The Best Lore Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Sultan\'s Game added at rank #23.
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Kamiko (2017)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One wiiware

Wield your weapon bestowed by the gods, and open the gates between worlds!

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  • pixel
  • boss
  • demons
  • lore
  • hack-and-slash
  • top-down
  • retro
  • combo
  • faith
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • boss-fight
  • cute
  • colourful
  • 1990s

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Anglerfish (2022)

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PC Windows Android Playstation 4 j Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

The game only saves when you die. Every time you die, something changes. Every change is based on where and how you died. Go on an epic adventure only equipped with your trusted shotgun, your wit and your strong stomach for disturbing exploration. Can you survive a night at the bar, Anglerfish?


  • horror
  • humor
  • rogue-like
  • lore
  • psychological
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • surreal
  • choices
  • gore
  • survival-horror
  • pixel
  • hidden-object
  • survival
  • exploration

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Discolored 2 (2025)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 j

All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored.


  • horror
  • lore
  • surreal
  • vampire
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • mystery
  • story
  • survival-horror
  • difficult
  • survival

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Murderous Muses (2023)

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

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.


  • mystery
  • fmv
  • procedural
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • replay-value
  • resource-management
  • drama
  • supernatural
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration

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Orten Was The Case (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

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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Voidwrought (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.


  • metroidvania
  • lore
  • lovecraftian
  • 2d
  • dark
  • platform
  • mythology
  • exploration
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • fantasy
  • supernatural

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The Rewinder (2021)

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j PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.


  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • detective
  • mythology
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • lore
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • horror
  • comedy

18

The Hundred Year Kingdom (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Create a world free of conflict in this innovative turn-based simulation. Work together with a mythical young goddess to develop a peaceful civilization over the course of a century.

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  • city-building
  • turn-based
  • simulation
  • colony
  • historical
  • lore
  • building
  • anime
  • time-management
  • immersive
  • multiple-endings
  • management
  • pixel
  • choices
  • romance

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Space Wreck (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android

Post-apocalyptic retro RPG in space with an extreme focus on role-playing. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep and branching adventure with multiple gameplay styles. Combat 100% optional.

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  • diplomacy
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • post-apocalyptic
  • lore
  • immersive
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • choices
  • space
  • old-school
  • simulation
  • turn-based
  • atmospheric
  • dystopian

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The Coma 2B: Catacomb (2024)

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

The Coma 2B: Catacomb is a Korean survival horror adventure. It is the back story to the previous game, The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, and a story bridge for the full series. You return as Youngho, the hero from The Coma 1, as you once again venture forth into the terrifying mirror dimension…


  • mystery
  • survival-horror
  • lovecraftian
  • horror
  • lore
  • survival
  • dark
  • exploration
  • hand-drawn
  • psychological
  • visual-novel
  • violent
  • adventure
  • dungeon
  • anime

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