Slasher for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Slasher genre / Page 2

Platformer, Fantasy, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 July 2024

Players: 8.3/10

A pixel game with support for 4-player co-op mode, in which a group of brave heroes must save Atlantis. The people angered the gods, who sent monsters in revenge...

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...

Fire Emblem Warriors

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Fire Emblem Warriors is a third-person fantasy slasher game set in the Fire Emblem universe. You have to go to a new kingdom and play for your favorite heroes...

Teratopia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Indie, Slasher, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Teratopia is an arcade platformer with cute graphics and orchestral music. Inspired by the best representatives of this genre, he tried to absorb that mischievous...

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...

Hunt the Night

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Indie, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2026

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dark retro game in which the gamer controls a hunter named Vesper. She explores the lands of Medram, where she confronts dangerous opponents. You can use weapons...

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...

Resolutiion

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Resolutiion is a top-down action-adventure game set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dystopian future world where you have to collect pieces of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Samurai Bringer

Action, Roguelike, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2022

Samurai Bringer is an old-school action-slasher with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The main theme of the game is Japanese...

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince

Exploration, Slasher, Adventure, Top-down view, Remake, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2022

Metacritic: 77/100

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is a top-down retro action-adventure game with RPG elements. Several centuries have passed since the events of The Sleeping...

Morkull Ragast's Rage

Platformer, Slasher, Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Comics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025

The main character of the game is Morkull, a villain who knows that he is a video game character. In battles, you can use combos and a variety of abilities to help...

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2020

Metacritic: 78/100

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity — action-adventure slasher with a third-person view. The plot will tell about the events that took place 100 years before...

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...

TRON: Catalyst

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 June 2025

Metacritic: 67/100

An isometric action movie based on Disney's Tron from the creators of Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular. The main character is a girl-program Exo from the...

Fate/Extella Link

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Fate/Extella Link is a continuation of the exciting third-person slasher Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star. After the events of the global war, a precarious calm came...

Down To Hell

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 December 2019

Down To Hell is a dynamic action-slasher with role-playing elements and a side view. You have to take on the role of a knight filled with hatred and rage. As you...

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...

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...

Hammerwatch

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate is an improved and expanded edition of the exciting action-slasher game with a third-person view in the Japanese style. The game once...

Boreal Blade

Action, Online, Slasher, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2019

Multiplayer fighting game set in a medieval environment, where two teams clash in dynamic battles. Four combat styles are available — with one-handed or two-handed...

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...

Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade action runner. You have to try on the role of valiant ninja rabbits who need to return the carrots...

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...

Devil Slayer - Raksasi

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Devil Slayer — Raksasi is a top-down action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to explore dark dungeons that are randomly...

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...

Fimbul

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2019

Metacritic: 48/100

Fimbul is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the apocalyptic winter leading up to Ragnarok. The main...

Redeemer: Enhanced Edition

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Slasher, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 July 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a dynamic shooter with slasher elements and a top-down view in a futuristic setting. The game revolves around a retired elite...

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...

GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 February 2022

Metacritic: 65/100

GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon is a dynamic side-scrolling arcade action roguelike in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will act as the guardian and chosen one of the...

3000th Duel

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2020

Metacritic: 71/100

3000th Duel is an indie adventure platformer with slasher elements and a side view. The hero sets off towards the unknown, remembering almost nothing about himself...

Samurai Warriors 4 DX

Action, Slasher, Historical, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2019

Metacritic: 82/100

Complete edition Samurai Warriors 4 with all heroes, costumes, background music, and weapons. The story focuses on commanders from different regions of the...

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...

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Best Games in the Slasher genre for Nintendo Switch