Indie for Nintendo Switch 2 — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 9 September 2026

Players: 8.5/10

A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and looting tombs, building bases...

Minecraft

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An engaging sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually infinite open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Stray

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 28 May 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Post-apocalyptic cyberpunk of a distant future. A suffocating city with a stale atmosphere, inhabited by robots. A lost lonely cat that wants to return home. The...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 17 February 2026

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings that arise...

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 4 September 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...

Dispatch

Adventure, Business / Management, Comics, Indie, Tactics, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 28 January 2026

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

An adventure from the authors of The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands. The plot tells about a superhero whose mecha armor was broken by his worst...

Core Keeper

Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 28 January 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 5 February 2026

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Undertale

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 5 June 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 16 April 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dynamic shooter made in the spirit of classic Disney cartoons of the 30s. The plot follows a private detective who tries to stop corrupt politicians from seizing...

Deltarune

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 5 June 2025

Players: 8.7/10

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds himself in a...

Hades 2

Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 25 September 2025

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 94/100

A continuation of the roguelike Hades, taking players into even deeper and darker layers of ancient Greek mythology. This time the story revolves around Melinoe...

Goat Simulator 3

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 1 April 2026

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...

Constance

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 1 May 2026

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A colorful metroidvania about a girl artist. The plot is based on the girl’s inner experiences about creativity, balance between life and work, personal motivation...

Cast n Chill

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 19 December 2025

Players: 8.5/10

A relaxing fishing game in the background where you can explore calm lakes, rivers and oceans at your own pace. The game requires you to catch fish, sell them for a...

MIO: Memories in Orbit

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 20 January 2026

Players: 4.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

An android named Mio awakens on a large spaceship that has fallen into disrepair. The main character explores overgrown locations filled with hostile machines to...

Outbound

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 11 May 2026

Metacritic: 66/100

A survival simulator in an open world, the main feature of which is the main character’s van, which must be improved by adding various mechanisms to it. The player...

Ratatan

Strategy, Online, Music game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Casual game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 16 July 2026

The spiritual successor to the Patapon series of games. Ratatans are animated musical heroes, each with unique abilities. So, one of them uses a megaphone to...

PowerWash Simulator 2

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 23 October 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The sequel continues the atmosphere of meditative cleaning, where, with the help of a mechanical washing, you can save the world of dirt and return Muckingma to its...

Voidling Bound

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2026

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A science fiction role-playing action game where battles are combined with the cultivation and development of mysterious creatures known as voidlings. The action...

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 18 February 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The player explores space and pilots a legendary starship. They must survive and find a way home. They must plan a route, manage resources, and make difficult...

Dave The Diver - In the Jungle

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 18 June 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A storyline expansion that continues the adventures of Dave and his team beyond the familiar ocean depths. This time, the explorers venture into the heart of the...

Bunraku

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2026

A colorful platformer-fighting game, distinguished by its unique visual style inspired by Japanese puppet theater. The story unfolds in a magical Japanese puppet...

Junkster

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Combat robots, Indie, Science fiction, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 16 June 2026

Players: 2.9/10

An adventure action-platformer where exploring a dangerous junk planet is combined with an unusual building system. After the crash of an intergalactic cargo ship...

Go-Go Town!

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, City Building, Construction

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 16 July 2026

Players: 1/10

A city-building strategy about the life of the mayor of a small but promising town, where behind idyllic landscapes lies an endless stream of tasks. Initial...

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Arcade, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 23 April 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A musical rhythm action that transforms into a vibrant journey through the heroine's inner world. After a broken heart, reality begins to crack, and a mysterious...

Super Meat Boy 3D

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 March 2026

Metacritic: 73/100

A hardcore game where the main character overcomes various obstacles to save his girlfriend. The levels are filled with chainsaws, spikes, lasers, collapsing...

Skate Story

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 8 December 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An adventurous third-person skateboarding simulator where the main character is a glass demon, for whom any fall means complete destruction. The gameplay revolves...

Ithaca

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2027

An adventure role-playing game about ecological resistance, made in the spirit of road movies: the essence here is not in the destination, but in the road itself...

Spine - This is Gun Fu

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Beat them all, Indie

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.7/10

Cyberpunk gun-fu action with parkour. The main action takes place in the near future, in which the Tensor corporation, with the help of artificial intelligence, has...

Graveyard Keeper 2

Action, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Comedy, Medieval era, Zombies

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The continuation of the simulator of a graveyard keeper in the medieval era. The player takes on the role of the Grand Inquisitor, who develops the graveyard while...

The Florist

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Survival horror

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 2026

The protagonist goes to a small town to deliver a bouquet of flowers. The settlement is engulfed in an unknown plague that turns people into monsters. She must...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 15 October 2020

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...

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Best Games in the Indie genre for Nintendo Switch 2