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: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An engaging sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually infinite 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 "brain-eaters." The...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

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...

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.8/10

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...

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...

South Park: The Fractured but Whole

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2018

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

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...

Warframe

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2018

Players: 8.3/10

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...

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...

Walking Dead: Season 1

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Darkest Dungeon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2018

Players: 7.9/10

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...

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 setting. The game takes place in the...

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...

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...

Broforce

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the sequel to the action-packed side-scrolling fighting game, featuring 66 characters from different game universes, all of whom will...

LEGO The Incredibles

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 June 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

LEGO The Incredibles is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cartoons "The Incredibles" and "Incredibles 2". You can go on amazing...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

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...

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...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2018

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

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...

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for Nintendo Switch