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Best Games in the Action genre for Nintendo Switch

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GNAW - a game in the Action genre
GNAW
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027
The game takes place in the decaying city of New Dino, which must be saved from destruction. Players take on the role of Mac Ripley, a dinosaur with supernatural...
Hollow - a game in the Action genre
Hollow
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2018
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 36/100
Hollow is an indie shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. You are the pilot of the first mining spaceship. You wake up in an...
The King's Bird - a game in the Action genre
The King's Bird
Action, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2019
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 67/100
The King's Bird is a precision platformer built around momentum-based movement. It combines parkour with aerial movement, making both central to its...
Immortal Redneck - a game in the Action genre
Immortal Redneck
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2018
Players: 7/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide arsenal of weapons...
SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy - a game in the Action genre
SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy
Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 September 2018
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 60/100
SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game. Unique 2v2 team battles await you, where you can perform mesmerizing moves...
Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption - a game in the Action genre
Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Horror, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2018
Players: 9/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 61/100
Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is a hardcore third-person action RPG set in a fantasy setting, inspired by the Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus series. You...
Bug Butcher - a game in the Action genre
Bug Butcher
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2018
Steam: 71/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes of aliens alone...
JCB Pioneer: Mars - a game in the Action genre
JCB Pioneer: Mars
Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Science fiction, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 January 2019
Players: 6.2/10
Steam: 36/100
JCB Pioneer: Mars is a Mars survival simulator from a third-person perspective. You are landing on a rescue capsule on a planet with very unfavorable weather...
Rampage Knights - a game in the Action genre
Rampage Knights
Arcade, Fighting, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 91/100
This fantasy beat ’em up with roguelike elements follows a hero trapped by a spell in a magical forest. Every path leads to a ruined castle inhabited by goblins...
Ghost Blade HD - a game in the Action genre
Ghost Blade HD
Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2019
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Ghost Blade HD is an improved edition of the top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. 10,000 years ago, an artificial intelligence named Shira was created...
Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate - a game in the Action genre
Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate
DLC, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2020
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate is an improved and expanded edition of the exciting action-slasher game with a third-person view in the Japanese style. The game once...
Arc of Alchemist - a game in the Action genre
Arc of Alchemist
Action, Anime / Manga, Third-person view, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 January 2020
Metacritic: 41/100
Arc of Alchemist is a Japanese-style third-person action-adventure RPG. You will go on a dangerous and exciting adventure in search of an artifact of great power...
7th Sector - a game in the Action genre
7th Sector
Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Racing, Walking Simulator, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 February 2020
Steam: 72/100
7th Sector is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer with horror elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dark cyberpunk world where you will...
Giraffe and Annika - a game in the Action genre
Giraffe and Annika
Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Action, Indie, Platformer, Music game, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2020
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 65/100
Giraffe and Annika is a third-person action-adventure platformer with Japanese-style rhythm game elements. You will learn the story of an anthropomorphic cat named...
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia - a game in the Action genre
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2020
Players: 6.1/10
Steam: 82/100
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer where you'll set out to conquer the world of Trollhunters, based on the animated...
Super Mario Bros. 35 - a game in the Action genre
Super Mario Bros. 35
Arcade, Platformer, Action, Online, Side view, Mario Game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Super Mario Bros. 35 — a competitive side-scrolling platformer in the battle royale genre set in the universe of the legendary plumber Mario. The game is...
YesterMorrow - a game in the Action genre
YesterMorrow
Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Action, Science fiction, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020
Steam: 57/100
Metacritic: 49/100
YesterMorrow is an indie side-scrolling time travel platformer. In it you will play as the little girl Yui, who will have to save her family and change the fate of...
Serious Sam Collection - a game in the Action genre
Serious Sam Collection
Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Collection, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2020
Serious Sam Collection — A compilation of classic Serious Sam installments. All games included in it support multiplayer in split-screen mode and co-op for up...
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remastered - a game in the Action genre
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remastered
Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Demons, Survival horror, Historical
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2025
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 76/100
The story unfolds around the young sword master Jubei Yagyu, who returns to his hometown only to find the ashes left by the demon army of Nobunaga Oda. This event...
Summer Catchers - a game in the Action genre
Summer Catchers
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Runner, Side view, Racing
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2021
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 80/100
Summer Catchers is a cute racing arcade game with a side view, made in pixel style. The game tells the story of a young girl from the north who has never seen...
