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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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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.
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Ember Knights
Wobbly Life
Children of Silentown
Tardy
Hitchhiker
Shape of the World
Blanc
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Sam & Max Save The World - Remastered
LEGO Voyagers
Gerda: A Flame in Winter
Mainlining
Death Come True
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
FORECLOSED
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Where Cards Fall
Just Ignore Them
King of Seas
A Musical Story
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Ember
Cursed to Golf
Hello Neighbor Hide and Seek
NAIRI: Tower of Shirin
Hollow
Merchants of Kaidan
New Tales from the Borderlands
Agatha Knife
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Layers of Fear: Legacy
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
Framed 2
The Cub
AntVentor
Souldiers
Secret Files 3
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition
Downward: Enhanced Edition
Aeterna Noctis
Shovel Knight Dig
Football Game
Mulaka
JUMANJI: The Video Game
Falcon Age
Ever Forward
Undungeon
Paw Patrol: On A Roll!
Epic Clicker Journey
STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace
Curious Expedition 2
Botany Manor
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
Caravan Sandwitch
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Atelier Rorona The Alchemist of Arland DX
Adventure News
Read Nintendo news articles connected to games in the Adventure genre.
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Screenbound on Nintendo Switch 2: Physical Release Confirmed for Dual-Dimensional Platformer
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Ocarina of Time Fan Remake Cancelled: CryZENx Ends Decade-Long Unreal Engine Project
CryZENx has cancelled their fanmade The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, ending a project started in 2016. The developer cited potential legal risk following...