6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Switch 'N' Shoot. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Switch 'N' Shoot.
Release Date: 28/10/2022
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Skies of Chaos is a frantic shooting game about a pilot on a mission to shoot down enemy planes. It's not a hugely inventive story and doesn't need to be, this is all about the bright frenetic action. To play you quickly move your plane around to shoot...
Release Date: 09/04/2015
Out Now: Wii U
Components: 2D Side-On
Three people work to pilot a diminutive spacecraft through a hostile environment. One player uses the Wii U game tablet to control engines, power and shields. A second player controls lights and weapons. A third player steers the craft through the...
Release Date: 29/09/2017, updated in 2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Hand-Made
Cuphead is a running, jumping and shooting game that looks like an old Mickey Mouse cartoon. You play on your own or with someone else and work across the screen, jumping gaps, shooting enemies and avoiding projectiles.
Release Date: 11/05/2014, updated in 2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Kero Blaster is a running, jumping and shooting game where you play a frog working for Cat & Frog, a teleporter company. Starting with an underpowered gun, you clean the teleporters of strange black monsters.
Release Date: 15/10/2015
Out Now: Android, PC, PS Vita, PS4 and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Downwell is a vertically scrolling platform game where you frantically shoot snail-like enemies to gain points and upgrades. You will die frequently, but that's part of the fun. Each go, you have a chance to learn from what went wrong last time as you...
Release Date: 30/10/1996, updated in 2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Wii and Wii U
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Wild Guns Reloaded is a fast retro shooting game where you control the gun with one stick and your character with the other. It's set in an alternative steampunk Wild West.
15 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Switch 'N' Shoot. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Switch 'N' Shoot.
Release Date: 28/04/2009, updated in 2018
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Bit Trip (Bit.Trip) is a series of games with a focus on simple game-play, retro visuals and chip-tune music. The games range from pong to platforming but each one requires you to play in time to the music.
Release Date: 12/05/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Jet Lancer is a high-speed air combat game, similar to Luftrausers (and much older inertia shooting games like Virus/Zarch), where you pilot giant robots to deal with Sky Pirates. The novelty here is the nuanced and instinctive control of the craft. The...
Release Date: 30/06/1995, updated in 2019
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Coming Soon: PC
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D First-Person
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the latest flying and shooting game in the Ace Combat series of games. It features lots of real-life aircraft to master and weather conditions that impact gameplay and controls, while still retaining a fast-paced...
Release Date: 03/09/2015
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Jumpy Wall is a game where you must climb up a shaft by jumping between two walls. As you progress you'll meet more obstacles that aim to kill your little pixel character. Wall jump from left to right to get higher and higher while avoiding spikes and...
Release Date: 15/11/2020
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Qomp is a bat and ball game with a difference. You control the ball rather than the bat and only use a single button to switch the direction of your ball character. With this single ability, you take on bosses, solve puzzles and overcome platforming...
Release Date: 12/04/2018
Out Now: Android, Switch and iOS
Components: 3D Third-Person
This is a World War I fighter pilot game set during the Bloody April battles. You pilot one of 10 aircraft from the WWI era and take on missions as a single-player before challenging friends to the multiplayer, split-screen battles.
Release Date: 03/07/2020
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Ghost Grab is a puzzle game where you shoot a beam of light at ghosts to chain them together before popping them to score points. It's simple to start with but soon gives way to a frantic score-attack challenge with it's unique way to score points.
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Kick Bot is a pixelated platform game you play with just two buttons. An evil computer is out for revenge. You must stop its giant robot from kicking Earth into oblivion. As Kick Bot, you jump, dash and collect your way through each level to infiltrate...
Release Date: 23/08/2018
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
One Person Story is a simple puzzle game played by pressing a single button to help a bouncing ball through a maze. It's voiced with a narrative about life's difficulties and challenges. It starts simply but gets more difficult as you have to open and...
Release Date: 03/07/2020
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Singled Out is a spot the difference shooting game. Like the classic Guess Who game you have seconds to identify your target in a crowd. Make sure you only shoot the character matching the eyes, nose and mouth clues and you score points. The quicker you...
Release Date: 25/01/2018
Out Now: Android, Switch and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Super One More Jump is a jumping platform game you control with a single tap or button press. You control the little character who automatically moves forward. Your task is to press jump at the right time so you can progress through the level.
Release Date: 14/06/2022
Coming Soon: PC
Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Ecstatic is a fast and hard retro shooting game where you control a mechanical Spider that freezes time and shoots rockets. You need to both keep moving and keep shooting to stay alive. It's like what are sometimes described as bullet-hell games,...
Release Date: 01/08/2018, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Gunman Tales is a retro light-gun shooting game where 4 players target enemies to hit them before they get shot. You control your moving and aiming with a single stick, so the fun is about working within these limits to survive each level. It stands out...
Release Date: 26/03/2021
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Pureya is an action game about collecting marbles. However, the type of game you are playing changes every 10 seconds so the challenge is as much about quickly adjusting to the new format as much as pressing buttons really quickly. It's a game that...
Release Date: 20/05/2019, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
They Came From the Sky is retro shooting game where you control a 1950s Flying Saucer with one mission: make a delicious juicy human smoothie. You play by aiming your beam at the various threats and beaming up humans. The twist is that you play with a...
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