The Best Dark Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : NanoApostle added at rank #24.
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Lunar Axe (2022)

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Linux Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

After a big earthquake in the city, ruins of an old building collapse and you end up trapped inside an abandoned house. Find a way out and unravel the mystery of inexplicable tremors, revealing ancient secrets and a mystical artifact, before the city is destroyed.


  • point-and-click
  • lore
  • hidden-object
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • mystery
  • mythology
  • linear
  • supernatural
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • atmospheric
  • collectathon
  • story
  • adventure

22

Evil God Korone (2021)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 4 PC Windows

An unexpected collaboration from Tsugunohi, the game where horror invades daily life, and VTuber Inugami Korone, from VTuber group hololive. Inugami Korone, who has been live streaming many horror game, has become an evil goddess and taken over Tsugunohi. Now, chop your finger and give it to her.


  • horror
  • dark
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • horror-comedy
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • realistic
  • walking-simulator

23

Hard Time III (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.


  • crime
  • humor
  • wrestling
  • simulation
  • customization
  • life
  • character
  • gun
  • sentence-combining
  • investigation
  • conversation
  • dark
  • crafting
  • choices
  • open-world

24

NanoApostle (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

NanoApostle is a dark sci-fi boss rush action game featuring intense reaction-based combat and the unique "Destruction Point" system. Play as Anita, a child augmented with lethal nanomachines, as she battles against twisted cybernetic experiments to escape a top-secret facility.


  • rush
  • dark
  • spectacle
  • souls
  • bullet-hell
  • hack-and-slash
  • boss
  • futuristic
  • action

25

There Is No Light (2022)

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70
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Nintendo Switch l Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!


  • dark
  • souls
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • platform
  • action

26

Source of Madness (2022)

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

Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.


  • lovecraftian
  • rogue-like
  • dark
  • roguevania
  • souls
  • fantasy
  • metroidvania
  • magic
  • procedural
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • action
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • physics

27

Nine Witches: Family Disruption (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

When an occult German WW2 division releases an ancient curse upon the world, a supernatural problem is going to require a supernatural solution. Take control of two playable heroes as they embark on a comedic, alternate-history adventure with a truly original story (99.9999% guaranteed).

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  • humor
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • pixel
  • comedy
  • retro
  • adventure
  • alternate-historical
  • story
  • war
  • horror-lite
  • puzzle
  • graphic
  • supernatural
  • mystery

28

ghostpia Season One (2023)

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80
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Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

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  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • snow
  • dystopian
  • humor
  • conversation
  • crime
  • text
  • violent
  • story
  • anime
  • cinematic
  • choices
  • 1990s
  • drama

29

Isolomus (2020)

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Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Make your own way through the madness! I swear, they forced me to make this game! Help me! (distant mumbling and the sounds of struggle) ... Play time is about 10–20 minutes. I hope you will remember this experience for a long time. Two endings. The question is which of them is the worst. All the graphics and animations are handmade from plasticine.

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  • dark
  • humor
  • short
  • horror
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • minimalist
  • story
  • 2d
  • casual
  • single-player

30

Super Dark Deception (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Death awaits you once again in Super Dark Deception, a fun 2D reimagining of the hit horror maze game, Dark Deception!


  • horror
  • runner
  • humor
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • cartoony
  • lore
  • anime
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • retro
  • demons
  • rpg
  • arcade
  • cute

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