Kill It With Fire - a game in the Action genre
Kill It With Fire
Arcade, First-person view, Action, Simulation, Comedy, Sandbox
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2021
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Kill It With Fire is an action game in which the player destroys spiders in a house. For your purposes, you can use various weapons, fire, objects and environmental...
Danger Scavenger - a game in the Action genre
Danger Scavenger
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 70/100
Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - a game in the Action genre
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Simulation, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Action, Point & Click
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 88/100
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is an indie action-adventure game in the point and click genre with an isometric view and puzzle elements. This is a fun adventure...
FORECLOSED - a game in the Action genre
FORECLOSED
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Comics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021
Steam: 71/100
Metacritic: 57/100
Foreclosed is a cyberpunk action game with a third-person view, stylized as a comic book. The game's protagonist, Evan Kapnos, has been stripped of his job, his...
Conan Chop Chop - a game in the Action genre
Conan Chop Chop
Arcade, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2022
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Conan Chop Chop is a fun arcade action game with an isometric camera view in the Conan the Barbarian universe. An exciting single player mode and local co-op for 4...
Bloodwash - a game in the Action genre
Bloodwash
Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, First-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2022
Steam: 92/100
A pregnant student named Sarah has her washing machine break down, so late in the evening she has to go to a 24-hour laundromat on the outskirts of the city. The...
Oddworld: Soulstorm - a game in the Action genre
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2022
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...
Ghost Song - a game in the Action genre
Ghost Song
Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022
Players: 9.8/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...
Flame Keeper - a game in the Action genre
Flame Keeper
Action, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2023
Steam: 68/100
A bright action roguelike about the warlike ember Ignis, who is trying to free the world of Orbis from the forces of darkness. The main character is trained in...
Contra: Operation Galuga - a game in the Action genre
Contra: Operation Galuga
Action, Arcade, Side view, Shooter, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Old school
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2024
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Reimagining of the original side-scrolling shooter Contra from 1987. The game includes new levels, enemies, game mechanics, and a weapon system. The story mode...
Gori: Cuddly Carnage - a game in the Action genre
Gori: Cuddly Carnage
Action, Slasher, Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Horror, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2024
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 77/100
The plot centers on a cat named Gori, who is endowed with the ability to destroy everything in his path. The player controls this cute but deadly hero as he makes...
Yars Rising - a game in the Action genre
Yars Rising
Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Platformer, Comics, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2024
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 66/100
A young hacker, Amy Kimura, is hired by a mysterious client to infiltrate the sinister QoTech corporation. The heroine embarks on an exciting adventure where she...
Morkull Ragast's Rage - a game in the Action genre
Morkull Ragast's Rage
Platformer, Slasher, Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Comics, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025
Steam: 69/100
The main character of the game is Morkull, a villain who knows that he is a video game character. In battles, you can use combos and a variety of abilities to help...
Fear Effect - a game in the Action genre
Fear Effect
Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Old school, Cyberpunk
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2025
Players: 8/10
Steam: 76/100
The game takes you to a dark Hong Kong in 2052, where reality intertwines with visions from the Chinese hell. The story begins with the funeral of Wee Ming: a crowd...
Hunt the Night - a game in the Action genre
Hunt the Night
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Dungeons, Fantasy, Gothic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2026
Players: 6.2/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 80/100
A dark retro game in which the gamer controls a hunter named Vesper. She explores the lands of Medram, where she confronts dangerous opponents. You can use weapons...
Snow Moto Racing Freedom - a game in the Action genre
Snow Moto Racing Freedom
Arcade, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Motorcycle racing, Racing, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 November 2017
Players: 10/10
Steam: 80/100
Snow Moto Racing Freedom is an arcade sports race with a third and first person view, dedicated to driving snowmobiles. You will find 18 different vehicles, 40...
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings - a game in the Action genre
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2017
Players: 1/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is a colorful Japanese-style RPG action adventure. The story of the game is focused on the fate...
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - a game in the Action genre
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2018
Players: 10/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is the third part of the series, which follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who tries to thwart the plans of the pirate...
Paranautical Activity - a game in the Action genre
Paranautical Activity
Action, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, First-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2018
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 48/100
Paranautical Activity is a dynamic indie shooter with a first-person view and roguelike elements. The game features randomly generated levels, super-fast gameplay...
Pinstripe - a game in the Action genre
Pinstripe
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2018
Players: 10/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...
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