Switch Action Games

Tiny Barbarian DX 401.

Tiny Barbarian DX

Platform: Switch
October 10, 2017
Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…of brawn and bravery…of magic and mayhem! Can you cleave your enemies' skulls, plunder all the booty and flex to impress the barbarienne of your dreams? Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Pawarumi 402.

Pawarumi

Platform: Switch
July 24, 2019
In a world where the Council rules the nations with an iron fist, you play as Axo, pilot of the legendary ship Chukaru. Experience her fight with the limitless armies of the Council, become the master of Chukaru’s power and find the true meaning behind all your actions. A dark secret is yet to be revealed. Pawarumi is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe. You’ll take control of the almighty ship Chukaru and its three unique weapons! Shoot wisely to either do double damage, heal yourself or charge your Super Attack.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.9
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD 403.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

Platform: Switch
January 16, 2025
Help Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong recover their precious banana hoard from the villainous Tiki Tak Tribe in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Nintendo Switch! Stomp enemies, blast through barrels, and ride rockets and mine carts (and even Rambi the rhino) in 80 levels across nine worlds. Play the game as it was first designed for Wii, or reduce the difficulty for extra hearts and other goodies to make your journey a little easier. This barrel-blasting adventure is visually enhanced in HD for Nintendo Switch and includes the extra levels from the Nintendo 3DS version! Team up with a friend and take on the whole game as Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. Pass a Joy-Con controller to a buddy and take on the Tiki Tak Tribe as DK and Diddy in two-player local play. Pelt foes with Diddy’s Peanut Popgun and hover using his Barrel Jet, and slam bad guys into submission with DK’s Ground Pound – or just Barrel Roll right through them. Work together to reclaim those bananas by the bunch. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Ufouria: The Saga 2 404.

Ufouria: The Saga 2

Platform: Switch
March 1, 2024
Ufouria: The Saga 2 is an exploration-style side-scrolling action game and an orthodox sequel to the original Ufouria: The Saga. Explore a felt-style world that feels handcrafted. As you acquire new powers and friends, you will be able to explore even more places. Use popoons to clean up the blots that have polluted the world. Find the bad guy who caused this and take them down!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Flashback 405.

Flashback

Platform: Switch
July 31, 2018
THE ACTION-ADVENTURE CLASSIC IS BACK TO CELEBRATE ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY! 2142. After fleeing from a space ship but stripped of all memory, the eminent scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonised moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnappers are snapping at his heels. He must find a way back to Earth, defending himself against the dangers he encounters and unravelling an insidious extra-terrestrial plot that threatens the planet On its 25th anniversary, rediscover this classic, consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time! It was one of the first games to use motion capture technology for more realistic animations, with backgrounds that were entirely hand-drawn and a gripping science-fiction storyline. In addition to the original 1993 game, this version includes a Modern mode, with: * Post-FX graphic filters, * Completely remastered sound and music, * A brand new "Rewind" function, variable according to the level of difficulty * Tutorials for those who need a boost! See if you're up to the challenge with all the demanding gameplay of the period!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.9
Cat Quest II 406.

Cat Quest II

Platform: Switch
October 24, 2019
Following the success of CAT QUEST, developers The Gentlebros return to the world of Felingard, a fantastical land under threat from a continuing war.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.1
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore 407.

Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

Platform: Switch
February 14, 2024
After ten years of peace...the evil Daimur has returned! Princess Arzette is the Kingdom of Faramore’s only hope to restore harmony to the land! In this brand new interactive action adventure game, you control the resourceful princess Arzette. Travel through multiple breathtaking locations filled with scum, villainy and secrets, speak with the locals to uncover mysteries and objectives, and take on the evil Daimur as Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore brings you the best interactive gaming experience since the invention of the CD-ROM!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Blasphemous 408.

Blasphemous

Platform: Switch
September 10, 2019
A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle. Play as The Penitent One - a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. Trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, it’s down to you to free the world from this terrible fate and reach the origin of your anguish. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite the hordes of grotesque monsters and titanic bosses, who are all ready to rip your limbs off. Locate and equip relics, rosary beads and prayers that call on the powers of the heavens to aid you in your quest to break your eternal damnation.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
Kombinera 409.

Kombinera

Platform: Switch
April 7, 2022
Control multiple colored balls simultaneously in this brain-bending puzzle platformer. It's up to you to combine every ball and complete each perilous level. Can you solve them all? Can you save King Kombine from the Kave of Kaos? Core Features: -Progress through 300 increasingly complex puzzles. -Encounter new hazards and abilities. -Replay levels to achieve best times. -Grab collectibles to unlock new levels -Vibrant neon visual style accompanied by ambient electronic audio tracks. -In-depth, complex, heart-tugging emotional storyline. -Accessible controls.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Ariana and the Elder Codex 410.

Ariana and the Elder Codex

Platform: Switch
March 24, 2026
The Librarian Ariana's mission is to repair the Seven Hero Codices, which have been altered. Due to the terrible damages, magic has vanished from the world. By utilizing special Librarian magic that allows her to enter Codices, Ariana seeks to mend the books to bring back magic. Can Ariana safely repair each tome and unravel the mysteries hidden within the Library?
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Volgarr the Viking II 411.

Volgarr the Viking II

Platform: Switch
August 6, 2024
Remember when games were tough? Return to the Golden Age of arcades with hardcore action experiences that pull no punches. Volgarr the Viking possesses all the hallmarks of the true classics - simple controls, high challenge, and meticulous design - combined with hand-made pixel animation, epic soundtracks, and buckets of blood. Become Volgarr the Viking on his epic journey as the barbarian king! Both games are hardcore, 2D action-platformers where precision is everything and one false move can spell a brutal death. Volgarr the Viking II builds upon the intensity of the original with the addition of new power-ups, new forms of magic, new enemy types, and a chest-thumping new soundtrack. Step into the arena!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 412.

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2

Platform: Switch
January 27, 2022
Get ready to break into the new apeX of 2D action. Copen and Lola are back in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Bomb Chicken 413.

Bomb Chicken

Platform: Switch
July 12, 2018
After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition 414.

