Fantasy for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Fantasy genre

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - a game in the Fantasy genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The Curse of Blood returns to the Castlevania universe in a modern 2D action format with a focus on world exploration from the creators of Dead...

Hogwarts Legacy

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The first AAA blockbuster in the Harry Potter universe - Hogwarts Legacy - is a sandbox in a large open world, a third-person action game with RPG...

Mortal Kombat 1

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The twelfth main installment of the brutal fighting game series — Mortal Kombat 1 — is a simultaneous continuation of Mortal Kombat 11 and the...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Fantasy, Detective

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → Q1 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An updated version of the iconic adventure from Telltale Games, based on the Fables comic series. The events unfold in a dark New York City, where...

Hades 2

Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Replayability, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2025

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 94/100

A continuation of the roguelike Hades, taking players into even deeper and darker layers of ancient Greek mythology. This time the story revolves...

King's Bounty 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Nostria was once a magical place where everyone had a chance at a good life. Today, the kingdom is in decline: robbers prowl everywhere, creatures of...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Legend of Zelda, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 May 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Direct continuation of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. After Ganon's villainy, part of the continent soared into the air, and now Link...

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

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Vampire Survivors

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 August 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A gothic action roguelike about vampires where players fight off hordes of monsters. All that is required of the player is to move around the arena...

Final Fantasy Resonance

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2026

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The first game in the series, made in the popular HD-2D style. The developers combined classic pixel art with modern visual technologies, dynamic...

Shrek 2 Remastered

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

An updated version of the adventure game Shrek 2 , based on the animated film of the same name. Shrek, Fiona, and their loyal friends set off for...

Deltarune

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Comedy, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2025

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds...

Graveyard Keeper

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Slasher, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god...

Loop Hero

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 December 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Russian roguelike that tells the story of how the evil Lich created a time loop, erased the memory of all residents and plunged the world into...

One Piece: Grand Gourmet

Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Casual game, City Building, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2026

Steam: 73/100

The world of One Piece turns into a cozy restaurant management simulator, where familiar characters help develop your own version of the legendary...

Moonlight Peaks

Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Fantasy, Farm Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 July 2026

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A casual supernatural farm simulator. As a young vampire, you will need to settle in a mystical town inhabited by werewolves, witches, mermaids, and...

Absolum

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Dynamic action-clip from the creators teenage mutant ninja turtles: shredder's revenge and streets of rage 4. The main action unfolds in the world...

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2026

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A remake of the classic role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, as well as a direct continuation of another remake, Trails in...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Medieval era, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Replayability, Parkour

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2025

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the...

Warhammer Survivors

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, Casual game, Fantasy

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2026

A frantic action roguelike in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game combines a frantic pace with the dark spirit of the Warhammer 40,000 and...

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Legend of Zelda, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 97/100

The game reveals Link's story at a time when Hyrule lies in ruins, and the hero's awakening is shrouded in mystery. The shattered kingdom becomes a...

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...

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The game takes place in a world where humanity has fallen due to an attack by monsters. Now people have to hide behind brick walls and distraction...

Mina the Hollower

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Old school, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 91/100

The game takes you to a dark gothic world where a cursed island hides behind a thick curtain of darkness. The main character is the agile and...

Biomutant

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up...

Gothic

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The Kingdom of Myrtana is engulfed in a terrible war. Hordes of orcs have invaded human lands, and the king needs a large amount of magical ore, from...

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy, Medieval era, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2026

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The re-release of the role-playing action game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North from 2011, set in the universe of "The Lord of the Rings...

Winx Club: The Magic is Back

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 April 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 36/100

A colorful action game based on the animated series "Winx Club" with cartoonish 3D graphics, local co-op for two players, and six playable heroines...

Drova - Forsaken Kin

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world in which people have discovered the power of a dead empire, which allows them to receive the...

The Elder Scrolls: Blades

Role-playing game, Online, First-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2020; The project is closed: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2026

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 42/100

The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play, first-person multiplayer role-playing game set in the Elder Scrolls universe. The main character is a...

Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns

DLC, Fighting, Side view, Action, Fantasy, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 60/100

According to the plot of the add-on, the heroes come together again to repel the ruthless titan Havik. Liu Kang continues to defend his New Era by...

The Last Spell

Role-playing game, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in a dark fantasy world, in which, due to the Cataclysm caused by magicians, monsters began to appear everywhere, threatening...

Ravenswatch

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods featuring characters from folk tales. Each hero has their own abilities: Beowulf relies on...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Anniversary Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The anniversary edition of the legendary first-person role-playing game The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The edition includes all DLCs and over 500 paid...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a...

Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game

Adventure, Farm Simulator, Fantasy, The Lord of the Rings, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2025

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A cozy simulator of hobbit life in the Lord of the Rings universe. The player creates his own hobbit and sets off to conquer Bywater, a small village...

The Last Faith

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A dark metroidvania in the spirit of Bloodborne. The events unfold in a gothic city populated by various monsters. Players take on the role of...

Bayonetta 3

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2022

Metacritic: 86/100

Bayonetta 3 is a continuation of the hurricane action-slasher with a third-person view in a fantasy-futuristic setting. Bayonetta is the only...

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Best Games in the Fantasy genre for Nintendo Switch