Best Games for Nintendo Switch of 2017 / Page 5

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Arcade

August 30, 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This run-and-gun shooter follows eight mercenaries fighting a large terrorist organization. In “Lonely Wolf” mode, the player controls one character; in “Team...

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

February 27, 2013

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This 2D beat ’em up with fighting-game elements sends a roster of fighters through Tokyo to battle the strange minions of the evil wizard Phantom. In Story Mode...

Hammerwatch

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

August 12, 2013

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...

Mantis Burn Racing

Arcade, Racing, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

July 5, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Mantis Burn Racing is an isometric arcade racer centered on high-speed contests across tracks with varied conditions and opponents. Its nine-season career lets...

Blaster Master Zero

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

March 9, 2017

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Blaster Master Zero is an 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer based on the 1988 Blaster Master game. The new edition features the unique style of the original...

Super Bomberman R

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Online

March 3, 2017

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Super Bomberman R is a reincarnation of the series in a modern style with three-dimensional maps and photorealistic graphics that will allow you to enjoy battles...

De Mambo

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

July 13, 2017

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 69/100

De Mambo is an arcade platform action game for one to four players, who battle on destructible arenas. Its controls revolve around a single button: how long it is...

Infinite Minigolf

Arcade, Golf, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

October 6, 2016

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Infinite Minigolf is an arcade sports game with a third-person view dedicated to mini-golf and supporting virtual reality devices HTC Vive, OSVR, Oculus Rift. You...

Gear.Club Unlimited

Racing, Third-person view

November 21, 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Gear.Club Unlimited is an exciting racing simulator with a third-person view. You will be able to feel a new level in driving cars. The game features realistic...

Forma.8

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

February 23, 2017

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This Metroidvania action-adventure follows forma.8, a small exploration probe stranded alone on the surface of an alien planet after an accident. To survive, it...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

July 11, 2017

Players: 5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve puzzles to avoid...

Lichtspeer

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie, Adventure

September 27, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Lichtspeer is an arcade action game set in a futuristic world inspired by ancient Germanic myths. Summoned by the gods, a hero sets out on a perilous journey and...

Mr. Shifty

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Comics, Beat them all, Indie

April 13, 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Mr. Shifty is a top-down arcade action adventure where you have to dodge the path and move at lightning speed. In the game, you get into the most guarded building...

Vaccine

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Roguelike, Action, Survival horror

February 21, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 46/100

Vaccine is a third-person horror adventure with survival elements. Find a vaccine for your infected friend before time runs out, but know that your friend will...

Violett

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

December 13, 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This fantasy point-and-click adventure follows Violett, a rebellious teenager whose parents move her from the city to an old house in the countryside. After...

Bleed

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

December 12, 2012

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action platformer follows Wryn, a heroine who dreams of becoming the greatest videogame hero and sets out to challenge the heroes already celebrated as the...

The End Is Nigh

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

July 12, 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The End Is Nigh is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy. You will play as a character named Ash...

Pinball FX3

Arcade, Simulation, Isometric, Top-down view, Pinball, Free game

September 26, 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Pinball FX3 is a continuation of the top-down arcade pinball simulator. You can expect improved visuals, many new interactive elements on the tables, an advanced...

Mutant Mudds Collection

December 14, 2017

Metacritic: 85/100

This pixel-art action platformer follows Max as he battles mutants and searches for mysterious Water Sprites. Using a jetpack, he moves between the foreground and...

Monster Jam: Crush It!

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

October 25, 2016

Monster Jam: Crush It! is a third-person arcade game with elements of action and racing from the masters of GameMill Entertainment. The main publisher of the game...

Batman: Episode 5 - City of Light

Adventure, Comics, Interactive movie

December 13, 2016

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Batman: Episode 5 — City of Light is the final episode of the adventure game from Telltale Games, based on the Batman comic book series. The game centers around...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

March 24, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

Tumbleseed

Arcade, Side view, Indie, Action, Adventure

May 2, 2017

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This action roguelike follows a seed rolling up a dangerous mountain, with the player balancing it on a bar as it moves. The route is filled with holes and...

Romancing SaGa 2 Remaster

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure

December 15, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Romancing SaGa 2 Remaster is an updated version of the Japanese-style adventure role-playing game. You will control members of the royal family of Avalon. The...

Quest of Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Casual game, Exploration

March 25, 2014

Steam: 78/100

This turn-based dungeon crawler with 16-bit retro visuals follows a group of heroes confronting the Dark Lord, who has stolen all the light. Players choose a...

Tiny Metal

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

December 21, 2017

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Tiny Metal is a military tactical strategy game with turn-based battles. You will play as the Artezimin lieutenant Nathan Griss, who, along with his warriors...

Embers of Mirrim

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

May 23, 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Embers of Mirrim is a fantastic side-scrolling puzzle platformer. The game revolves around a magical animal that can transform into two characters at once &mdash...

Caveman Warriors

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

September 22, 2017

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Caveman Warriors is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer. The events of the game will take you to prehistoric times, when people lived in caves, and there was...

Rogue Trooper Redux

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure

October 17, 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Rogue Trooper Redux is an improved dynamic shooter with a third-person view in a futuristic setting. The events of the game will tell you the story of Rougo, a...

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

September 22, 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 74/100

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a classic party role-playing game with turn-based combat and first-person view in a fantasy setting. The game revolves around a group...

Monopoly (2019)

Board / Group Game, Tactics, Business / Management, Online, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Strategy, Turn-based

October 3, 2017

Monopoly (2019) is an educational online board game with elements of business and turn-based strategy with an isometric view. You roll the dice and buy, sell, build...

ACORN Tactics

December 7, 2017

Metacritic: 51/100

This tactical game follows the Alien Counter Offensive Response Network (ACORN) as it fights an invasion by alien blobs. The player assembles a squad of giant...

Earth Atlantis

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Steampunk, Action, Side view

October 5, 2017

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling arcade shooter in a steampunk style for mobile platforms. You will go to the depths of the ocean, where there are strange...

Splasher

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

February 7, 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Splasher is a 2D platformer in which a young hero sets out to rescue the workers of the Inkorp factory from its greedy boss, Docteur. Armed with a paint cannon, the...

ULTRA STREET FIGHTER 2: The Final Challengers

Arcade, Fighting, First-person view, Side view

May 26, 2017

Metacritic: 66/100

ULTRA STREET FIGHTER 2: The Final Challengers is a classic side-scrolling, first-person fighting game exclusively for the Nintendo Switch...

Namco Museum

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Collection, Puzzle, Side view

July 28, 2017

Metacritic: 72/100

Namco Museum is a collection of classic games from Bandai Namco for the Nintendk Switch. The set includes 11 games, including: Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga, Galaga '88...

Flip Wars

Arcade, Online, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Tactics, Side view

May 18, 2017

Metacritic: 53/100

Flip Wars is a competitive arcade puzzle action game for four people. You have to control colorful robots, whose main task is to capture as many colored tiles as...

Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack

Action

November 21, 2017

Metacritic: 82/100

This collection brings together two 2D action platformers: Azure Striker Gunvolt and its sequel, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. In the first game, Gunvolt faces a new...

Implosion: Never Lose Hope

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Free game, Roguelike

April 8, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Implosion: Never Lose Hope is an action RPG with a third-person view for mobile platforms. Twenty years after the fall of the Earth, the remnants of the human race...

Epistory: Typing Chronicles

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

March 30, 2016

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Epistory: Typing Chronicles is an adventure game with action elements. The story follows a writer who asks his muse to help him write a book. Players, in the role...