August 2018 - games, that were released this month for Nintendo Switch

Not A Hero - release date for Nintendo Switch

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Historical, Indie

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is an atmospheric adventure based on real events and eyewitness accounts. Take on the role of Reza Shirazi, an aspiring...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Flat Heroes

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Flat Heroes is a minimalist top-down arcade action game. You have to compete with your opponent in intense competitions. The game provides both local and online...

Iconoclasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Cycle 28

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Replayability

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Cycle 28 is a top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. You will get into the role of Lieutenant Olivia Bergen, who, due to an unusual coincidence, is separated...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

August 2, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 is a fantastic sequel to the side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game take us 15 years forward, after the end of the first part...

In Between

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

August 7, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

Flipping Death

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle

August 7, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Flipping Death is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The game will tell the story of Penny, who dies under mysterious circumstances. But upon awakening...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

August 7, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit, throw, burn, and...

Overcooked 2

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game

August 7, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Overcooked 2 is a continuation of the cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. You still have to prepare dishes in extreme conditions, when...

Slam Land

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Sports game

August 7, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 100/100

Slam Land is a multiplayer arcade action game with a side view for a fun company. In the game you have to choose a unique fighter and, together with your friends...

Okami HD

Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Open world

August 9, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Okami HD is an improved re-release of the third-person action adventure game Okami. The game combines several Japanese myths, legends and folklore elements, and...

Megaton Rainfall

Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Virtual Reality (VR), Open world, God Simulator

August 9, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Megaton Rainfall is a superhero simulator with action elements and a first-person view for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. In the role of an all-powerful...

Claws of Furry

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

August 9, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 53/100

Claws of Furry is a colorful side-scrolling arcade action game with roguelike elements. You take on the role of dangerous ninja cats who must make their way through...

Minit

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

August 9, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Minit is an unusual top-down action adventure game. You have to get out of the cozy house and help the funny characters of the black and white world. Many secrets...

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires' Conspiracy - Deluxe Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle

August 9, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Metacritic: 73/100

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy — Deluxe Edition is an enhanced edition of the arcade puzzle adventure game that is the...

Cosmic Star Heroine

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

August 14, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Cosmic Star Heroine is a Japanese-style adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, where the main character, a secret agent, has to save the galaxy. In the...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots, Point & Click

August 14, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies

August 14, 2018 → Nintendo Switch; August 28, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Walking Dead: The Final Season is the final season of an episodic third-person adventure set in the Walking Dead universe. In the new game in the series, major...

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 1: Ties That Bind

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

August 14, 2018 → Nintendo Switch; August 28, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.3/10

The Walking Dead: The Final Season — Episode 1: Done Running is the first episode of Telltale Games' adventure game set in the Walking Dead universe. In the...

State of Mind

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction

August 15, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 68/100

State of Mind is a futuristic adventure with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The events of the game take place in Berlin in 2048. The planet suffers from...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

August 16, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

August 16, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

August 16, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Next Up Hero

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Dungeons

August 16, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 60/100

Next Up Hero is an arcade action game with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view. You can choose one of 9 available heroes and equip him at your...

Red's Kingdom

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

August 16, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 92/100

Red's Kingdom is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view in which you have to help Red explore the lands on amazing adventures. Mad King Mac kidnapped...

Polygod

Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Action, Indie

August 17, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 86/100

Polygod is a randomly generated rogue-like first-person shooter with a brutal difficulty curve. Combining the fast-paced style of Quake with the randomness...

Detective Gallo

Adventure, Point & Click, Comedy

August 17, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This comic-noir point-and-click adventure follows a feathered, grumpy private eye. Detective Gallo is entirely hand-illustrated and...

Morphies Law

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

August 20, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Morphies Law is an unusual 4v4 team shooter with a third-person view. You will go to conquer a futuristic post-apocalyptic world in which only morph robots have...

Bad North

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Roguelike

August 20, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

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...

All-Star Fruit Racing

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game

August 21, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 62/100

All-Star Fruit Racing is an exciting arcade racing game with a third-person view. The game features a career mode in which players can choose a character and...

Kero Blaster

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Shooter

August 23, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Kero Blaster is a side-scrolling 2D action platformer about a bipedal frog employed by C&F Inc., whose teleporters are going offline because of strange black...

Low Road

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

August 23, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Low Road is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Lie, blackmail and steal — do everything to rise in this world. You will get into the role of rookie agent...

Flood of Light

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

August 23, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A girl in a raincoat arrives in a city submerged by rain. Using a small light, she illuminates lamps and stone posts to make the rain subside and save the city. As...

My Hero One's Justice

Arcade, Fighting, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Action

August 23, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

My Hero One's Justice is a 3D fantasy fighting game in anime style. You will be able to play as the heroes of the anime/manga "My Superhero Academia" and use your...

Little Dragons Cafe

Business / Management, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

August 24, 2018 → Nintendo Switch; August 30, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Metacritic: 64/100

Little Dragons Cafe is a Japanese-style third-person management adventure simulator. The events of the game will tell an amazing story about a sister and brother...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

August 28, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

de Blob 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie

August 28, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

de Blob 2 is a continuation of the arcade action platformer with a third-person view. The main villain from the first part returns and tries to seize power in the...

Into the Breach

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike, Indie

August 28, 2018 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Into the Breach is a tactical strategy game with turn-based battles about fighting off an alien invasion from the creators of FTL: Faster Than Light. You will...