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition

Platform: Switch
October 6, 2023
Season Pass includes four campaign add-ons: • Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot • Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock • Bounty of Blood • Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck Season Pass 2 includes: • Designer's Cut content add-on, featuring brand new mode 'Arms Race' and an additional skill tree for each Vault Hunter • Director's Cut content add-on, featuring a raid boss, new story missions, behind-the-scenes extras, and three Vault Cards • All four Multiverse Final Form Cosmetic Packs • All four Multiverse Disciples of the Vault Cosmetic Packs
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Lunark 415.

Lunark

Platform: Switch
March 30, 2023
A pulp adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime. You play as Leo, a lonely young orphan with unique physical and physiological characteristics that arouse the curiosity - if not the hatred - of its fellow citizens. You'll help him fulfill his destiny in the midst of a rebellion against LUNARK, and meet a wide cast of colorful characters, stuck on either side of the escalating conflict. LUNARK is a 2D cinematic platformer in the vein of the '90s classics. Run, jump, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
The Adventure Pals 416.

The Adventure Pals

Platform: Switch
April 3, 2018
Your birthday is ruined when your dad is dad-napped by a madman. Now you, your pet rock, and Sparkles the giraffe will have to fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses in the name of friendship and hotdogs to save the world.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Super Crush K.O. 417.

Super Crush K.O.

Platform: Switch
January 16, 2020
Super Crush KO is a fast-paced brawler set in a vibrant, near-future city. Zip up your favorite neon jacket and combo your way through swarms of deadly robots to save your kidnapped kitten and, while you’re at it, save humanity from an AI apocalypse.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
Flinthook 418.

Flinthook

Platform: Switch
March 9, 2018
Assume the life of space captain Flinthook. Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.0
Kero Blaster 419.

Kero Blaster

Platform: Switch
August 23, 2018
A classically-styled 2D side scrolling action game packed with adventure. You are a bipedal frog and a master of the Custodial Sciences, charged with the unenviable task of ridding your company's teleporters of strange black creatures. Fight for your life through a menagerie of unique monsters while getting your hands on exciting new tools of the trade.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.3
Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 420.

Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog

Platform: Switch
September 20, 2018
Super Speed! Bust the video game speed barrier wide open with Sonic the Hedgehog. Blaze by in a blur using the super sonic spin attack. Loop the loop by defying gravity. Plummet down tunnels. Then dash to safety with Sonic's power sneakers. All at a frenzied pace. Super Graphics! Help Sonic escape bubbling molten lava. Swim through turbulent waterfalls. Scale glistening green mountains. And soar past shimmering city lights. There's even a 360 degree rotating maze. You've never seen anything like it. Supper Attitude! Sonic has an attitude that just won't quit. He's flip and funny, yet tough as nails as he fights to free his friends from evil. So just wait. Sonic may be the world's next SUPER hero...
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.1
Cavern of Dreams 421.

Cavern of Dreams

Platform: Switch
February 29, 2024
Cavern of Dreams is a surreal 3D platformer with collectathon elements, created in the style of N64-era platforming gems. Play as Fynn, the young dragon who enters the Cavern of Dreams in search of his unhatched siblings stolen away by a mysterious villain. Explore densely packed worlds full of puzzles to solve, challenges to overcome, and treasures to collect as you get closer to solving who stole your siblings... and why.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Golf Club: Wasteland 422.

Golf Club: Wasteland

Platform: Switch
September 3, 2021
Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. The rich fled to Mars but venture back to a desolate Earth for a round of golf. Each hole in the wasteland offers its own little story and possible puzzle to sink the perfect shot. Play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as neon signs and poignant graffiti take swings at current events, Silicon Valley culture and humanity. Piece together the full story of how humanity fell through three distinct sources. Details from the lone golfer’s story, who's come back to Earth for one last game. The Radio Nostalgia From Mars broadcast that gives a glimpse into the lives of those who escaped. And the narration of a “secret spectator” watching from a distance...Be accompanied by a purposefully composed soundtrack as well as personal stories broadcasted on Radio Nostalgia From Mars. The station caters to citizens of Mars, nostalgic for Earth as they listen to music from the 2020s, and dial in to share their memories of the planet. A smooth-voiced radio DJ keeps the show flowing with updates and announcements hinting at a not-so-glamorous life on Mars. Three distinct modes mean every golfer can find something for their tastes. Casual players can focus just on the story and a relaxing scenic round of golf in Story Mode. Those looking for an extra challenge can beat each hole under par using skill and puzzle solving through Challenge Mode. While the total pros can try Iron Mode, where there’s almost zero room for error. Easy-to grasp controls and a minimalist UI underpin the whole game so anyone can easily pick up and play at their own pace.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.3
Lumo 423.

Lumo

Platform: Switch
November 14, 2017
Witness the rebirth of a genre in Lumo a classic isometric adventure with a modern twist for gamers young and old alike! As a contemporary take on the long-lost isometric platform genre, Lumo can be enjoyed by anyone looking for an absorbing, challenging and rewarding adventure. But for those who lived through the golden age of videogames the 80s and early 90s or know about the games and culture from that time, layer upon layer of nods, winks and touches to those times help build upon an experience thats as heart-warming as it is exciting!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.0
The Turing Test 424.

The Turing Test

Platform: Switch
February 7, 2020
The Turing Test is a first person puzzler from the developers of ‘Pneuma: Breath of Life’ that explores the phenomena of consciousness and challenges the meaning of human intuition. Take control of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA), and progress through a narrated story of introspection and morality whilst uncovering the hidden mysteries of Europa. Delve into The Turing Test’s human interaction puzzles and arm yourself with logical and methodical thinking. Take on tests designed in such a way that only a human could solve them. In an evolving story based on mankind’s inherent need to explore, protect and survive; players search deeper into Europa’s ice crusted core and transcend the line between man and machine. Investigate the truth behind the ISA research base on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Solve puzzles using your Energy Manipulation Tool (EMT) to transfer power out from one object and into another. Power up and take control of artificially intelligent machines, manipulate giant structures and solve complex tasks; all woven into a multi-layered story based on the human struggle for control. The Turing Test can only be experienced through the interactive medium of video games. The Turing Test sparks your synapses into action in this electrifying new first person puzzler, as players learn the true cost of retaining human morality.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.0
ARMS 425.

