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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)

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Breathedge - a game in the Action genre
Breathedge
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 72/100
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...
Hitman World of Assassination - a game in the Action genre
Hitman World of Assassination
Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Virtual Reality (VR)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2021
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 87/100
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...
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - a game in the Action genre
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 82/100
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...
Dying Light - a game in the Action genre
Dying Light
Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2021
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 94/100
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...
Subnautica - a game in the Action genre
Subnautica
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 96/100
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 associated...
Apex Legends - a game in the Action genre
Apex Legends
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Online, Battle Royale
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2021
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 80/100
A multiplayer shooter in the "battle royale" genre with a first-person view set in the Titanfall universe. The gameplay focuses on teamwork, where you can choose...
Life is Strange: True Colors - a game in the Action genre
Life is Strange: True Colors
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2021
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Life is Strange: True Colors is the third season of an episodic adventure with a third-person perspective. The game tells the story of Alex Chen, who knows how to...
A Plague Tale: Innocence - a game in the Action genre
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Stealth
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 92/100
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...
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - a game in the Action genre
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Science fiction, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2021
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy — an action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the comic universe of the "Guardians of the Galaxy." In the game, you...
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition - a game in the Action genre
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Helicopters, Open world
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: Below Zero - a game in the Action genre
Subnautica: Below Zero
Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021
Players: 9/10
Steam: 89/100
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...
World War Z - a game in the Action genre
World War Z
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 84/100
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...
Diablo 2: Resurrected - a game in the Action genre
Diablo 2: Resurrected
Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021
Players: 6.6/10
Steam: 86/100
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...
Monster Hunter Rise - a game in the Action genre
Monster Hunter Rise
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 87/100
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...
Darksiders 3 - a game in the Action genre
Darksiders 3
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 76/100
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...
Crysis Remastered Trilogy - a game in the Action genre
Crysis Remastered Trilogy
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2021
Players: 9.2/10
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...
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - a game in the Action genre
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Action, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2021
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 81/100
An open-world action-adventure set in the Marvel Universe follows an original story of superheroes facing off against villains. Players control Iron Man...
Secret Neighbor - a game in the Action genre
Secret Neighbor
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 85/100
Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...
Quake - a game in the Action genre
Quake
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 96/100
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...
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two - a game in the Action genre
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Horror, Demons
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 60/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods — Part Two — the second standalone expansion Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One. This time, events will take place not only...
Maneater - a game in the Action genre
Maneater
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 88/100
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...
Road 96 - a game in the Action genre
Road 96
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Roguelike, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2021
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Road 96 is a thrilling, interactive, first-person adventure that pays tribute to various road movies, as well as the work of cinema legends such as Quentin...
Slime Rancher - a game in the Action genre
Slime Rancher
Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Exploration, Adventure, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 81/100
A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...
Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions - a game in the Action genre
Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions
Arcade, Fighting, Sports game, Boxing, Side view, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2021
Players: 5.9/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is an arcade boxing simulator featuring 20 iconic characters from the Rocky and Creed film series. In the game you will challenge...
Shadows of Kurgansk - a game in the Action genre
Shadows of Kurgansk
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 66/100
Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...
Skyforge - a game in the Action genre
Skyforge
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2021
Players: 8/10
Steam: 54/100
Skyforge is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fantasy universe where gods...
Rustler - a game in the Action genre
Rustler
Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Arcade, Open world, Sandbox
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2021
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 78/100
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...
Worms Rumble - a game in the Action genre
Worms Rumble
Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter, Online, Battle Royale
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2021
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 60/100
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...
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - a game in the Action genre
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021
Players: 8/10
Steam: 87/100
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...
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - a game in the Action genre
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Zombies
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 March 2021
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a continuation of the multiplayer third-person shooter in the Plants vs. universe. Zombies. The game will tell about...
Star Wars: Republic Commando - a game in the Action genre
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Star Wars, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Star Wars: Republic Commando is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in the Star Wars universe. You have to try on the role of captain of an elite Commando squad...
Death's Door - a game in the Action genre
Death's Door
Action, Slasher, Isometric, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 November 2021
Players: 9/10
Steam: 93/100
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...
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning - a game in the Action genre
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 79/100
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...
The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon - a game in the Action genre
The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon
Action, Shooter, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), First-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 February 2021
Players: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 72/100
The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon is an add-on for a sci-fi RPG with a first-person view and elements of shooter, action and stealth. A mysterious message sends a...
CRSED: F.O.A.D. - a game in the Action genre
CRSED: F.O.A.D.
Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Free game, Battle Royale
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 75/100
CRSED: F.O.A.D. is a free-to-play first- and third-person shooter in the battle royale genre. It was released on Steam Early Access in 2018 as an independent...
DEEEER Simulator - a game in the Action genre
DEEEER Simulator
Simulation, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Shooter, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 November 2021
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 94/100
DEEEER Simulator is a simulator of a deer, but not an ordinary one, but one capable of flying on dragons and doing many other unusual things. Deer can install...
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - a game in the Action genre
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Action, Third-person view, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2021
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 82/100
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...
Spelunky - a game in the Action genre
Spelunky
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...
Curse of the Dead Gods - a game in the Action genre
Curse of the Dead Gods
Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2021
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Curse of the Dead Gods is a dark isometric roguelike in which the main character explores various catacombs in search of wealth and power. Game locations are filled...
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - a game in the Action genre
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Action, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2021
Players: 8/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a fast-paced top-down action RPG set in the fantasy universe of Baldur's Gate. The combat system is based on the rules of Dungeons...
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