Horror for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Horror genre / Page 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DOOM 64 is a re-release of the 22-year-old cult classic, free when you pre-order Doom Eternal. The ported version, which is being handled by Nightdive Studios, has...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's...

Agony

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 39/100

Agony is a survival action game with horror elements and a first-person view. The game takes place in Hell, where you will go on an afterlife journey as a tormented...

LEGO Worlds

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

LEGO Worlds is a fun adventure game with a third-person view, where you will go to conquer procedurally generated worlds made from the familiar LEGO construction...

The Last Faith

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2023

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Party Hard 2

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 September 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Party Hard 2 is a top-down tactical stealth arcade game. The game will delight you with a new engine with new three-dimensional locations. As in the first part, you...

Friday the 13th: The Game

Online, Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Friday the 13th: The Game is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The game will provide an opportunity to try on several roles. The first...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

World of Horror

Role-playing game, Horror, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual text role-playing game in a Japanese setting, combining horror from the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The old gods awaken and once again invade a...

The Medium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

In the center of events is a girl medium named Marianne, who goes to investigate the mysterious murder of a boy. The mystical gift allows the heroine to look into...

Onimusha: Warlords

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 January 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Onimusha: Warlords is a third-person action-adventure game set in 16th century Japan. A mysterious creature kidnaps Princess Yuki, whom the young hero Samanosuke...

Among the Sleep

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic adventure with horror elements and a first-person perspective. Visually, the game is made in the style of the first...

Outlast: Whistleblower

Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Outlast: Whistleblower is an add-on for the first-person horror adventure game Outlast. The add-on will tell the story of software engineer Waylon Park, who worked...

DARQ

Action, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

DARQ is an indie horror game that puts you in a lucid nightmare. The game tells the story of Lloyd, a boy caught in a nightmare. By exploring the darkest corners of...

Resident Evil HD Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Resident Evil HD Remaster is an improved edition of the legendary action-horror game with a third-person view for modern platforms. The game will delight you with...

The Sinking City

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 67/100

The Sinking City is a third-person, open-world horror adventure based on the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the father of horror stories about monsters. The...

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...

Клеть

Action, Horror, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Players: 8.8/10

Cooperative action-horror from the creators of Kuzhlevka. Players try to survive in the Gigakhryushchevka, riding a living and voracious elevator...

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek is the continuation of the original first-person stealth horror Hello Neighbor. The game tells the story of the neighbor's children...

Little Goody Two Shoes

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Horror, Adventure, Casual game, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Young Eliza has found a pair of the most beautiful shoes — under the influence of a spell they will send the girl on a terrible journey. The game has 10...

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster is a re-release of the action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to...

Ravenous Devils

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2022

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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

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...

Close to the Sun

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Close to the Sun is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in a steampunk style. The game will take you to the beginning of the 20th century on a ship...

Resident Evil Village - Shadows of Rose

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, DLC

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Resident Evil Village - Shadows of Rose - an expansion for the first-person shooter horror game with survival elements Resident Evil Village. It will tell the...

Blair Witch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Blair Witch is a first-person adventure horror game from the creators of Layers of Fear, based on the eponymous "Blair Witch" cinematic universe. You are in for a...

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut

Action, Slasher, Adventure, Third-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut — updated version of the action-adventure slasher Bloodrayne. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and optimization...

Bye Sweet Carole

Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A dark and captivating fairy tale that pays stunning homage to 1930s animation. Set in early 20th-century England against the backdrop of the burgeoning women's...

Kholat

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Kholat is an adventure horror game with a first-person view, based on the events of the Dyatlov Pass. In 1959, a group of 9 students went on a hike in the Ural...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

DUSK

Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A retro shooter filled with three atmospheric campaign episodes, designed in the spirit of the 90s. The main character fights against mystical creatures. The game...

Project Warlock

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Project Warlock is an old-school first-person shooter in a fantasy setting, inspired by such famous games as Doom 2, Hexen and Duke Nukem 3D. You will find 5 unique...

Zombie Army Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Zombie Army Trilogy is a game collection that, in addition to the remakes Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 , includes a...

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is an atmospheric horror adventure with a third-person view. The plot revolves around three characters (Yuri Kozukata, Myu...

Monstrum

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 May 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Monstrum is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. All levels in the game are procedurally generated, so with each playthrough you will encounter...

Observer

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 February 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Observer is an adventure with horror elements and a first-person view in a cyberpunk style from the creators of Layers of Fear. The game takes place in 2084 in a...

BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut

Adventure, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2021

Players: 7.3/10

BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut is an updated version of the action-adventure slasher BloodRayne 2. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and...

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 May 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

An interactive adventure from the creators of Until Dawn. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. The heroes find themselves on a ghost ship, on which they...

Afterdream

Adventure, Horror, Walking Simulator, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2023

The events of the game unfold around a girl who is lost in a lucid dream, where the line between reality and imagination has blurred. The heroine finds herself in a...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre for Nintendo Switch