Horror for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Horror genre / Page 6

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication - a game in the Horror genre

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...

The Perfect Pencil

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2026

Steam: 69/100

A colorful metroidvania with a side view, where John finds himself trapped in a surreal "world of fear" and seeks a way to freedom. The hand-drawn graphics turn...

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...

The Park

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The Park is a first-person horror adventure game set in the " Secret World Legends" universe. The main character Lorren goes to a long-abandoned amusement park to...

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...

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a side-view horror adventure in cyberpunk style. The game takes place in 2083 in Neo-Hong Kong. The main character is a young girl...

PUSS!

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Horror, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 64/100

PUSS! — an acid arcade puzzle game with a side view, where you have to control a cat who has found himself in another dimension. The main task is to find a...

Vasilisa and Baba Yaga

Horror, Adventure, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

A 2D horror adventure based on the Russian folk tale “Vasilisa the Beautiful.” The game will tell a creepy story about Vasilisa's journey into a dark forest in...

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...

LEGO Worlds

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

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...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Text quest

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

Evil Inside

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Players: 3.7/10

Steam: 63/100

Evil Inside is a psychological horror game with a first-person view and survival elements. The main character is a minor boy, Mark, who, after the death of his...

Little Goody Two Shoes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

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...

Deadly Premonition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2019

Players: 1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Deadly Premonition — Frances York Morgan investigates the murder of 18-year-old Anna Graham in the rural town of Greenvale, Washington, USA. He takes the case...

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Horror, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is a hardcore third-person action RPG set in a fantasy setting, inspired by the Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus series. You...

We Were Here Too

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The sequel to We Were Here takes you into the heart of an ancient castle, lost in darkness. Every room holds a mystery, and the walls seem to whisper of those who...

7th Sector

Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Racing, Walking Simulator, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 February 2020

Steam: 72/100

7th Sector is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer with horror elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dark cyberpunk world where you will...

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Action, Slasher, Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Horror, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The plot centers on a cat named Gori, who is endowed with the ability to destroy everything in his path. The player controls this cute but deadly hero as he makes...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

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...

Apparition

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 November 2020

Steam: 80/100

Apparition is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Your goal is to document paranormal activity in the eerie North Carolina forest. You can...

BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Demons, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 4.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Big Drunk Satanic Massacre is a satirical action role-playing game with an isometric camera view. You will play as the son of Satan named Lou, who will have to...

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Detective

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is an interactive horror adventure created from the script of Ruggero Deodato, a famous Italian film director who “ate the dog” in horror...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

Detective, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Remake of the 2007 adventure of the same name, in which the famous London detective confronts a mysterious cult worshiping Cthulhu. A young Sherlock investigates a...

Afterdream

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2023

Steam: 91/100

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...

Happy Game

Horror, Adventure, Point & Click, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A psychedelic game from the creators of Botanicula and CHUCHEL about a little boy who fell asleep and found himself in a nightmare. You need to explore three...

Terrifier: The ARTcade Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Comedy, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2025

Steam: 59/100

A bloody retro beat 'em up based on the film series of the same name. Players take on the role of the clown Art and navigate levels styled after film sets, facing...

Little Nightmares 3 - The Backstage

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

A story expansion for Little Nightmares 3 that opens a new chapter of a dark journey through the mysterious Carnival. This time, the events unfold behind the...

Perception

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2017

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Perception is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The main character is a blind girl named Cassie, who finds herself in an abandoned mansion and uses...

The Nothing

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Horror

Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 2020

Steam: 83/100

The Nothing is an action-adventure action RPG with a first-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in Los Angeles in 2108 and tells the story of...

This is the Zodiac Speaking

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 57/100

This is the Zodiac Speaking is a mysterious adventure shooter with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the world of...

In Sound Mind

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. You wake up in the corridors of a strange building, where the environment takes on a life of...

This Strange Realm Of Mine

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2020

Steam: 83/100

This Strange Realm Of Mine is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and elements of mystical horror. In this game you have to explore the afterlife. In your...

Hibernaculum

Role-playing game, Horror, First-person view, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A retro pixel game, the design of which is made in the style of the works of the Swiss artist Hans Rudi Giger. The player creates a unique character to explore the...

Neverway

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

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...

Inmost

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...

Dead by Daylight - Descend Beyond

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 September 2020

Dead by Daylight — Descend Beyond — an expansion for the third-person action-horror game. In the expansion, you will encounter a new killer named The...

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Best Games in the Horror genre for Nintendo Switch