The Best Swordplay Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 6 March 2024: Astro Duel 2 added at rank #11.

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

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.

• metroidvania
• 2d
• swordplay
• retro
• fantasy
• platform
• demons
• pixel
• dark
• adventure
• exploration
• medieval
• action
• nonlinear

Good match + 1 Bad match

PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.

• hack-and-slash
• fantasy
• dark
• rogue-like
• pixel
• swordplay
• 2d
• fight
• atmospheric
• boss
• minimalist
• linear
• gladiator
• action
• action-adventure

Good match + 6 Bad match

Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Rewind, rethink, redo. COGEN is a brand-new kind of 2D action game where there's no time for death.

• manipulation
• 2d
• dynamic
• swordplay
• time
• platform
• tutorial
• attack
• score
• scroller
• futuristic
• narration
• action-adventure
• action
• sci-fi

Good match + 45 Bad match - 93

PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

• robots
• arena
• battle-royale
• swordplay
• fight
• voxel
• cooperative
• rogue-like
• humor
• 3d
• futuristic
• multiplayer
• third-person
• funny
• comedy

Good match + 37 Bad match - 84

Linux Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The game consists of 17 levels, during which players take control of either the slow but powerful Paladin mech Grit or the small but swift Squire pilot Flame. When commanding Grit, the player can pick up discarded melee weapons dropped by defeated enemies and use them in battle against them. The combat mechanics include a high-versus-low attacking and blocking system (similar to Zelda II), along with a rock-paper-scissors style weapon triangle system that grants your weapons damage bonuses or reductions depending on the weapon used by the enemy.[4][5][6]

• mech
• swordplay
• demons
• platform
• retro
• pixel
• anime
• 2d
• old-school
• 1980s
• mythology
• boss
• hack-and-slash
• hockey
• battle

Good match + 85 Bad match - 155

PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

• beat-em-up
• demons
• cooperative
• ninja
• fight
• rogue-like
• swordplay
• hack-and-slash
• 2.5d
• spectacle
• scroller
• character
• side-scrolling
• colourful
• arcade

Good match + 3 Bad match

PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Unsouled is a 2D action RPG game requiring immense elaborate control. Take a break from repetitive attack and dodge action by challenging yourself with the world of Unsouled.

• souls
• swordplay
• pve
• 2d
• post-apocalyptic
• rpg
• top-down
• action-adventure
• pixel
• stylized
• zombies
• controller-support
• atmospheric
• difficult
• fight

Good match + 7 Bad match - 15

Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The culmination of the SWORD ART ONLINE game series, Last Recollection features the largest roster of SAO playable characters and sub scenarios!

• rpg
• japanese
• anime
• swordplay
• artificial
• intelligence
• party
• character
• pve
• jrpg
• futuristic
• action-adventure
• battle
• third-person
• customization

Good match + 1 Bad match

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

Bot Gaiden is a vibrant 2D platformer built for speed. Take control of ninjabots Robyu and Bytron as they seek to recover the golden skulls from the hands of the mysterious Giorqio and his band of hench-bots. Race to the finish, because bosses get stronger with time.

• comic
• swordplay
• nonlinear
• cartoony
• 2d
• scroller
• hack-and-slash
• ninja
• platform
• book
• action-adventure
• colourful
• hand-drawn
• family-friendly
• robots

Good match + 5 Bad match - 18

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

Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century.

• platform
• 2d
• horror
• swordplay
• historical
• alternate
• arcade
• dark
• pixel
• fantasy
• medieval
• zombies
• gore
• scroller
• old-school

Good match + 10 Bad match - 22

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