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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - a game in the Slasher genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is a third-person fighting adventure game in the One Piece series. You can expect to meet familiar characters from popular anime...

Tunche

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Steam: 74/100

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...

Anima: Song from the Abyss

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 6.3/10

Anima: Song from the Abyss is a third-person action RPG from the developers of Anima: Gate of Memories. The game features two main characters: a knight and a...

Silent Hope

Action, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 74/100

One day, a terrible disaster struck the peaceful kingdom. In the chaos that followed, people began to cheat and backstab each other. Their king used his powerful...

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

Top-down view, Roguelike, Action, Arcade, Slasher, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2024

Steam: 79/100

A game from the creators of Despot's Game and Despotism 3k. The gamer controls a green jelly that confronts hundreds of enemies. You can use different weapons and...

Big Helmet Heroes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 February 2025

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A cooperative adventure about brave knights that confront monsters in different fantastic worlds. Each hero has his own skills. There are 4 combat styles: a warrior...

Ultra Age

Action, Slasher, Indie, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2021

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Ultra Age is a science-fiction action game set in 3174, where warrior Age travels to an apparently lifeless Earth to find a key to humanity’s survival. Accompanied...

Young Souls

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons. In the game you...

Flame Keeper

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2023

Steam: 68/100

A bright action roguelike about the warlike ember Ignis, who is trying to free the world of Orbis from the forces of darkness. The main character is trained in...

Realm of Ink

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Slasher, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2026

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Adventure action-roguelike in the spirit of Hades, but based on Chinese mythology for its lore. The game offers several characters to choose from, which need to...

Samurai Warriors 4 DX

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2019

Steam: 86/100

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...

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

Adventure, Slasher, Roguelike, Top-down view, Comedy, Indie, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 January 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A pixel game about Repchik from Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, who plans to rob a bank. You'll have to confront guards and other enemies, get crazy new weapons...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

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 Wonderful 101: Remastered

Arcade, Isometric, Action, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Wonderful 101: Remastered — a remaster of the adventure game The Wonderful 101, which was released on the Wii U in 2013. You will control a squad of small...

Panzer Paladin

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Action, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2020

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Panzer Paladin is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The Sinister Raven and his legions of cruel demons are ready for battle...

9th Dawn 3

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Adventure, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

9th Dawn 3 is a continuation of the classic top-down RPG set in the medieval setting of 9th Dawn. The game offers a more detailed world open to exploration, a new...

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

Steam: 89/100

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...

Death or Treat

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2023

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 57/100

The main character is Zhutik, the owner of PrizraMart, the main enterprise for the production of Halloween sweets. After the mysterious disappearance of the...

Diablo 2: Resurrected — Reign of the Warlock

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Slasher, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy, Demons, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2026

The expansion returns to the dark world of Sanctuary, where the forces of the Abyss begin to gain power once again. The familiar campaign retains the atmosphere of...

No More Heroes

Action, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Slasher, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 83/100

No More Heroes is an atmospheric Japanese-style third-person action fighting game. An exciting adventure awaits you with the detached Travis Touchdown, who travels...

Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

METALLIC CHILD

Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Slasher, Roguelike, Third-person view, Indie, Combat robots

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 September 2021

Steam: 84/100

METALLIC CHILD is a whirlwind action-slasher with a third-person view and bagel elements in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of the android...

Astral Ascent

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Moonscars

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Slasher, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

Steam: 82/100

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...

The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy, Top-down view, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 April 2023

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

In the kingdom of Demacia, mage hunters hunt people with magical gifts under the pretext of protecting ordinary people. They are forced into hiding, persecuted...

Lady Death Demonicron

Action, Slasher, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2026

Steam: 47/100

Cooperative action-slasher in the spirit of arcade fighters from the 1990s. Lady Death embarks on a journey through time and reality, where she must cut through...

Fate/Extella Link

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 July 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle is a stand-alone add-on for the dynamic action slasher game with a third-person view Attack on Titan 2. Along with the add-on, new...

Boreal Blade

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2019

Steam: 71/100

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...

Samurai Warriors 5

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Batora: Lost Haven

Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2023

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

After a mysterious event, most of the Earth was destroyed. Avril, a 16-year-old girl, witnessed the death of her older sister Rose due to this event. Along with her...

Overlord: Escape From Nazarick

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 June 2022

Steam: 65/100

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

Megaton Musashi W: Wired

Japanese role-playing game, Fighting, Combat robots, Anime / Manga, Online, Slasher, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2024

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The aliens almost completely destroyed humanity, and the survivors were imprisoned in an underground shelter, where their memories of this event were suppressed. A...

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...

Fimbul

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2019

Steam: 62/100

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...

Bloodroots

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Top-down view, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Bloodroots is a fast-paced action adventure with an isometric camera view. You have to try on the role of Mr. Wolf, who was left for dead by his former fellow...

No Place for Bravery

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2022

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Pixel action role-playing game where the main character is trying to find his missing daughter. Thorne travels with his adopted son Fid, who cannot walk. The plot...

Ninja Party

Arcade, Third-person view, Beat them all, Casual game, Parkour, Slasher

Early Access: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2025

Steam: 73/100

A dynamic multiplayer game from the creators of Shadow Fight and Vector. You need to move quickly around the arena and use a variety of weapons against enemies...

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remastered

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Demons, Survival horror, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2025

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

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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