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One Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Multiplayer Games Rated Parental Guidance (PG) and Older

The Switch console comes with one pair of Joy Cons. These are attached to the Switch in portable mode, and detached when playing on a TV. Some games support multiplayer modes with each player only needing one Joy-Con half to play. This offers a much more affordable way to accommodate more players.

This list includes 20 games from the last 21 years, with 332 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to play together with one Joy-Con.

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PEGI Ratings: PEGI 7 to PEGI 16
ESRB Ratings: ESRB EVERYONE 10+ to ESRB MATURE 17+
Australian Ratings: PG to MA 15+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Narrative, Open World, Platform, Point-and-Click, Puzzle, Race, Role-Play, Shooting, Simulation, Sports and Stealth
Total Likes: 332

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Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Release Date: 10/06/2022

Platforms: Switch

Genres: Action, Fighting and Sports

Accessibility: 9 features

Developer: Next Level Games (@NextLevelGames)

Players: You can play with 1 to 8 players in the same room or as a 8-player online game

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Switch Sports

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Release Date: 29/04/2022

Platforms: Switch

Genres: Action, Fighting, Simulation and Sports

Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 2-player online game

Nintendo Switch Sports, is the latest version of Wii Sports. It brings the classic motion sports game up to date with new sports and ways to play. You can compete in six sports, including Tennis, Volleyball, Golf, Football and Bowling. The novelty, as...

Thief Town

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 26/09/2014

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4 and Switch

Genres: Fighting, Shooting and Stealth

Developer: Glass Knuckle (@Glass_Knuckle)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room

Thief Town is a 2-4 player game where you play in a crowd of identical characters. You must first work out which one you are and then spot the other human players to attack them. Get it wrong and all you do is reveal yourself.

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 24/09/2020

Price: 42% off

Platforms: PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Platform and Puzzle

Developer: Outright Games (@Outright_Games)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia is a running and jumping game in the world of Trollhunters. You play Jim Lake Jr. and work to stop Porgon the Trickster Troll and his sneaky plans. With the help of other characters and their abilities you solve...

Super Mario Odyssey

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Release Date: 27/10/2017

Price: 27% off

Platforms: Switch

Genres: Action, Adventure, Open World and Platform

Accessibility: 15 features

Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

Mario has stared in running and jumping Super Mario games on Nintendo hardware since the Nintendo Entertainment System in the 80's. The formula remains unchanged. Explore a level, jump on enemies, collect coins and get to the flag at the end to inch...

Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 16/10/2020

Platforms: Switch

Genres: Action and Fighting

Developer: Outright Games (@Outright_Games)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed is a fighting game where you battle mechanical dinosaurs based on the Zoid series. You need to learn the special moves and button combinations to pull off just the right attack at the right time. Each different Zoid and...

Spiritfarer

Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Release Date: 18/08/2020

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, Stadia, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative, Open World, Platform and Simulation

Accessibility: 31 features

Developer: Thunder Lotus (@ThunderLotus)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

Spiritfarer is a boat building exploration game. Unusually though, you play Stella, ferry master to the deceased and the boat you manage takes them to the next life.

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 23/02/2021

Price: 60% off

Platforms: PC and Switch

Genres: Action, Fighting and Role-Play

Developer: Helio C Studios (@HelioCStudios)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 4-player online game

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos is a fighting game where you battle Titans and explore the dungeons of an expansive over-world. It's unusual because it combines the homemaking of Stardew Valley with classic Zelda style adventures and lets you play with up...

Monster Prom

Content Rating: PEGI 16

Release Date: 27/04/2018, updated in 2020

Price: 69% off

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Point-and-Click

Accessibility: 21 features

Developer: Btfl Glitch (@BtflGlitch)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 4-player online game

Monster Prom is a role-playing game set in a high school for monsters where you are looking for love. You make choices about the dating-focused narrative by exploring the campus and talking to different monster characters. It has some light...

Unruly Heroes

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 8-14 year-olds

Release Date: 23/01/2019

Price: 60% off

Platforms: Android, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platform and Puzzle

Accessibility: 10 features

Developer: Magic Design Game (@MagicDesignGame)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 4-player online game

Unruly Heroes is a hectic martial arts running, jumping and hitting game. You play one of four heroes on a quest to collect all the scroll fragments and restore balance.

Castle Crashers

Content Rating: PEGI 16

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Release Date: 08/09/2015, updated in 2019

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Adventure and Fighting

Accessibility: 23 features

Developer: The Behemoth (@TheBehemoth)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 4-player online game

Castle Crashers is a cartoon looking fighting game, like Golden Axe, The Simpsons or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade games, set in a medieval universe where a dark wizard steals a mystical gem and captures four princesses. Four knights are charged...

Brawlhalla

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 17/10/2017, updated in 2018

Price: Free

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Action and Fighting

Developer: Blue Mammoth (@BlueMammoth)

Players: You can play with 1 to 8 players in the same room or as a 8-player online game

Brawlhalla is an online fighting game where, like Smash Bros, the goal is to knock opponents off the stage. You do this by using your characters specific attacks to damage them until they can't get back to the platform.

Disney Speedstorm

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Release Date: Coming soon

Price: Free

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Race

Developer: Game Loft (@GameLoft)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 16-player online game

Disney Speedstorm is a kart racing game like Mario Kart but with high-speed Disney and Pixar-inspired characters and racetracks. It's also different as it's a free-to-play with in-game purchases provided in seasons that offer new characters, circuits...

Full Metal Furies

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Release Date: 06/11/2018

Platforms: PC, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Fighting and Platform

Developer: Cellar Door Games (@CellarDoorGames)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 4-player online game

Full Metal Furies is a co-operative fighting game where you defend the free world from tyrannical titans. With three friends you each choose a character and work together to defeat special enemies, string combination attacks and save a war torn world...

Knight Squad 2

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Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 8-12 year-olds

Release Date: 28/05/2014, updated in 2021

Platforms: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Fighting and Sports

Accessibility: 18 features

Developer: Chainsaw Games (@ChainsawGames)

Players: You can play with 1 to 8 players in the same room or as a 8-player online game

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Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Release Date: 15/12/2017, updated in 2020

Platforms: PC and Switch

Genres: Action, Fighting, Narrative, Open World and Role-Play

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Release Date: 15/11/2001, updated in 2019

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Genres: Action, Fighting, Race and Shooting

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Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room

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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition

Content Rating: PEGI 16

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Release Date: 25/03/2014

Platforms: PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Platform and Shooting

Developer: Tribute Games (@TributeGames)

Players: You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 4-player online game

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Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 10-15 year-olds

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Accessibility: 19 features

Developer: Dodge Roll Games (@DodgeRollGames)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

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Final Vendetta

Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Release Date: 16/06/2022

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Adventure and Fighting

Accessibility: 20 features

Developer: Bitmap Bureau (@BitmapBureau)

Players: You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room

Final Vendetta is a brawling game like classic 1990s arcade games, Final Fight, Double Dragon, Body Blows and Streets Of Rage. You control a street-fighting character with an array of moves to learn so you can progress through the waves of different...

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Brawlhalla

Disney Speedstorm

Full Metal Furies

Knight Squad 2 (Series)

Boot Hill Bounties (Series)

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