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: 6.1/10

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: 6.8/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bayonetta

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

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...

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...

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...

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 March 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

The story of the journey in which Yumi and her companions are faced with their own memories and continue to go forward, despite the tests. The world of the game is...

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...

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...

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...

Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Platformer, Slasher, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Updated version of the cult action-adventures Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2. Both classic projects have received significantly...

SD Gundam Battle Alliance

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a futuristic RPG shooter about robots with a third-person view. The story takes place in the G Universe, a world where the Gundam canon...

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...

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 June 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection is a collection of iconic third-person action-slasher games for modern platforms, including NINJA GAIDEN Σ, NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 and...

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...

Death's Door

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action, Platformer, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is a colorful platformer based on the animated series “Samurai Jack”. The events of the new slasher take place before the final...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 June 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a third-person action-adventure game based on the popular anime Demon Slayer. Familiar heroes will become demon hunters, explore...

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...

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

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition is a re-release of the original action-slasher game with a third-person view in the fantasy setting of Darksiders: Wrath of War. You...

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...

The Legend of Tianding

Side view, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Comics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 November 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The Legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a comic book style. The game will tell the story of a young Taipei vigilante, Liao...

Devil May Cry

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Samurai Warriors 5

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Samurai Warriors 5 is a continuation of the samurai slasher film set in medieval Japan. The game takes place during the Onin Troubles during the Sengoku period. The...

Overlord: Escape From Nazarick

Anime / Manga, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 June 2022

Overlord: Escape From Nazarick is a side-scrolling, fantasy-adventure action-platformer with anime elements. Clementine wakes up to find herself imprisoned in the...

No More Heroes 3

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Beat them all, Comedy, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

No More Heroes 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The sequel will take place 10 years after the original, with the main...

Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2022

Metacritic: 66/100

Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars is an action-adventure slasher game with RPG elements and a third-person perspective. Two warring nations from the Neptunia and...

Zorro The Chronicles

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Slasher, Adventure, Comics, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 June 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Zorro The Chronicles is an action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view, based on the animated series The Chronicles of Zorro. In the game you have to get...

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Best Games in the Slasher genre for Nintendo Switch