ARMS

Platform: Switch
June 16, 2017
The first fighting game of its kind. Choose a fighting champion from around the world, equip your own combination of extendable arms, and then use a mix of button presses and quick hand motions to really take the fight to your opponent. Throw punches and guide them midflight to hit agile fighters, avoid incoming attacks with dashes, or trampoline high into the air to rain down fists from above. Power-up your punches to deal extra damage or curve your fists around obstacles to hit skittish opponents. Fill up your special gauge to dish out devastating combinations and finish them off. Unleash your inner fighter in this unbelievable sporting event. Fight via simple motion and button controls Grab onto your Joy-Con with a unique "thumbs-up" grip and use simple motions and button presses to outthink your opponent. Toss and curve punches when you find an opening, and dodge a flurry of incoming attacks. It's fast-paced fun for everyone! * Select from a variety of fighters Select from brand-new fighting superstars like Ribbon Girl, Master Mummy, and more! Each fighter has their own special attributes to learn and master. * Fight in arenas with unique obstacles Throw punches around (or through) mysterious liquid-filled columns in a spooky laboratory, or in certain arenas, toss fighters onto trampolines for epic aerial skirmishes. * Choose your arms carefully Each weapon has its own strength. Some are slow and do tons of damage, while others are fast as lighting, but will only serve to set up larger combinations. It's up to you to mix and match your arms to fit your play style.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.1
ITTA 426.

ITTA

Platform: Switch
April 22, 2020
Test your limits in ITTA, a bullet-hell, boss-rush style adventure where you play as a young girl armed with her father’s revolver and guided by a strange ghostly cat. ITTA is a bullet-hell adventure set in a world filled with monstrous bosses. When Itta wakes up and finds herself surrounded by her dead family, her only guide is a strange spirit that takes the form of the family cat who gifts her a glowing revolver for protection. As Itta, players must seek out the powerful beings locked away beneath this seemingly peaceful world and go toe-to-toe against them in harrowing battles. From hulking ancient golems to toothy horrors, Itta’s journey will push both you and her past their limits. Luckily, you can change up your combat style by finding weapons with unique attack styles, and if the going gets too tough, toggle on invincibility or player damage multipliers at any time.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
20XX 427.

20XX

Platform: Switch
July 10, 2018
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe. 20XX also features full co-op. Play with a friend on the couch or over the internet. 20XX supports 1-2 players locally or online.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
Moons of Darsalon 428.

Moons of Darsalon

Platform: Switch
February 6, 2025
Retro action "save-them-all" platformer including advanced physics combined with an unique retro feel. Teams of darsanauts got lost during their mining missions on the different moons of the planet Darsalon. You need to complete several rescue missions in which you will have to lead them to the closest base station On your way to the base you will have to protect them from dangers and enemies using your laser gun, jet pack, pilot ground and air vehicles, destroy terrain, and even make new paths with the ground maker gun.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Murtop 429.

Murtop

Platform: Switch
May 18, 2023
Murtop is fast-paced arcade game packed with action, as if it was taken out directly from the 80's. Do you have enough coins to beat it? Murtop is fast-paced arcade game packed with action, as if it was taken out directly from the 80's, where Dig Dug meets Bomberman. Help Murti save the world from an invasion of carrot-hungry moles with her bomb-pooping skills! Game features: - 256 single-screen time-limited stages... and a kill screen! Let's see if you can get to it. - 5 fast-paced chiptune tracks. - Local high scores leaderboard. - Optimized to be used in arcade cabinet machines. - Lots and lots of explosions! Technical details: - Vertical screen with beautiful bezels to fill the void. - 16 color palette. - Pixel perfect scaling. - CRT filter. - Attract mode (just like in the old arcade machines). - TATE mode (rotate the screen to play the game as it was meant to).
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Bleak Sword DX 430.

Bleak Sword DX

Platform: Switch
June 8, 2023
Pure, thrilling, and wonderfully cruel, Bleak Sword DX is a dark fantasy action game challenging warriors to fight their way through compact, cursed diorama battlefields. Through twelve tense and deeply atmospheric chapters, you must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of horrifying creatures across an oppressive world wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic. Newly updated for PC, Bleak Sword DX expands on the critically acclaimed Apple Arcade version with elegant controls, three new game modes, and multiple gameplay and graphical improvements.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Swordship 431.

Swordship

Platform: Switch
December 5, 2022
What does a Shoot'Em Up look like if you remove the shooting? It looks like Swordship: an intense dodging game where placement is everything. Sharpen your skills because this is the DODGE'EM UP you are looking for! Dodge attacks to survive and trick your enemies into killing each other. Steal containers and deliver them to upgrade your ship or improve your score. No shooting, but all the action!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
HARDCORE MECHA 432.

HARDCORE MECHA

Platform: Switch
October 15, 2020
HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer where players select their mecha to embark on a thrilling action-packed adventure filled with shooting, flying and exquisite animations – imagine a mix of Metal Slug and Super Robot Wars! The game features 3 major game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Survival mode. In Campaign Mode you take control of Tarethur, a mercenary tasked with finding a missing intelligence officer on Mars. Players will be engrossed in a story of conspiracy and insurgency consisting of 8 chapters and 18 stages ranging from deep underwater, out in space or confined in urban environments, all gorgeously realized with seamless animated cutscenes. In several stages, Human pilots can also exit their mechas, giving a greater ability to explore the environment and engage in further platform-based combat. For players that are looking for a greater challenge beyond the 8 hours single-player campaign, there is a Survival mode, “Simulation Battle”. Here players can handpick from the 40 mechas that appear in-game, as they fight to survive against waves of deadly enemies.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty 433.

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty

Platform: Switch
October 27, 2020
Rescue your fellow meat factory slaves in this nostalgic, classic platformer with the latest immersive graphics and design. Find your destiny Once a happy floor waxer in Oddworld's biggest meat processing plant, Abe stumbled across his boss's secret plan to turn the factory's slave labour force into the latest in the RuptureFarms Tasty Treats line of novelty meat snacks. Abe now has to save his own skin from the grinders even if simply escaping the flesh farm is only the start of his Oddysee. Trigger-happy hunting parties, carnivorous sacred beasts, ancient temple traps and even a return to his former workplace await Abe on his journey to discover his people's heritage.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
My Memory of Us 434.

