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Adventure Games
Browse Adventure Nintendo Switch games with release dates, images, related genres, and score details where available.
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This page is the Nintendo Switch genre catalog for Adventure, focused on game discovery, ratings, and related developers. For the article archive and ongoing coverage, see Adventure news topic.
About Adventure
An adventure game is a genre in which the player performs as a protagonist. It is usually supported by puzzle-solving, gathering items, dialogues, and intervening goals. Adventure focus on story, many of them are designed for a single player. Colossal Cave Adventure is known as the first of the genre, released in 1976. They rocketed in the 1980s; later it led to the appearance of independent video game developers. The Walking Dead by TellTale Games is considered as the game which renewed the whole genre. It has a revolutionary mechanics which change the gameplay as the players make their choices. These games are still favorite among the users; independent developers start crowd-funding companies to raise money; the genre is celebrated on practically any platform.
Top Developers in Adventure
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Popular Adventure Nintendo Switch Games
Explore Nintendo Switch releases categorized as Adventure. Games are ordered by popularity first so the most recognized titles appear first.
Horace
Don't Knock Twice
Storm Boy
Remothered: Broken Porcelain
No More Heroes 3
Lil Gator Game
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
The Long Reach
Cinders
Oddmar
Another Crab's Treasure
Gylt
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997)
Typoman
Murder by Numbers
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
Little Orpheus
Metropolis: Lux Obscura
Hover: Revolt Of Gamers
The Persistence
SWORD ART ONLINE: Alicization Lycoris
Kraken Academy!!
My Time at Sandrock
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
Underhero
Foregone
Down In Bermuda
Masters of Anima
Shadowgate
Disney Speedstorm
Necrobarista
Fury Unleashed
World to the West
PixARK
36 Fragments of Midnight
Donkey Kong Bananza
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
Bladed Fury
The Way Remastered
The Legend of Tianding
South of the Circle
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered
Candleman
Pan-Pan
Iris.Fall
Mana Spark
Rad Rodgers
Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
Graven
Liberated
Road to Ballhalla
fault - milestone one
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Sagebrush
Adventure News
Read Nintendo news articles connected to games in the Adventure genre.
Unicorn Academy: Island of Magic Confirmed for Nintendo Switch — Release Date Set for 17 November 2026
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Chivalware Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Trailer: Dotemu and Regal Pigeon Release New Action Roguelite
Dotemu and Regal Pigeon have released the Chivalware launch trailer as the action roguelite arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 this week. Read an overview of gameplay,...
Nintendo Switch eShop Charts Week of November 7, 2026: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Holds Top Spot
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