Slasher for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Slasher genre / Page 5

Fractured Worlds - a game in the Slasher genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2026

Steam: 57/100

Role-playing action in a dark fantasy setting, taking place in a reality shattered by the ambitions of its inhabitants. A mysterious voice guides the hero through...

Demon Skin

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

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...

Time Treker

Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Slasher, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2025

Steam: 65/100

After a race of alien bugs conquered Earth, the remnants of humanity were forced to flee and seek refuge in distant parts of the galaxy. The survivors send their...

Zenith

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 46/100

Zenith — action role-playing game with an isometric view in a fantasy setting. The main character Argus — one of the most legendary heroes. All his life...

Paw Paw Paw

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Paw Paw Paw is a co-op beat'em up with a side-scrolling fantasy setting. At the beginning you have to choose one of four heroes, differing not only in appearance...

Slave Zero X

Side view, Beat them all, Platformer, Action, Futurism (Future), Old school, Slasher, Cyberpunk, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 February 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This is a prequel to the original Slave Zero, released in 1999. The game's events take place five years before the events shown in the first part. Megacity S1-9...

Morkull Ragast's Rage

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025

Steam: 69/100

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...

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2020

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This action slasher follows assassin Travis Touchdown, who takes up his weapon again after falling from first to 51st place in the United Assassins Association. He...

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2018

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action beat ’em up follows the Straw Hat Crew through an original One Piece story, from Fuchsia Village to Dressrosa, an island ruled by Doflamingo. The crew...

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2019

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is a third-person action-adventure slasher game set in the No More Heroes universe from Grasshopper Manufacture. The game tells...

No Straight Roads

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

No Straight Roads is a musical action-slasher game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of an independent rock band that goes up against a powerful...

Narita Boy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

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...

The Legend of Tianding

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 November 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Morbid: The Lords of Ire

Action, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Fantasy, Slasher, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 May 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Adventure role-playing action, a direct sequel to Morbid: The Seven Acolytes. Even after their defeat, the Gahars never truly died. They fell asleep and waited...

Anomaly Agent

Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2024

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...

Bladed Fury

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Steam: 87/100

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...

Battle Axe

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Top-down view, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2021

Steam: 61/100

Battle Ax is an arcade action-slasher adventure game with a top-down view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the fairy-tale world of Mercia...

Animus: Revenant

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 June 2021

Steam: 52/100

Animus: Revenant is an adventure action-slasher with an isometric camera view in a dark fantasy setting, made in the spirit of the Dark Souls Remastered series...

Dusk Diver 2

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Anime / Manga, Slasher, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Dusk Diver 2 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing slasher with a third-person view in the Japanese style. Yang Yumo is an ordinary student who works...

Hammerwatch 2

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy, Medieval era, Slasher, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2023

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A game with pixel graphics in which the gamer controls a squad of brave heroes. They set out to help the villagers and explore the open world to support King...

Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fate/Extella is a Japanese-style third-person action game. The game takes place in a completely new world of the Fate universe. The confrontation is waged around a...

Cubers: Arena

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Cubers is an exciting arcade slasher with an isometric camera view. You will take control of a character sold into slavery by his family, who must defeat the master...

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2018

Metacritic: 78/100

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is a special edition of the action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view in the universe of "The Legend of Zelda". The...

The Company Man

Platformer, Action, Side view, Indie, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The Company Man is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game challenges you to battle the work routine of attacking your crazy colleagues with a...

Samurai Bringer

Action, Roguelike, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2022

Steam: 87/100

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...

Kamiko

Action, Slasher, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 April 2017

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This arcade action game draws on Japanese Shinto beliefs and follows priestesses who battle demons and open gates between worlds. In Kamiko, the heroines wield...

OMG Zombies

Arcade, Strategy, Slasher, Top-down view, Puzzle, Horror, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 80/100

This arcade zombie shooter with puzzle elements takes place in Redfield, a city hit by an outbreak. A lone police sniper faces hordes of the undead: zombies explode...

Hammerwatch

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

A fantasy action-adventure hack-and-slash in pixel art follows a climb through Castle Hammerwatch. The castle can be explored solo or in co-op, as players fight...

Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2021

Steam: 55/100

Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom is an action-adventure slasher with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic setting. In...

A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Black-Winged Survivor

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2025

Steam: 91/100

An isekai in a dark fantasy setting, based on the anime "A Wild Last Boss Appeared!" The action takes place in the city of Mimir, where a gigantic tower rises in...

RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore

Action, Anime / Manga, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2019

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 61/100

An anime-style adventure set in a colorful world, combining hack-and-slash combat and magic attacks with roguelite elements. The player fights enemies using Lore’s...

Super Cane Magic ZERO

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2019

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Super Cane Magic ZERO — A colorful top-down action RPG based on the popular Scottecs cartoon. A tragedy occurred in a fairy-tale world — a powerful...

Resolutiion

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 66/100

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...

Fairy Tail 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2024

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 66/100

An adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the Japanese anime Fairy Tail. The story is based on the final story arc of the original Alvarez...

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Cyberpunk, Slasher, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2022

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami is a fast-paced side-scrolling cyberpunk slasher game. Welcome to Edo, the dark age of machines, during a time when the Shogunate rules...

Foregone

Platformer, Side view, Action, Slasher, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Fallen Knight

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2021

Steam: 56/100

Fallen Knight is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a descendant of the legendary...

Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2022

Steam: 82/100

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...

3000th Duel

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2020

Steam: 69/100

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...

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Best Games in the Slasher genre for Nintendo Switch