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

Hogwarts Legacy - a game in the Fantasy genre

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 elements. The...

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 second reboot...

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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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 around Melinoe...

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 darkness are...

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 84/100

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 Cells. The events...

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 sets out to...

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: 8.2/10

Steam: 60/100

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 cemetery. Each...

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: 98/100

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 the Sky 1st...

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 and collect...

Deltarune

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2025

Players: 8.8/10

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 himself in a...

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 Hades), who...

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 other unusual...

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 of Talam, where...

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 chaos. The player...

Tales of Eternia Remastered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2026

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Remaster of the cult Japanese role-playing game Tales of Eternia. The events of Tales of Eternia unfold in the world of Eternia, divided into two isolated kingdoms...

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 powers of spirits...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

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 characters from...

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...

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 melee attacks...

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...

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 fearless Mina, who is...

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 Warhammer: Age of...

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 which he can...

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: 83/100

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," takes place...

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Old school

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2027

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

A beat-em-up based on the Masters of the Universe franchise, based on the toy line from Mattel, where players can go through 12 different levels, fighting hordes of...

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 battling the...

Final Fantasy Resonance

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

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

Well Dweller

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2026

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A dark fairy tale metroidvania from the creators of Crypt Custodian. Deep in the forest lies a well, at the bottom of which lives Blik — a tiny bird armed with a...

World of Anterra

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Open world, Fantasy, Sandbox

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

World of Anterra is an open-world, top-down fantasy RPG. You get to explore a beautifully hand-crafted world full of life. This is an open world that can be...

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: 79/100

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 fences that...

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 member of the...

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 vast sandbox...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

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

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 influence of...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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

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 warrior named...

One Piece: Grand Gourmet

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2026

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

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2026

Steam: 96/100

A dark expansion about a cult that sets out in search of the legendary paradise of Saint Baal-Tazar. According to legend, many years ago he saw a vision of a land...

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 Eric, who suffers...

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 in Hobbiton...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Fantasy

Best Games in the Fantasy genre for Nintendo Switch