Role-playing game 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Role-playing game genre

Dying Light - a game in the Role-playing game genre

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...

Disco Elysium

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Disco Elysium is a text-based RPG with an isometric camera and a point-and-click interface that has gained worldwide recognition for its story and unique...

Diablo 2: Resurrected

Role-playing game, Isometric, Horror, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Diablo 2: Resurrected is a remake of the cult isometric action-RPG Diablo 2. In the updated version of the game, a new graphics engine has been implemented, the...

Darksiders 3

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...

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...

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A dynamic role-playing action game dedicated to the history of Goku's formation. On his way he will meet villains and friends from previous parts of the series...

Monster Hunter Rise

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy, Action, Open world, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 87/100

The action takes place 50 years after the great disaster. The hunters are faced with a new and terrifying monster that is ready to plunge everything around into...

Maneater

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Loop Hero

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 December 2021

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Battle Brothers

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 March 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Curious Expedition 2

Role-playing game, Simulation, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Curious Expedition 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling adventure role-playing game with a procedurally generated world, dedicated to expeditions in the 19th...

Hellpoint

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Hellpoint is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the future on the Irid Novo space station, which...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a remaster of the fantasy open-world third-person role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The developers have...

Gods Will Fall

Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Gods Will Fall is an RPG adventure in which you lead a handful of Vikings in a daring fight against the cruel gods. For the latter, you either blindly worship and...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a fantasy role-playing game with a third-person view in the Star Wars universe. You can choose your path in this epic game...

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a continuation of the role-playing adventure in the fantasy universe of Monster Hunter. A new and unique experience...

Tails of Iron

Adventure, Action, Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tails of Iron is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. Playing as Reggie, heir to the Rat throne, you will have to save your kingdom and...

Black Book

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.5/10

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...

Ys 9: Monstrum Nox

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Action, Japanese role-playing game, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021

Metacritic: 79/100

Renowned adventurer Adol Christin and his companion Dogi arrive in Balduk, a city annexed by the Romun Empire. But at the entrance to the city the main character is...

Skyforge

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2021

Players: 8/10

Skyforge is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fantasy universe where gods...

Bravely Default 2

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Bravely Default 2 is a continuation of the turn-based role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In the sequel you will find a new plot of a new world with completely...

Blue Reflection: Second Light

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

Blue Reflection: Second Light is a continuation of the colorful Japanese role-playing game about young magical...

The Caligula Effect 2

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

The Caligula Effect 2 is a sequel to the Japanese role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based combat. The events of the game take place in a...

Rune Factory 5

Action, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

Rune Factory 5 is a fantasy action role-playing game with a third-person view. In the sleepy border town of Rigbart, mysterious events unfold that affect the runes...

Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The plot tells the story of the young king Evan, in whose state a coup was carried out, and because of which he was forced to flee. Now, in the company of friends...

Dreamscaper

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Isometric, Action, Indie, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 August 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Dreamscaper is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. At night, delve into your subconscious as you face...

Demon Skin

Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Fighting, Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Demon Skin is an indie slasher game with platformer elements and a side view in a fantasy style. The game contains various types of undead, a race of underground...

Death's Door

Action, Slasher, Isometric, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 November 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Death's Door is an adventure role-playing action slasher game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Collecting the souls of the dead from bell to bell...

King of Seas

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Adventure, Isometric, Third-person view, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

King of Seas is an isometric action-adventure RPG set in a deadly, procedurally generated world of pirates. You will fight in a brutal confrontation to reclaim what...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Haven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Haven is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take control of the characters Yu and Kay, who have been exiled to a mysterious planet called the Source...

Eldest Souls

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Eldest Souls is a dynamic top-down action game where you have to fight ruthless and treacherous gods. The game takes place in a gloomy world in which powerful gods...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2021

Metacritic: 81/100

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a fast-paced top-down action RPG set in the fantasy universe of Baldur's Gate. The combat system is based on the rules of Dungeons...

Actraiser Renaissance

Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, Side view, In real time

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Actraiser Renaissance is an action role-playing platformer with real-time strategy and platforming elements. You will be able to use powerful fire, ice and other...

Griftlands

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Griftlands is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat from the creators of Don't Starve and Invisible, Inc.. You have to recruit a team of thugs and...

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 August 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is a cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and tower defense elements in a fantasy setting. The game continues...

Bladed Fury

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Bladed Fury is a fun action-platformer with RPG elements and a Japanese-style side view. The game takes place during the times of Ancient China and tells the story...

MONARK

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

MONARK is an action-adventure role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The world plunged into darkness and madness as a mysterious and deadly fog...

Deiland

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Deiland is an adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, created based on “The Little Prince” by the famous French writer Antoine de...

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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch