Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 10
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
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- 01IkarugaIkaruga builds enormous complexity out of one binary mechanic and demands absolute cognitive presence, proving that mec…9.7Outstanding
- 02Persona 5 RoyalPersona 5 Royal refines an already exceptional JRPG to an unassailable standard, blending deep social simulation with s…9.7Outstanding
- 03UndertaleUndertale is a foundational critique of the RPG genre itself, one that weaponizes player choice to deliver an unforgett…9.7Outstanding
Trek to Yomi
Action gameTrek to Yomi is one of the most beautiful things ever built in a game engine and one of the least interesting things to actually play. It's a five-hou...Mixed5.9Cavern of Dreams
Action gameCavern of Dreams is a $12.99 love letter to Banjo-Kazooie and Spyro that understands why those games worked, not just how they looked. A wobbly came...Good7.4The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
RPG gameFifteen years and countless re-releases later, Skyrim remains the most confident open-world RPG ever shipped — a game whose freedom still embarrasses ...Outstanding9.4Cosmic Star Heroine
RPG gameCosmic Star Heroine is what happens when veteran genre nerds strip the 16-bit RPG down to its best ideas and throw out much of the rest. The combat sy...Good7.2Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Adventure gameClifftop Games took an already-sharp 2016 detective yarn and fixed nearly everything worth fixing — the ending, the pacing, the interface. What's left...Good7.3Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Action gameAce Combat 7: Skies Unknown is a solid, often inspired arcade flight combat game built around clouds that actually matter. A muddled story and thin mu...Good7.3Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
RPG gameSquare Enix has given one of the most literate, mechanically dense tactical RPGs ever made a remaster it deserved — voiced, redrawn, and respectful of...Great8.4Huntdown
Action gameHuntdown is a lesson in execution over invention — a cover-based arcade shooter built like a lost Contra sequel directed by John Carpenter. It's short...Great8.4
Tropico 6
Simulation gameTropico 6 is a mechanically generous city builder — an archipelago-spanning dictator sim with real political teeth and a wicked sense of humor. It's h...Good7.1Wildfire
Indie gameWildfire takes the systemic pyromania of Far Cry 2, compresses it into two dimensions, and builds an entire stealth-platformer around it. It's occasio...Good7.4Toree 3D
Action gameToree 3D is roughly 40 minutes of tight, speed-obsessed platforming for a dollar, built around game feel most full-priced releases never find. A solid...Good7.3Barony
Action gameBarony is a gleefully hostile throwback that fuses Ultima Underworld's cryptic depth with couch co-op chaos — and a decade of free updates has made it...Good7.4Hitman: World of Assassination
Action gameNearly a decade of the finest sandbox stealth ever made, bundled into one package and playable on everything from a gaming rig to an iPhone. The alway...Outstanding9.4Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Adventure gameA music curator's debut game is remarkably polished. Sheepy delivers an atmospherically confident hour of platforming — free on Steam, with a Switch v...Great8.1Timespinner
Action gameTimespinner is a faithful Symphony of the Night homage with a genuinely affecting story and a time-stop mechanic with real teeth — but it's short, eas...Mixed6.5No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Adventure gameSomi's two-to-three-hour testimony puzzle is one of the most honest detective games in years — it hands you 54 scrambled fragments of a cold case and ...Great8.5Parking Garage Rally Circuit
Action gameWalaber Entertainment's $9.99 drift machine pairs sharp, readable arcade handling with a 1998 Saturn aesthetic that's a genuine design choice rather t...Good7.9Freshly Frosted
Puzzle gameFreshly Frosted takes the automation genre's spreadsheet-brain appeal, strips out every ounce of stress, and frosts what's left in pastel. It's short ...Good7.3Blazing Chrome
Action gameJoyMasher didn't just imitate Contra III — it reverse-engineered why that game felt so good and rebuilt the machine with modern precision. The short r...Good7.6Cyber Shadow
Action gameCyber Shadow is a carefully built NES-style ninja platformer from a solo developer, with superb sprite work and a sharp difficulty curve — and a check...Good7.2Blue Fire
Action gameBlue Fire's movement system is genuinely special, but a punishing camera, shallow combat, and a rough opening make it hard to recommend to most people...Mixed6.4The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Adventure gameA monstrously large, genuinely strange visual novel with a competent tactics game bolted to its side — and a rare case where "100 endings" is a struct...Good7.8Fantasian Neo Dimension
RPG gameHironobu Sakaguchi built a world of hand-crafted dioramas and then buried it inside Apple Arcade for three years. Neo Dimension is the rescue miss...Good7.3Lost in Random
Action gameLost in Random's dice-gated card combat is one of the more inventive systems of its generation, but the game runs out of enemy variety and deck depth ...Mixed6.4
