Indie for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 4

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked...

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...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Online, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 98/100

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of...

We Are So Cooked

Stealth, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → Q1 2027

A co-op stealth action game with realistic physics, designed for a team of up to four players. After an accidental murder, the main task is to get...

Thief Simulator

Simulation, Action, Stealth, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 May 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Thief Simulator is a dynamic first-person stealth simulator where you will become the best thief in the world. Observe your target and gather...

Don't Starve

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the...

Ib

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Ib is a dark 2D horror adventure game that is a remake of the original game of the same name, released in February 2012. The game is about a girl...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his...

Moving Out

Simulation, Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Isometric, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Moving Out is a fun cooperative arcade game with an isometric camera view, where you have to learn how to move furniture correctly. Together with...

Cooking Simulator

Simulation, Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Business / Management, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You...

Death Howl

Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2026

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Players venture into a dark world of spirits alongside the huntress Ro, who seeks to bring her son back from the dead. The game offers over 25 hours...

Lady Death Demonicron

Action, Slasher, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2026

Steam: 47/100

Cooperative action-slasher in the spirit of arcade fighters from the 1990s. Lady Death embarks on a journey through time and reality, where she must...

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Reigns: Game of Thrones is a unique card board game in the Game of Thrones universe. As in the original game, the heads of the kingdoms will have to...

Blair Witch

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Cloudpunk

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Open world, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Cloudpunk is an adventure arcade game with a third-person view in the style of cyberpunk. The game takes place over the course of one night. The...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A...

Tape to Tape

Arcade, Online, Hockey, Sports game, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2026

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

A unique sports roguelike in which players try to turn a group of misfits into real hockey superstars and win the big league. As a captain, you need...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 August 2019

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for...

Operencia: The Stolen Sun

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Operencia: The Stolen Sun is a classic party role-playing game with a first-person view and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game is based...

Death's Gambit

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world...

The Legend of Bum-bo

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Match-3 (Three in a row), Strategy, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Legend of Bum-bo — a turn-based role-playing game with arcade puzzles and randomly generated levels from the creators of Binding of Isaac. A...

Inside

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to...

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...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying...

Unrailed!

Arcade, Online, Action, MMO, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Unrailed! is a crazy multiplayer action game in which you have to build a railway in an endless procedurally generated world. Together with your...

Battle Brothers

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 March 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game about leading a mercenary company through a harsh, low-fantasy medieval world in a procedurally generated...

Bloodshore

Indie, Adventure, Action, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Bloodshore is an interactive adventure movie in the point and click genre with action and indie elements. This game is about a televised battle...

Circus Electrique

Tactics, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Circus Electrique is a turn-based tactical role-playing game in the steampunk genre. Ordinary Londoners have suddenly turned into evil killers, and...

Elderand

Adventure, Action, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A game with Metroidvania elements and hardcore combat, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The main character travels through a dark world...

Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

DLC, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Heroes Valerie and Zale embark on a new adventure in a miniature, mechanical world called Horlodge, where a sinister carnival threatens the locals...

Becastled

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Medieval era, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2025

Steam: 82/100

A strategy game about building and surviving in a harsh fantasy world. It all begins with the foundation of a castle, around which a city grows...

Creepy Tale: Snow Child

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Steam: 90/100

The game continues to develop the ideas of the Creepy Tale series, focusing on expanding the world, improving the visual component, and offering more...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 May 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy...

Help Will Come Tomorrow

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Business / Management, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Help Will Come Tomorrow is an adventure management simulator with survival elements. In the uninhabited Siberian desert after the October Revolution...

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