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

Arcade, 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 exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

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, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that caused strange, zombie-like creatures to appear. The survivors called them husks. The last remnants of humanity...

South Park: The Fractured but Whole

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Comedy, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

ARK: Survival Evolved

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 80/100

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: 7.9/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Warframe

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 91/100

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, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

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, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Darkest Dungeon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

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, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

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...

Banner Saga

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Dark Souls Remastered

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

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, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Wasteland 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Payday 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Bayonetta

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Overcooked 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

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, Sandbox, Free game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Outlast 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Indie, Survival horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

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, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Attack on Titan 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 69/100

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...

Salt and Sanctuary

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Bastion

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

South Park: The Stick of Truth

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Road Redemption

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Motorcycle racing, Racing

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

LEGO DC Super-Villains

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Gold Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Titan Quest

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

LEGO Harry Potter Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Rogue Legacy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...

Crashlands

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)