The Best Action-adventure Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

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Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (2024)

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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. Travel through multiple breathtaking locations filled with scum, villainy and secrets.


  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • fmv
  • 2d
  • metroidvania
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • funny
  • sprite
  • hand-drawn
  • pixel
  • retro
  • controller-support
  • straight-to-video

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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (2017)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Explore a huge open game world in classic action-adventure fashion! Prove your worth by fighting through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom!

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  • action-adventure
  • dungeon
  • retro
  • bride
  • adjective-abusing
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • open-world
  • adventure
  • narration
  • top-down
  • boss
  • snes
  • pixel-perfect
  • fantasy

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Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (2020)

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IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Become Samurai Jack, the greatest warrior across time. Journey through time to finally stop Aku’s evil reign in this new adventure told by the creators of Samurai Jack.

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  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • quick-action
  • combat
  • sword
  • action
  • adventure
  • platform
  • non-combat
  • character
  • non-player
  • souls
  • must-play
  • battle
  • skill

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RWBY: Arrowfell (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Dive into an explosive new RWBY adventure! Instantly switch between Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and use their weapons and Semblances to battle a mysterious new threat in this in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7! Featuring a new song by Jeff Williams with vocals by Casey Lee Williams!

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  • beat-em-up
  • platform
  • scroller
  • anime
  • action-adventure
  • 2.5d
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • action
  • family-friendly
  • boss
  • colourful

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Raji: An Ancient Epic (2020)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 IOS iPhone Android j IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone)

[4] A 6-person team at Nodding Heads Games began development on Raji: An Ancient Epic in January 2017. [5][6] The developers cited Bastion and Journey as being major influences on the game, and God of War, Ico, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Dark Souls as other influences. The campaign raised over £66,000 but fell short of its funding goal.

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  • mythology
  • action-adventure
  • demons
  • platform
  • story
  • isometric
  • hand-drawn
  • parkour
  • narration
  • hack-and-slash
  • medieval
  • 3d
  • battle
  • exploration
  • war

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Resolutiion (2020)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Resolutiion is a fast-paced action-adventure created by two angry German brothers leading a band of vagrants who loaded it with lovely pixels, dirty jokes, deep ideas and badassemotional tunes for 20 hours of punishing combat, rewarding exploration, and layered storytelling. Will you be the player or will you be played? In the Infinite Empire nothing is as it seems.Explore a fractured future, gathering weird weapons and stories, to piece together the past: a friend betrayed, a family broken, worlds at war. To solve the mystery of the Cradles take on a multi-cultural-mashup of cynical gods, emotional machines, zealots, luddites, and furry critters in a world that doesn’t care if it confuses or kills you — oh hey, a kitty!

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  • action-adventure
  • soundtrack
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • boss-fight
  • exploration
  • dystopian
  • metroidvania
  • mystery
  • boss
  • story
  • cyberpunk
  • assassin
  • atmospheric
  • fight

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Saga of Sins (2023)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows Linux Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Saga of Sins is an expiatory action-adventure which features a mystical storyline and a rewarding arcade gameplay! Transform into demonic creatures and fight the seven deadly sins.

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  • platform
  • transhumanism
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • hand-drawn
  • arcade
  • atmospheric
  • action
  • linear
  • puzzle
  • story

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Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart (2023)

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Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

Race around Cretacia as your favorite dino in a prehistoric kart championship almost as big as Gigantosaurus’s appetite!


  • dinosaurs
  • racing
  • split-screen
  • cartoony
  • action-adventure
  • sport
  • pvp
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • character
  • customization
  • adventure
  • local
  • 4-player

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Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows

Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.


  • supernatural
  • conversation
  • 2.5d
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • choices
  • drama
  • stealth
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • story
  • exploration

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Onirike (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Dreams are fed by our own desires. They dwell within us since we are born and this is what we call them until they become real. But… have you ever wondered what happens to dreams that never come true?Onirike is an original 3D adventure, puzzle and platformer video game which takes place in an intricate open world, designed with a non-linear narrative and presented with a peculiar audio-visual aesthetic.Throughout the game, the player will take the role of Prieto, a strange being unaware of his own nature, but who has the rare ability to become invisible. Exploration, stealth and cultivating gypsophila flowers will be key to unveiling the story of Prieto and the orb in which he lives.Main features:

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  • platform
  • open-world
  • conversation
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • surreal
  • narration
  • 3d
  • psychedelic
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • fantasy
  • stealth
  • sandbox
  • blob

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