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

Wartales - a game in the Medieval era genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2023

Players: 8.6/10

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 through the...

Darkest Dungeon 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2024

Players: 8.6/10

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 very real mental...

A Plague Tale: Requiem

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2022

Players: 9/10

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 new journey. The...

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

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 warrior named...

King's Bounty 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

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 darkness are...

Rogue Legacy 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022

Players: 9.7/10

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 everywhere, and...

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2023

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

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The Last Faith

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2023

Players: 7.2/10

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 Eric, who suffers...

Children of Morta

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2019

Players: 9.1/10

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 can stop it...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 7.7/10

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

Becastled

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2025

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: walls, towers, and...

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: 8.9/10

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 fences that...

Shogun Showdown

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2024

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 right moment and...

Shovel Knight Dig

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

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 deeper in search of...

Dungeon of the Endless

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2020

Players: 7.7/10

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 Auriga, the...

Live A Live

Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Medieval era, Adventure, Remake

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2022

Metacritic: 83/100

Remake of Live a Live (1994) . The game features seven independent story campaigns, each dedicated to one of the seven heroes living in different time periods...

While the Iron's Hot

Side view, Crafting, Adventure, Role-playing game, Medieval era, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 December 2023

Players: 9.9/10

In the distant land of Ellian, legendary artisans have gathered for centuries to perfect their skills. The main character wants to join them. The character explores...

Pentiment

Adventure, Side view, Logic, Historical, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2024

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Historical role-playing detective story, the events of which unfold in Bavaria in the early 16th century. The main character is an apprentice who follows his mentor...

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

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 become the...

Feudal Alloy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

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 protagonist’s home...

Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

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 attack...

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: 6.3/10

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 member of the...

The Stone of Madness

Tactics, Stealth, In real time, Historical, Strategy, Isometric, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2025

Players: 10/10

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 walls became...

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

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 villain who killed...

Hammerwatch 2

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2023

Metacritic: 66/100

A game with pixel graphics in which the gamer controls a squad of brave heroes. They set out to help the villagers and explore the open world to support King...

Graveyard Keeper 2

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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 graveyard while...

Rising Lords

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2024

Players: 7.6/10

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

Chronicles of the Wolf

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 June 2025

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, Mateo Lombardo...

Castle of Heart: Retold

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2025

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 turned his...

Toy Tactics

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Sandbox, Medieval era

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

A real-time strategy game where players control an army of toy soldiers as they strive for victory in various battle arenas. The game features tactical gameplay...

Scarlet Deer Inn

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Medieval era

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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

Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 July 2025

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 rich character...

Crown Wars: The Black Prince

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 November 2024

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. The fact is...

Wartales, The Skelmar Invasion

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Players travel to Ormans County, which is experiencing the largest invasion in its history. The last stronghold of the county fell and its defenders fled. Gamers...

Wartales - Contract: The Fief

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2025

The player takes control of a kingdom engulfed in lawlessness and desolation, which must be brought to prosperity. They will need to reclaim abandoned fields...

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remastered

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Demons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2025

The story unfolds around the young sword master Jubei Yagyu, who returns to his hometown only to find the ashes left by the demon army of Nobunaga Oda. This event...

Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Turn-based, Roguelike, Old school, Medieval era

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Remaster Defender of the Crown — a game that became a hit in 1986. The original project is dedicated to medieval Britain. The player needs to capture enemy...

Medieval era

Best Games in the Medieval era genre for Nintendo Switch