai Maiden
Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2022
Players: 5/10
Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes of black smoke...
Blood Bowl 3 - a game in the Action genre
Blood Bowl 3
Action, Sports game, Fantasy / Medieval, American Football, Online, Tactics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2023
Players: 8.5/10
An American football simulator, but with a focus on fantasy, the game features many different fantasy creatures taken from the Warhammer universe. As a coach...
Omega Strikers - a game in the Action genre
Omega Strikers
Action, Tactics, Online, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Free game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 April 2023
Players: 5.5/10
A free tactical action game where the main keys to victory are ingenuity and dexterity. There are no loot boxes in the game, there are no power-ups that work...
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless - a game in the Action genre
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023
Metacritic: 84/100
Fuji and his friends travel through the demonic world of Hinomoto, where bushido is a thing of the past, and the Code of Destruction has come in its place. Hinomoto...
Croc Legend of the Gobbos - a game in the Action genre
Croc Legend of the Gobbos
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 April 2025
The return of the warm and bright classics of platformers, where a small crocodile sets off in search of his foster family. Ahead - colorful worlds, filled with...
Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch - a game in the Action genre
Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2026
Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is a side-scrolling arcade beat-em-up starring popular characters Jay and Silent Bob. The developers took inspiration from...
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