Horror for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Horror genre / Page 5

The Heirloom - a game in the Horror genre

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → December 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.3/10

The main character is trying to uncover the secrets of her grandfather's old lighthouse and find out the truth about unusual events. The story is inspired by the...

DreadOut Remastered Collection

Adventure, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2025

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 58/100

A collection of remasters of two iconic Indonesian horror games — DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. The games feature an improved lighting system with...

Slender: The Arrival

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Among the Sleep

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

Action, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Steam: 63/100

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a sci-fi horror puzzle game set in the Chernobyl zone. The plot begins in the first few months after the disaster at the S.W.A.N...

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

A direct sequel to the original The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation. The game has many secrets and riddles that the player solves as the story progresses. The game...

Cabernet

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Fantasy, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 February 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

An atmospheric role-playing game set in an alternative Eastern Europe of the 19th century, where dark gothic elements intertwine with social conflicts, political...

Need a packet?

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 July 2020

Steam: 51/100

Need a packet? — a game about a supermarket cashier who has gone crazy. Beep — Beep — Beep — that's all you'll hear after one routine day of Need...

CONSCRIPT

Isometric, Adventure, Action, Survival horror, Historical, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Survival horror set in the First World War. The main action takes place in 1916. The main character is a French soldier trying to find his brother, who went missing...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2023

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main character is a...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

Fear Effect

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes you to a dark Hong Kong in 2052, where reality intertwines with visions from the Chinese hell. The story begins with the funeral of Wee Ming: a crowd...

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Remothered: Tormented Fathers

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. The game follows a 35-year-old woman named Rosemary Reed who arrives at the...

I Saw Black Clouds

Interactive movie, Horror, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Simulation, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 48/100

I Saw Black Clouds is a mystical interactive film in the horror genre. After her friend's suicide, Christina returns to her hometown. In an attempt to unravel the...

Ghost Master: Resurrection

Strategy, Horror, Business / Management, Top-down view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy, Remake

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2026

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 82/100

An updated version of the old-school strategy Ghost Master. The player takes on the role of the Ghost Master, who needs to scare all mortals. The main goal is to...

Fatum Betula

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Walking Simulator, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2021

Steam: 95/100

A surreal adventure in a world without a past, where a mysterious magical birch grows. The future of the entire world depends on its condition, and the main...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 May 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

Lydia

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Lydia is a point and click adventure with a side view and an atmospheric plot. The game will tell the story of a little girl in the world of adults. What is hidden...

Project Warlock

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

The Drifter

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A dark story inspired by King, Crichton, and Carpenter. The main character constantly moves from one job to another, never staying in one place for long. One day...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

Shadow Man Remastered

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Shadow Man Remastered is a remaster of the classic action-adventure game with horror elements and a third-person view. The main character of the game is Michael Le...

Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2023

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A massive addition to the exploration adventure Outer Wilds, which adds a new, hidden secret to the already familiar solar system. The story centers on a strange...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival horror, Combat robots

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

DYING: Reborn

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 38/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game in the room escape genre unfolds in the dark rooms of an unfamiliar hotel. Protagonist Mathew wakes there with little memory...

Resident Evil: Revelations 3

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

Not officially announced: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.2/10

Resident Evil: Revelations 3 is a continuation of the cooperative action horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil...

Skyhill: Black Mist

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 41/100

Skyhill: Black Mist — the continuation of the captivating adventure Skyhill with survival elements and an isometric camera view. The main character wakes up in a...

There Is No Light

Action, Indie, Slasher, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

Steam: 72/100

There is No Light is a hardcore action-adventure slasher film set in a dark fantasy setting. After a global catastrophe, humanity was forced to move underground. In...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Reissue of the horror game Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen (the fourth installment of the Fatal Frame series). The game's plot tells the story of three girls (Ruka...

Cooking Companions

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2025

Steam: 87/100

An unusual visual novel with elements of psychological horror, hiding a dark story behind a cute and almost carefree facade. The events unfold in the forests of the...

Amnesia: Collection

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Amnesia: Collection is a collection of first-person horror adventures that includes Amnesia: The Dark Descent, an indirect sequel to Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs...

Omen of Sorrow

Arcade, Horror, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 March 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The game world is filled with creatures from myths, scary fairy tales and classic books like Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The game features 12 characters...

DYING: 1983

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Survival horror

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

DYING: 1983 is a first-person horror adventure in the DYING series of games. In the game you have to get out of a gloomy complex where bloodthirsty creatures live...

Empty Shell

Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Old school, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2024

Steam: 88/100

A dynamic shooter with black and white pixel graphics and randomly generated locations. The main character is one of the volunteers who explores a secret industrial...

Killing Time: Resurrected

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Paratopic

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2020

Steam: 78/100

Atmospheric first-person horror with a surreal story and intentionally low-polygon graphics. The plot connects the fates of three strangers, whose stories gradually...

Dementium: The Ward

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Survival horror, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2023

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Waking up in an abandoned hospital with no memory of the past, the hero finds himself in a nightmare where the walls whisper, shadows breathe, and the only weapons...

Horror

Best Games in the Horror genre for Nintendo Switch