metroidvaniaReleased Switch Video Games
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A list of Released metroidvania video games for Switch sorted by popularity among gamers.
Nintendo Switch is the successor of Nintendo Wii and Wii U consoles and is widely considered to be the first hybrid console on the market. It allows users to play games either at home on a big TV screen or while travelling. This is possible thanks to its revolutionary design, which combines features of both stationary and handheld consoles. It is composed of two main parts: the console unit, which is a 6.2" screen tablet based on Nvidia technology, and the docking station necessary to connect the console to a TV set. Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on March 3, 2017.
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Dead Cells
Action 07 August 2018
An action game with roguelike and metroidvania elements by indie French studio Motion Twin. During the game, you explore a grim castle, whose elements (such as chambers, cloisters, and sewers) are procedurally generated. Given the permadeath system, it means that each new gameplay is a fresh experience, during which you can discover new parts of the fortress. An important aspect of Dead Cells is combat, which is very difficult.
Blasphemous II
Action 24 August 2023
The sequel to a 2019 soulslike action platformer. Blasphemous II retains its predecessor's pixel art and enemy design inspired by medieval Christianity.
The Last Faith
Action 15 November 2023
An action platformer metroidvania. The Last Faith stars Eric, traversing a dangerous gothic city, trying to learn the truth about an ancient prophecy and the corruption consuming the land.
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Action 23 April 2024
An action platformer metroidvania. Tales of Kenzera: ZAU was created by Surgent Studios, founded by Abubakar Salim, an actor known for his roles as Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins, the Raised by Wolves TV series and many others.
Terraria
Arcade 27 June 2019
A sandbox platform game by indie studio Re-Logic, sometimes called the 2D version of the popular Minecraft. There is no set goal; your task is basically to shape the randomly-generated world around you. At first you only have a few basic tools, which allow you to dig and find resources, chop wood, and create simple structures. As the game progresses, due to the extensive crafting system, you discover better tools, allowing you to create advanced materials and to fight monsters.
Hollow Knight
Action 12 June 2018
Hollow Knight is a 2D metroidvania game developed by the indie studio Team Cherry. The game takes us to a fantasy underground world located bellow the city of Dirtmouth. The place attracts numerous adventurers, who disappear without a trace when they enter it. We play as an adventurer who decides to face the challenge and find riches, fame, and the answers he is looking for in that underground world. The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Action 27 September 2019
An expanded edition of the warmly received platform game developed by Moon studio in 2015. The story of Ori and the Blind Forest focuses on the titular spirit of the forest who is trying to learn something about itself and the world that surrounds it. The game lacks any dialogues and the story is told by using the gameplay and mute cutscenes. As for the mechanics, the game belongs to the subgenre called metroidvania.
Lost Epic
RPG 19 April 2023
An action RPG with soulslike and platform metroidvania elements. Lost Epic puts the player in the role of a God Slayer, traversing the fantasy realm of Sanctum in order to challenge a pantheon of six deities.
Aggelos
Action 25 April 2019
Largely inspired by the Wonder Boy series, a Metroidvania title with action RPG elements. During the game, we assume the role of Aggelos – the hero traveling through the fantastic world of Lumen and fighting invaders from another dimension. Thanks to the pixel-art visuals and a catchy, chiptune soundtrack, the game strongly resembles 16-bit classics.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Action 15 October 2020
Batbarian from Unspeakable Pixels studio is an action game in pixel art style, containing also features of RPGs, platformers and puzzle games. We play the role of a barbarian who, together with his companion Pip (a magical bat), travels through dark caves.
Metroid Dread
Action 08 October 2021
The fifth main installment in the Metroid series starring Samus Aran. In Metroid Dread, the famous bounty hunter must face a whole new threat from both aliens and deadly E.M.M.I. robots.
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
Action 22 June 2021
Metroidvania game in the format of an action platform game with RPG elements. In Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights we find ourselves in a ruined kingdom, which we wander as a priestess using skills of defeated enemies in battle.
Vigil: The Longest Night
Action 14 October 2020
Vigil: The Longest Night is a classic metroidvania set in a universe of dark fantasy, characterized by a high level of difficulty, challenging combat, grotesque monsters and an interesting graphic design. Glass Heart Games is responsible for the creation of the game.
Death's Gambit
RPG 30 September 2021
Death's Gambit is an oldschool 2D action RPG developed by White Rabbit, inspired by the classic games like Castlevania or Shadow of the Colossus and newer productions such as Demons' Souls. We play as the Emissary of Death, and our job is to purge the world from the immortals. The game takes place on a medieval planet, where we will have to face numerous knights, undead, and monsters.
The Messenger
Action 30 August 2018
A hybrid of a classic platform game and of a metroidvania game. The player assumes the role of a ninja warrior who must save his village.
Blasphemous
Action 10 September 2019
A soulslike action platformer. Blasphemous features high-quality pixel art visuals and has us facing down hordes of nightmarish enemies inspired by medieval Christianity.
Infernax
Action 14 February 2022
Metroidvania made as an old school action platform game. In Infernax we play as a knight who goes to the source of black magic that ravages his homeland. We eliminate hordes of monsters and make decisions which influence the course of the story.
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Action 11 January 2024
A post-apocalyptic metroidvania. Laika: Aged Through Blood is set in an atmospheric world traversable on a motorcycle, as the player fights enemies, completes quests and overcomes obstacles.
Skautfold: Usurper
Action 23 June 2023
An action RPG metroidvania. Skautfold: Usurper is set in alternate 1898 London, after the appearance of the Citadel - an otherworldly structure. We play as a hero tasked with sending it back where it came from.
Ebenezer and The Invisible World
Action 03 November 2023
An action platformer metroidvania. Ebenezer and The Invisible World is based off A Christmas Carol, starring Ebenezer Scrooge, on a journey to save London from the clutches of the evil Caspar Malthus.
Shantae
Arcade 22 April 2021
An old-school metroidvania platformer. Shantae stars the titular half-genie, traversing a fantasy land to save it from villainous pirates.
Afterimage
Action 25 April 2023
An action platformer metroidvania. Afterimage tells the story of an adventurer exploring the fantasy land of Engardin, learning its secrets, solving its problems and facing numerous dangers.
Grime
Action 25 January 2024
GRIME is a combat-focused action adventure game with RPG elements, in which we absorb the remains of our enemies to strengthen our own abilities. It is the debut game of the independent Clover Bite studio.
Overlord: Escape from Nazarick
Action 16 June 2022
A metroidvania in the form of an action platform game. In Overlord: Escape from Nazarick we take on the role of the heroine named Clementine, who in order to escape from the great tomb must regain her weapons, old skills and lost memories.