Action 2018 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Action genre

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...

Fortnite

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm, which led to the emergence of strange creatures resembling zombies. The survivors named them "brainiacs." The last...

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a sequel to the jaw-dropping first-person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order. America, 1961. Having killed the Nazi general...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

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...

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...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

LEGO DC Super-Villains

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Comics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO DC Super-Villains is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view in the DC comics universe. The story begins with the disappearance of the Justice...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Outlast 2 is a continuation of the popular horror adventure with stealth elements from the developers from the Red Barrels studio. The events of the game are...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...

Payday 2

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Payday 2 is a continuation of the cooperative online shooter with a first-person view. The main characters are still four robbers, each of whom wears memorable...

Dark Souls Remastered

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Dark Souls Remastered is a re-release of a hardcore role-playing action game with a third-person view set in a fantasy world. The game takes place in the fictional...

Outlast

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Darkest Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing adventure based on the animated series South Park. In the game you will take control of a new character, which you...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

Road Redemption

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Road Redemption is the spiritual successor to the Road Rush series of racing and brutal motorcycle chases. The game takes you on a brutal journey across the United...

Overcooked 2

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Overcooked 2 is a continuation of the cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. You still have to prepare dishes in extreme conditions, when...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...

Attack on Titan 2

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Attack on Titan 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action-slasher with a third-person view, where you will use the famous Omni-Directional Monoevuer Gear mechanism...

Hyper Light Drifter

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Bayonetta

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Bayonetta is a fantastic action-slasher game with a third-person view. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient clan of witches that maintained the balance...

Diablo 3: Eternal Collection

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Diablo 3: Eternal Collection is a complete edition of the legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view. The edition includes Diablo 3 itself and...

Titan Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Titan Quest is an isometric action role-playing game steeped in the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. A well-developed character customization system, 28 classes...

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Gold Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

An extended edition of the horror Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which includes not only the original game, but also all additional content. Along with Ethan Winters...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Crashlands

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crashlands is an action role-playing game in which the main character, after an unsuccessful intergalactic flight, crashes on an unknown planet. Having meager...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is a remastered version of three Crash Bandicoot arcade games, including Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash...

Valkyria Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Valkyria Chronicles is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements. The game takes place in Europe in 1935, presenting an alternative version of World...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for Nintendo Switch