The Best Retro Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

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Super Hydorah (2017)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 vita IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Force, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.


  • retro
  • shoot-em-up
  • old-school
  • horizontal
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • card-play
  • dexterity
  • classic
  • action
  • campaign
  • bullet-hell
  • meditative
  • 2d
  • controller-support

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Escape Lala 2 - Retro Point and Click Adventure (2019)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.

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  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • retro
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • retro-pixel

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Lords of Exile (2024)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Embark on a quest for revenge in Lords of Exile, an 8-bit side-scrolling action platformer set in the far Lands of Exilia. With classic retro mechanics and linear level design in 8-bit graphics.


  • retro
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • platform
  • 1980s
  • dark
  • gore
  • anime
  • arcade
  • fantasy
  • endless
  • physics
  • war

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The Karate Kid: Street Rumble (2024)

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

Dominate the dojo in The Karate Kid: Street Rumble, a pixel art beat ‘em up adventure. Grab your friends for local co-op multiplayer and dive into the classic The Karate Kid journey with retro-style gameplay, dynamic combat, and epic boss battles.


  • side-scrolling
  • martial
  • retro
  • 2d
  • beat-em-up
  • cooperative
  • brawler
  • chiptune
  • arts
  • scroller
  • 1980s
  • fight
  • arcade
  • local
  • action

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Ratyrinth (2023)

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

You are drastically separated from your family in a scary forest with dangerous creatures, and you have to find them again! Ratyrinth is a cute and challenging precision platformer.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • precision
  • retro
  • pixel
  • casual
  • cute
  • adventure
  • linear
  • side-scrolling

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Taito Milestones 2 (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

10 entertaining classics from Taito’s history featuring various genres and themes. Also included: Solitary Fighter, The Legend of Kage, Liquid Kids and Dinorex.

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  • shooter
  • arcade
  • retro
  • platform
  • vertical
  • fight
  • multi-directional
  • various
  • ninja
  • compilation
  • boss
  • side-scrolling
  • classic
  • dinosaurs
  • cute

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Panzer Paladin (2020)

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Linux Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The game consists of 17 levels, during which players take control of either the slow but powerful Paladin mech Grit or the small but swift Squire pilot Flame. When commanding Grit, the player can pick up discarded melee weapons dropped by defeated enemies and use them in battle against them. The combat mechanics include a high-versus-low attacking and blocking system (similar to Zelda II), along with a rock-paper-scissors style weapon triangle system that grants your weapons damage bonuses or reductions depending on the weapon used by the enemy.[4][5][6]

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  • mech
  • swordplay
  • demons
  • platform
  • retro
  • pixel
  • anime
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • 1980s
  • mythology
  • boss
  • hack-and-slash
  • hockey
  • battle

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Dungeonoid 2 Awakening (2024)

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

Classic dungeon crawling gets a block-busting twist in Dungeonoid 2 Awakening, a top-down adventure presented in retro pixel art style!


  • classes
  • rpg
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • retro
  • arcade
  • dungeon-crawler
  • fantasy
  • action
  • 2d
  • casual
  • family-friendly

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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (2017)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Explore a huge open game world in classic action-adventure fashion! Prove your worth by fighting through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom!

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  • action-adventure
  • dungeon
  • retro
  • bride
  • adjective-abusing
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • open-world
  • adventure
  • narration
  • top-down
  • boss
  • snes
  • pixel-perfect
  • fantasy

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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.

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  • platform
  • retro
  • boss
  • metroidvania
  • vampire
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • demons
  • classic
  • fantasy
  • cooperative
  • gothic
  • scroller
  • nes
  • old-school

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