The Best Quick-time-event Games for Nintendo Switch

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Update : The Heirloom added at rank #12.
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The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Episode 3 (2023)

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An epic adventure across the land and skies of Hyrule awaits in The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch™. The adventure is yours to create in a world fueled by your imagination.

In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you’ll decide your own path through the sprawling landscapes of Hyrule and the mysterious islands floating in the vast skies above. Can you harness the power of Link’s new abilities to fight back against the malevolent forces that threaten the kingdom?

Nintendo Switch Online members can buy a pair of Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers* and redeem each one for any game in the voucher catalog—including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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  • narrative
  • exploration
  • episodic
  • quick-time-event
  • pirates
  • book
  • sci-fi
  • novel
  • adventure
  • story
  • politics
  • difficult
  • space-pirate
  • tried-and-true
  • choices

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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (2021)

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Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.


  • quick-time-event
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • cinematic
  • fiction
  • choices
  • classic
  • story
  • interactive
  • detective
  • drama
  • psychological

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Traveler (2015)

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Building the game as Open World so you are able to go on in your speed - just to tell, only the ones who want to explore will find out the ultimative ending. Traveler contains 8 different themed worlds you are able to explore by your own.


  • character
  • quick-time-event
  • shooter
  • story
  • episodic
  • loot
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • customization
  • action
  • first-person
  • pve
  • comedy
  • open-world
  • narrative

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Once Upon a Jester (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous Royal Theatrical Spectacle!

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  • romance
  • drama
  • heist
  • quick-time-event
  • horror
  • genre-bending
  • funny
  • quick-time-events
  • musical
  • adventure
  • rhythm
  • interactive
  • satire

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (2019)

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

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.

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  • horror
  • quick-time-event
  • cooperative
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • pirates
  • online

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Batman: The Enemy Within (2017)

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In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.


  • villain
  • quick-time-event
  • episodic
  • choices
  • story
  • superhero
  • narrative
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • violent
  • comic
  • crime
  • action

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (2020)

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

Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.


  • quick-time-event
  • horror
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • cooperative
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • supernatural
  • mystery

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Of Bird and Cage (2021)

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Of Bird and Cage is a unique metal album presented through a two-hour-long story-driven game. Play music in a brand-new way. Featuring famous artists like Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-Guns N' Roses), Rob van der Loo (Epica), Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), and many others!


  • nonlinear
  • music
  • emotional
  • modern
  • choices
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • multiple-endings
  • quick-time-event
  • stylized
  • psychological
  • dark
  • first-person
  • drama
  • story

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The Mildew Children (2024)

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Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.


  • visual-novel
  • surreal
  • detective
  • quick-time-event
  • horror
  • choices
  • story
  • faith
  • scroller
  • psychological
  • exploration
  • magic
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • atmospheric

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Gripper (2023)

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Gripper is a story-driven action game with boss fights on wheels. Tear your enemies apart with a grappling hook. Rip out their metal hearts to gain abilities. Rescue your family and uncover the secrets of the collapsing world.

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  • boss-fight
  • bullet-hell
  • boss
  • top-down
  • quick-time-event
  • cyberpunk
  • arena
  • emotional
  • rush
  • futuristic
  • dystopian
  • soundtrack
  • rpg
  • twin-stick
  • rogue-like

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