The Best Adventure Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : The Plucky Squire added at rank #6.
31

The Wild Case (2021)

View Similar Games
80
Review score
Logo of The Wild Case Screenshot of The Wild Case Screenshot of The Wild Case Screenshot of The Wild Case

PC Windows Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone Mac OS Linux

Embark on a journey to an eerie village shrouded in mystery in The Wild Case. Solve puzzles, negotiate with inhabitants, and uncover supernatural occurrences in this atmospheric adventure. With stunning hand-drawn graphics and haunting sound effects, immerse yourself in an open world that will keep you on edge. Unravel the secrets of the forgotten village if you dare.

Buy

What we like:
  • Short but well-rounded gameplay
  • Intriguing mystery with satisfying ending
  • Beautiful hand-drawn artwork
  • Atmospheric music and sound effects
  • Adequate price point
What could be improved:
  • Lack of motivation for replayability
  • Rough English translation
  • Story not frightening for adults

  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • story
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • text
  • 2d
  • supernatural
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • investigation
  • linear
  • mystery

32

Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story (2023)

View Similar Games
98
Review score
Logo of Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story Screenshot of Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story Screenshot of Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story Screenshot of Gerda: A Flame in Winter - Liva's Story

Nintendo Switch PC Windows

You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?


  • emotional
  • world-war-2
  • narration
  • casual
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • historical
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • fiction
  • choices
  • top-down
  • interactive

33

Quest for Infamy (2014)

View Similar Games
90
Review score
Logo of Quest for Infamy Screenshot of Quest for Infamy Screenshot of Quest for Infamy Screenshot of Quest for Infamy

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

Quest for Infamy is a humorous and nostalgic point-and-click adventure game with a twist - you get to play the charming villain. Choose from three different characters, each with their own storylines, and become the bad guy who cheats, lies, and steals your way through multiple endings. With hand-drawn graphics and customizable spells, skills, and adventures, this game gives you the ultimate retro RPG experience that has never felt so good!

Buy

What we like:
  • Humorous dialogue with great writing and exploration
  • Modernized old school adventure games with good story, quests, and humor
  • End game achievements accessible to any character class
  • Huge open world with good animations and decent voice acting
  • Wonderful homage to Sierra On-Line games and perfect for fans of the point & click genre
What could be improved:
  • Frustrating design issues
  • Occasional offensive humor
  • Some puzzles require arbitrary actions to be triggered
  • Combat system is repetitive and lackluster with simple mechanics

  • adventure
  • point-and-click
  • rpg
  • old-school
  • puzzle
  • classic
  • stealth
  • villain
  • fantasy
  • combat
  • inventory
  • fight
  • picaresque
  • retro
  • funny

34

The Procession to Calvary (2020)

View Similar Games
83
Review score
Logo of The Procession to Calvary Screenshot of The Procession to Calvary Screenshot of The Procession to Calvary Screenshot of The Procession to Calvary

Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One IOS iPhone Linux

Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.

Buy

  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • surreal
  • war
  • puzzle
  • funny
  • inventory
  • domain
  • classic
  • roots
  • renaissance
  • multi-location
  • medieval
  • multiple-endings

35

Peppa Pig: World Adventures (2023)

View Similar Games
70
Review score
Logo of Peppa Pig: World Adventures Screenshot of Peppa Pig: World Adventures Screenshot of Peppa Pig: World Adventures Screenshot of Peppa Pig: World Adventures

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

Play in the bigger, wider world of Peppa Pig, and bring your family into the story! Make pizza in Italy, walk on Hollywood Boulevard, climb the Eiffel Tower and more on your world tour. Create your own unique and dazzling family home, and discover more characters, quests and fun than ever before!


  • interactive
  • adventure
  • football
  • colourful
  • fiction
  • family-friendly
  • episodic
  • exploration
  • character
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • 2d
  • open
  • submarine
  • casual

36

Shiro (2020)

View Similar Games
87
Review score
Logo of Shiro Screenshot of Shiro Screenshot of Shiro Screenshot of Shiro

Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

Shiro is an adventure platformer in which you have to find your missing sister

Buy

  • platform
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • action-adventure
  • local
  • arena
  • pixel
  • 4-player
  • tps
  • anime
  • shooter
  • split-screen

37

Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two (2017)

View Similar Games
91
Review score
Logo of Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two Screenshot of Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two Screenshot of Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two Screenshot of Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two

Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox 360 PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 IOS iPhone

Together with old pals and new comrades alike, Jesse embarks on a brand new journey filled with tough choices, good times, and at least one temperamental llama.


  • episodic
  • adventure
  • quick-time-event
  • choices
  • narrative
  • story
  • crafting
  • zombies
  • memes
  • puzzle
  • action
  • underwater

38

Agatha Knife (2018)

View Similar Games
80
Review score
Logo of Agatha Knife Screenshot of Agatha Knife Screenshot of Agatha Knife Screenshot of Agatha Knife

Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Embark on a whimsically twisted adventure with Agatha, a child torn between her love for eating meat and her friendships with animals. Join her as she discovers religion and creates her own, Carnivorism, to convince the animals that the sacrifice of their flesh is the secret to their eternal happiness.

Buy

  • adventure
  • point-and-click
  • off-kilter
  • discovery
  • mature
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • comedy
  • zoo
  • humor
  • time

39

Deiland (2018)

View Similar Games
77
Review score
Logo of Deiland Screenshot of Deiland Screenshot of Deiland Screenshot of Deiland

Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows Playstation 4 Mac OS

Deiland is a single-player adventure RPG with several sandbox elements, such as farming, crafting, and building. Put on the mantle of the Little Prince of Deiland and rule over your own planet!


  • adventure
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • farming
  • building
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • single-player
  • casual
  • simulation
  • controller-support
  • atmospheric
  • third-person

40

Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time (2018)

View Similar Games
88
Review score
Logo of Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time Screenshot of Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time Screenshot of Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time Screenshot of Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time

IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android Mac OS

Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story. Come discover the lost history of this mysterious island.

Buy

  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • non-linear
  • entertainment
  • hand-drawn
  • story

Not seeing your game?