The Best Dystopian Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : SONOKUNI added at rank #17.
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Backbone (2021)

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Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

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  • detective
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • noir
  • stealth
  • point-and-click
  • post-noir
  • visual-novel

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Prison City (2023)

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Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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Transient: Extended Edition (2021)

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H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

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  • dystopian
  • cyberpunk
  • horror
  • lovecraftian
  • augmented
  • detective
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • post-apocalyptic
  • conversation
  • thriller
  • futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • atmospheric

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Hidden Objects Collection Volume 4 (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Search through lavishly illustrated and animated backgrounds. Play over 30 fun minigames, restoring one piece of art at a time! Enjoy the winter wonderland of Mia's hometown, Mikamaw Point! Meet Mia's family and the neighbors she grew up with as she catches up with them! Spread joy to the citizens of this lovely community as you help them through their annual Christmas donation drives!


  • 2.5d
  • tps
  • visual-novel
  • dystopian
  • hidden-object
  • otome
  • drama
  • anime
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • cute
  • detective
  • shooter
  • rpg
  • horror

15

The Plane Effect (2021)

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Players take on the role of Solo, a lonely office worker who's trying to get home to his family after his last day of work. Somewhat worryingly, it seems Solo experiences some trouble remembering his family, and also has to contend with the shifting balance of space and time.

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  • dystopian
  • 3d
  • isometric
  • walking-simulator
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • non-sense
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • horror-mystery
  • futuristic
  • adventure

16

Not Tonight (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

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  • life
  • political
  • politics
  • pixel
  • simulation
  • dystopian
  • alternate
  • slum
  • rpg
  • historical
  • economy

17

SONOKUNI (2025)

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Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.


  • transhumanism
  • cyberpunk
  • hack-and-slash
  • dystopian
  • psychedelic
  • futuristic
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • historical
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • aliens
  • tactical

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CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense (2023)

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The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

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  • tower-defense
  • touch-friendly
  • mining
  • strategy
  • dystopian
  • real-time
  • futuristic
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • time-management
  • top-down
  • replay-value
  • zombie-infected
  • building
  • sandbox

19

A Void Hope (2024)

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A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.


  • dystopian
  • atmospheric
  • immersive
  • platform
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • arg
  • retro
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • dark
  • mystery
  • psychological
  • exploration

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Orten Was The Case (2023)

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Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.


  • manipulation
  • time
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • metroidvania
  • 2.5d
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • time-management
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • mystery
  • detective
  • dark
  • open-world

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