My Memory of Us

Platform: Switch
January 24, 2019
My Memory of Us is a reminiscence of a friendship between a boy and a girl. A friendship made during tough times. Times of terror, pain, and exclusion in a world where people were forced to live in two artificially detached worlds. The story in My Memory of Us is told from the perspective of two friends who complete each other. Each of them has their own abilities she can run fast, he can sneak but only when they work together as a team can they overcome all adversities. You just want to have fun with your friend. Go on then! Grab her hand and find out what adventures are waiting for you outside. Together, there's nothing in the world that can stop you.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Ion Fury 435.

Ion Fury

Platform: Switch
May 14, 2020
Tear through cyborg infantry, giant robots and even wendigos with eight retro-inspired weapons. Dual-wield Penetrator SMGs with incendiary ammunition to scorch foes, wreak havoc with the Disperser with either shotgun shells or swap in grenade rounds, or chuck a Clusterpuck into a room and delete everyone. Utilizing the same Build engine behind the original Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury offers the beloved feel of ‘90s shooters. Seamlessly integrated modern features include headshots, environmental interaction, improved physics, auto-saves, and widescreen functionality. Ion Fury’s marriage of both styles provides both a genuine introduction to classic FPS games and a worthy addition to the genre as a whole, as evidenced by winning IndieDB’s game of the year award.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.1
The Perfect Pencil 436.

The Perfect Pencil

Platform: Switch
January 29, 2026
John finds himself trapped in a mysterious world, as it can happen to all of us from time to time. He can see a glow in the distance, though. It's not clear where it comes from, but it looks like that's the beginning of his adventure. And yours. Start your emotional odyssey, a journey during which you'll have to create your own path and face the consequences of the choices you make. Everything will depend on them, your choices. Help John on his journey of personal growth. Unravel the nuances of human reactions to fear. Surprising exploration, fast paced combat, complex choices and allegorical characters, all intertwined with a psychological narrative in this hand-drawn 2D action-platformer.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Super Hydorah 437.

Super Hydorah

Platform: Switch
November 15, 2018
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot em up designed to offer a challenging and memorable experience, sublimating the wisdom and richness of traditional shmup classics. The game has direct action, nostalgic art and a wide variety of unique spatial content and situations. It is hours of intense fun, alone or with your friends, to face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.4
Cursed Castilla 438.

Cursed Castilla

Platform: Switch
January 24, 2019
For the Glory of the Arcade Times! The tears of a young witch have been turned into a key by a demon to open a gateway to hell. In Cursed Castilla, one takes the role of Don Ramiro, a knight appointed by King Alphonse VI, to fight and banish the evil invading the lands of Tolomera. Don Ramiro will face mouras, ojáncanos, nuberus and malismos: creatures from the European folklore, as well as from chivalric romances such as Amadís de Gaula. For that, one will use a different range of weapons to defeat the enemies, in a pure classic arcade action style. Cursed Castilla is an acclaimed modern arcade both by critics and players with a 81 Metascore. Features - Explore Tolomera del Rey in depth through 8 game stages - Fight against more than 48 types of enemies and 19 final bosses - Depending on the mission success, meet 1 of the 4 different possible endings - Know all the myths featured in the game with the illustrated bestiary - Brag about your combat skills with 17 unlockable achievements - Yell your battle cry with the songs of the original soundtrack - Revive the glory of the Arcade Times with 3 different view modes - Exclusive coin-op mode for consoles of the Nintendo 3DS handhelds - Stereoscopic 3D effect
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider 439.

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Platform: Switch
January 12, 2023
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.4
Just Dance 2023 Edition 440.

Just Dance 2023 Edition

Platform: Switch
November 22, 2022
Welcome to a new era of dance with Just Dance® 2023 Edition! Now with online multiplayer, personalization, 3D immersive worlds, and new songs and modes year-round, you can experience a never-ending dance party all year long! • Online Multiplayer: Play Just Dance with whoever you want, wherever they are, with this brand-new feature! Invite up to five players to dance with and find out who has the best moves. • New User Interface: Spend more time dancing and less time searching thanks to a new, more modern, and intuitive user interface. Everything is one click away: playlists, game modes and songs! • Personalized Experiences: Unlock custom-made sessions and songs tailored to your preferences and playing habits. Plus, Just Dance will keep track of your progress and scores, so you can show off your dancing skills! Just Dance 2023 is your on-demand dancing platform!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
5.2
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust 441.

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

Platform: Switch
February 18, 2021
Nano Dust infects the islanders of New Theland, distorting their emotions and desires. You play as Nova, a Nano Cleaner who must explore the island, seeking out the sick and shrinking inside their bodies to suction up the Dust. Anodyne 2: Return to Dust combines the thrilling scale and cinematic storytelling of 3D games with the tight design and easy-to-pick-up satisfaction of 2D Zelda-like adventures. With art that re-imagines the PS1 and N64 era, explore 3D cities, valleys, and wastelands then shrink into the varied 2D mindscapes of characters, from snowy, aurora-lit valleys to perilous volcanic construction sites!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Panzer Paladin 442.

Panzer Paladin

Platform: Switch
July 21, 2020
The sight of giant swords blazing through the night sky might be hair-raising, but stand your ground! The sinister Ravenous and his legions of brutal demons are poised for battle. Even all the armies of the world can’t stop them, but humanity has one final ace in the hole: a cutting edge power armor called Paladin. It’s now up to the strong-willed android named Flame to become a Squire, take control of the Paladin and track down all Weapon Keepers and their diabolical leader. The showdown between mankind’s highest technological prowesses and the powerful forces of the occult has begun! Seize weapons from the denizens of the Netherworld and dish out a taste of their own medicine! Show them the power of cutting edge technology combined with swordsmanship. Slash, bash and thrust your way through a series of mind-blowing levels located around the world, all of it rendered in glorious 8-bit graphics! Hop in your Panzer Paladin and take up arms!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Bonfire Peaks 443.

