The Best Villain Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : ROBOTICSNOTES DaSH added at rank #8.
1

Batmana: Arkham Knight (2015)

View Similar Games
96
Review score
Logo of Batmana: Arkham Knight Screenshot of Batmana: Arkham Knight Screenshot of Batmana: Arkham Knight Screenshot of Batmana: Arkham Knight

Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

In Batman: Arkham Knight, you'll experience the ultimate Batman adventure. Unleash your inner Caped Crusader, soar across Gotham's skyline, and topple super villains in your iconic Batmobile. Get lost in a compelling story, immerse yourself in a stunningly realistic Gotham City, and enjoy enhanced gameplay features. This explosive finale to the Arkham trilogy is a must-play for every Batman fan.

Buy

What we like:
  • Immersive and detailed Gotham City
  • Engaging and complex story
  • Stunning graphics and excellent voice acting
  • Addictive gameplay with improved stealth mechanics
  • Batmobile integration for a more dynamic experience
What could be improved:
  • Forced use of the Batmobile in certain segments
  • Batmobile controls clunky
  • Controversial use of Denuvo anti-tamper software

  • superhero
  • tanks
  • villain
  • vehicle
  • stealth
  • open-world
  • combat
  • narrative
  • driving
  • fight
  • detective
  • battle
  • story
  • puzzle
  • combo

2

LEGOA DC Super-Villains (2018)

View Similar Games
88
Review score
Logo of LEGOA DC Super-Villains Screenshot of LEGOA DC Super-Villains Screenshot of LEGOA DC Super-Villains Screenshot of LEGOA DC Super-Villains

PC Windows Mac OS maybe-Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

It's good to be bad… Embark on an all-new DC/LEGO® adventure by becoming the best villain the universe has seen. Players will create and play as an all-new super-villain throughout the game, unleashing mischievous antics and wreaking havoc in an action-packed story.

Buy

  • villain
  • open-world
  • superhero
  • puzzle
  • lego
  • cooperative

3

Batman: The Enemy Within (2017)

View Similar Games
96
Review score
Logo of Batman: The Enemy Within Screenshot of Batman: The Enemy Within Screenshot of Batman: The Enemy Within Screenshot of Batman: The Enemy Within

nvidia-shield Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Android IOS iPhone Mac OS Playstation 4

In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.


  • villain
  • quick-time-event
  • episodic
  • choices
  • story
  • superhero
  • narrative
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • violent
  • comic
  • crime
  • action

4

Underhero (2018)

View Similar Games
92
Review score
Logo of Underhero Screenshot of Underhero Screenshot of Underhero Screenshot of Underhero

PC Windows Linux Mac OS Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Underhero is a 2D side-scroller RPG adventure game with timing-based combat. It tells an intriguing and mysterious story, full of silly characters brimming with personality, quirky dialogue, and lots of weird humor. Inspired by Paper Mario games and RPGs in general, it tells the story of a world where the chosen hero has failed and an underling of the main villain takes his place as the new “hero”. Join the magical hilt Elizabeth the IV and the little Masked Kid, as they travel the world to restore Elizabeth’s long lost power, so they can defeat the tyrannical Mr. Stitches and save the world once and for all!

Buy

  • rpg
  • protagonist
  • japanese
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • villain
  • scroller
  • turn-based
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • jrpg
  • platform
  • dark
  • combat
  • colourful

5

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017)

View Similar Games
88
Review score
Logo of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Screenshot of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Screenshot of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Screenshot of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

It's about TIME! Join your favorite Super Heroes and Super Villains from different eras and realities as they go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in the all-new, original adventure, LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2!


  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • villain
  • boss-fight
  • open-world
  • superhero
  • battle
  • boss
  • lego
  • alternate
  • medieval
  • fight
  • sandbox
  • adventure
  • multiplayer

6

Nefarious (2017)

View Similar Games
84
Review score
Logo of Nefarious Screenshot of Nefarious Screenshot of Nefarious Screenshot of Nefarious

PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux ps2 Playstation 3 vita

Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.

Buy

  • platform
  • villain
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • robotnik
  • protagonist
  • 2d

7

DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders (2019)

View Similar Games
85
Review score
Logo of DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders Screenshot of DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders Screenshot of DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders Screenshot of DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders

PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

Join the new heroic duo, Scribbler and Patch, in an epic battle to save dragons and defeat the villain, Eir, who is controlling dragons to carry out her evil plans. 

Buy

  • dragon
  • villain
  • action-adventure
  • battle

8

ROBOTICSNOTES DaSH (2020)

View Similar Games
73
Review score
Logo of ROBOTICSNOTES DaSH Screenshot of ROBOTICSNOTES DaSH Screenshot of ROBOTICSNOTES DaSH Screenshot of ROBOTICSNOTES DaSH

Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.

Buy

  • story
  • crossover
  • robotics
  • visual-novel
  • eroge
  • anime
  • sci-fi
  • villain
  • mystery
  • light-hearted
  • character
  • western
  • spin-off
  • supernatural
  • fiction

9

MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AFTERMATH KOLLECTION (2020)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AFTERMATH KOLLECTION Screenshot of MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AFTERMATH KOLLECTION Screenshot of MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AFTERMATH KOLLECTION Screenshot of MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AFTERMATH KOLLECTION

Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch stadia

Includes Mortal Kombat 11, Kombat Pack and MK11: Aftermath. Purchase early & get Eternal Klash Skin Pack. In the original MK11 cinematic story, take on the role of Earthrealm's protectors as a menacing new foe bends the forces of time, threatening to turn the tide and rewrite their own dark history. Aftermath kontinues the critically acclaimed storyline in an all-new adventure. Fragile alliances are tested and the fate of two worlds hang in the balance. Now is the time to forge a new history. - Experience the original MK11 story and Aftermath, the brand new story conclusion - Play the entire MK11 roster incl. new fighters Sheeva & Fujin - Includes every guest feat. newly added RoboCop and Kombat Pack's Terminator, Spawn & The Joker - All-New Friendships, Stages & Stage Fatalities


  • villain
  • weapon
  • fight
  • mature
  • gore
  • violent
  • arena
  • classic
  • realistic
  • controller-support
  • entertainment

Not seeing your game?