The Best Top-down Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : Blast Rush LS added at rank #41.
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Knight Squad 2 (2021)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Knight Squad 2 is a chaotic arcade multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Pick an eccentric knight and fight for glory with wacky weaponry. Triumph over your friends in a ridiculous amount of game modes, both offline and online.

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  • party
  • local
  • 4-player
  • cooperative
  • online
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • multiplayer
  • medieval
  • arena
  • pvp
  • cartoony
  • cross-platform
  • fantasy

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Cat Rescue Story (2023)

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j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Android IOS iPhone

It's up to you to create the most welcoming cat rescue centre around! When you move into the house left to you by your great-aunt, all you find is a cardboard box with a stray cat inside, which needs your help. Your mission is to take care of it and rescue other cats along the way! Feed them and play with them until you can find a new family to take them in. Rescue more than 50 different breeds, from the most common to the rarest. Take care of the cats by feeding them and playing with them in several mini-games. Discover each cat's different personality as you bond with them, and find them a family suitable to their character and needs. Customize, decorate, and furnish your house, and team up with your new neighbors to get them to help along the way. Protect your rescue centre from those seeking to replace it with a luxury hotel. Uncover the secret of your great-aunt's house and the mysterious forest surrounding it.


  • mystery
  • challenging
  • top-down
  • relaxing

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Whacking Hell (2024)

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

The gates of hell have opened: whack all the monsters before they whack you! Collect their souls, ramp up your weapons and your spells, and become a slaughtering machine in this frantic roguelite top-down 2D shooter!


  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • shooter
  • boss
  • rogue-like
  • vampire
  • thriller
  • action
  • cartoony
  • cooperative
  • 2d

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Speed Limit (2021)

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

Speed Limit is an upcoming action video game developed by Gamechuck and published by Chorus Worldwide. It is planned to be released for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in February 2021.[1][2][3]

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  • genre-warping
  • arcade
  • top-down
  • nail-biting
  • flight
  • shooter
  • pixel
  • precision
  • non-stop
  • side-scrolling
  • isometric
  • shoot-em-up
  • 2d
  • platform
  • bikes

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Sophstar (2022)

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

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score sytem and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.


  • vertical
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • collectathon
  • retro
  • boss
  • vertical-scrolling
  • multiple-endings
  • attack
  • score
  • aliens
  • space

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Blazing Trail (2025)

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

Escape failed! All we have left is our will to survive, the endless hordes of enemies, and enough bullets to rip them all to shreds. Blazing trail. Vertical co-op shooter, offering accessible, action-packed gameplay.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • isometric
  • racing
  • action-adventure
  • 1990s
  • combat
  • pixel
  • team
  • family-friendly
  • arcade
  • controller-support
  • cooperative

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Maniac (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One j Xbox Series X Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!


  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • customization
  • gun
  • humor
  • twin-stick
  • sandbox
  • attack
  • score
  • bullet-hell
  • character
  • driving
  • shooter
  • dark
  • open-world

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Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Linux

Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince is an action-adventure game inspired by A Link to the Past, where you play as Lily, fighting your way through carnival games and battles to save your brother Chrys from the evil Minotaur King. Full of charming visuals, a captivating story and puzzles to solve, this game is a must-play for fans of adventure titles!


What we like:
  • Unique story featuring a sibling relationship
  • Charming visuals reminiscent of SNES era
  • Enjoyable soundtrack
  • Helpful campfire recaps
  • Girl protagonist
What could be improved:
  • Not as innovative as first game in series
  • Mini-games can be repetitive

  • top-down
  • dungeon
  • zelda
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • cute
  • hack-and-slash
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • retro
  • instrument
  • puzzle
  • remake
  • colourful
  • narration

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SHINORUBI (2022)

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Inspired by classic Japanese shooting games, SHINORUBI is a pure dose of adrenaline and frenetic arcade action with all the best aspects of Japanese bullet hell games, optimized for modern PC in ultra HD, all in a polished, accessible with many levels of difficulties.


  • top-down
  • military
  • futuristic
  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • faith
  • space
  • flight
  • bullet-hell
  • vertical
  • arcade
  • aliens
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d

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JYDGE (2017)

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Playstation 43 october 2017Linux Android Playstation 5 Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone

Build your JYDGE. Enter Edenbyrg. Get out alive. JYDGE is a lawful but awful roguehate top-down shooter where you get to build your own cybernetic JYDGE and eradicate crime in the never-sleeping megacity of Edenbyrg.

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • crime
  • play
  • destruction
  • dystopian
  • cyberpunk
  • cooperative
  • futuristic
  • local
  • character

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