January 2021 - games, that were released this month for Nintendo Switch

Iris.Fall - release date for Nintendo Switch

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

January 7, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Iris.Fall is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game that tells the interesting story of a little girl, Iris. One day she wakes up in an unfamiliar place...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Text quest

January 7, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Adventure, Online

January 14, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...

Rhythm Fighter

Action, Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Roguelike, Music game

January 14, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Rhythm Fighter is a side-scrolling action-adventure game with rhythm arcade elements. Commander Chaos is the most famous bit-tyrant in the universe. The peaceful...

WRITHE

January 15, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Metacritic: 60/100

WRITHE is an arcade first-person shooter set in an alternate 1970s Thailand, where mutant sago worms threaten Bangkok. The player takes the role of an exterminator...

All Walls Must Fall

Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cyberpunk, Free game, Strategy, Roguelike, Role-playing game

January 20, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The game takes place in an alternate reality where the Cold War did not end even in 2089. In the story, governments send their agents back in time to prevent a...

Hitman World of Assassination

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Virtual Reality (VR)

January 20, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The new series of games about agent 47 is the famous killer playing in dressing and peeping. The bald killer will return for the sake of the most important...

Teratopia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Indie, Slasher, Arcade, Open world

January 20, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Teratopia is an arcade platformer with cute graphics and orchestral music. Inspired by the best representatives of this genre, he tried to absorb that mischievous...

Crashnauts

Arcade, Online, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action

January 21, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 100/100

A dynamic arcade platformer-player for 2-6 players with quick and spectacular battles. Matches take place on different arenas, where you can use a wide arsenal of...

Tadpole Treble

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Music game, Side view, Indie

January 21, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tadpole Treble is a side-scrolling adventure music rhythm game. You have to take on the role of a newly born fish who is eager to explore the world around him. She...

Shing!

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

January 21, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

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...

Neoverse

Adventure, Card game, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

January 21, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Neoverse is a tactical card game in the futuristic genre with a third-person view and anime elements. This is a beautiful, fantastic game of adventure with exciting...

Redout: Space Assault

Simulation, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action

January 22, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Redout: Space Assault is a third-person sci-fi simulator set in the Redout universe. You have to take on the role of an orbital fighter pilot. The plot will tell...

The Unexpected Quest

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy, Exploration, City Building

January 23, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A colorful strategy in a fantasy world inspired by Warcraft 3 and The Settlers series. In the game, you need to construct buildings, participate in battles...

Woodsalt

Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

January 25, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 100/100

Woodsalt is a third-person role-playing adventure set on the planet Nu-Terra, where humanity has migrated to after global natural disasters and the appearance of...

SOLAS 128

Logic, Puzzle, Indie

January 25, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

SOLAS 128 is a rhythmic puzzle game about restoring an ancient machine to life. The player redirects and reconfigures pulses of light as they travel through...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

January 26, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, In real time, Exploration, Crafting, Turn-based, Puzzle

January 26, 2021 → Nintendo Switch; January 29, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure viewed from the third person, which is a sequel to Atelier Ryza: Ever...

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

January 26, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will be...

Heaven's Vault

Adventure, Science fiction, Point & Click

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Heaven's Vault is an open world adventure from the creators of 80 Days. You will take on the role of the girl Alia Elasra, a researcher who is busy studying the...

Disjunction

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective, Shooter

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You can decide for...

Olija

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Adventure

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Olija is a pixel platformer about Faraday, a shipwrecked man who ends up in the mysterious country of Terraphage. He is armed with a legendary harpoon, which he...

Sword of the Necromancer

Indie, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Procedural generation

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Sword of the Necromancer is an action RPG with roguelike elements where you can revive dead enemies to fight on your side. The main character acquired this ability...

Gods Will Fall

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

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch; January 29, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Gods Will Fall is an RPG adventure in which you lead a handful of Vikings in a daring fight against the cruel gods. For the latter, you either blindly worship and...

Colossus Down

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Side view, Arcade, Fighting, Adventure, Action, Anime / Manga

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Colossus Down is a juicy side-scrolling fighting game about a girl named Nika and her fight against everything uncool. For her own purposes, she even assembled a...

Prison Architect - Going Green

DLC, Simulation, Business / Management, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Indie

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 58/100

Prison Architect — Going Green — an expansion for the real-time management strategy game with a top-down view. The expansion brings farming, product export, and...

TOHU

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Casual game, Puzzle

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

TOHU is a cute 2D platformer in an unusual setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a heroine who can turn into her mechanical alter ego. Together with...

Gal*Gun Returns

Arcade, Shooter, Anime / Manga, First-person view, Simulation, Visual novel

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Gal*Gun Returns — remaster of the original arcade shooter with a first-person view and dating simulator elements Gal Gun. In the game, monsters are replaced by...

Citizens Unite!: Earth x Space

Role-playing game, Adventure, Casual game

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This comedic adventure RPG brings together two stories: in one, the Vice President of the World investigates strange calamities and the disappearance of a local...

Golden Force

Action, Platformer, Adventure

January 28, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Demon King and his generals have occupied Muscle Island, once a peaceful and prosperous place, and are persecuting its inhabitants. The mercenaries of the...

Silver Chains

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

January 29, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Silver Chains is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. The game tells the story of the main character named Peter, who wakes up in an old...

Bonkies

Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future), Construction, Online

January 29, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bonkies is a fun side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, designed for up to 4 people to play together. Each player takes control of a highly...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

January 29, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Re:ZERO — The Prophecy of the Throne is a tactical adventure with visual novel elements and turn-based combat, based on the anime of the same name. A month...

Turrican Flashback Collection

January 29, 2021 → Nintendo Switch

Metacritic: 70/100

This collection brings together four games from the Turrican series: Turrican, Turrican II: The Final Fight, Mega Turrican, and Super Turrican. Players shoot and...