The Best War Games for Nintendo Switch

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Torn Away (2023)

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Torn Away is an interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Experience the tragedy of World War II through the eyes of a child and survive without losing your humanity.


  • world-war-2
  • emotional
  • war
  • narration
  • first-person
  • platform
  • story
  • cartoony
  • scroller
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • hidden-object

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My Child Lebensborn (2018)

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Experience the emotional and challenging journey of raising an adopted child in post-WWII Norway in My Child Lebensborn. Balance your time and resources to provide for your child's needs while navigating a world filled with hate and bullying. This BAFTA-award winning game offers a genuine and immersive nurturing simulation that will tug at your heartstrings.

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What we like:
  • Impactful story
  • Emotional journey
  • Realistic characters
  • Meaningful choices
  • Good replay value
What could be improved:
  • Fairly linear gameplay
  • Some may find it too emotionally taxing

  • simulation
  • war
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • choices
  • life
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • social
  • historical
  • casual
  • crafting
  • atmospheric
  • management

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Unsighted (2021)

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UNSIGHTED invites you into a post-apocalyptic world where you have a ticking clock before your own expiration. With Metroidvania-like gameplay, fully interconnected world, and an interesting story that allows for tough choices, the game provides a balanced mix of exploration, combat, and character progression. With additional modes like co-op and rogue-lite, UNSIGHTED guarantees a high replay value. A game that creatively brings several game designs together to make a fun and polished game.

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What we like:
  • Balanced mix of gameplay elements
  • Interesting story with tough choices
  • High replayability with additional modes
  • Polished sound and graphics
  • Responsive controls
What could be improved:
  • Writing could be better
  • Characters feel one-dimensional
  • Dialogue interrupts gameplay

  • pixel
  • exploration
  • boss
  • top-down
  • robots
  • metroidvania
  • dungeon
  • combat
  • puzzle
  • war
  • post-apocalyptic
  • souls
  • platform
  • rpg
  • crafting

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Svoboda 1945: Liberation (2021)

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The horrors of World War II are over, but peace never came to the Czech village of Svoboda. You were sent to investigate a decades-old feud. Who can you trust to explain what happened? How was your family involved? Talk to witnesses to uncover the troubled past in a game unlike any you ever played.


  • historical
  • choices
  • farming
  • war
  • fmv
  • world-war-2
  • emotional
  • conversation
  • cinematic
  • investigation
  • education
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn
  • visual-novel
  • atmospheric

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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (2023)

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1917, as World War I rages on, two brothers will fight to survive the trenches and find each other again. Their paths will cross with new Valiant Hearts who will share the joy of reuniting and the horror of the Western Front – all desperate to find their way home.


  • graphic
  • novel
  • puzzle
  • naval
  • historical
  • war
  • interactive
  • adventure
  • battle
  • puzzling-solving
  • exploration
  • violin
  • scene
  • -only
  • cover

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Horgihugh And Friends (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

HORGIHUGH is a horizontal side-scrolling shoot 'em up from Japanese developer PiXEL featuring vibrant retro graphics, intense boss battles, a unique power-up system, and an adorable roster of anthropomorphic characters.

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  • horizontal
  • boss
  • shoot-em-up
  • well-hidden
  • war
  • cute
  • old-school
  • retro
  • boss-fight
  • side-scrolling
  • grand
  • aliens
  • fight
  • challenging
  • alternate

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Green Soldiers Heroes (2023)

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The army has created a machine to regenerate the bodies of the best soldiers after a long and intense war. Due to the chemicals used, the soldiers' skin turns green. Many of them prefer not to return to society and live exclusively for military service.

You are one of the green soldiers. Your mission is to defeat the terrorists who have taken over the desert region.

Third-person shooter game.
Ideal for beginner players.
Earn coins to unlock more powerful weapons and new outfits.
Adjustable aiming.
Levels with increasing difficulty
High definition 3D graphics

Created by DERIK D.F
Port by GRAMIK GAMES STUDIOS
Third-party content is licensed.

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  • military
  • war
  • tps
  • achievements

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Tank Battle Heroes (2021)

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Join an epic war on the battlefield! Lead your tank to victory. Tank Battle Heroes is a game that allows you to play single-player and multiplayer PVP. Take on enemy forces, upgrade your machine and stand on the top in the ranking!

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  • tanks
  • war
  • esport
  • world-war-2
  • royale
  • pvp
  • cold
  • wargame
  • shooter
  • arena
  • 2.5d
  • isometric
  • top-down
  • action
  • multiplayer

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Whiskey Mafia: Frank's Story (2021)

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Whiskey Mafia: Frank's Story is the new chapter of an ambitious crime story set in New York City in the mid 1920s.

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  • war
  • crime
  • mature
  • grand
  • fight
  • local
  • narrative

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Off And On Again (2021)

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"With the dawn of the internet the digital universe experienced exponential growth. The citizens basked in their new wealth and power, with access to previously unimaginable knowledge. Fear, paranoia and hate infected the world with Programs becoming jealous of the resources allocated to others.

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  • war
  • platform
  • classic
  • multiplayer
  • local
  • arcade
  • challenging
  • online
  • combat

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