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Adventure Games
Browse Adventure Nintendo Switch games with release dates, images, related genres, and score details where available.
Genre Page vs. News Topic
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.
If My Heart Had Wings
Bravely Default II
Hungry Shark World
Degrees of Separation
The Great Perhaps
The Journey Down: Chapter Two
Perception
Anima: Gate of memories
Black Future '88
Fairy Tail
Zenith
Mable & The Wood
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
A Dark Room
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Unbound: Worlds Apart
Angels of Death
Gone Home: Console Edition
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
The Alto Collection
LEGO Bricktales
The Last Faith
Poi
Wildfire
Insurmountable
The Journey Down: Chapter Three
The Long Journey Home
NORTH
1000xResist
Quarantine Circular
Crypt Custodian
Ooblets
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
The Fall Part 2: Unbound
Evan's Remains
Swordbreaker The Game
Island Saver
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force
Smoke And Sacrifice
Silver Chains
Shining Resonance Refrain
In Between
Overboard! (2021)
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition
Little Devil Inside
Absolum
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Dungreed
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Undead Horde
Sea Salt
Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice
Rise of Insanity
Grow: Song of the Evertree
Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~
Metamorphosis
Adventure News
Read Nintendo news articles connected to games in the Adventure genre.
Dataminers discover Master Quest possibly coming to Zelda Ocarina of Time remake
Quite a number of people were disappointed to learn that the Master Quest mode isn’t present in the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for...
All 10 Big Poe locations in Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Find all 10 Big Poe locations in Zelda: Ocarina of Time with this map guide, plus learn how to catch every one and earn the rewards.
Ocarina of Time on Switch 2: Box Art Gallery Celebrates Zelda's Legacy
A look at a new box art gallery marking The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's recent re-release, with background on the game's platform history and comments from Time...
Unicorn Academy: Island of Magic Confirmed for Nintendo Switch — Release Date Set for 17 November 2026
Mindscape and Aesir Interactive confirm Unicorn Academy: Island of Magic for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo eShop with a worldwide release date of 17 November 2026. Read...
Shigeru Miyamoto Absent from Nintendo Investor Q&A Due to Illness
Nintendo confirmed that representative director Shigeru Miyamoto missed a recent investor Q&A due to a sudden illness. The legendary developer's condition is...
Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Saturn Model Viewer Highlights AM2's Model 2 Porting Feat
A look at the Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Saturn model viewer by homebrewer Xevengar, and how AM2's Sega Graphics Library enabled a near-arcade Model 2 port running at 60...