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

Secret Neighbor - a game in the Horror genre

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...

World War Z

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Outlast

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

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...

Resident Evil: Revelations 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 November 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a continuation of the cooperative action horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. This time you will play...

Hello Neighbor

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2018

Players: 7.4/10

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...

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...

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...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character, surgeon Cole Mason, was kidnapped and forced to perform an operation to remove a parasite from a patient in an underwater complex. At the same...

Sanitarium Enhanced

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

The enhanced edition of the cult psychological horror Sanitarium from 1998. The re-release maintains the dark atmosphere of the classic horror and adds modern...

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...

Green Hell

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Green Hell is a survival-adventure game with a first-person view, where the danger comes from wildlife in the unexplored corners of the Amazon jungle. An open world...

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...

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...

Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2023; The project is closed: Nintendo Switch → 5 August 2026

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A third-person cooperative shooter set in the "Alien" universe, taking place 23 years after the events of the original trilogy. The story centers around a team of...

What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 July 2019

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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...

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...

Agony

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2019

Players: 7.9/10

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 Sinking City

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2019

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

The updated version of the final chapter of the iconic saga Legacy of Kain. The remaster offers improved graphics in high resolution, updated lighting and textures...

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...

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...

Onimusha: Warlords

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 January 2019

Players: 6.7/10

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...

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...

The Walking Dead: Season 2

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2020

Players: 8.9/10

The Walking Dead: Season 2 is a third-person adventure with horror, puzzle and interactive cinema elements from the masters at Telltale Games. The main publisher of...

Bendy: Lone Wolf

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 August 2025

Players: 7/10

Boris ventures deep into the endlessly generated corridors of the Joey Drew studio. To survive, you will have to collect supplies and weapons, and also escape from...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...

Five Nights at Freddy's

Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2019

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Blasphemous 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2023

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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...

The Mortuary Assistant

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game takes place in a morgue, where the character is urgently called to work one night. However, the hero could not even imagine what was waiting for him there...

Killing Time: Resurrected

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Horror, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Re-release of Killing Time with updated graphics. The game takes place in the early 1930s. An Egyptology student finds himself in a mysterious mansion where some...

The Bunker

Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Bunker is an interactive psychological thriller with horror elements. The game is a reincarnation of video quests that were popular back in the 90s. You will play...

Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection is a game collection that brings together all nineteen episodes of Telltale's Walking Dead series with enhanced...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for Nintendo Switch