Bonfire Peaks

Platform: Switch
September 30, 2021
Move onwards, move upwards, and leave nothing behind. Bonfire Peaks is a puzzle game about closure, by Corey Martin and published as well as co-produced by Draknek, creator of A Monster’s Expedition and Cosmic Express. Navigate expertly designed puzzles in a breathtakingly lovely voxel-based world. Filler content has been burned away to create a perfectly fine-tuned experience, filled with richly rewarding challenges and surprising new mechanics that’ll keep sparking your interest right through to the end.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Valiant Hearts: The Great War 444.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Platform: Switch
November 8, 2018
This is the story of 5 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. All of them will try to survive the horror of the trenches following their faithful canine companion. From the green forests of the French countryside, to dank trenches and snowy fields, go back through history in this emotional adventure as friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each one as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.0
Radical Rabbit Stew 445.

Radical Rabbit Stew

Platform: Switch
July 16, 2020
Radical Rabbit Stew is a hare-raising action-arcade game, featuring fast-paced whack-a-rabbit gameplay, scintillating puzzles, super-sized boss fights, juicy pixel graphics and a sizzling soundtrack, perfect for new players and 16-bit retro fans alike!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.3
Castle Crashers Remastered 446.

Castle Crashers Remastered

Platform: Switch
September 17, 2019
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this Remastered edition of the popular 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth. At 60FPS, Castle Crashers Remastered delivers hi-res visuals like nothing you've ever seen before. Up to four friends can play locally or online and save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.2
Door Kickers: Action Squad 447.

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Platform: Switch
October 28, 2019
Door Kickers: Action Squad is a crazy old school side scroller action game that puts you in the role of a SWAT trooper and sends you to deal with the bad guys in Nowhere City USA. Choose your gear, then kick the doors down and face the action. Adapt and react by the seat of your pants, and if needed - restart without a care and rethink. Master weapons recoil and time your reloads, use distance and cover to your advantage and use the in-game Strategic Abilities to decide for yourself when healthpacks or gear refills are needed, or if that team-mate of yours is worth saving. Or just save up the Points earned and unleash your Ultimate to waltz through that tricky final room.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.0
MouseCraft 448.

MouseCraft

Platform: Switch
February 27, 2020
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help mice in their relentless quest for cheese by stacking the world's most famous blocks: Tetrominos.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.2
Gimmick! Special Edition 449.

Gimmick! Special Edition

Platform: Switch
July 6, 2023
Gimmick! was originally released on the NES in 1992 in Japan and Scandinavia. The game follows the story of a small green youkai named Yumetaro who's mistaken as a toy and then given as a birthday present to a young girl. One night, the girl gets kidnapped by her other toys who are jealous of Yumetaro, and brings her to the land of Gimmick! Your quest is to maneuver through a variety of levels and use your special star-shooting power to defeat enemies and save the day. Gimmick! Special Edition includes brand new bonus features such as achievements, time attack mode, save, load, and rewind functions, a gallery mode, and more.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Overcooked!: Special Edition 450.

Overcooked!: Special Edition

Platform: Switch
July 27, 2017
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff. Sharpen your knives and dust off your chefs whites, there isnt mushroom for error and the steaks are high in these crazy kitchens! The Onion Kingdom is in danger and only the finest cooking can save it! In Overcooked players must journey through a variety of cruel and unusual kitchens on their quest to become master chefs capable of conquering an ancient edible evil which plagues the land. Play solo or engage in classic, chaotic couch co-op for up to four players in both co-operative and competitive challenge modes. Youll have to cook a range of different dishes and work together in order to become the most effective and ultimate team!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Strikey Sisters 451.

Strikey Sisters

Platform: Switch
February 14, 2019
A fantasy themed arcade action brick breaker. Featuring cute characters, silly humor, powerful magic, crazy boss battles, and even a local 2 player co-op mode.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
Moving Out 452.

Moving Out

Platform: Switch
April 28, 2020
Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you'll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore. Smooth Moves may not be the biggest moving company, but there's no task too dangerous or strange for this busy team of go-getters. Grow your business to brave new heights, recruit colourful customizable characters, and save your town from furniture peril!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.1
Dragon Blaze for Nintendo Switch 453.

Dragon Blaze for Nintendo Switch

Platform: Switch
April 5, 2018
The shooter of riding the dragon's back! Master the techniques of the dragon and magic shot! Dragon Blaze is a vertical-scrolling shooter game that first appeared in arcades in 2000. The heroes are the four dragon riders. They can use normal shots, bombs and magic shots (press and hold the button). In addition, they can also use the Dragon Shot. You'll be surprised by the bosses attacks , transforming animations and background art depicting an eerie and beautiful world.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
New Super Lucky's Tale 454.

New Super Lucky's Tale

Platform: Switch
November 8, 2019
The adventure of a young fox who embarks on a journey through the unknown and becomes a hero.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.9
DOOM 64 455.

DOOM 64

Platform: Switch
March 20, 2020
You killed the Demons once, they were all dead. Or so you thought... A single Demon Entity escaped detection. Systematically it altered decaying, dead carnage back into grotesque living tissue. The Demons have returned - stronger and more vicious than ever before. You mission is clear, there are no options: kill or be killed!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.4
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 456.

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

Platform: Switch
August 2, 2018
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
Induction 457.

Induction

Platform: Switch
July 14, 2021
Mess with cause and effect. Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect. Across more than 50 meticulously designed puzzles, you must explore the counter-intuitive possibilities time travel permits. You will learn to choreograph your actions across multiple timelines, and to construct seemingly impossible solutions, such as paradoxical time loops, where the future depends on the past and the past depends on the future. Each puzzle is crafted to reveal a unique aspect of the game’s elegant yet exacting internal logic, gently guiding you into realising the potential of your powers. Induction does not pander, but gives you the satisfaction of mastering an imaginary yet honest set of physical laws. Accompanying Induction’s minimalist visuals is a rich and responsive ambient soundtrack by Melbourne-based electronic composer and radio broadcaster Tim Shiel.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Grapple Dog 458.

Grapple Dog

Platform: Switch
February 10, 2022
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
Carrion 459.

Carrion

Platform: Switch
July 23, 2020
In Carrion you’ll assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Players will stalk and consume those that have imprisoned it to spread fear and panic throughout the facility. It will grow and evolve as you tear down the facility and acquire additional devastating abilities on the path to retribution that include a web-like ranged attack, the ability to bend light to become temporarily invisible, and even possess humans for maximum terror.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.1
Tiny Thor 460.

Tiny Thor

Platform: Switch
August 3, 2023
Unleash the bouncy power of Mjölnir in this retro platformer. Use the mighty hammer and many other power-ups to travel the realms of Asgard. But watch out! Some mythical creatures will do everything to stop Thor from growing up.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Gori: Cuddly Carnage 461.

