Exploration for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 7

Beyond the Ice Palace 2 - a game in the Exploration genre

Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Platformer, Exploration, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game about the damned king who went on a trip to return his crown and throne. In battles, the character uses chains that also help when moving along the...

GNAW

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

The game takes place in the decaying city of New Dino, which must be saved from destruction. Players take on the role of Mac Ripley, a dinosaur with supernatural...

DreadOut Remastered Collection

Adventure, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2025

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 58/100

A collection of remasters of two iconic Indonesian horror games — DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. The games feature an improved lighting system with...

Dave The Diver - In the Jungle

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 June 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A storyline expansion that continues the adventures of Dave and his team beyond the familiar ocean depths. This time, the explorers venture into the heart of the...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an adventure with stealth elements and an isometric camera view in the spaghetti western genre. Events will send you to conquer the...

Open Roads

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The game tells the fascinating story of young Tess Devine and her mother, who embark on an amazing journey in search of treasure. One day they find a mysterious box...

Pronty: Fishy Adventure

Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 March 2023

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help Pronty and his faithful assistant Bront...

COCOON

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The game is a puzzle game in which gamers can manipulate worlds made in the form of spheres. Features include unique gameplay mechanics and a mysterious setting...

Chernobyl: Origins

Adventure, Survival horror, Exploration, Visual novel, Survival, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

The events of the game take place in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The main character is a scientist from a secret laboratory located in the depths of...

Cat Quest 3

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 August 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character is a sweet and brave sailor cat, who this time goes in search of endangered artifacts in order to save his world from disaster. He explores a...

Nova Lands

Construction, Business / Management, Action, Top-down view, Crafting, Sandbox, Open world, Exploration, Indie, Adventure, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The hero finds himself on a colorful planet full of secrets, amazing creatures, people and interesting activities. His task is to build a new house using automation...

Kingdom Eighties

Strategy, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A new part of the Kingdom microstrategy series. The main character is trying to protect his family and the city from attacks by mysterious monsters. Neighboring...

Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story

Top-down view, Sandbox, Farm Simulator, Crafting, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 February 2024

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Spin-off League of Legends in the spirit of Stardew Valley. The game's action takes place in a mysterious world inhabited by miniature creatures called...

Coromon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character travels through a colorful world and tames various creatures in order to get them into his squad of coromons. In total, there are about a hundred...

Spirittea

Fantasy, Adventure, Exploration, Top-down view, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 November 2023

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A colorful life simulator inspired by the anime Spirited Away. A young writer escapes to the countryside to clear his head and find inspiration for his next novel...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

Steam: 69/100

Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. As you...

1000xRESIST

Science fiction, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Walking Simulator, Visual novel, Exploration, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 May 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

In the future, a mysterious alien race of giant creatures arrives on Earth. They are not hostile, but their arrival is a death sentence for people. Humanity is...

LumenTale: Memories of Trey

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2026

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A role-playing game with elements of creature collection, unfolding in the magical world of Talea. Trey embarks on a journey to restore lost memories. His path...

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy, Exploration, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2025

Steam: 91/100

Remaster of the action-platformer Tomba! 2 from 1999. The story centers around a wild boy with pink hair named Tomba, who embarks on an exciting journey to save...

D-topia

Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2026

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

An adventure puzzle about the future, where artificial intelligence has taken on the care of human happiness. At the center of the utopian community is a new...

Super Phantom Cat

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 March 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Super Phantom Cat is a retro arcade platformer from the developers of Veewo Games. As a cat, you have to run through various levels, collect coins, destroy walls...

Hazel Sky

Puzzle, Adventure, Platformer, Action, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2022

Players: 1/10

Steam: 68/100

Hazel Sky is an atmospheric adventure game that tells the story of a world divided between engineers and abused creators. The main character, Shane, is sent to the...

Micetopia

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 37/100

Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...

The Perfect Pencil

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2026

Steam: 69/100

A colorful metroidvania with a side view, where John finds himself trapped in a surreal "world of fear" and seeks a way to freedom. The hand-drawn graphics turn...

House of Da Vinci 2

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 May 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Continuation [url=https://vgtimes.ru/games/house-of-da-vinci/] House of Da Vinci[ /url]. The main character's name is Giacomo, he is a student of the genius...

Scarlet Deer Inn

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Medieval era, Exploration

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Steam: 88/100

A colorful adventure inspired by Slavic folklore, medieval culture and the paintings of Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro). The...

Webbed

Side view, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 February 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

A game about a spider who goes on an exciting journey to save her lover from a bird. The main character can use the web to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles...

Touhou Luna Nights

Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 December 2020

Steam: 97/100

A pixel game in which the main character finds herself in another world. It's full of strange places and demon youkai. You can use different weapons and learn...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

Kiki

Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 September 2024

Steam: 61/100

A bright platformer with unique graphics and a memorable chiptune soundtrack, where you need to overcome treacherous traps and obstacles, including spinning saws...

Bioframe: Outpost

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2024

Steam: 96/100

Side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a sci-fi setting. You have to go to an unknown planet, where you need to find out as much information as possible...

Back in 1995

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Back in 1995 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, stylized as games from the 1990s. You will find poor controls, character models and...

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Adventure role-playing game, which is a direct sequel to Sunless Sea. The setting is not murky water-filled spaces like in Sunless Sea, but the sunlit sky. The...

Garden Paws

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Steam: 90/100

Garden Paws is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view, in which you play as seemingly cute little animals. A colorful open world awaits you with...

Inmost

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...

Genesis Noir

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Genesis Noir is a third-person noir adventure where you have to save humanity from destruction. The event itself will tell the secrets of the universal Big Bang and...

Spirit of the North

Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Spirit of the North is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take on the role of a red fox and take inspiration from the landscapes of Iceland. The life...

Pentiment

Adventure, Side view, Logic, Historical, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2024

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Historical role-playing detective story, the events of which unfold in Bavaria in the early 16th century. The main character is an apprentice who follows his mentor...

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Point & Click, , Exploration, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2022

Steam: 94/100

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise is a side-scrolling action-adventure roguelike set in a fantasy setting. As Noah, you will travel to ancient ruins to uncover their...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Nintendo Switch