Action 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Action genre

Dying Light - a game in the Action genre

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...

GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Adventure, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Simulation, Warships / Submarines

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 51/100

GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition — a collection of remasters of the legendary GTA series, which includes enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand...

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 that arise...

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Action, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Slime Rancher is an arcade shooter with a first-person view. You have to become the owner of a funny farm of slugs that live on a new planet colonized by humanity...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Action, Third-person view, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a continuation of the cult game from the 90s, telling about the next adventures of Crash and his younger sister Coco. The plot...

Hitman World of Assassination

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

The new series of games about agent 47 is the famous killer playing in dressing and peeping. The bald killer will return for the sake of the most important...

Darksiders 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...

Monster Hunter Rise

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy, Action, Open world, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 87/100

The action takes place 50 years after the great disaster. The hunters are faced with a new and terrifying monster that is ready to plunge everything around into...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut

Action, Slasher, Adventure, Third-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut — updated version of the action-adventure slasher Bloodrayne. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and optimization...

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021

Players: 8/10

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...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a remaster of the fantasy open-world third-person role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The developers have...

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A dynamic role-playing action game dedicated to the history of Goku's formation. On his way he will meet villains and friends from previous parts of the series...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

Apex Legends

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2021; The project is closed: Nintendo Switch → 4 August 2026

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Multiplayer shooter in the "battle royale" genre with a first-person view in the Titanfall universe. The gameplay is focused on teamwork, where you can choose one...

Hellpoint

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Hellpoint is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the future on the Irid Novo space station, which...

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is an atmospheric horror adventure with a third-person view. The plot revolves around three characters (Yuri Kozukata, Myu...

Quake

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...

World War Z

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

World War Z — a cooperative shooter with horror elements and a first-person view, created based on the film "World War Z". The cooperative campaign is designed for...

Gods Will Fall

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Gods Will Fall is an RPG adventure in which you lead a handful of Vikings in a daring fight against the cruel gods. For the latter, you either blindly worship and...

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a continuation of the role-playing adventure in the fantasy universe of Monster Hunter. A new and unique experience...

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Adventure, Action, Comics, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2021

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Rustler

Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Rustler is a fun arcade action game with an isometric camera view, the developers of which are inspired by GTA 2. The game takes place in the Middle Ages. An open...

Crysis Remastered Trilogy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Crysis Remastered Trilogy — a remaster of the popular first-person shooter series in a science fiction setting, which includes enhanced versions of Crysis...

Tails of Iron

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 June 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection is a collection of iconic third-person action-slasher games for modern platforms, including NINJA GAIDEN Σ, NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 and...

Destroy All Humans!

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Destroy All Humans! — a remake of the adventure shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, released in 2005. In the game you have to try on the...

Death's Door

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Death's Door is an adventure role-playing action slasher game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Collecting the souls of the dead from bell to bell...

BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut

Adventure, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2021

Players: 7.3/10

BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut is an updated version of the action-adventure slasher BloodRayne 2. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Worms Rumble

Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 June 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Mayhem Brawler

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021

Mayhem Brawler — a fresh take on 90s side-scrolling beat 'em ups, influenced by the success of Streets of Rage 4. You will be able to choose one of three heroes...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch