The Best Violent Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Haunted Hell House added at rank #9.
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Bloodroots (2020)

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

In Bloodroots, you're Mr. Wolf, a man betrayed and left for dead, seeking vengeance. Use everything around you to choreograph ultra-violent combos in a twisted Western revenge tale. Experiment with different objects as weapons, enjoy the smooth gameplay and amazing music, and compete for fame on worldwide leaderboards.


What we like:
  • Satisfying and fluid gameplay
  • Unique use of objects as weapons
  • Compelling story with deranged characters
  • Great music and visuals
  • Encourages creative problem-solving
What could be improved:
  • Limited player freedom
  • Can become repetitive towards the end

  • violent
  • western
  • top-down
  • fast-paced
  • action
  • platform
  • combo
  • isometric
  • blood
  • beat-em-up
  • gore
  • cartoony
  • hack-and-slash
  • animal
  • difficult

2

Happy Game (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

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  • horror
  • violent
  • psychedelic
  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • resource
  • cute
  • gore
  • adventure
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • colourful

3

Mia and the Dragon Princess (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Mac OS Android Xbox Series X

A live-action, interactive action movie following Mia, a plucky barmaid whose life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.

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  • choices
  • fmv
  • interactive
  • drama
  • violent
  • immersive
  • cinematic
  • buddy-action
  • emotional
  • comedy
  • action-adventure
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • martial
  • simulation

4

Don't Be Afraid (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

Don't Be Afraid” is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

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  • horror
  • violent
  • survival-horror
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • gore
  • survival

5

Welcome to Elk (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One stadia Nintendo Switch Linux

Welcome to Elk is a biographical adventure set on an island like no other, where every character you encounter has a story to tell. From the weird and wonderful to the dark and desperate, all the tales told on Elk are based on true stories of life on the road less traveled.

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  • narrative
  • hand-drawn
  • fiction
  • adventure
  • documentary
  • local
  • story
  • drama
  • violent
  • pretend
  • golf
  • villain
  • colourful
  • trading
  • exploration

6

Trap (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS dos 3do 32x sega cd Playstation 4

After receiving a disturbing letter from his brother, our protagonist decides to go looking for him at the hotel Beryl. He will soon discover the strangeness of the places, the objects, the paintings, the shadows and the terrifying models moving, speaking, living of their own will.


  • gore
  • horror
  • violent
  • psychological
  • walking-simulator
  • movie
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • pixel
  • platform
  • episodic
  • exploration
  • retro
  • 2d

7

Rage in Peace (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Rage in Peace started out as a prototype developed during the "Indies vs PewDiePie" Game Jam in 2014.[2] Although the game did not make top 10 out of the 800 submissions to be played in PewDiePie's channel (it ranked 17th), it was played on his stream regardless, causing other YouTube channels to play the game as well and drawing interest into it.[3]

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  • gore
  • dark
  • violent
  • comedy
  • humor
  • side-scrolling
  • emotional
  • philosophical
  • adventure
  • drama
  • memes
  • experimental
  • supernatural

8

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.5 (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Murasaki's sister Yuuki has returned to Japan and begins bonding with the other members of Class A. Feeling out of place, Murasaki thinks back on when she first met Haruto. Where was the secret art Haruto sought out in her village really hidden?


  • violent
  • casual
  • visual-novel
  • anime
  • adventure
  • cute

9

Haunted Hell House (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Horror action ADV to enjoy the fear.

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  • gore
  • violent
  • horror
  • adventure
  • pixel

10

SturmFront: The Mutant War - Ubel Edition (2022)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 vita Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 wii u

Arcade action game in the vein of Commando, Ikari Warriors and Shock Troopers, mixed with bullet hell elements. You play as an experimental cyborg battle unit fighting against unrelenting mutant hordes to a soundtrack of aggressive heavy metal and psychedelic electronica.

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  • gore
  • violent
  • all-action
  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • action
  • boss
  • old-school
  • retro
  • recreation
  • scrolling
  • aliens
  • top-down

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