The Best 2D Games for Nintendo Switch
By Gabriel Cooper
Update : The Rumble Fish + added at rank #14.
Here are our 10 Best 2D Games for Nintendo Switch:Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef (2022)
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef is a side-scrolling shooter with a generous helping of verticality, wherein you play as a gleeful greenskin seeking revenge after being wronged by his boss. You'll trek across the surface of Luteus prime, encountering native Orks and cutting through them on your mission with all manner of ramshackle munitions at your disposal. Plus, its price point does wonders for forgiving that it isn't an 18-hour epic adventure.
What we like:
- Generous checkpoints and gun store
- Variety of denizens to oppose you
- Colossal combatant bosses lifted from the Warhammer 40
- 000 universe
- Up to four players in its co-op space
- Unique abilities and passive bonuses to change gameplay experience
- Short game length (2 hours)
- Abundant load screens
- shooter
- twin-stick
- 2d
- warhammer-40k
- cooperative
- platform
- pvp
- boss-fight
- boss
- cartoony
- beat-em-up
- bullet-hell
- hand-drawn
- scroller
- side-scrolling
Kalinur (2023)
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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
Katana ZERO (2019)
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Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
- platform
- 2d
- pixel
- cyberpunk
- assassin
- violent
- instant-death
- manipulation
- time
- hack-and-slash
- story
- action
- ninja
- fast-paced
- gore
Ghost Song (2022)
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In Ghost Song, discover the secrets of the mysterious moon of Lorian while battling strange creatures and customizing your battlesuit. With stunning 2D graphics and a haunting story, Ghost Song is an adventure game you can't miss.
What we like:
- Beautifully crafted game with eerie atmosphere
- Unique paths to explore and interesting boss fights
- Good dialogue and compelling story
- Fluid and fun combat with unique modification combos and weapons
- Moving main character with personal stories
- Excessive backtracking and frustration without enough fast travel locations
- Limited replayability and short-lived experience
- Some creative decisions fall flat
- Nearly non-existent story that lacks item description
- Lack of depth and tactics in combat, and poor damage output
- metroidvania
- 2d
- platform
- boss
- hand-drawn
- sci-fi
- atmospheric
- scroller
- exploration
- boss-fight
- metroid
- horror
- dark
- robots
- controller-support
Donut Dodo (2022)
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If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?
- arcade
- attack
- score
- 2d
- 1980s
- platform
- chiptune
- linear
- funny
- retro
- cartoony
- old-school
- pixel
- action
- sprite-work
Nuclear Blaze (2021)
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Nuclear Blaze is a unique 2D firefighting game from the creator of Dead Cells, with all the devastating backdrafts, exploding walls and sprinklers you could expect. Fight your way through a mysterious facility and try to keep the blaze under control.
- platform
- 2d
- action-adventure
- mystery
- scroller
- exploration
- atmospheric
- pixel
- colourful
- rogue-like
- action
- investigation
- full-blown
Nocturnal (2023)
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After years of traveling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You’re the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.
- platform
- scroller
- soundtrack
- 2d
- linear
- narration
- action-adventure
- mystery
- hand-drawn
- dark
- puzzle
- demons
- exploration
- combat
- eroge
Beeny (2022)
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A vertical 2D platformer featuring a round bee in an early 90s prerendered environment.
- platform
- 2d
- precision
- 1990s
- cartoony
- colourful
- vertical
- nature
- dark
- cute
- atmospheric
- old-school
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (2022)
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Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a hand-drawn adventure following a lost gibbon as they embark on a dangerous journey into unknown lands. Master the gibbon’s art of brachiation (swinging from branch to branch) at high speed, building momentum, pulling off spectacular somersaults. Race to freedom in liberation mode, or play through an hour-long narrative that captures the real struggle of living creatures.
- nature
- emotional
- hand-drawn
- platform
- 2d
- family-friendly
- story
- narration
- colourful
- atmospheric
- action-adventure
- relaxing
- exploration
- cute
- procedural
One Hand Clapping (2020)
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One Hand Clapping is a vocal 2D platformer. Solve puzzles, by singing or humming into your microphone, and find confidence in the power of your voice as it changes the world around you.
- platform
- rhythm
- 2d
- music
- voice
- puzzle
- control
- experience
- education
- family-friendly
- colourful
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