Indie for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 9

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Logic, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 November 2020

Steam: 95/100

Unreal Life is a side-view pixel adventure about a girl who has lost her memory and remembers nothing but one name — Miss Sakura. Hooked on...

Towaga: Among Shadows

Arcade, Side view, Action, Indie, Shooter, Adventure, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Towaga: Among Shadows is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. You have to play the role of a fearless warrior at the top of the...

Windbound

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Windbound is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person perspective and survival elements. The events of the game take place on a desert island...

Projection: First Light

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Projection: First Light is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. You will travel to an alternative shadow world of puppets and visit 19th...

Danger Gazers

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Danger Gazers is a cooperative dynamic top-down scrolling shooter with roguelike elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you will have to...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire...

Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Players: 3.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Hitchhiker — A Mystery Game is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view, where you try on the role of a hitchhiker. A strange journey...

Aeon Must Die!

Action, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Role-playing game, Adventure, Beat them all, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Aeon Must Die! is an indie side-scrolling action game in a futuristic style with tactical and side-scrolling RPG elements. Eon, the fearsome Emperor...

Inua – A Story in Ice and Time

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Isometric, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 February 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Inua – A Story in Ice and Time is a point and click adventure puzzle game with indie elements. You are about to go on a mystical journey to the far...

Roguebook

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Roguebook is a roguelike with procedurally generated locations and card-based turn-based combat. The plot of the game tells the story of a legendary...

Chenso Club

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2022

Steam: 73/100

CHENSO CLUB is a cooperative action-rogal with a view of the side of the platformer. Welcome to the growing community of fighters who are ready to...

Plunder Panic

Action, Online, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 September 2022

Steam: 96/100

Plunder Panic is a side-scrolling, 12-player arcade action platformer where two rival teams battle for supremacy. You and your crew need to loot the...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing...

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - The Lord of Nothing

DLC, Role-playing game, Isometric, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2023

Steam: 72/100

The expansion takes place in the icy lands, where players will try to uncover the secrets of the mysterious wizard's tower, help the Kellid tribe in...

ISLANDERS: New Shores

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Procedural generation, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2025

Steam: 96/100

The player creates a dream city on a small island. Locations feature different biomes, each with its unique abilities. There are 44 types of...

Elementallis

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2026

Steam: 89/100

A top-down adventure game inspired by the classic The Legend of Zelda series. The world is on the brink of chaos because the balance between the...

Prison Run and Gun

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve...

Oxenfree

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along...

Time Recoil

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Time Recoil is a top-down sci-fi shooter from the creators of the cult classic Crimsonland. In the game, every successful kill involves slowing down...

World to the West

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2018

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

World to the West is a top-down action/puzzle hybrid set in the Teslagrad universe. Four heroes with their unique abilities will have to travel...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to...

Subdivision Infinity DX

Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 August 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Subdivision Infinity DX is an improved edition of the mobile space shooter for modern platforms. Not only will you have to fight your way through a...

Thief of Thieves: Season One

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Comics, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 November 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 47/100

Thief of Thieves: Season One is an adventure stealth action game, which is a game adaptation of Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves comic book. The...

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

Action, Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Tactics, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Co-op shooter with tower defense elements. In the game you have to fight for the future of plastic life. Together with three friends, you will go on...

Night Call

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2020

Players: 1/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Night Call is an atmospheric noir adventure set in Paris and told from the perspective of a taxi driver. The main character unwittingly witnesses...

Vampire's Fall: Origins

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Steam: 78/100

A role-playing game with an open world and tactical battles. The events unfold in the lands of Vamp'Ir, where peace and tranquility reigned for many...

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Simulation, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Action, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is an indie action-adventure game in the point and click genre with an isometric view and puzzle elements. This is...

Beyond Blue

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond Blue is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Never Alone. Beyond Blue takes place in the...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure puzzle game with RPG elements and a top-down view. The game is about a dog who wields a magic brush. You'll...

Blackwind

Action, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Combat robots, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 52/100

Blackwind is a dynamic action-slasher about combat robots with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the...

Let's Build a Zoo

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, City Building, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A colorful, large-scale management strategy game about building your own zoo. The owner has dozens of animal species at their disposal: rare...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099

Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2026

Steam: 68/100

Continuation of the unusual simulator Do Not Feed the Monkeys. The events of the game unfold in the year 2099, when alien knowledge triggered a...

Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath

Action, Platformer, Side view, Old school, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Demons, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2023

Steam: 62/100

The game takes place in a fantasy version of feudal Japan with evil spirits and demons. The game world is based on Japanese myths and legends. Brave...

Paleo Pines

Action, Third-person view, Farm Simulator, Exploration, Casual game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place on a colorful island where kind dinosaurs and eccentric people live. Together with their faithful companion, the dinosaur Lucky...

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...

Guns and Spurs 2

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 November 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Guns and Spurs 2 is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and indie elements. Jack Lane is a bounty hunter who has just arrived in town...

Colony Defense - Tower Defense

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2024

Steam: 100/100

A minimalistic game in which the gamer travels through the universe and protects human colonies from invaders. You need to liberate different parts...

Guns of Fury

Action, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Old school, Indie, Metroidvania, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Dynamic retro action in the spirit of the Metal Slug series. The main action takes place in a dystopian future in which the world is in an energy...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great...

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