Medieval era for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Medieval era genre

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - a game in the Medieval era genre

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The Curse of Blood returns to the Castlevania universe in a modern 2D action format with a focus on world exploration from the creators of Dead...

Graveyard Keeper 2

Action, Simulation, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Comedy, Medieval era, Construction, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The continuation of the simulator of a graveyard keeper in the medieval era. The player takes on the role of the Grand Inquisitor, who develops the...

King's Bounty 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Nostria was once a magical place where everyone had a chance at a good life. Today, the kingdom is in decline: robbers prowl everywhere, creatures of...

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

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A Plague Tale: Requiem

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Stealth, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Plague Tale: Requiem is the continuation of the third-person action-adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence. Amicia and her brother Hugo embark on a...

Wartales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hundred years have passed since the world witnessed the fall of the once great Edoran Empire at the hands of an unprecedented plague that swept...

Graveyard Keeper

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Medieval era, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a...

Rogue Legacy 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam...

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Role-playing game, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The game takes place in a world where humanity has fallen due to an attack by monsters. Now people have to hide behind brick walls and distraction...

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy, Medieval era, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2026

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The re-release of the role-playing action game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North from 2011, set in the universe of "The Lord of the Rings...

The Elder Scrolls: Blades

Role-playing game, Online, First-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2020; The project is closed: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2026

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 42/100

The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play, first-person multiplayer role-playing game set in the Elder Scrolls universe. The main character is a...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Action, Adventure, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a...

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered

Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Steampunk, Exploration, Old school, Medieval era

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game brings back the iconic stealth-action Thief: The Dark Project from 1998 in a refreshed form, preserving the atmosphere and features of the...

The Last Faith

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A dark metroidvania in the spirit of Bloodborne. The events unfold in a gothic city populated by various monsters. Players take on the role of...

Crown Wars: The Black Prince

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 November 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 59/100

The game takes place during the Hundred Years' War. The player takes control of a motley crew that will contribute to the completion of the massacre...

Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Fantasy, Adventure, Old school, Dungeons, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2025

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An updated version of the cult RPG, created according to the rules of D&D 3.5. The game combines a classic party adventure, a deep story campaign and...

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...

Children of Morta

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Medieval era, Online, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game tells the story of the Bergson family, who live at the foot of a cursed mountain. An ancient evil has awakened and now only a famous family...

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...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the...

Dungeon of the Endless

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege...

Castle of Heart: Retold

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2025

Steam: 63/100

An improved version of Castle of Heart, released in 2018. The player takes on the role of the warrior Svaran, bewitched by an evil sorcerer, who has...

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...

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Final Fantasy Tactics returns, reinvigorated in its modern incarnation. Updated graphics, fully voiced dialogue, and numerous improvements bring the...

Chronicles of the Wolf

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 June 2025

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A fantasy Metroidvania in the vein of the Castlevania series, players take on the role of the last remaining member of the Order of the Rose Cross...

Shovel Knight Dig

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Procedural generation, Strategy, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A fast-paced action platformer with roguelike elements set in the Shovel Knight universe. Shovel Knight embarks on a new adventure, digging ever...

Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy IV with new graphics and sound. The Kingdom of Baron sends an elite airborne unit, the Red Wings, to...

Labyrinth Of The Demon King

Survival horror, Dungeons, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Demons, Medieval era, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 May 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A dark game with PS1 style graphics, which takes place in feudal Japan overrun by demons. The main character is a soldier who must find the main...

Redemption Reapers

Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Simulation, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles from the creators of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The action takes place in a dark...

Death Crown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, In real time, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Death Crown is a minimalist top-down real-time strategy game where you take on the role of the real Death. You will have to command legions of the...

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...

The Stone of Madness

Tactics, Stealth, In real time, Historical, Strategy, Isometric, Medieval era, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Tactical stealth game in real time, the action of which unfolds in the Spanish monastery of the 18th century. This place hides many secrets, and its...

Rising Lords

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 69/100

A turn-based strategy game set in medieval Europe that combines tactical battles, elements of card games, and multiplayer battles for up to four...

Octopath Traveler 0

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2025

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The new installment of the Octopath Traveler series invites you to Orsterra — a world where destinies intersect and where legends of divine rings...

Scarlet Deer Inn

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Medieval era, Exploration

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Steam: 88/100

A colorful adventure inspired by Slavic folklore, medieval culture and the paintings of Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor...