Indie for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 29

Creature in the Well - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Pinball

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2019

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Creature in the Well is a top-down action-adventure game. As the last functioning BOT-C robot, you must travel deep into a desert mountain to restore...

Inferno 2

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2019

Steam: 84/100

This top-down arcade shooter centers on battles across levels filled with enemies and secrets. In Inferno 2, the player pilots a ship, fights dozens...

Woven

Adventure, Indie, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2019

Steam: 74/100

Woven is an arcade action-puzzle adventure with a third-person view. The events of the game take place in a fairy-tale world consisting of wool...

Get Me Outta Here

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 100/100

Get Me Outta Here — A side-scrolling sci-fi arcade shooter for mobile platforms. You play as mustachioed Farmer Joe, who has been kidnapped by...

Underhero

Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Puzzle, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2020

Steam: 91/100

Underhero is a role-playing puzzle platformer with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of a chosen...

Neon City Riders

Action, Adventure, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2020

Steam: 77/100

Neon City Riders is an action-adventure game in cyberpunk style. You will go to a futuristic city that is drowning in neon lights and countless gang...

House of Da Vinci 2

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 May 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

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MO: Astray

Indie, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

MO: Astray is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. Through the pitch-damp darkness, the eerie sounds of giant machines...

Going Under

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Going Under is an arcade action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. You have to try on the role of an intern in a gloomy city called...

Bacon Man: An Adventure

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2020

Steam: 70/100

Bacon Man: An Adventure is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer about food and a brutal fight for freedom. You will take on the role of Bacon...

Memoranda

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Memoranda is an atmospheric 2D point and click adventure filled with stories from Haruki Murakami. The game tells the story of the main character...

Bonkies

Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future), Construction, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bonkies is a fun side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, designed for up to 4 people to play together. Each player takes control...

Kaze and the Wild Masks

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Kaze and the Wild Masks is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer inspired by classic 16-bit games. The events of the game take place in the...

A Juggler's Tale

Adventure, Indie, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A Juggler's Tale is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The main character is a puppet named Abby, who was captured...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and...

The Longest Road on Earth

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 January 2022

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

The Longest Road on Earth is a side-view adventure arcade game in the point and click genre. This is a narrative game, deeply personal and...

One Gun Guy

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2022

Steam: 72/100

A dynamic pixel game where the main character explores one huge level. Here you can find upgrades, traps to overcome, many enemies, and powerful...

Unsouled

Indie, Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2022

Steam: 71/100

Unsouled is an atmospheric top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The main character is the prince of a fallen kingdom who is able to absorb...

XEL

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2022

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 43/100

The main character Raid, by the will of fate, found herself in the strange world of the XEL ship. Her memory is like a blank slate that she is trying...

Tower Princess

Adventure, Indie, Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Procedural generation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 September 2022

Steam: 65/100

Tower Princess is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. One day, in a distant land, the Evil Dragon stole all the...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is...

Papetura

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2022

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Papetura is an atmospheric adventure with a side view. The game will tell the story of a cute paper creature named Pape, who ended up in a flower...

Fashion Police Squad

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Comedy, Adventure, Old school, Action, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 February 2023

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Fashion Police Squad is a fast-paced, old-school first-person shooter where you'll proudly serve as the Fashion Police, solving fashion crimes...

Remorse: The List

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Remorse: The List is an atmospheric first-person shooter with horror elements. The events of the game take place in the small Hungarian town of...

METAL DOGS

Arcade, Shooter, Isometric, Slasher, Roguelike, Indie, Futurism (Future), Casual game, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 March 2023

Steam: 81/100

The events of the game take place in the distant future, at a time when humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth. The player takes on the role...

Sunrise GP

Arcade, Racing, Indie, Sports game, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Steam: 84/100

A fast-paced racing arcade game with cartoon graphics and cars inspired by small cars from Eastern Europe. In the game you can participate in the...

TY the Tasmanian Tiger 4

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2023

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This side-scrolling action-adventure follows TY into the Australian Outback, where he searches for hidden treasures, helps local residents, and...

In Stars And Time

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2023

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An unusual role-playing game about a time loop, where the final battle with the King unexpectedly becomes the beginning of an endless repetition of...

Sokobond Express

Puzzle, Logic, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2024

Steam: 90/100

A game with minimalistic graphics in which you need to solve chemical puzzles. You need to create a route to combine atoms and move them to the end...

Food Truck Simulator

Casual game, Indie, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 July 2024

Steam: 68/100

The main character wants to restore his father's old food truck. You will have to travel a lot around the city and serve hungry customers. You can...

Mortisomem

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2025

Steam: 93/100

A mystical adventure set in 1917 Brazil. The protagonist explores rural areas and tries to escape from a demon pursuing him. There are multiple...

Anomaly Hunter

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Anomaly Hunter is a point and click style arcade puzzle game with an isometric view. In the age of time travel machines, it's obvious that someone...

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

Casual game, Comics, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Comedy, Exploration, Point & Click

Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Steam: 75/100

An unusual adventure, the main character of which is trying to uncover a conspiracy with the disappearance of the Pilsner beer in the city of Oslo...

Black Bird (2018)

Replayability, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

After dying at a street corner, a young girl is reborn as the ominous Black Bird. The kingdom regards the bird as one of the great calamities spoken...

The King's Bird

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2019

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The King's Bird is a precision platformer built around momentum-based movement. It combines parkour with aerial movement, making both central to its...

Xenoraid

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up set in the near future, where humanity is fighting an alien invasion. Its campaign spans more than 40...

Bleed

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action platformer follows Wryn, a heroine who dreams of becoming the greatest videogame hero and sets out to challenge the heroes already...

Brawl (2015)

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 January 2018

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This horror-themed arena game combines bomb-based arcade combat with MOBA elements in the dark Emporium. Players choose from eight characters, each...

Typoman

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Typoman is an unusual side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The creators of Typoman were inspired by the biographies of dedicated writers. It...

Bleed 2

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 March 2018

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Bleed 2 is a continuation of the fun arcade action game with a side view. As in the original, you will again have to save the world from an impending...

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