Arcade 2019 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Mortal Kombat 11

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Side view, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Mortal Kombat 11 is a continuation of the series of brutal fighting games, known for their deadly finishing moves and bloody fatalities. Players will enjoy a new...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

Cuphead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Unravel Two

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

Asphalt 9: Legends

Arcade, Online, Racing, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Asphalt 9: Legends is a continuation of the arcade racing simulator with a third-person view. Significantly improved graphics await you: new effects have been...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...

Untitled Goose Game

Simulation, Arcade, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Untitled Goose Game is an unusual goose simulator in which you need to scare people and cause chaos. An exciting sandbox with stealth elements awaits you, where, in...

Heave Ho

Arcade, Online, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heave Ho is a side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you can gather a friendly team of up to 4 people to go on a dangerous journey, where the...

Soul Knight

Free game, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 October 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Soul Knight is a free-to-play pixel roguelike with randomly generated dungeons and a top-down view for mobile platforms. In the game you need to clear levels from...

Trials Rising

Arcade, Motorcycle racing, Side view, Racing, Bicycles, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Trials Rising is a continuation of the popular motorcycle arcade game. You will again have to compete in this world and try to become a real celebrity in the world...

Zombie Driver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Remake, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 February 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A 2D fighting game combined with a visual novel, BlazBlue: Central Fiction concludes the series’ Azure Saga and reveals the hidden truth of its world. The roster...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a classic dynamic first-person shooter where the brave hero Turok fights a huge number of dangerous enemies using all kinds of weapons...

The Stretchers

Logic, Puzzle, Action, Arcade, Third-person view, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2019

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Stretchers is a comedic co-op arcade game with a third-person view, where you take on the roles of two doctors and go to save the “drugged” townspeople. In...

PICO PARK

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2019

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 92/100

PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...

Mad Bullets

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2019

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

Dragon Quest

Role-playing game, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...

Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Arcade, Sports game, Olympics, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2019

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is a sports arcade game dedicated to the Olympic Games in Tokyo with Mario, Sonic and their friends. You can play...

Bee Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 November 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Bee Simulator is an adventure bee simulator with a third-person view. The game will allow you to look at the world around you through the eyes of an insect. You'll...

Timespinner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Muse Dash

Arcade, Music game, Anime / Manga, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Muse Dash is a musical arcade game with a side view in anime style. The game is an exciting platformer where, to the beat of the music, you need to collect various...

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a continuation of the arcade action platformer, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. Capital B is...

Dark Devotion

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dark Devotion is a side-scrolling action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world. You will try on the role of a Templar woman who is trapped in a dark and gloomy Temple. As...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Duck Game

Arcade, Online, Action, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Duck Game is a side-scrolling multiplayer arcade action game. The game takes us to 1984, where ducks rule the world. The game has the ability to fight up to 4...

Lovecraft's Untold Stories

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Lovecraft's Untold Stories is a top-down pixel action RPG with roguelike elements, inspired by the stories of Howard Lovecraft. As one of five heroes, players will...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. This time, three heroes will go in search of the...

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a colorful continuation of the fantasy platformer from developers from Frozenbyte. The plot of the game tells about the...

Contra: Rogue Corps

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2019

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Contra: Rogue Corps is the return of the legendary shooter in the sci-fi Contra series. The game begins immediately after the events of Contra 3: The Alien Wars...

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Arcade, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Indie, Action, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A musical rhythm action that transforms into a vibrant journey through the heroine's inner world. After a broken heart, reality begins to crack, and a mysterious...

Construction Simulator 2

Arcade, Simulation, Third-person view, Construction, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Construction Simulator 2 is an arcade builder simulator with a third-person view for mobile platforms. You will be able to take control of more than 10 construction...

Tools Up!

Arcade, Online, Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Tools Up! is a fun arcade simulator with a top-down view, where you and your friends will have to do a large-scale renovation of your house. The residents of the...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2019 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)