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

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...

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...

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...

What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 July 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 89/100

What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...

Neverway

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → октябрь 2026

A dark hybrid game that combines elements of life simulation, horror, and role-playing action. The story centers around Fiona, who starts a new life on a farm after...

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...

Heart of the Forest

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2026

An interactive adventure inspired by German folklore. A group of students goes to the Black Forest, where they encounter a vengeful spirit that resides there. The...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Doom 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Doom 3 is a science fiction shooter with a first-person perspective and horror elements that was released in 2004 as a reboot of the original DOOM (1995). The game...

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 War Z

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

World War Z — a cooperative shooter with horror elements and a first-person view, created based on the film "World War Z". The cooperative campaign is designed for...

Resident Evil: Revelations

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 November 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Resident Evil: Revelations is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view set in the Resident Evil universe. The game takes place between the events of...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2018

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...

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...

Blasphemous 2

Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game, Side view, Action, Horror, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The sequel to the hardcore action platformer that continues the story of the Penitent. The character will take part in epic battles with bosses, each of which has...

Don't Starve

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Gold Edition

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

An extended edition of the horror Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which includes not only the original game, but also all additional content. Along with Ethan Winters...

Evil Dead: The Game

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

Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2023

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A cooperative shooter based on the works of The Evil Dead. During the game you will be able to see Ash played by the iconic Bruce Campbell, as well as a number of...

Death Trash

Role-playing game, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Players: 10/10

Death Trash is a post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game with horror elements in a futuristic setting. You'll be sent into a world filled with large creatures...

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: 8.4/10

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...

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The return to Hong Kong in 2048 reveals the events leading up to Fear Effect and shows how the team of mercenaries Hana, Royce, Dick, and the mysterious Rain was...

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A mixture of horror and dating simulator about a princess imprisoned in a basement. Usually such stories end with the girl being saved, but this time it’s the other...

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...

Inscryption

Card game, Horror, Roguelike, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Inscryption is a first-person card puzzle horror game from the creator of Pony Island. In the game, you will find yourself in the cabin of Leshy, from which you...

Instinction

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9/10

The game takes place on the mysterious Yucatan Peninsula, where dinosaurs live side by side with people. Environmental adventurer Isabelle sets out to explore...

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...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 August 2019

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2018

Players: 7.6/10

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...

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...

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...

DUSK

Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Five Nights at Freddy's is a first-person horror game in the point and click genre. From your small office, you must keep a close eye on the security cameras. You...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

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...

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 Room

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The Room is an indie puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is a private detective, Red Walker, who travels to the mysterious town of Silver Pines to investigate the disappearance of musician Eddie Velvet...

Resident Evil Zero

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Resident Evil Zero is an exciting action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to the vicinity of the...

We Were Here

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 8.8/10

An atmospheric co-op adventure where two strangers find themselves separated by the walls of an ancient castle amidst the Antarctic ice. One is trapped in a...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2021

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for Nintendo Switch