The Best Hack-and-slash Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Slave Zero X added at rank #9.
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Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (2020)

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IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Become Samurai Jack, the greatest warrior across time. Journey through time to finally stop Aku’s evil reign in this new adventure told by the creators of Samurai Jack.

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  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • quick-action
  • combat
  • sword
  • action
  • adventure
  • platform
  • non-combat
  • character
  • non-player
  • souls
  • must-play
  • battle
  • skill

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Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition (2023)

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

Choose between seven hero classes, each with unique capabilities. Brave hordes of deadly creatures alone, or band together with your noblest of champions in co-op mode available both online and locally. Take on the challenges in three different campaigns, or build your own custom scenario.

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  • rpg
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • medieval
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • online

13

Samurai Warriors 5 (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

A new SAMURAI WARRIORS begins. After a 7-year wait, a new instalment in the tactical action series "SAMURAI WARRIORS" is finally here!

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  • hack-and-slash
  • historical
  • battle
  • combo
  • fight
  • combat
  • skill
  • narrative
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • action

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GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Death is not the end: defeat infernal foes until you die and carry on the fight with your eternal soul and memories in a new body!

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  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • roguevania
  • soundtrack
  • dark
  • 2.5d
  • stunning
  • atmospheric
  • replay-value
  • action
  • fantasy

15

Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Active Neurons 3: Wonders of the World is the third and final installment in the Active Neurons series. In the game, you have to follow 3 simple steps: collect energy, charge your brain, and explore Wonders of the World.

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  • education
  • hack-and-slash
  • abstract
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • tutorial
  • casual
  • puzzle
  • stylized
  • third-person
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • platform

16

Jitsu Squad (2022)

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

Jitsu Squad is a four-player co-op fighting game inspired by the Marvel vs Capcom series. The players take on the role of four heroes on a mission to thwart an evil sorcerer’s ambitions and retrieve a powerful demon's soul stone. With beautiful hand-drawn visuals and an over-the-top chop socky soundtrack, this game will have you feeling like you're playing in one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.


What we like:
  • Varied characters
  • Super transformations and screen filling super attacks
  • Visually stunning graphics
  • Entertaining soundtrack
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty distinguishing between characters in multiplayer mode
  • Limited number of puzzles
  • Not difficult even at the end

  • ninja
  • beat-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • fight
  • character
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • superhero
  • old-school
  • retro
  • linear

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Paw Paw Paw (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Paw Paw Paw is a fun side-scrolling beat-em-up game set in the woods, with sword-n-shield based combat and lots of unlockables. The game follows a maverick group of woodland animals who have rebelled against a corrupt(ed) king, and refused to be forced to wear trousers. Experience the joys of 2D characters walking about in a world with X, Y and Z coordinates and use different weapon types for tactically different gameplay.

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What we like:
  • Lots of unlockables
  • Rideable creatures and other characters to play
  • XP maintained when you die so no need to start from scratch
  • Different weapon types for each character mixes up tactics
  • Super cute visuals with violent combat
What could be improved:
  • Clumsy trying to align with equally flat enemies
  • Getting the first few combos unlocked is a lengthy process
  • Hitboxes are very inconsistent
  • Balance is all over the place

  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • local
  • funny
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • side-scrolling
  • class
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • action
  • cartoony

18

Fractured (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Fractured is a side scroll action game focused on boss battles. As the hero, you take on different boss fights from underground monsters to fighting dragons. Learn from each fight to gain to skill necessary to take down epic monsters.

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  • 2.5d
  • precision
  • scroller
  • hack-and-slash
  • platform
  • multiple-endings
  • rpg
  • third-best-selling
  • anime
  • fantasy
  • atmospheric
  • increasingly-difficult
  • weather
  • instagram
  • difficult

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Samurai Maiden (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4

A young woman from the 21st century with sharp swordsmanship skills finds herself in Honnō-ji during the Sengoku period! Together with a trio of newfound ninja friends, she races through the Underworld beneath Honnō-ji, confronted by enraged corpses at every turn!

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  • ninja
  • anime
  • japanese
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • swordplay
  • visual-novel
  • jrpg
  • spectacle
  • platform
  • fight
  • 3d
  • cute
  • action
  • boss

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Samurai Bringer (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

Samurai Bringer is a roguelite action game with levels which change with every playthrough, where you cut down hordes of Samurai and Demons to collect combat techniques and polish your fighting style in order to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon of Japanese mythology.


  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • character
  • 2.5d
  • dungeon-crawler
  • mythology
  • lore
  • customization
  • action
  • isometric
  • action-adventure
  • top-down
  • ninja
  • procedural

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