The Best Linear Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo added at rank #11.
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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (2025)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch j PC Windows

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!


  • 2.5d
  • detective
  • emotional
  • philosophical
  • manipulation
  • colourful
  • time
  • scroller
  • mystery
  • stylized
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • linear
  • fiction
  • relaxing

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Shatter Remastered Deluxe (2022)

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

Relive the award-winning classic that redefined the brick-breaking genre. Shatter returns in stunning 4K resolution running at 120fps, with a modernised UI, and multiple visual improvements. Re-experience the highly acclaimed original soundtrack, remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround sound.


  • destruction
  • cooperative
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk
  • arcade
  • abstract
  • attack
  • score
  • local
  • physics
  • linear
  • colourful
  • futuristic
  • space
  • pvp

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Bright Lights of Svetlov (2021)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

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  • walking-simulator
  • 1980s
  • linear
  • first-person
  • narration
  • immersive
  • drama
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • horror
  • exploration
  • fps
  • psychological
  • emotional
  • single-player

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IRIS (2024)

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Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 3 Xbox 360 gamecube xbox PC Windows ps2

IRIS is a psychological horror game with PS2-era graphics. Players navigate a young woman's dream world, confronting symbolic monsters representing her past traumas like poverty, bulimia, bullying, and loneliness. It emphasizes the pursuit of happiness amidst life's struggles.


  • horror
  • psychological
  • psychedelic
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • linear
  • anime
  • 1990s
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • cartoony
  • retro
  • atmospheric
  • nostalgia
  • immersive

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After Dark (2025)

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After Dark is a horror adventure game filled with monsters, oddities, and more! Traverse a strange, other-worldly forest to rescue your sister and bring her back home! There will be many dangers along the way, can you survive?


  • shooter
  • walking-simulator
  • loot
  • horror
  • hidden-object
  • first-person
  • linear
  • surreal
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • fps
  • zombies
  • dark

16

House of Horror - 7 Psychos (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 j

In House of Horror - 7 Psychos, face seven terrifying psychopaths, each guarding a deadly floor. Outsmart them by solving puzzles, avoiding traps, and uncovering their weaknesses to escape this nightmarish mansion.


  • linear
  • abstract
  • gore
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • single-player
  • horror
  • violent
  • walking-simulator
  • mystery
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • action

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Ninja I & II (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Unleash your inner ninja in thrilling 2-player Quick Time Event (QTE) challenges, featuring diverse mini-games and a magical "Black Box" art style.


  • linear
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • adventure
  • quick-time-event
  • colourful
  • retro
  • pixel
  • ninja
  • 2d

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Mon Amour (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

ONE button is all you need in this flappy kissing game! Welcome to a wonderful world where love is... diversity. A pastel-coloured, pixelated world, where a mustachioed-monsieur will kiss a princess, and 64 of her loyal subjects!

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  • attack
  • score
  • lgbtq
  • scroller
  • romance
  • family-friendly
  • linear
  • psychedelic
  • arcade
  • cartoony
  • pixel
  • remix
  • cute
  • comedy
  • colourful

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Rainfall (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch wii u Nintendo 3DS wii

Rainfall the backrooms is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players. Go through different levels of the backstage, avoiding entities and other dangers to try to escape.


  • horror
  • pve
  • linear
  • psychological
  • logic
  • cooperative
  • minimalist
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • dark
  • stealth
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • survival

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Exit Station 7 (2024)

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Playstation 5 j Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

You entered a train station and appear to be stuck in a loop. Multiple levels to test your observation skill. See if you have what it takes to escape the loop!


  • walking-simulator
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • hidden-object
  • linear
  • first-person
  • modern
  • funny
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • single-player
  • surreal
  • adventure
  • psychological

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