The Best Nonlinear Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : FREERIDE added at rank #23.
Here are our 10 Best Nonlinear Games for Nintendo Switch, position 21 to 30:
21

Orten Was The Case (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.


  • manipulation
  • time
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • metroidvania
  • 2.5d
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • time-management
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • mystery
  • detective
  • dark
  • open-world

22

Manifold (2021)

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

The game takes place in a "universe with a different set of physical laws" where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to "turn walls into floors".[6] The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world.[6] To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.

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  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

23

FREERIDE (2025)

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(Nintendo Switch) Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Hop on board the ride of your life. FREERIDE is a narrative RPG that’s (not-so) secretly a PERSONALITY TEST. Help others solve their Unfinished Business, navigate a looping, branching story, and use telekinesis to change Fate itself. Your subconscious playstyle will reveal who you really are.


  • nonlinear
  • emotional
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • replay-value
  • story
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • funny
  • horror
  • rpg
  • cute
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric

24

Serin Fate (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Evil is afoot... Wielding your new Magic, bound into mysterious Monster-infested lands to uncover ancient relics and restore the Fate Stone. Along the way, explore the depths of every nook to find creatures, garner ingredients, train in Witchery, and craft new equipment.

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  • collector
  • creature
  • nonlinear
  • magic
  • immersive
  • farming
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • fantasy
  • replay-value
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • pixel
  • action-adventure

25

Skye Tales (2023)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Join Skye the friendly dragon and glide across the colourful, musical, cosy valleys of Brinn in Skye Tales, a gentle puzzle exploration game set in a world that couldn’t be happier to see you. Your playful world awaits!

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  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • character
  • nonlinear
  • colourful
  • dragon
  • customization
  • open-world
  • ambient
  • relaxing
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • platform
  • cozy

26

Space Wreck (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android

Post-apocalyptic retro RPG in space with an extreme focus on role-playing. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep and branching adventure with multiple gameplay styles. Combat 100% optional.

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  • diplomacy
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • post-apocalyptic
  • lore
  • immersive
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • choices
  • space
  • old-school
  • simulation
  • turn-based
  • atmospheric
  • dystopian

27

Psychroma (2024)

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PC Windows Linux Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Psychroma is a narrative-driven side-scroller where you play as a digital medium. Confront the past by piecing together the broken memories of a cybernetic house, and exorcise the ghosts in the machine.


  • cyberpunk
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • capitalism
  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • horror
  • lgbtq
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • emotional
  • story
  • surreal
  • fiction
  • dark

28

Bot Gaiden (2022)

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

Bot Gaiden is a vibrant 2D platformer built for speed. Take control of ninjabots Robyu and Bytron as they seek to recover the golden skulls from the hands of the mysterious Giorqio and his band of hench-bots. Race to the finish, because bosses get stronger with time.


  • comic
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • hack-and-slash
  • ninja
  • platform
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • robots

29

The Shape of Things (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Experience a relaxing atmosphere from the comfort of your cozy room by solving small 3D puzzles inside collectible gachapons, and find the original shape of things inspired by Rubik’s style.

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  • nonlinear
  • point-and-click
  • logic
  • 3d
  • platform
  • colourful
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • precision
  • vision
  • minimalist
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • family-friendly

30

IDEA (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows super famicom Nintendo Switch

IDEA is a game about discovering and sharing. Explore gorgeous landscapes, roll down highways and stumble upon welcoming cottages and abandoned dumpsters. Help your ideas find their way – and share them with the world when they stop, before beginning your journey anew.

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  • nonlinear
  • top-down
  • off-road
  • philosophical
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • emotional
  • nature
  • open-world
  • cinematic
  • realistic
  • puzzle

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