Survival
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Statuses
Best Games in the Survival genre for Nintendo Switch
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
83/100
An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Space
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2022
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man’s Sky is a first-person adventure simulator set in a futuristic world. You’ll explore outer space and planets, some of which are home to various forms of...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and his pet who...
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
86/100
An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...
Action, First-person view, Online, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 April 2024
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
61/100
Grounded is a cooperative survival game from Obsidian. The plot tells about children who have shrunk to the size of insects. Now the grass seems huge to them, like...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2020
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Construction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 May 2026
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
67/100
A survival simulator in an open world, the main feature of which is the main character’s van, which must be improved by adding various mechanisms to it. The player...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 December 2024
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...
Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2026
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
72/100
An open world life simulator inspired by the cartoon “Miracles on Bends”. Uncle Lou disappeared, leaving the hero with his seaplane delivery company. Now he needs...
Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 August 2023
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
96/100
Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an alien planet...
Isometric, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Casual game, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 January 2026
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
83/100
The game takes place in a destroyed and flooded post-apocalyptic city. The main character builds a shelter on the roof of a skyscraper. You can explore nearby...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 August 2018
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Bad North is a minimalist real-time strategy game with tower defense elements and an isometric camera view. You have to defend your island against the impending...
