Top 100 / Best Indie Retro Games on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2

Showing 51 to 100 of 100 total entries

Super Hydorah

While inspired by the classics like R-Type and Gradius, Super Hydorah has a great feel and style all its own. You're abl...

SNK 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION

If you're a big fan of classic arcade games you've probably heard of or even get nostalgic for a fair number of games fe...

Marble It Up!

The baseline key to games of this kind is to get the physics and feel of it right and they’ve absolutely nailed it. The ...

Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King

Perhaps a little less gaining inspiration from the classic top-down Zelda titles like Link to the Past than copying it o...

Neon Inferno

Featuring run ‘n gun foreground action with shooting in the background, Neon Inferno ups the ante for intense new wave arcade action

XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION

This video pinball throwback follow-up to DEMON’S TILT is bigger and wilder, with plenty to discover, but until patched can still have hitches

Steel Defier

A tight and generally pretty smart take on the dodge-em-up that manages to impress at its pretty humble budget price

NeverAwake

An unusual mix of classic side-scrolling shooter mechanics and twin-stick aiming makes for a thoroughly different experience

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake

While it doesn’t very clearly set itself apart from its predecessor, there’s still no doubt that it can be a bloody good time… within limits

Irem Collection Volume 3

If you’re into retro arcade shooters with an emphasis on variety, each of the 3 included in this collection absolutely satisfy that criteria well

Mr. Run and Jump

If you’re in the market for a responsive, challenging, and tough-but-fair platformer to obsess over, this delivers

LUNARK

This pretty cool throwback to the age of classic cinematic adventures like Out of This World (and others) is a retro treat

Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

With its stunning pixel art visuals and an intense mix of slashing and shooting challenges, Demon Purge satisfies

Prodeus

Delivers the old-school looks and thrills of the Doom generation with some smart tweaks but inconsistent level design

Atari Mania

Retro gaming mash-ups abound, and present quite a challenge, in this somewhat odd and reverent adventure

PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY

The Sony handheld classics are now on Switch and still absolutely deliver on a mix of challenge and fun… with some grinding!

Flora & Fang: Guardians of the vampire garden

While it does a fair job of repackaging many elements of the classic Donkey Kong 3, and is certainly playable, it’s mostly just good… not necessarily great

X-Out: Resurfaced

A mix of getting to customize your own ship, and some pretty stiff old-school challenges, make Resurfaced worth a look for shooting fans

Loretta

A pretty dark but compelling story of a woman betrayed, with you helping decide how her story ends

SANABI

Mixing together pretty well-implemented traversal, slinging yourself around, a gripping story, and decent but repetitive combat

Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness

A meeting of well-written characters, some unnerving moment, and classic point-and-click adventure beats

Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath

Runs with its classic side-scrolling look and feel, and throws plenty of classic platforming and action at you to boot

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Even not really knowing or caring about the Warhammer 4k universe, there’s no question that this visceral retro RPS is a lot of fun

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers

Undeniably novel and entertaining with its decision to run with the vintage 50s black and white sci-fi look, but just a decent arcade shooter overall

Rite

For the budget asking price, Rite may not have a ton in the way of variety, but offers up some classic challenging platforming

Dezatopia

Feeling like you’ve seen every sort of retro side-scrolling shooter possible? Then get a load of this!

DEMON'S TILT

Pinball is absolutely a cornerstone of retro gaming so I’m always excited to see what people come up with to ce...

Lost In Space - The First Adventure

While it’s obvious that the property this adventure game is based on is incredibly old, regardless of that issue it mechanically works nicely

Lovish

Single-hit deaths and a variety of challenges are countered by some silliness and reasonably-tight controls to make for a retro-styled bit of fun

Freddy Farmer

It absolutely has some great classic arcade roots, and presents a challenge, but not all are likely intentional

DODONPACHI SAIDAIOUJOU

A crazy and intense bullet hell shooter that pops visually, and for fans of the subgenre it will likely leave you satisfied

Taito Milestones 3

A mix of genres and levels of quality that still has some solid classic games to enjoy

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

A straight-up old-school classic point-and-click adventure, through and through

Speedollama

A wonderful surprise of a game that takes run-n-gun shooting in a new more frantic direction

Abathor

Absolutely has some old-school arcade vibes, and can be fun with others, but its appeal may be narrow

Dead End City

A thoroughly surprising and different take on the traditional vertically-scrolling arcade shooter

Golfinite

A throwback to the likes of Mario Golf and its ilk that knows what it wants to be and thoroughly delivers

Garlic

Don’t let its pretty simple and somewhat silly looks fool you, this is a consistently challenging platformer that works pretty well

Annalynn

Mix together elements of Pac-Man with some platforming and shades of Donkey Kong Jr (and others) and you’ve got Annalynn

Belle Boomerang

Though at times it can get a bit infuriating, Belle Boomerang manages to have an 8-bit era look with some more modern flair

Terror of Hemasaurus

While there’s no mistaking the classic Rampage base experience, Hemasaurus adds enough extra oomph to be its own game

Arcade Paradise

If you have nostalgia for the classic arcades of the 80s and early 90s the chance to run one of your own is tempting...

Slime-san

While some may think it has looks only a mother could love the challenging and satisfying platforming offered by Slim...

Shadow Labyrinth

Undeniably odd, and perhaps a little too quirky when it comes to precision jumping to be truly great, this odd mix of Metroidvania and Pac-Man is daring and weird, but does work quite well

Star of Providence

While not typically challenging, there’s something about its shooting adventure play that feels refreshing

Bloodless

An unusual adventure that has plenty of combat where you’ll need to win through careful defense

Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn

A good time of an throwback arcade-like experience, elevating above its NES roots into something more

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

Put together with great care and thoroughness, if you love the games of Jeff Minter this is a treat

Ray’z Arcade Chronology

While perhaps carrying a bit of a premium price, this distinctive arcade shooting series is a blast to play without much doubt

McPixel 3

Embrace the madness, and join McPixel through loads of silly puzzles, peeing on things, and violence

Showing 51 to 100 of 100 total entries

Nindie Spotlight