The Best Short Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Things Too Ugly added at rank #10.
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Metamorphosis (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows 3.x Mac OS

Got Game Entertainment re-released the game in December 2004 as Bad Mojo Redux, packaging it with a DVD containing a variety of extra material.

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  • philosophical
  • noir
  • short
  • walking-simulator
  • dark
  • 3d
  • beautiful
  • supernatural
  • detective
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • story
  • parkour
  • first-person

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Frightence (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 PC Windows

Frightence is a short, intense first-person horror experience.

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  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • horror
  • adventure
  • single-player

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Ding Dong XL (2018)

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Ding and Dong between the top and bottom of the screen as you attempt to avoid obstacles, collect points, and smash helpful power-ups. Try to survive as long as you can!Simple one button controls, just pressing the Ding Dong button allows you to cross the screen from top to bottom or vice-versa. Wait for the proper timing and don't hit enemies.Features:

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  • touch-friendly
  • mouse
  • soundtrack
  • casual
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • fast-paced
  • short
  • minimalist
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • retro
  • replay-value
  • colourful

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The Excrawlers (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Action-RPG slasher game in which you and others hero will have to plunge into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.


  • souls
  • short
  • hack-and-slash
  • top-down
  • dark
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • rogue-like
  • colourful
  • dungeon-crawler
  • fantasy
  • action-adventure
  • difficult
  • real-time
  • zelda

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Miniatures (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Miniatures is a collection of strange tales where childhood imagination and reality merge with darker undercurrents of mystery and magic. Explore a vast seascape, build odd furniture, feed a lizard and play with sand castles.


  • surreal
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • point-and-click
  • clicker
  • short
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • exploration
  • linear
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • fiction

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Anyaroth: The Queen's Tyranny (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A pixel-art platformer adventure game with lots of action and a memorable story.Dive into the depths of planet Anyaroth and free its people from the tyranny of the Queen. Join the Rebellion and fight against the Regime’s mind-control system. The anya civilization needs you!


  • twin-stick
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • short
  • linear
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • retro
  • colourful
  • war
  • story

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ARIDA: Backland's Awakening (2019)

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Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Xbox One

ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.


  • historical
  • crafting
  • collectathon
  • survival
  • emotional
  • nature
  • family-friendly
  • short
  • cartoony
  • linear
  • stylized
  • inventory
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • 3d

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Seven Doors (2020)

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

Solve challenging puzzles and experience seven different atmospheres. Each one is unique, special and surprising and will test your mind and awaken your wits. Stay alive until you reach the last door, but beware, as some doors could lead to your demise. 


  • puzzle
  • hidden-object
  • short
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • horror
  • tabletop
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • gore-covered
  • beautiful
  • realistic
  • casual
  • colourful
  • myst

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Carry Onward (2023)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 4 PC Windows

Carry Onward is a narrative gameplay short that follows a grieving man as he packs up his home. Immerse yourself in his thoughts and emotions by interacting with items, which shape his internal state. Experience the transformative power of memories and the hope that arises from embracing change.


  • emotional
  • short
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • walking-simulator
  • noir
  • fiction
  • surreal
  • drama
  • narrative
  • story
  • stylized
  • top-down
  • interactive
  • relaxing

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Fruit Mountain (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch

Fruit Stacking Puzzle Game Connect the same types of fruit together to make them grow bigger and bigger! Stack them up without letting them overflow from the plate, and build your own Fruit Mountain!


  • cooking
  • cozy
  • short
  • attack
  • comic
  • score
  • family-friendly
  • relaxing
  • physics
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • anime
  • book
  • colourful
  • puzzle

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