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Platform: Switch
August 29, 2024
Want to slice creepy toys? Want to dice mutated unicorns? Want to play as a murder-kitty on a death-dealing hoverboard? Great news! Gori: Cuddly Carnage is the game you've been waiting for! The cutest horrors you have ever seen... and you get to kill them all horribly... with a hoverboard! Enter a world of extreme toys and adorable corruption with heaps of blood, dismemberment, toys, glitter, fur, and adorable cuteness! Toys from your wildest imagination are made real as the toy industry's last hope to not die. Follow Gori, F.R.A.N.K., and CH1-P, on their journey to save their own lives and stop the carnage of the Adorable Army and its dark leaders.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
9 Years of Shadows 462.

9 Years of Shadows

Platform: Switch
November 9, 2023
For 9 long years, the world has been submerged in the deepest of shadows, robbing every object and living creature of their color. Once a thriving civilization, the people have forgotten the warmth of the sun, the joy of laughter and the promise of a prosperous future. Many brave souls have tried to venture inside the corrupting depths of Talos Castle, a long-abandoned orphanage from which the curse stemmed, but with each futile attempt, resignation became the daily fare for the people, all hope lost. Except for one person. Armed with little other than her halberd and sheer nerve, Europa's daunting quest is clear: enter the castle, find the source of darkness, and return color to the lands before it is too lat
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Morphies Law: Remorphed 463.

Morphies Law: Remorphed

Platform: Switch
July 30, 2019
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate - Casey Jones & the Junkyard Jam 464.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate - Casey Jones & the Junkyard Jam

Platform: Switch
February 5, 2025
The Turtles can use all the help they can get as they go up against Shredder and try to get their father back. Thankfully, their friend and fellow vigilante Casey Jones is always ready to pick up his hockey stick and do some damage. What's more, he happens to know a shortcut to the rooftops of NYC! Strangely, their path takes them straight through the Junkyards and Punk Frog turf. Could this have anything to do with Casey’s missing ride?
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Hob: The Definitive Edition 465.

Hob: The Definitive Edition

Platform: Switch
April 3, 2019
From the creators of Torchlight and Torchlight II. Traverse and transform the mysterious world of Hob. This vibrant, atmospheric adventure game is set in a stunning and brutal world in disarray. As players delve into the mysteries around them, they discover a planet in peril. Can it be mended, or will the world fall further into chaos? Now with enhanced performance and features, only available on Nintendo Switch in this definitive edition.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.4
Gunborg: Dark Matters 466.

Gunborg: Dark Matters

Platform: Switch
March 4, 2022
Harness the power of dark energy as you, jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, action platformer with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
PAKO Caravan 467.

PAKO Caravan

Platform: Switch
March 2, 2021
Pako Caravan is a mix of elements from the original Pako games and tried-and-true, classic snake games. You collect trailers to grow your caravan ever longer, as you try not to crash into yourself or anything else that might pop up in each stage. Additionally, things like jump mechanics, lawn mowing, and tons of other little twists add variety to the gameplay level by level.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
She Remembered Caterpillars 468.

She Remembered Caterpillars

Platform: Switch
March 28, 2019
She Remembered Caterpillars is a color-matching puzzle game with an unsettling fungipunk aesthetic. Set in a phantasgamorphic world of writhing caterpillars, brightly-colored Gammies, and living architecture, the game will have players eavesdropping on what appears to be one scientist’s quest to save her father. As the chapters progress, more of this strange universe will reveal itself: what manner of cataclysm occurred here? Who are the players involved? And what exactly are the Gammies doing in these dreamscapes?
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.1
Bit.Trip Core 469.

Bit.Trip Core

Platform: Switch
December 25, 2020
Bit.Trip Core continues the Bit.Trip saga in this retro-arcade-style game. Bit.Trip Core adds up to an exciting action/rhythm game that's best played while zoning out on the tunes and letting the visuals swallow you whole. The experience is inspired by games from the '80s, but with a modern twist. The game play is entirely new to the series, leaving the single-axis controls of Bit.Trip Beat behind in favor of the ability to control two axes. If the difficulty gets you down, grab a friend and play cooperatively with two-player multiplayer. Make it to the end and you'll have journeyed one step further to completing your Bit.Trip.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition 470.

Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition

Platform: Switch
May 5, 2021
In a world where humans and octopuses are at war, Tako is a pacifist little octopus who rescues a woman from drowning one stormy night. A fairy sees this act of bravery and grants him the ability to survive on land. As he travels across the world, Tako defies his family and his people to try to resolve conflicts between humans and octopuses, plunging him into the very roots of this dysfunctional world. Tako will solve puzzles, turn enemies into platforms by spitting ink at them, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his mission to end the war between the undersea Octopus kingdom and the terrestrial Human realm. Will you help this brave octopus to spread his message of tolerance and teach both species to coexist in peace and unity?
Metascore:
76
User Score:
5.5
LEGO Builder's Journey 471.

LEGO Builder's Journey

Platform: Switch
June 22, 2021
LEGO Builder’s Journey is an atmospheric, geometric puzzle game that asks us to sometimes follow the instructions… and sometimes to break the rules. A story about play, connections and adventure. Step through levels brick by brick with puzzles that ask us to sometimes follow the instructions… and sometimes to be creative and break the rules. Builder’s Journey is a poetic puzzle that takes place in a LEGO® brick world, brought to life with the most accurately rendered LEGO® elements yet to feature on screens. Be taken through a breathtaking world filled with brick-by-brick effects, accompanied by a beautiful soundtrack. Throughout the narrative, there will be ups and downs, challenges and celebrations. Take the time to experiment, and most importantly, to play as figuring out who we are and what we become is the Builder’s Journey.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
Demon Turf 472.

Demon Turf

Platform: Switch
November 4, 2021
The 3D platformer with attitude! Join Beebz in her ambitious goal of taking over the Demon Turfs and becoming the Demon Queen herself! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with unique mechanics like momentum-driven combat and self-placed checkpoints. Time to face the Demon King head on.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 473.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Platform: Switch
February 16, 2024
Run, jump, and backflip your way to rescuing the stolen Mini-Mario toys in this puzzling twist on Mario action. Obstacles like spikes, moving platforms, and falling bricks stand in your way - put your brain to work and figure out the best way to reach the Mini-Marios. The rivalry that originally heated up on the Game Boy Advance system reignites on the Nintendo Switch system with newly-added co-op play and updated visuals.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Severed Steel 474.

