Arcade 2022 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Arcade genre

It Takes Two - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Adventure, Online, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

It Takes Two is a co-op platformer where you and your friends become toys. At the center of the game are two dissimilar heroes Cody and May, who were turned into...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 June 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is an arcade side-scrolling retro co-op beat 'em up fighting game set in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe...

Wreckfest

Arcade, Action, Racing, Beat them all, First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Wreckfest is a dynamic racing action game with a third-person perspective from the creators of the original FlatOut (2004). In the game, you will control a car on...

Rogue Legacy 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...

Fall Guys

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Battle Royale, MMO

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Fall Guys is a free-to-play, cute arcade action game about falling colorful people. A unique “battle royale” awaits you, where many players will take on the roles...

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Fantasy, Exploration, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A colorful adventure sandbox that combines elements of life simulation and exploration in the world of Disney and Pixar. Once a thriving Valley, it has been...

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Arcade, Action, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course — an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-platformer, designed in the style of classic 1930s animation. The story...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based, Puzzle, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

River City Girls 2

Arcade, Side view, Action, Fighting, Cooperative (co-op), Beat them all, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

River City Girls 2 is a continuation of the exciting retro arcade action game with a side view. The events of the game will take you to the dangerous streets of...

OlliOlli World

Arcade, Side view, Third-person view, Platformer, Sports game, Skateboards, Stunts

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

OlliOlli World is the sequel to the explosive skateboarding action platformer. You will have to drive through the vibrant and vibrant world of Redland in search of...

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Arcade, Third-person view, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2022

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Kirby and the Forgotten Land is an exciting adventure platformer with a third-person view in the Kirby series. An unforgettable adventure awaits you in...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

Action, Arcade, Collection, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is a collection of 13 classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games released in the 90s for arcade machines and...

Splatoon 3

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Splatoon 3 is a continuation of the competitive, dynamic arcade shooter with a third-person view. The third part will offer you new battle arenas (there will be old...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is a remaster of the 2013 fighting game of the same name based on the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The game features...

The House of the Dead Remake

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Horror, Beat them all, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2022

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 60/100

The House of the Dead Remake is a remake of the cult rail shooter with a first-person view, released in 1997 in arcade machines. The game has received a major...

Endling - Extinction is Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Adventure, Indie, Stealth, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Endling — Extinction is Forever is a fun side-scrolling adventure in which you need to help the last adult fox on Earth. She needs to lead her three cubs to...

Gerda: A Flame in Winter

Adventure, Isometric, Arcade, Historical, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an interactive adventure with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in the setting of World War II. The game will tell the...

Bear and Breakfast

Business / Management, Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Arcade, Comedy, Adventure, Crafting, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Bear and Breakfast is a real-time strategy game with RPG elements and humor. This is a resource management game. You play as a bear who wants to open a hotel in the...

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Online, Fantasy, Adventure, Platformer, Shooter, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 October 2022

Players: 6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef — a dynamic side-scrolling platformer-shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe from the creators of Guns, Gore &...

Source of Madness

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Source of Madness is an action-adventure game with roguelike elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Claylands, the crazy world...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 January 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion, you will...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2022

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A fighting game set in the Persona 4 universe, where the heroes face an army of Shadows in the P-1 Climax tournament. Its story brings together the events of...

Gravitar: Recharged

Arcade, Action, Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 June 2022

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This arcade game follows a lone pilot trying to find a way home through an abstract universe of uncharted planets and space stations guarded by hostile aliens. In...

Tinykin

Logic, Puzzle, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Platformer, Arcade, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tinykin is an arcade adventure puzzle platformer with a third-person view. Milo arrives on Earth and discovers that he is too small for this world, all its...

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

Educational game (Education), Arcade, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2022

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

This interactive documentary collection explores five decades of Atari and video game history. It brings together interviews with designers, developers, and...

Smurfs Kart

Racing, Sports game, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2022

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 66/100

An arcade racing game based on the Smurfs, where competitors vie to become the village’s fastest driver. Players choose a Smurf, each with their own kart and a...

Nintendo Switch Sports

Sports game, Bowling, Golf, Football, Tennis, Board / Group Game, Third-person view, Arcade, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2022

Metacritic: 72/100

Nintendo Switch Sports is a fast-paced arcade game with tons of exciting sports games. Together with friends in the same room or online with other players from...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Metal Tales: Overkill

Arcade, Roguelike, Top-down view, Action, Role-playing game, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metal Tales: Overkill is a top-down action-adventure RPG. In the game you have to fight an impending curse and free your fellow metalworkers from an ancient evil...

Shovel Knight Dig

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Procedural generation, Strategy, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A fast-paced action platformer with roguelike elements set in the Shovel Knight universe. Shovel Knight embarks on a new adventure, digging ever deeper in search of...

GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 February 2022

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 65/100

GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon is a dynamic side-scrolling arcade action roguelike in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will act as the guardian and chosen one of the...

Infernax

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Infernax is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The main character is a brave knight who returned to his homeland to defeat monsters caused...

Breakout: Recharged

Arcade, Action, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 February 2022

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This brick-breaking arcade game challenges players to keep a ball in play with a paddle and destroy bricks for as long as possible. Breakout: Recharged updates the...

Kao the Kangaroo

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Kao the Kangaroo is a reboot of the popular series of arcade action platformers about Kao the Kangaroo. This time the hero will have to find his missing sister and...

Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom

Role-playing game, Arcade, Simulation, Online, Hunting / Fishing, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom is an arcade simulator in the role-playing game genre with elements of fishing and crafting. The popular...

Andro Dunos 2

Action, Arcade, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Andro Dunos 2 is an arcade side-scrolling shooter in which the spaceship Yellow Cherry is sent out once more to end a war with aliens. It is a sequel to Andro...

Ravenous Devils

Business / Management, Side view, Horror, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Ravenous Devils is an atmospheric culinary simulator with horror elements, where you will manage a pub and an atelier that keep a dark secret. Percival and Hildred...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Sonic Origins

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Runner, Action, Collection, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Sonic Origins is a collection of classic Sonic adventures that includes four classic games about the blue hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic CD (1993...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2022 for Nintendo Switch