The Best Story Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 30 April 2025: FREERIDE added at rank #24.

Here are our 10 Best Story Games for Nintendo Switch, position 31 to 40:

Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
Wild West Old Sam
TEMPUS
Cellar
Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

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Wide Ocean Big Jacket (2020)

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A Camping Story starring: Uncle Brad, Aunt Cloanne, Mord (and Ben)

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interactive
narrative
turn-based
novel
story
urn
good-natured
vignette
walking-simulator
puzzle
casual
park
visual-novel
dialogue
exploration

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (2018)

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"[Going] where the water tastes like wine" is an excerpt from the traditional American folk song "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (also known as the "Lonesome Road Blues").

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narrative
story
interactive
fiction
card
visual-novel
hand-drawn
adventure
surreal
funny
trains
narration
walking-simulator
inventory
novel

Wild West Old Sam (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

An independent game about the adventures of Sam, who tries to live in the difficult life conditions of the wild west. An epic masterpiece that tells the story of Sam's betrayal and his quest for revenge.

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western
america
tps
story
action-adventure
visual-novel
narration
third-person
single-player
heist
mystery
shooter
conspiracy
action

TEMPUS (2022)

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Android PC Windows Oculus Rift Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?

investigation
hidden-object
cyberpunk
vr
post-apocalyptic
narration
point-and-click
exploration
detective
first-person
story
sci-fi
controller-support
puzzle
adventure

Cellar (2016)

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A story-focused game about six strangers stuck together for a month, and a machine that must be kept running.

underground
pixel
philosophical
dark
conversation
story
fiction
emotional
atmospheric
single-player
time-management
interactive
horror
casual
short

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony (2022)

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A young adventurer Hugh Radcliff is in pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries of history: The Lost Colony. Deal with pirates, dive into native rituals, reveal conspiracies, and make tough choices on your difficult journey for unveiling this mystery!