Severed Steel

Platform: Switch
July 21, 2022
Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist. It's you, your trigger finger, and a steel-toed boot against a superstructure full of bad guys. Chain together wall runs, dives, flips, and slides to take every last enemy down. Play as Steel, a nimble, one-armed sharpshooter on a mission. There is no reloading - pick your shots well and be ready to pry a loaded weapon from your enemies' cold dead hands.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.3
BQM - BlockQuest Maker- 475.

BQM - BlockQuest Maker-

Platform: Switch
January 10, 2019
BQM enables you to create your very own dungeon RPG, packed with puzzles and traps. Secret doors, falling rocks, strong mobs – challenge them all and level up.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
World of Goo 2 476.

World of Goo 2

Platform: Switch
August 2, 2024
The game debuts as a console exclusive for Switch, including four-player local co-op only found on the hybrid system.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Young Souls 477.

Young Souls

Platform: Switch
March 10, 2022
As orphans, Jenn and Tristan's life path brought them to a mysterious scientist, who took them in and cared for them as his own children. But one day, he disappeared under very odd circumstances. While searching desperately for him, the duo found a hidden cellar and the Moon Gate portal, transporting them to a dangerous parallel world where goblins thrive. Your adventure begins as you fight to bridge these two very different worlds. Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
5.3
Super Chariot 478.

Super Chariot

Platform: Switch
May 10, 2018
Designed for the Nintendo Switch, Super Chariot is a 2D platform game that can be played through to the end in either solo or co-op mode. You play as either the brave Princess or her faithful fiancé in a subterranean fantasy adventure... Manoeuvre the wheeled coffin of the dead King through 25 levels and 5 colourful environments, trying to ignore the incessant insults of the King's ghost. With original gameplay and an innovative physics engine, hours of exciting exploration, hair-raising sliding sequences and mountains of treasure lie ahead. Set out on an epic adventure and give His Majesty the trip of his death. Guide a Super Chariot containing the remains of your King through a network of subterranean caverns. On your own or with a friend, lead the brave Princess and her faithful fiancé through the catacombs in search of the ideal resting spot for the King. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.7
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle 479.

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

Platform: Switch
October 25, 2018
Jason is Back in the Goriest. Puzzle Game Ever Made. Become horror icon Jason Voorhees and stalk campers across 150+ levels in the most gruesome puzzle game ever! Solve murderlicious puzzles to rank-up and unlock new weapons and special attacks. Help Jason terrorize victims from the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the high-rises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to space stations... and beyond. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is developed by the twisted minds behind the darkly hilarious indie hit SLAYAWAY CAMP.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge 480.

Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

Platform: Switch
February 23, 2023
Grim Guardians: Demon Purge centers around two demon hunters who return to their school after a mission only to find a demonic castle where it once stood. Players control both of the demon hunting sisters in this 2D side-scrolling action game. Players must master each of the sisters' unique abilities and attributes to overcome the challenging stages with bosses awaiting their arrival. They'll also be able to find new routes through each stage using the two characters' abilities, keeping play throughs fresh. Other features include two-player co-op with special actions, extensive difficulty options with the "Style System," unique changes on repeat plays, and most importantly the quality and challenge players have come to expect from Inti Creates titles, this time with a new gothic horror aesthetic.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.3
Axiom Verge 2 481.

Axiom Verge 2

Platform: Switch
August 11, 2021
Life. Afterlife. Real. Virtual. Dream. Nightmare. It’s a thin line. It’s Axiom Verge 2. The sequel to Axiom Verge, Axiom Verge 2 expands on the universe with completely new characters, abilities, and gameplay.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.3
Old School Musical 482.

Old School Musical

Platform: Switch
September 13, 2018
What has 50 amazing chiptune tracks, a loony story mode, 32 different chicken types to fight, and takes you on a tour of all your favorite retro games? It's Old School Musical of course. Tib and Rob are the heroes of a wacky adventure that will teach them where all of the bugs in our favorite games come from. Have you ever played a rhythm game before? Well, this is like that, but much better. With each note, you are responsible for the success of our two heroes' quest. Swing your sword and shoot with your spacecraft to the beat of chiptune tracks from Dubmood, Zabutom, Hello World, Yponeko and Le Plancton.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
Duck Souls+ 483.

Duck Souls+

Platform: Switch
March 27, 2020
Duck Souls+ is a fast-paced, action platformer about a little duck with an incredible skill to dash and a mission, find all the eggs to save his species. Duck Souls+ is set in a cute and deadly fantasy world, where many traps will rip your wings off your body while you struggle to grasp the frail, fragile egg. Run, jump and dash through a colourful and treacherous environment to save everyone and become a hero, if you can.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Kraino Origins 484.

Kraino Origins

Platform: Switch
March 28, 2023
Ghouls, ghost & plenty of hidden wall meat. In Kraino Origns you'll explore 8 levels of unadulterated retro platformer action! With ghoulish enemies, powerful weapons, hidden secrets, and a boss ready to wipe the floor with you! Kraino Origns is a retro action platformer with fast paced melee combat, magic abilities, and hidden power ups! Slash your way through 8 ghoul filled levels. Avoid traps and hazards to make it the boss for an epic final battle!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
ACA NeoGeo: Metal Slug 3 485.

ACA NeoGeo: Metal Slug 3

Platform: Switch
March 9, 2017
Marco, Tarma, Eri, and Fio, the four veterans of the elite Sparrows Unit are back in METAL SLUG 3! The popular action shooting series is in its glory, with gorgeous graphics and all the run-and-gun action you can handle. There is no time for indecision. General Morden is on the warpath and you must prevent him from creating the New World Order. Stop the Rebel Army!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
Keen: One Girl Army 486.

Keen: One Girl Army

Platform: Switch
July 2, 2020
Keen is a sliding puzzle game with turn-by-turn tactical combat and a hint of adventure!​ Guide Kim, a grumpy little girl raised by her grandmother on a journey to stop an evil secret society from destroying her village.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Lost Ruins 487.

