Roguelike for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Roguelike genre

Terraria - a game in the Roguelike genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various...

Hades 2

Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Replayability, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2025

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 94/100

A continuation of the roguelike Hades, taking players into even deeper and darker layers of ancient Greek mythology. This time the story revolves...

Vampire Survivors

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 August 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A gothic action roguelike about vampires where players fight off hordes of monsters. All that is required of the player is to move around the arena...

Sifu

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Hurricane hand-to-hand combat with a multitude of enemies from the creators of Absolver. A young kung fu student embarks on a path of revenge...

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Procedural generation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Spin-off of the popular cooperative shooter Deep Rock Galactic, where bearded dwarves escape from a swarm of space bugs and mine precious minerals...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Slasher, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god...

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...

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...

Absolum

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Dynamic action-clip from the creators teenage mutant ninja turtles: shredder's revenge and streets of rage 4. The main action unfolds in the world...

Cult of the Lamb

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Dungeons, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A colorful action roguelike with base-building, cult management, and dungeon exploration. The main character is an obsessed lamb, saved from death by...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate

Action, Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Comics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael set off on a journey through New York in search of Master Splinter, who has been kidnapped by the Foot...

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...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Replayability, Parkour

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2025

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the...

Warhammer Survivors

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, Casual game, Fantasy

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2026

A frantic action roguelike in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game combines a frantic pace with the dark spirit of the Warhammer 40,000 and...

Sulfur

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Roguelike, Dungeons, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2026

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

The player explores a dark and strange world full of dangers and also hunts for treasures. To protect yourself from monsters, there are a variety of...

Balatro

Roguelike, Card game, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 February 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A card roguelike with deck building, created based on the principles of poker, where the interaction of elements helps to win big. The game requires...

Darkest Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but...

World of Horror

Role-playing game, Horror, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Roguelike, Survival horror, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual text role-playing game in a Japanese setting, combining horror from the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The old gods awaken and once...

BALL x PIT

Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

An unexpected event has destroyed an entire city, leaving only an ominous pit in its place. Treasure hunters flock to this tomb in search of fortune...

The Last Spell

Role-playing game, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in a dark fantasy world, in which, due to the Cataclysm caused by magicians, monsters began to appear everywhere, threatening...

Ravenswatch

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods featuring characters from folk tales. Each hero has their own abilities: Beowulf relies on...

Brotato

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 August 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an...

Slay the Spire

Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Slay the Spire is a card-based role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to climb to the top of a dark...

Soul Knight

Free game, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 October 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Soul Knight is a free-to-play pixel roguelike with randomly generated dungeons and a top-down view for mobile platforms. In the game you need to...

Neon Abyss 2

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2026

Steam: 88/100

A sequel to the explosive roguelike, where everything moves even faster, brighter and more dangerous. In the game, each playthrough turns into a...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon...

Bloodshed

Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school, Demons, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2025

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 84/100

The main character battles endless waves of enemies and confronts an ominous cult whose members want to resurrect an ancient deity to bring about the...

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm...

Delivery from the Pain: Survival

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Survival, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 79/100

An action role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down perspective, set during a zombie apocalypse. A research institute working on a cure...

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...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy...

Into the Breach

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Into the Breach is a tactical strategy game with turn-based battles about fighting off an alien invasion from the creators of FTL: Faster Than...

Risk of Rain 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike

Early Access: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2019; Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Risk of Rain 2 is a dynamic action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the second part you will find a full three-dimensional...

Sworn

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Cooperative roguelike that tells the story of journeys through the grim Camelot. Players take on the role of fearless knights to free the lands from...

Titanium Court

Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Match-3 (Three in a row), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2026

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A pixel game where the gamer manages a court and battles opponents. The gameplay consists of several stages. In the first, you need to create matches...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke...

Rogue Legacy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies...

Dragon Is Dead

Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Demons, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2026

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Action-adventure roguelike inspired by Dead Cells, Diablo and Castlevania. In the story, the dragons challenged the gods, but lost the battle and...

Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

Online, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2026

Steam: 72/100

A game that supports co-op for up to 4 people. Characters explore dungeons, ruins, and gardens that are automatically generated each time. The game...

Roguelike

Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Nintendo Switch