The Best Run-and-gun Games for Nintendo Switch

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Update 25 September 2024: Iron Meat added at rank #1.

Here are our 10 Best Run-and-gun Games for Nintendo Switch:

Iron Meat
Mighty Goose
Escape from Terror City
IGS Classic Arcade Collection

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Iron Meat (2024)

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Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.

gore-ific
run-and-gun
customization
2d
shoot-em-up
arcade
platform
2-player
scroller
gun
boss-fight
boss
character
contra
shooter

Mighty Goose (2021)

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Mighty Goose is a fast paced run & gun shooter starring a bounty hunter Goose. Use epic weapons and devastating war machines to battle against screen filling bosses and hordes of enemies!

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run-and-gun
mech
cooperative
boss
local
shooter
vehicle
fast-paced
pixel
arcade
platform
boss-fight
war-machine
spectacle
2d

Escape from Terror City (2023)

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3D Run'n'Gun Arcade-Style Action! Fight the Mechanized Forces of the Argus Empire and Escape from Terror City!

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bullet-hell
3d
tps
run-and-gun
mech
on-rails
tanks
shooter
shoot-em-up
arcade
retro

IGS Classic Arcade Collection (2023)

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Nintendo Switch

Collection includes multiple series of "Knights of Valour" games, and all support online multiplayer warfare. Original game content has been completely preserved, and the plot experienced on the arcade machine has been reproduced again.

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