Lost Ruins

Platform: Switch
June 6, 2022
A young girl wakes up in a dimly lit dungeon without any of her memories. Surrounded by horrible, bloodthirsty monsters, she is rescued by a mysterious magician, Beatrice. With Beatrice's help, the girl goes on a perilous journey to find answers and unlock the secrets of the Lost Ruins. Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.8
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell 488.

Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell

Platform: Switch
February 21, 2023
This iteration has the most yokais that JaJaMaru and his friends have ever battled against. Fans of the series will see yokais from the past but will also be introduced to all new yokais making their series debut. Collect over 20 playable characters - each with different powers and characteristics. You can also play 2 player mode simultaneously while sharing a single screen. Register your high score. Online ranking stages are also available.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Piczle Lines DX 489.

Piczle Lines DX

Platform: Switch
August 24, 2017
Draw lines between two numbers to reveal a hidden picture and complete the puzzle. Hundreds of puzzles with free updates. Draw lines to connect pairs of numbers to complete a hidden picture in this feverishly addictive PICture puzZLE game. Connect numbers of the same color, using the same number of blocks as the number. Easy controls lets you draw line after line as you gradually reveal the picture. Play through 100 levels in Story Mode as you follow the adventure of a professor and his mysterious Piczle-Matic camera. Each puzzle solved unlocks the next step in the story. Continue the fun in Puzzle Mode with 200+ more puzzles. Solve picture puzzles in of all sorts, including sports, pets, vehicles, food and many more! Select them in any order or have multiple puzzles on the go, resuming any one at any time. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.8
Fantasy Strike 490.

Fantasy Strike

Platform: Switch
July 25, 2019
Fantasy Strike is a colorful fighting game where fantasy meets martial arts. It focuses on depth and strategy rather than difficult execution. It's designed for tournament play, but also to welcome you to the genre if you haven't played other fighting games before. Online play uses the excellent GGPO networking technology. Includes several single player modes.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
SuperEpic: The Entertainment War 491.

SuperEpic: The Entertainment War

Platform: Switch
December 12, 2019
In a not-too-distant future dystopia​, a single videogame development company, ​Regnantcorp, controls an Orwellian society by enslaving the population with their addictive free game​s. As a rebellious racoon, along with your llama steed, you'll explore a surreal castle-like office full of enemies, challenges, secrets and corporate pigs.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.7
Sundered: Eldritch Edition 492.

Sundered: Eldritch Edition

Platform: Switch
December 21, 2018
Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity, a hand-drawn epic from the creators of Jotun. You play Eshe, a wanderer in a ruined world, trapped in ever-changing caverns teeming with eldritch horrors. Harness the power of corrupted relics to defeat gigantic bosses, at the cost of your humanity. Resist or embrace.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Bombslinger 493.

Bombslinger

Platform: Switch
April 11, 2018
A Bomberman-inspired Spaghetti Western action game with rogue-like elements. Wear the poncho of the Bombslinger, a former ruthless bandit turned rancher, as he sets out on a journey to avenge the brutal murder of his wife. Bomb your way through hordes of enemies, defeat your former posse and get to the final showdown with its leader, the Gunslinger.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.1
Mighty Gunvolt Burst 494.

Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Platform: Switch
June 15, 2017
The game systems have been completely revamped and powered up with lots of new additions, including a deep character customization system that lets you mold and shape your character into the ultimate hero that works best for you. The new Burst Combo system rewards you for finishing off enemies and bosses up close and personal, and the Dowsing ability triggers the HD Rumble function when you get close to one of the many hidden items/areas in the game. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.7
Fury Unleashed 495.

Fury Unleashed

Platform: Switch
May 8, 2020
Fury Unleashed is an action platformer where you shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book. Take advantage of unique combo system to unleash your fury and become a whirling tornado of destruction. Discover why your creator doubted in you and prove him wrong.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
Party Hard 496.

Party Hard

Platform: Switch
November 22, 2018
In Party Hard, you play as someone who is really tired of the neighbors having loud parties. Instead of calling the police, you decide it’s a better idea to kill everyone – using your faithful knife and the environment. The tactical strategy follows a series of killings at parties through-ought the USA. Party Hard has semi-procedural environments and focus on unique ways of killing people. In the greatest traditions of sneaking games, your main goal is not to get caught, while silently picking off unsuspecting victims one by one. Dancing and blending in during a suspicious situation is key.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.4
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots 497.

Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

Platform: Switch
September 4, 2018
An anime-inspired beat-’em-up with a gaggle of varied enemies, deep customization…and ninjas! Play through side-scrolling worlds consisting of multiple stages and collect carrots stolen by the evil Shogun Moe.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.3
Double Dragon: Neon 498.

Double Dragon: Neon

Platform: Switch
December 21, 2020
Known for the beautiful aesthetics and renowned gameplay of A Boy and his Blob, Contra 4, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and BloodRayne: Betrayal, WayForward is applying its focused attention to detail on Double Dragon: Neon. Taking place in a hyper-saturated omniverse, players beat up baddies across earth and beyond against the Black Dragon Clan's most nefarious leader yet-- the supernatural scourge Skullmageddon. You could go it alone, but why wouldn't you want to grab a buddy and take your game to the next level with drop-in, drop-out online 'Bro-Op'?!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Embers of Mirrim 499.

Embers of Mirrim

Platform: Switch
December 7, 2017
To save their world from an alien threat, two proud races must set aside their differences and come together... literally. Embers of Mirrim is an adventure-platformer featuring a mystical creature with the ability to split into light and dark embers, each independently controlled by the analog sticks.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.8
Assault Suits Valken Declassified 500.

Assault Suits Valken Declassified

Platform: Switch
March 30, 2023
The original Assault Suits Valken was censored and edited for its international release as Cybernator. This new Declassified version finally offers the original Assault Suits Valken officially translated into English for the first time. In addition, a recreation of the original 80-page Japanese guidebook has been translated into English and included in this release, of which 40 pages cover the game's backstory. Following that, this Declassified release offers new artwork from the game's character designer Satoshi Urushihara and never before seen production artwork. The original and arranged soundtracks are also available to play in the game's music player, along with a new interview with Satoshi Nakai about the original game's mecha design.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
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