The Best Linear Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Color Breaker added at rank #19.
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Jaleco Sports Bases Loaded (2025)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Bases Loaded brings classic baseball action back! Featuring a unique behind-the-pitcher view, 12 teams, arcade-style gameplay, and intense umpire disputes, this NES & SNES favorite delivers fast-paced fun. Play a full season or a quick game—step up to the plate and swing for the fences today!


  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • sport
  • cooperative
  • local
  • family-friendly
  • linear
  • pixel
  • baseball
  • old-school
  • 2d
  • retro
  • controller-support
  • multiplayer

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

17

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

18

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

19

Color Breaker (2025)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A fresh twist on the classic arcade brick breaker genre. Switch your ball’s color in real time to match and destroy bricks. React fast, avoid mistakes, and clear over 200 handcrafted levels across more than 50 Circuits.


  • arcade
  • casual
  • colourful
  • linear
  • 2d
  • single-player
  • combo
  • real-time

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Rainfall (2024)

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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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