Indie 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...

Subnautica

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

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 associated...

Loop Hero

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 December 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Russian roguelike that tells the story of how the evil Lich created a time loop, erased the memory of all residents and plunged the world into chaos. The player...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Secret Neighbor

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the game take place...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

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 to where it is...

Black Book

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy, Card game, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

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 open-world...

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 where zombies live...

Maneater

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Open world, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Adventure action set in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The story centers around a shark that has survived a brutal encounter with a hunter and is driven by a...

Road 96

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Roguelike, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Road 96 is a thrilling, interactive, first-person adventure that pays tribute to various road movies, as well as the work of cinema legends such as Quentin...

The Forgotten City

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events revolve around...

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 the mines for...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

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 of “immortals...

Gnosia

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gnosia is an indie adventure role-playing game. The crew of a drifting spaceship, faced with a mysterious and deadly threat known as Gnosia, and with no idea who...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Indie, Adventure, Arcade, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...

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 desperate cry for help...

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 with 72 tracks...

Dungeon Munchies

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Adventure role-playing game, which is a direct sequel to Sunless Sea. The setting is not murky water-filled spaces like in Sunless Sea, but the sunlit sky. The...

Murder House

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Old school, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021

Steam: 94/100

Atmospheric survival horror in the style of VHS slashers from the 1980s. A local TV crew goes to the abandoned house of the executed serial killer Anthony Smith...

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 near future...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

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 of Outland...

Last Stop

Adventure, Third-person view, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Last Stop is an interactive third-person adventure from the creators of Virginia. The game takes place in modern-day London, where you will assume the roles of...

112 Operator

Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...

Crash Drive 3

Arcade, Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Drive 3 is an indie arcade racing game with a third-person view and online elements. You will experience incredible fun in this game. You will be able to...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

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 use the power...

Rain on Your Parade

Action, Isometric, Comedy, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A fun arcade game with an isometric camera view. A mischievous cloud wants to ruin the lives of absolutely everyone on the planet. She travels the world inventing...

The Procession to Calvary

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 July 2021

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

Cozy Grove

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Hidden Objects, Procedural generation, Business / Management

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 April 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Cozy Grove is an indie adventure simulator with an isometric view. Welcome to a life simulator about camping on an ever-changing haunted island. As a spiritual...

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 between famous...

Fatum Betula

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Walking Simulator, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2021

Steam: 95/100

A surreal adventure in a world without a past, where a mysterious magical birch grows. The future of the entire world depends on its condition, and the main...

Just Die Already

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Online, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Just Die Already is an exciting third-person arcade sandbox from the creators of Goat Simulator. The game tells the story of retirees trying to secure a spot in a...

Cris Tales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2021

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Cris Tales is an adventure role -playing play with step -by -step battles in the Japanese style. The main feature of the game was the unique mechanics of “Time...

Genesis Noir

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Genesis Noir is a third-person noir adventure where you have to save humanity from destruction. The event itself will tell the secrets of the universal Big Bang and...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)