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

Death's Gambit - a game in the Indie genre

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...

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...

Tape to Tape

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2026

Players: 9/10

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...

My Friend Pedro

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills...

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...

Nobody Saves the World

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Nobody Saves the World is a top-down action-adventure roguelike set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a faceless...

Two Point Campus

Business / Management, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Isometric, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Two Point Campus is a real-time strategy game with management and simulation elements. In this game you have to build an entire university with...

Constance

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2026

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

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

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...

Mother Russia Bleeds

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 December 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a...

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Arcade, Action, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course — an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-platformer, designed in the style of classic 1930s...

The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle

Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based, Old school, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

The player explores the lands of ancient China and masters different martial arts. There are many techniques that are used in step -by -step battles...

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...

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2026

Steam: 91/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the...

Mariachi Legends

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is the chosen one of Death itself — detective Pablo Cruz. He was entrusted with the task of returning a powerful amulet that...

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...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 August 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone...

Severed Steel

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2022

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Severed Steel is a dynamic first-person shooter in which the main character is a one-armed girl who destroys entire squads of soldiers using...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2026

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian...

Lust for Darkness

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Lust for Darkness is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Jonathan Moon receives a letter from his wife, who disappeared a year ago...

Castle Crashers Remastered

Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Fighting, Adventure, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Castle Crashers Remastered is an improved version of the furious side-scrolling co-op action game for up to 4 people. The game will delight you with...

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...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Business / Management, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 June 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a unique first-person puzzle adventure game with pixel graphics. The game will give you the opportunity to invade the...

RUINER

Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 June 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

RUINER is an isometric action game in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in 2091 in a cyber metropolis called Rengkok. You will play as a...

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...

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...

Sun Haven

Indie, Farm Simulator, Online, Adventure, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

A fantasy farm simulator with dragons, magic, an interesting story and a final boss. The game offers a huge world full of opportunities for...

Farlands

Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Casual game, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2026

Steam: 89/100

Colorful sandbox in the spirit of Stardew Valley. The player gets an entire planet at their disposal, which the character buys at a very favorable...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2017

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the...

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Best Games in the Indie genre for Nintendo Switch