The Best Action platform Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound added at rank #3.
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Crypt Custodian (2024)

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

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.


  • metroidvania
  • cats
  • nonlinear
  • hand-drawn
  • cute
  • action-adventure
  • zelda
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • boss
  • platform
  • action
  • top-down
  • dungeon-crawler
  • story

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My Friend Pedro (2019)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Android IOS iPhone

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.


  • skateboard
  • shooter
  • violent
  • action
  • parkour
  • bullet-time
  • platform
  • side-scrolling
  • surreal
  • puzzle
  • boss-fight
  • skill
  • physics
  • narrative
  • combat

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Elderand (2023)

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

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.


  • metroidvania
  • gothic
  • boss
  • lovecraftian
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • gore
  • combat
  • action-adventure
  • character
  • action
  • cult
  • hack-and-slash

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BLEED: Arcade Arena Shooter (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!

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  • deathmatch-classic
  • fast-paced
  • platform
  • bullet
  • action
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • time
  • local
  • cooperative
  • inventive
  • short
  • shooter
  • arena

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Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (2023)

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Nintendo Switch

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is a heartwarming and immersive spin-off game that offers a unique gameplay experience. Control two characters simultaneously and enjoy the emotional story filled with twists and turns. The stunning art style, environments, voice acting, and soundtrack create an incredible presentation. The game guides you through the maze-like forest and offers accessibility features. Bayonetta Origins is always a treat to play.


What we like:
  • Heartwarming story
  • Unique gameplay
  • Incredible presentation
  • Guided gameplay
  • Accessibility features
What could be improved:
  • None

  • puzzle
  • spin-off
  • combat
  • battle
  • storybook
  • fight
  • boss-fight
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • platform
  • narrative
  • adventure
  • action
  • dungeon
  • demons

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Moonscars (2022)

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

Moonscars is a 2D souls-like, non-linear platformer that marks the debut of developer, Black Mermaid. Play as Grey Irma, a "Clayborn" with a head full of questions and an eyeful of stunning pixel art. Experience the mystery of Moonscars while exploring themes of identity. Enjoy fluid and gratifying combat with melee moves, special attacks, witcheries and amulet stones.


What we like:
  • Beautiful pixel art
  • Well written story
  • Excellent voice work
  • Satisfying parry system
  • Great use of light to create silhouette-like foregrounds
  • Unique enemies with visual cues
  • Stunning soundtrack with choir vocals
  • Replay value through side quests and trophy hunting
What could be improved:
  • Trial and error approach can make some boss fights difficult

  • souls
  • boss-fight
  • platform
  • boss
  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • combat
  • pixel
  • gothic
  • fight
  • action
  • challenging
  • difficult

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Devious Dungeon 2 (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 vita PC Windows

Devious Dungeon 2 is a medieval-focused action platformer with RPG-styled upgrades and procedurally generated levels. It is said that great adventures await behind the walls of this dark castle. A dark castle filled with dungeons, danger, and loot!

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  • rpg
  • platform
  • dungeon
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • adventure
  • procedural
  • rogue-like
  • action
  • pixel
  • boss-fight
  • dungeon-crawler
  • retro
  • dark
  • 2d

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Ufouria: The Saga 2 (2024)

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Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Explore the unique and wacky world of SUNSOFT's Ufouria in this exploration-based side-scrolling game. The levels' terrain change each time you play with new secrets to explore. Be charmed, comforted and tickled by the fluffy felt-like remake of the strange-but-cute world of Ufouria!


  • arts-and-crafts
  • metroid
  • rogue-like
  • platform
  • exploration
  • recreation
  • roguevania
  • side-scrolling
  • action
  • puyo
  • retro
  • metroidvania
  • boss
  • action-adventure
  • underwater

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Donut Dodo (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?


  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • chiptune
  • linear
  • funny
  • retro
  • cartoony
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • action
  • sprite-work

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Smelter (2021)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Smelter is a real time strategy-action platformer hybrid inspired by classic games of the 16-bit era. Players play as Eve, who teams up with the mysterious armor, Smelter, in her search for Adam. Expand Smelter’s fortifications throughout the various domains of the Rumbly Lands watched over by the Guardians and Watchers. Defend against onslaughts of enemies, discover lost ruins, meet new and eccentric characters and grow stronger before diving into pulse pounding, 2D side-scrolling action platformer levels. - Combines the methodical planning of real time strategy games with the energy of action platformers. - Bespoke handcrafted pixel art - Three different Elemental skill sets, each with their own unique movement, attack and defense skills you’ll need to fight monsters, traverse levels, and solve puzzles. - Three unique Domains with their own memorable stories, stages, side characters, enemies and bosses

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  • platform
  • strategy
  • side-scrolling
  • 2d
  • top-down
  • empire
  • action
  • dune
  • real-time
  • anime
  • mmo
  • twin-stick
  • skill

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