The Best On-rails Games for Nintendo Switch

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Update : Rainbow Cotton added at rank #7.
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Say No! More (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Say No! More is a hilarious and empowering adventure game where you, an intern, shake up the world by simply saying 'NO!'. Navigate through quirky office environments, customize your character, and use the power of 'NO!' to stand up against annoying colleagues and exploitative labor practices. Get ready to laugh out loud and reclaim your personal boundaries!

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What we like:
  • Simple and engaging gameplay
  • Humorous and charming storyline
  • Suitable for all ages
  • Delivers a powerful message against worker exploitation
  • Bug-free gaming experience
What could be improved:
  • Tedious achievement tasks
  • High price for the amount of content

  • on-rails
  • satire
  • funny
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • boss
  • experimental
  • arcade
  • beat-em-up
  • shooter
  • cute

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New Pokemon Snap (2021)

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Nintendo Switch

Capture the wonders of the Pokemon world through your camera lens in New Pokemon Snap. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and explore diverse environments filled with adorable Pokemon. Level up stages, save multiple photos per Pokemon, and use new tools to enhance your photography skills. While some later stages may feel less detailed, the unique gameplay experience and charming moments make this game worth playing.

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What we like:
  • Stunning visuals
  • Unique gameplay experience
  • Charming moments
What could be improved:
  • Later stages feel less detailed

  • on-rails
  • vehicle
  • park
  • shooter
  • rail
  • relaxing
  • online

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GalGun Returns (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The infamous ecchi rail-shooter is back! Fight back with pheromones as girls throw themselves at you and try to find true love in less than a day! Discover a beautifully reimagined version of the first game of the series that never came to the west!

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  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • dating-sim
  • anime
  • romance
  • conversation
  • character
  • attack
  • score
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • funny
  • memes
  • fps
  • first-person

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Astrodogs (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone

Astrodogs is an on-rails arcade action game featuring a cast of space dogs that have to save the galaxy of WOOFER, a company that controls everything. Also run by dogs.

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  • on-rails
  • tutorial
  • voxel
  • bullet
  • shooter
  • comic
  • shoot-em-up
  • time
  • bullet-hell
  • tps
  • linear
  • character
  • flight
  • book
  • 3d

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GalGun Double Peace (2015)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows vita Nintendo Switch

A rail shooter, with a difference, replacing bullets with pheromone shots, and enemies with giddy love-obsessed school girls. Every love letter and advancing kiss drains your energy! Repel them while upgrading your power ups and take part in outrageously lewd mini-games to find your true love!

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  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • anime
  • rail
  • dating-sim

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Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 vita Playstation 3

Older Neptune and friends shoot and slash through enemies of Gamindustri in this rail shooter!


  • rail
  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • boss-fight
  • shoot-em-up
  • boss
  • anime
  • old-school
  • colourful
  • card
  • harrier
  • nostalgic
  • action

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Rainbow Cotton (2024)

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

Cotton, the legendary witch is back, and this time in 3D! Get ready for this formerly Japanese exclusive cute ‘em up gem to be “reconjured”. ININ and Success have teamed up once again to bring you a massively improved - and for the first time worldwide - re-release of Rainbow Cotton.


  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • anime
  • cute
  • magic
  • cartoony
  • fantastically
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • arcade
  • casual
  • fantasy

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The House of the Dead: Remake (2022)

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

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform. A classic arcade rail-shooter receives a whole new entourage and gameplay changes to suit modern gaming standards.

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  • zombies
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • on-rails
  • remake
  • classic
  • cooperative
  • rail
  • controller-support
  • local

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Air Twister (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 l IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone) Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Playstation 5

Assume the role of Princess Arch and help defend her home world, AIR, from the large-scale invasion by Vanguard. Explore various kinds of weaponry power-ups and special moves which you unlock after every run.


  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • rock-opera
  • arcade
  • flight
  • 3d
  • rush
  • tps
  • boss
  • cinematic
  • colourful
  • large-scale
  • fantasy
  • lore

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Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission (2023)

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

Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission is the remake of the first Rail Shooter that shaped the genre. It sticks to the DNA of the original game – a breathtaking action atmosphere inherited from 80’s action movies – while offering a brand-new design and a leaderboard.

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  • shooter
  • 1980s
  • vr
  • on-rails
  • films
  • non-stop
  • arcade
  • first-person
  • action
  • military
  • fps
  • light
  • parody
  • violent
  • cult

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