The Best Linear Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

Update : After Dark added at rank #14.
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Aery - Cyber City (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

In Aery Cyber City you play a little bird on its journey to find a home after losing its dear friend. You will discover unknown, giant, and beautiful environments and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets.


  • flight
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • 3d
  • family-friendly
  • exploration
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • simulation
  • well-written
  • fast-moving
  • casual
  • atmospheric

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Pompom: The Great Space Rescue (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

You don't control Pompom the hamster’s movements, you control everything else. Lay down blocks, springs, cannons, umbrellas, use whips and alter the world, creating a safe path for Pompom to defeat the evil Captain Cat.


  • cats
  • platform
  • manipulation
  • time
  • scroller
  • 1990s
  • linear
  • family-friendly
  • pirates
  • space
  • 2d
  • retro
  • pixel
  • comedy
  • colourful

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Moonleap (2022)

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Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!

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  • platform
  • linear
  • logic
  • precision
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • retro
  • family-friendly
  • old-school
  • funny
  • cute
  • surreal

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Faraday Protocol (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Faraday Protocol is a first-person, story-driven puzzle game that will award you with a solid sense of accomplishment when overcoming its challenges. You are Raug Zeekon, interstellar archeologist from planet Cunor. You have been sent by your company to investigate the source of a mysterious signal coming from an unexplored star system.

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  • puzzle
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • linear
  • multiple-endings
  • logic
  • narration
  • mythology
  • 3d
  • futuristic
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi

45

Key (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 web browser Playstation 3 Nintendo 3DS ps1 portable ds mobile phone Game Boy Advanced (GBA) ps2

Spend hours having fun exploring this maze that gets bigger and bigger. In Key, with each level won, the maze gets bigger and harder. Dodge spikes and traps, push blocks of ice, find the key and open the door before time runs out.

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  • dungeon-crawler
  • action-adventure
  • linear
  • hack-and-slash
  • exploration
  • top-down
  • 2d
  • cooperative
  • fight
  • dark
  • rpg
  • casual
  • disney
  • rhythm
  • pixel

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Ginnung (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

You find yourself trapped in a void of Norse spirits, who are out to help you… or destroy you. Find your escape in this tight platformer with emphasis on speedrunning. Use the simple but versatile movement to the best of your ability!


  • scroller
  • 2d
  • platform
  • linear
  • controller-support
  • mythology
  • pixel
  • shooter
  • fantasy

47

Witchcrafty (2021)

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

Everything you expect from a fairy game, but with a touch of weirdness. A little witch with an unhealthy craving for explosions. Suspicious magic cat. Giant mushrooms trying to kick you.

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  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • platform
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • linear
  • magic
  • action-adventure
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • retro
  • funny
  • fantasy
  • arcade

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Lost Dream: Stars (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

It was a day like any other, until the stars turned brighter than ever. Hop on a quest to discover the meaning of the suddenly bright stars.


  • 3d
  • walking-simulator
  • cats
  • dog
  • linear
  • abstract
  • third-person
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • cute
  • nature
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • platform
  • casual

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Duck Run (2022)

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

Duck Run is an exhilarating 2D precision platformer that will test your reflexes and agility.


  • 2d
  • platform
  • linear
  • controller-support
  • reflexes
  • cartoony
  • action
  • pixel

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Kosmonavtes: Escape Reality (2021)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

With the Earth's resources dwindling, the Kosmonavtes program is announced! The goal is one, assemble a cadet team and send them out to colonise another planet! Help Vala become one of its first cadets and fulfil her dream of becoming an astronaut! Features: • Room escape, puzzle and adventure game! • Eight chapters to complete! • Beautiful hand illustrated graphics bring the game to life! • Many items to collect and puzzles to solve! • Original sound effects! • Original soundtrack by David Decker (Neosonic Productions)! This is the first game in the Kosmonavtes adventure escape series!

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  • linear
  • fiction
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • relaxing
  • interactive
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • investigation
  • colourful
  • cute
  • space
  • story
  • puzzle

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