The Best Swordplay Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream added at rank #8.
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Kalinur (2023)

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

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.

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  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • swordplay
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • platform
  • demons
  • pixel
  • dark
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • medieval
  • action
  • nonlinear

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SpiderHeck (2022)

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

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

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  • local
  • cooperative
  • fight
  • swordplay
  • parkour
  • 2d
  • multiplayer
  • physics
  • 4-player
  • pvp
  • wave
  • funny
  • futuristic
  • comedy
  • online

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Bleak Sword DX (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.

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  • hack-and-slash
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • rogue-like
  • pixel
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • fight
  • atmospheric
  • boss
  • minimalist
  • linear
  • gladiator
  • action
  • action-adventure

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COGEN: Sword of Rewind (2022)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Rewind, rethink, redo. COGEN is a brand-new kind of 2D action game where there's no time for death.

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  • manipulation
  • 2d
  • dynamic
  • swordplay
  • time
  • platform
  • tutorial
  • attack
  • score
  • scroller
  • futuristic
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • sci-fi

5

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (2017)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

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  • robots
  • arena
  • battle-royale
  • swordplay
  • fight
  • voxel
  • cooperative
  • rogue-like
  • humor
  • 3d
  • futuristic
  • multiplayer
  • third-person
  • funny
  • comedy

6

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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Shing! (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

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  • beat-em-up
  • demons
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • fight
  • rogue-like
  • swordplay
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2.5d
  • spectacle
  • scroller
  • character
  • side-scrolling
  • colourful
  • arcade

8

Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5

In this online co-op action game, enter a distorted version of the SWORD ART ONLINE world. Pick your role in the form of favorite SWORD ART ONLINE characters and team up with 20 players for raids to defeat powerful enemies.


  • cooperative
  • rpg
  • multiplayer
  • tps
  • action
  • hack-and-slash
  • anime
  • swordplay
  • magic
  • casual
  • online
  • 3d
  • boss
  • character
  • pve

9

Unsouled (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Unsouled is a 2D action RPG game requiring immense elaborate control. Take a break from repetitive attack and dodge action by challenging yourself with the world of Unsouled.


  • souls
  • swordplay
  • pve
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • rpg
  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • stylized
  • zombies
  • controller-support
  • atmospheric
  • difficult
  • fight

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Sword Art Online: Last Recollection (2023)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The culmination of the SWORD ART ONLINE game series, Last Recollection features the largest roster of SAO playable characters and sub scenarios!

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  • rpg
  • japanese
  • anime
  • swordplay
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • party
  • character
  • pve
  • jrpg
  • futuristic
  • action-adventure
  • battle
  • third-person
  • customization

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