Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 11
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 610
Top rated on Nintendo Switch
- 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
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Action gameEvil Empire took the DNA that made Dead Cells sing and grafted it onto a Persian myth, and the result is a genuinely kinetic roguelite—even if its Ear...Good7.2Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Adventure gameA sharper, riskier, more ambitious sequel that trades the cozy fatalism of the original for white-knuckle survival — and mostly earns the trade. If yo...Great8.5Highwater
Action gameHighwater is a gorgeous, sharp-witted narrative adventure with a drowned world worth drifting through—but its turn-based combat is a rowboat with one ...Mixed6.2Backbone
Adventure gameBackbone opens as one of the most atmospheric detective games in years, then throws its own genre out the window—leaving a gorgeous, melancholy walk t...Mixed5.8Carto
Adventure gameCarto turns cartography into its core verb, and the result is one of the more inventive puzzle ideas in recent memory—wrapped in a cozy, handsome pack...Good7.6The Gardens Between
Adventure gameA wordless, wistful puzzle-box about the moment two childhood friends realize they're growing apart. It's short, gentle, and gorgeous—and its most rad...Good7.6Röki
Adventure gameRöki is a hand-painted Nordic fairy tale that trades combat for compassion, and it works more often than not — held back by pacing that occasionally m...Good7.2Tenderfoot Tactics
Adventure gameA gorgeous, brain-bending tactics RPG where the terrain itself is your deadliest weapon and your worst enemy. Ambitious and uncompromising in equal me...Good7.2
Ghost Song
Action gameGhost Song is a gorgeous, melancholy Metroidvania that nails atmosphere and combat design but rarely surprises with an idea you haven't seen before — ...Mixed6.5Afterimage
Action gameAfterimage is a strikingly beautiful Metroidvania with design that doesn't always keep pace with its art. Aurogon Shanghai built a sprawling, mechanic...Good7.1Fortnite
Action gameFortnite stopped being a game years ago and became a platform—a chaotic, generous, occasionally exhausting entertainment machine that gives away the w...Good7.5Moonstone Island
Adventure gameA clever mash-up of Stardew Valley comfort and Slay the Spire tactics that mostly makes the fusion work—provided you play it with a controller, ac...Good7.1Bear and Breakfast
Adventure gameA disarmingly clever management sim that hides a surprisingly tangled mystery beneath its impossibly cozy fur — but a genuinely fiddly interface and a...Mixed6.7The Big Con
Adventure gameA charming, big-hearted throwback that leans on comedy and warmth more than mechanics — short, funny, and touching, so long as expectations don't incl...Good7.0Sephonie
Action gameSephonie is an emotionally ambitious platformer with genuinely excellent writing, but slippery movement, a repetitive puzzle loop, and an unreliable c...Mixed6.4Athenian Rhapsody
Adventure gameA solo-developed comedy RPG that treats every battle as a chance to reinvent itself — sometimes you fight, sometimes you draw the boss yourself. Uneve...Good7.5Haven
Adventure gameHaven is a rare thing—a game that treats an already-in-love couple as the story, not the reward. It's gorgeous, tender, and beautifully scored, but sh...Mixed6.6Eastward
Action gamePixpil's debut is a gorgeous, big-hearted love letter to 16-bit adventure games that occasionally forgets when to end a sentence — a solid, flawed adv...Good7.2One Step From Eden
Action gameA merciless collision of Slay the Spire and Mega Man Battle Network that asks you to build a deck and dodge a bullet hell at the same time — and mostl...Good7.6Nobody Saves the World
Action gameDrinkbox Studios took the one mechanic every action RPG treats as a gimmick — shapeshifting — and made it the entire load-bearing wall. The result is ...Good7.3Haiku, the Robot
Action gameA handsome, carefully tuned metroidvania that borrows its blueprint wholesale and never quite finds an argument of its own. The art and boss fights ar...Mixed6.2Supraland
Action gameOne German developer built a first-person Metroidvania that respects your intelligence more than most studio productions respect your time. The combat...Great8.2Beacon Pines
Adventure gameBeacon Pines turns branching narrative from a menu into a mechanic, and the trick works more often than not — but a short runtime and a critical path ...Good7.1Hollow Knight: Silksong
Action gameBigger, faster, and meaner than Hollow Knight, and mostly better for it — a sequel worth recommending, provided you can stomach a difficulty curve t...Great8.7
