The Best Thriller Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Ghost Frequency added at rank #28.
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Loretta (2023)

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Android Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.


  • thriller
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • america
  • noir
  • multiple-endings
  • crime
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • pixel
  • narration
  • drama
  • adventure
  • interactive

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Rewind or Die (2023)

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There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!


  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • thriller
  • retro
  • multiple-endings
  • stealth
  • old-school
  • dark
  • survival
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • 3d
  • simulation
  • exploration

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Late Shift (2017)

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Late Shift is a first-person horror game. Immerse yourself in a realistic thriller and try to escape the death that follows your life as a night shift worker at a gas station.

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  • heist
  • thriller
  • interactive
  • choices
  • crime
  • narrative
  • story
  • multiple-endings
  • park
  • adventure

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The Hand of Glory (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.


  • thriller
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • third-person
  • first-time
  • comedy
  • story
  • adventure
  • inventory
  • funny
  • single-player
  • dark
  • in-depth
  • hand-drawn

5

Telling Lies (2019)

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Telling Lies is a narrative video game developed by Sam Barlow and Furious Bee and published by Annapurna Interactive in August 2019. As with Barlow's previous title, Her Story, the game uses live action full-motion video of four people (played by Logan Marshall-Green, Alexandra Shipp, Kerry Bishé, and Angela Sarafyan) as part of video calls made between them, and the player will need to use tools provided from the game to piece together events and what statements may be lies to determine the overall mystery.

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  • thriller
  • fmv
  • mystery
  • story
  • detective
  • non-linear
  • music

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Bahnsen Knights (2023)

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1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.


  • choices
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • 1980s
  • interactive
  • thriller
  • conversation
  • narrative
  • story
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • detective
  • mystery
  • america
  • cult

7

SIMULACRA (2017)

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An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

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  • horror
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • fmv
  • choices
  • detective
  • immersive
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • malaysian
  • puzzle

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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (2021)

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

Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.


  • quick-time-event
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • cinematic
  • fiction
  • choices
  • classic
  • story
  • interactive
  • detective
  • drama
  • psychological

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The Case of the Golden Idol - Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.


  • conspiracy
  • investigation
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • choices
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • story
  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • historical

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Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open (2024)

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Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.


  • supernatural
  • conversation
  • 2.5d
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • choices
  • drama
  • stealth
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • story
  • exploration

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