The Best Shooter Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Heretic + Hexen added at rank #4.
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Severed Steel (2021)

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

Severed Steel is a first-person parkour shooter set in a neon hued facility, combining the frenetic action of Mirror's Edge and Max Payne. Expect to bounce off walls, dive, slide and shoot your way through a maze-like compound teeming with enemies. Slow motion can be activated to make the carnage sublime. Keep moving to stay alive and use slow-motion to line up shots like Burnout!


What we like:
  • Fast paced and hectic gameplay
  • Unique combination of games
  • Allows players freedom of options on first play through
  • Varied levels with objectives that bring out the best in them
  • Voxel-based levels that shatter when hit by bullets or rockets
What could be improved:
  • Limited slow mo option may not appeal to some players
  • Firefight challenges lack structure and leaderboard

  • first-person
  • shooter
  • fps
  • parkour
  • time
  • bullet
  • voxel
  • electronic

12

High On Life (2022)

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80
Review score
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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

High On Life is an action-adventure game featuring a hilarious black comedy. You play as a young underachieving teenager who joins forces with Kenny and Gene to save humanity from the G3 Cartel. The game features brilliant Metroidvania style FPS gameplay, star-studded voice cast, and vibrant colourful characters.

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What we like:
  • Fantastic characters with distinct personalities
  • Rock solid FPS gameplay
  • Unique traversal mechanics
  • Self-aware humour that tears down the fourth wall
  • Stellar soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive music
  • Bare environmental sounds
  • Substantial grind for upgrades

  • shooter
  • first-person
  • comedy
  • fps
  • aliens
  • funny
  • sci-fi
  • adventure

13

Valfaris: Mecha Therion (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!


  • side-scrolling
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • sequel
  • gore
  • scroller
  • sci-fi
  • bullet-hell
  • aliens
  • gothic
  • shoot
  • on-rails
  • 2.5d
  • colourful
  • arcade

14

Recall (2023)

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85
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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Recall is a melee-combat based, rich-story third-person game. You can neutralize your enemies with various methods using punches, knives and different weapons, and you can also find yourself lost in the streets of the city ...


  • shooter
  • robots
  • first-person
  • modern
  • light-gun
  • god-game
  • arcade
  • story
  • boxing
  • wave
  • action
  • fps

15

Wild Bastards (2024)

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

The spiritual successor to the award-winning game Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a roguelike strategy shooter with heart-pounding FPS action, mod management, and a tactical campaign. Saddle up and lead the most notorious outlaws in the galaxy.


  • rogue-like
  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • bite-sized
  • strategy
  • western
  • board-game
  • turn-based
  • sci-fi

16

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (2023)

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

Unleash your inner Space Marine in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun! This fast-paced, retro-styled FPS lets you decimate heretical enemies across the galaxy. Experience satisfying gunplay, diverse enemies, and boss fights that test your skills. Feel the power of a Space Marine's arsenal in a Warhammer universe that's dripping with immersive detail.

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What we like:
  • Exciting and satisfying gunplay
  • Diverse enemies and challenging boss fights
  • Immersive Warhammer 40,000 universe
  • Retro-styled visuals
  • Fast-paced gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Weak level design
  • Subpar weapon balancing

  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • retro

17

The House of the Dead 2: Remake (2025)

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80
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake is a remake of the second entry in the well-known and popular rail-shooter series. Take on the lone role of a secret agent as James or Gary, or team up in co-op mode to neutralize the dangerous undead monsters standing in your way.


  • shooter
  • on-rails
  • arcade
  • remake
  • 1990s
  • zombies
  • cooperative
  • first-person
  • local
  • gore
  • 3d
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • old-school

18

Gradius Origins (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s

Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.


  • arcade
  • shooter
  • scrolling
  • 2d
  • compilation
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • retro
  • spin-off
  • platform
  • boss
  • shoot-em-up
  • pixel
  • space
  • vertical

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DUSK (2018)

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DUSK is a glorious throwback to the shooters of the 90s, featuring all the graphical fidelity of Quake and the gunplay of DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D. The game world is polygonal with sharp visuals, while its soundtrack consists of edgy, heavy metal riffs. Players must fight their way through unique levels filled with creative enemies who each have distinct sound cues to let you know what's around the corner. There are also two distinct combat power-ups, infinite rounds per minute and SUPERHOT-style slow motion.

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What we like:
  • Fast
  • Responsive controls
  • Creative roster of demonic opponents
  • Extra ammo and health rewards for exploration
  • Environmental storytelling
  • Cathartic infighting feature
  • Two distinct combat power-ups
  • Edgy heavy metal soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Sharp difficulty curve
  • Illusory walls that look like impassible walls
  • Mislabeled switches can drop you into a pit filled with enemies

  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • retro
  • classic
  • horror

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Andro Dunos 2 (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo 3DS dreamcast Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!

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  • arcade
  • shooter
  • horizontal
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • boss
  • scrolling
  • side-scrolling
  • boss-fight
  • sprite
  • pixel
  • action
  • shmup
  • linear
  • old-school

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