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Best Games in the Action genre for Nintendo Switch

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Dead by Daylight - a game in the Action genre
Dead by Daylight
Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2019
Players: 7.5/10
Metacritic: 64/100
Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer action-horror game with a third-person view, which tells the story of four teenagers and a maniac who wants to shred everyone and...
Among Us - a game in the Action genre
Among Us
Science fiction, Action, Arcade, Isometric, Online, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2020
Players: 7.5/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and fast-paced version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive...
Terminator 2D: No Fate - a game in the Action genre
Terminator 2D: No Fate
Action, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2025
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 71/100
Hurricane action with pixel graphics, inspired by the arcade games of the 80-90s, which is based on the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Players can take...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - a game in the Action genre
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026
Anticipation Rating: 10/10
The Curse of Blood returns to the Castlevania universe in a modern 2D action format with a focus on world exploration from the creators of Dead Cells. The events...
A Plague Tale: Innocence - a game in the Action genre
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 82/100
A Plague Tale: Innocence is a single-player third-person action-adventure game. The events will transport the player to the southwestern part of France, where a...
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong - a game in the Action genre
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Detective, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2023
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 64/100
Adventure role-playing game, which takes place in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe in accordance with the rules of the fifth edition of the board game. Vampires...
Dying Light - a game in the Action genre
Dying Light
Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2021
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 74/100
Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag - a game in the Action genre
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 December 2019
VGTimes: 8.7/10
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is a stealth action game with a third-person view in a historical setting. In this part of the game, you will explore the Caribbean...
Hades - a game in the Action genre
Hades
Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 93/100
Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...
South Park: The Fractured but Whole - a game in the Action genre
South Park: The Fractured but Whole
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2018
Players: 7.8/10
Metacritic: 81/100
South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an action-adventure role-playing game in the South Park universe. The game continues the story of the previous part, South...
F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch - a game in the Action genre
F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Steampunk, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2022
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 80/100
F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is an atmospheric action platformer with a side view in a dieselpunk setting. In the game you will try on the role of a rabbit who...
Biomutant - a game in the Action genre
Biomutant
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2024
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 65/100
Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up melee attacks...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate - a game in the Action genre
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
Action, Top-down view, Comics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2024
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael set off on a journey through New York in search of Master Splinter, who has been kidnapped by the Foot Clan. The...
Warframe - a game in the Action genre
Warframe
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2018
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 76/100
A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...
Tomb Raider - a game in the Action genre
Tomb Raider
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2025
VGTimes: 8.2/10
Players: 8.7/10
The game reinterprets the story of Lara Croft, showing her not as an immortal legend, but as a living person, facing the wild and ruthless environment for the first...
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - a game in the Action genre
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Star Wars, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 April 2022
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the popular Star Wars universe, which combines all the released films of the...
Warface - a game in the Action genre
Warface
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Free game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2020
Players: 5.2/10
Metacritic: 62/100
Warface — a free-to-play dynamic multiplayer first-person shooter. Players choose one of five classes — assault, medic, engineer, sniper, or SED — and fight in...
Vampyr - a game in the Action genre
Vampyr
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2019
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 70/100
Vampyr is a third-person action RPG from the creators of Life is Strange and Remember Me. London 1918... Spanish flu... it is unlikely that many people are able to...
Doom - a game in the Action genre
Doom
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2017
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Doom is another installment of the famous series, where the player, as a space marine, will traverse a long path through the corridors of an abandoned space base on...
Minecraft Dungeons - a game in the Action genre
Minecraft Dungeons
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 72/100
Minecraft Dungeons is an action-adventure game set in the Minecraft universe, supporting cooperative play for up to 4 players. The story revolves around a demon...
Don't Starve Together - a game in the Action genre
Don't Starve Together
Action, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Survival
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2022
Players: 8.5/10
A standalone multiplayer version of the famous survival simulator Don't Starve, where exploration, building, and the fight for survival become even more interesting...
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake - a game in the Action genre
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake
Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval
Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2026
Anticipation Rating: 7.4/10
The remake of the legendary third-person adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In addition to updated graphics, you can expect improved controls and a...
Sifu - a game in the Action genre
Sifu
Action, Third-person view, Indie, Beat them all, Roguelike, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2022
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Hurricane hand-to-hand combat with a multitude of enemies from the creators of Absolver. A young kung fu student embarks on a path of revenge. Chasing shadows...
Secret Neighbor - a game in the Action genre
Secret Neighbor
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021
Players: 6.9/10
Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns - a game in the Action genre
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns
DLC, Fighting, Side view, Action, Fantasy, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2024
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 60/100
According to the plot of the add-on, the heroes come together again to repel the ruthless titan Havik. Liu Kang continues to defend his New Era by battling the...
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition - a game in the Action genre
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition
Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2026
Metacritic: 64/100
The re-release of the role-playing action game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North from 2011, set in the universe of "The Lord of the Rings," takes place...
Call of Cthulhu - a game in the Action genre
Call of Cthulhu
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 66/100
Call of Cthulhu is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The game is filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere of the Lovecraft...
Cat Quest 2 - a game in the Action genre
Cat Quest 2
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2019
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Cat Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. The game will take you to a fantasy universe in which there are two...
Subnautica - a game in the Action genre
Subnautica
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 83/100
A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...
Resident Evil 4 (2005) - a game in the Action genre
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...
Goat Simulator 3 - a game in the Action genre
Goat Simulator 3
Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2024
Players: 7.8/10
Metacritic: 72/100
Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...
Rogue Legacy 2 - a game in the Action genre
Rogue Legacy 2
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 89/100
One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...
KLETKA - a game in the Action genre
KLETKA
Action, Horror, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026
Players: 8.4/10
Cooperative action-horror from the creators of Kuzhlevka. Players try to survive in the Gigakhryushchevka, riding a living and voracious elevator...
Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath - a game in the Action genre
Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath
Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2020
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath — continuation of the story campaign of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, known for its deadly finishers and bloody fatalities. It...
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - a game in the Action genre
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Adventure, Action, Comics, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Shooter
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2021
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Guardians of the Galaxy comic universe. In the game, you take on the...
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown - a game in the Action genre
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2024
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 87/100
A reimagining of the Prince of Persia series, the main character of which is the Persian soldier Sargon from the elite group of warriors “Immortals”, who is able to...
Evil Dead: The Game - a game in the Action genre
Evil Dead: The Game
Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Horror
Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2023
Players: 5.9/10
Metacritic: 73/100
A cooperative shooter based on the works of The Evil Dead. During the game you will be able to see Ash played by the iconic Bruce Campbell, as well as a number of...
Content Warning - a game in the Action genre
Content Warning
Action, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Procedural generation, Survival horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 April 2026
Players: 8.2/10
A cooperative horror puzzle game in the spirit of Lethal Company. The game is about a group of bloggers trying to get viral on the local equivalent of YouTube. To...
Dave the Diver - a game in the Action genre
Dave the Diver
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2023
Players: 9.6/10
Metacritic: 90/100
Pixel sea adventure in the mysterious Blue Hole. Players dive deep into the Blue Hole to find the most exotic species of fish and create the best sushi in the...
Sniper Elite 4 - a game in the Action genre
Sniper Elite 4
Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 79/100
A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...
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