The Best 2.5d Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Deer & Boy added at rank #49.
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Heian City Story (2024)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Android Nintendo Switch

A city-building sim with a historical twist


  • city-building
  • 2.5d
  • effects-strategy
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • building
  • simulation
  • casual
  • colourful
  • top-down
  • cute
  • strategy
  • platform
  • historical
  • demons

2

KinnikuNeko: SUPER MUSCLE CAT (2024)

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

A cat with the body of a bodybuilder fights against aliens in this 2D platformer with anime aesthetics.


  • anime
  • platform
  • comic
  • 2d
  • 2.5d
  • scroller
  • cartoony
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • metroidvania
  • arts
  • aliens
  • colourful
  • hack-and-slash

3

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (2025)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Use your wits, kindness, and maybe a good whack to gather clues, items, and evidence that will help the residents of Limbo move on. Untangling an afterlife is no easy feat, especially when you don’t have feet!


  • manipulation
  • emotional
  • time
  • stealth
  • detective
  • 2.5d
  • mystery
  • philosophical
  • exploration
  • scroller
  • heart-warming
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • linear
  • puzzle

4

My Lovely Empress (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch

My Lovely Empress is an empire management sim inspired by Asian mythology. As the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, you will build relations with neighboring rulers, balance internal factions, and ensure the prosperity of your people, all before you reap their souls to resurrect your beloved empress.


  • visual-novel
  • 2.5d
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • fantasy
  • point-and-click
  • political
  • management
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • romance
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • empire

5

9th Dawn Remake (2024)

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Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in single-player or online/local co-op, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!


  • dungeon-crawler
  • collector
  • creature
  • collectathon
  • deckbuilder
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • 2.5d
  • hack-and-slash
  • fantasy
  • perma-death
  • card
  • character
  • action-adventure
  • top-down

6

Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Shin-Chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey- is an adventure game with a heartfelt summer vacation vibe. Join Shin-Chan and his family as they explore Japan, meet unique characters, collect bugs and plants, and help the mad scientist bring dinosaurs to life. Experience a peaceful world filled with stunning scenery, funny dialogue, and time travel.


What we like:
  • Fun dialogue
  • Beautiful scenery
  • Engaging side quests and activities
  • Time travel elements
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive tasks at times
  • Not all lines of dialogue are voiced

  • simulation
  • 2.5d
  • collector
  • creature
  • anime
  • 3d
  • cartoony
  • life
  • dinosaurs
  • farming
  • immersive
  • battler
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • story

7

Slap City (2020)

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Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Slap City is a Seriously Fun platform fighter with a perfect mix of characters from the Ludosity universe. Play Locally or Online. Slap it hard in Ranked or fast and loose in Slap Ball game mode. We are the original inventors of Clutch Technology.


  • 2.5d
  • art
  • fight
  • funny
  • action
  • platform
  • multiplayer
  • 2d
  • local
  • 4-player

8

Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary (2025)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

BOULDER DASH® 40th Anniversary – A legend returns!Immerse yourself in 40 years of video game history and experience the classic BOULDER DASH® in an epic anniversary edition!


  • cartoony
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • 2d
  • platform
  • hidden-object
  • comic
  • mining
  • casual
  • arcade
  • retro
  • book
  • strategy
  • tile-divider.position-vertical
  • 3d

9

Born of Bread (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5

Born of Bread is a wacky and joyful RPG Adventure, revisiting turn-based combat tropes. Play as Loaf, a flour-golem discovering this enchanting world full of humor, along with a colorful cast of buddies.


  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • 2.5d
  • soundtrack
  • party
  • 3d
  • comedy
  • exploration
  • funny
  • character
  • colourful
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • customization
  • combat

10

Jumping Quest (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

The most BRUTAL Platforming-Action-Multiplayer-RPG in THE WORLD with NO Game-Over, only falling down… Defy the fiends of The Heights TOGETHER or alone to rise as KING on your Quest to The Smoking Hot Babe at the Top!

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  • souls
  • metroidvania
  • precision
  • platform
  • nonlinear
  • 2.5d
  • pvp
  • character
  • pve
  • customization
  • psychological
  • funny
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • exploration

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