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

Diablo 2: Resurrected - a game in the Slasher genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 6.2/10

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...

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

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 fierce attacks and...

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...

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...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...

Bayonetta

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Bayonetta is a fantastic action-slasher game with a third-person view. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient clan of witches that maintained the balance...

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Remaster Lollipop Chainsaw about a chainsaw-wielding girl exterminating zombies. The game's plot revolves around schoolgirl Juliet, who finds herself in the...

Samurai Maiden

Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2022

Players: 5/10

Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes of black smoke...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Furi is an action-slasher game with a third-person view from the French studio The Game Bakers. The main character, armed with a samurai blade, will confront...

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...

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...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2022

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

DEADCRAFT

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2022

Metacritic: 76/100

DEADCRAFT is a post-apocalyptic zombie survival game with a top-down view from the creators of Daemon X Machina and Doraemon: Story of Seasons. The main...

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...

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut

Action, Slasher, Adventure, Third-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne: Terminal Cut — updated version of the action-adventure slasher Bloodrayne. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and optimization...

Afterimage

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2023

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Side view game with non-linear levels. A girl named Renee survived an attack on her home village, but lost her memory. Now she is trying to regain her memories and...

Achilles: Legends Untold

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2025

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

The main action takes place in a fantasy setting inspired by ancient Greek legends. The main character is the brave warrior Achilles, who intends to put an end to...

Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Improved re-release of the action slasher Darksiders 2. The events of the sequel are directly related to the plot of the first part. War was blamed for causing the...

Have a Nice Death

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Slasher, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character is the mortally bored director Death, whose subordinates have completely lost their shores and turned the balance of the coming and going of...

Trek to Yomi

Action, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 January 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A black and white action adventure in the style of ancient Japan. The main character is a fearless warrior who fights supernatural forces. Young Hiroki swore to the...

Devil May Cry

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Action, Slasher, Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2024

Metacritic: 77/100

The plot centers on a cat named Gori, who is endowed with the ability to destroy everything in his path. The player controls this cute but deadly hero as he makes...

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 April 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An updated version of a dark action-slasher that combines brutal battles, adventure elements, and the atmosphere of a biblical apocalypse. At the center of the...

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...

Bayonetta 3

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2022

Metacritic: 86/100

Bayonetta 3 is a continuation of the hurricane action-slasher with a third-person view in a fantasy-futuristic setting. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient...

Foregone

Platformer, Side view, Action, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Foregone is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer in which the main character is trying to save the city of Kalagan from complete destruction. The game has a...

Young Souls

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Slasher, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Young Souls is an arcade co-op action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of...

BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut

Adventure, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2021

Players: 7.3/10

BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut is an updated version of the action-adventure slasher BloodRayne 2. The original game has received support for modern gamepads and...

Blackwind

Action, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Combat robots, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2022

Players: 10/10

Blackwind is a dynamic action-slasher about combat robots with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the mining colony...

Moonscars

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

Metacritic: 73/100

Moonscars is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Under the dark moonlight, the fierce clay warrior Gray Irma fights, driven by a lonely goal: to find the...

Attack on Titan 2

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Attack on Titan 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action-slasher with a third-person view, where you will use the famous Omni-Directional Monoevuer Gear mechanism...

RWBY: Arrowfell

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2022

RWBY: Arrowfell is an arcade action platformer with slasher elements and a side view in the RWBY universe. You will play as four members of Team RWBY — Ruby...

Kitaria Fables

Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Kitaria Fables is an action-adventure role-playing game with management elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to an amazing world, which is...

Narita Boy

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

Persona 5 Strikers

Action, Hack and slash, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off of Persona 5, continuing the story of the Joker and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and incorporating mechanics from the Dynasty...

There Is No Light

Action, Indie, Slasher, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

There is No Light is a hardcore action-adventure slasher film set in a dark fantasy setting. After a global catastrophe, humanity was forced to move underground. In...

KILL KNIGHT

Action, Horror, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The main character is doomed to eternal battles in the arena. There are five large locations with a variety of opponents. The character uses pistols, heavy weapons...

Warriors Orochi 4

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Warriors Orochi 4 is a continuation of the series of exciting action-slasher games with a third-person view in the Japanese style. Warriors Orochi will once again...

City of Brass

Action, Slasher, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 69/100

City of Brass is a fantasy action-slasher game with a first-person view and roguelike elements. You will take control of a cunning thief who, with the help of a...

Hell Warders

Action, Strategy, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 February 2019

Hell Warders is a dynamic action slasher with elements of tactical strategy in the tower defense genre. Hell is raging at your gates! You have to try on the role of...

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Best Games in the Slasher genre for Nintendo Switch