The Best Nonlinear Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

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Update : FREERIDE added at rank #23.
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Even the Ocean (2016)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

The game includes platforming and story elements, putting the player in the role of Aliph, a Power Plant engineer working for the game's central city of Whiteforge.

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • beautiful
  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • capitalism
  • scroller
  • lgbtq
  • stylized
  • nature
  • hand-drawn
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • action-adventure
  • story

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Dreamo (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?

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  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • walking-simulator
  • colourful
  • story
  • surreal
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • narration
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • open-world

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Ginger - The Tooth Fairy (2022)

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Help Ginger in her Tooth Fairy quest in this cute, educational and fun platformer for all ages. Cute graphics and catchy music, fun gameplay and hidden secrets will put a smile on your face.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • cartoony
  • nonlinear
  • family-friendly
  • pixel
  • education
  • controller-support
  • single-player
  • scroller
  • casual
  • adventure
  • side-scrolling

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Pirated Code: Admin Edition (2022)

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When an AI program named Seren awakens to find they've been installed as the co-pilot of a smuggling ship, they'll have to rely on their newfound crewmates to help them find where they belong.


  • choices
  • lgbtq
  • visual-novel
  • nonlinear
  • fiction
  • romance
  • anime
  • interactive
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • hand-drawn
  • cute
  • multiple-endings
  • funny
  • self-discovery

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Simona's Requiem (2021)

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Simona's Requiem is a retro-styled platformer Inspired by old action-adventure games but with a modern touch. Pick up the scythe as Simona and slash your way to the Fisher King who has hidden behind the moon.


  • 2d
  • nonlinear
  • humor
  • metroidvania
  • gothic
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • platform
  • short
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • retro
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • story

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Unstrong Legacy (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Unstrong is a colorful retro-style pixel Metroidvania platformer. Find all 6 memory discs that'll help you discover your true self. Unlock abilities and increase your health as you progress. Multiple endings.

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  • metroidvania
  • lgbtq
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • 1990s
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • retro

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Montezuma's Revenge: 8-Bit Edition (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

This is the official version of the 80's classic game Montezuma's Revenge rebooted by the original developer. It's the classic puzzle solving action adventure platformer you loved in your youth.


  • platform
  • nonlinear
  • remake
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • retro
  • classic
  • sprite
  • 1980s

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The Rusty Sword: Vanguard Island (2022)

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The Rusty Sword: Vanguard Island is a short, top-down adventure game inspired by several 16-bit games.


  • hack-and-slash
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • dragon
  • top-down
  • anime
  • nonlinear
  • medieval
  • family-friendly
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • cute
  • arcade
  • old-school

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Unstrong: Space Calamity (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Sure, the world exploded and you're just drifting through space now, but you WILL find a way to make your planet whole again. Nothing can stop mad scientist ladies like Glasses! Soar through space and explore planets, moons and asteroids in this action-packed 3d platformer.

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  • 3d
  • lgbtq
  • cartoony
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • cats
  • psychedelic
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • stylized
  • space
  • open-world
  • cute
  • colourful
  • controller-support

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Frontier Quest (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Rebuild a frontier town and become acquainted with its community in puzzle-RPG Frontier Quest! Explore the frontier, collect materials and defeat monsters with the right equipment in order to restore the town and uncover the secrets of the frontier.

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  • nonlinear
  • turn-based
  • conversation
  • scroller
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • magic
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • 2d
  • story
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • rpg

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