Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 16
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
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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
Heroes of Hammerwatch
Action gameHeroes of Hammerwatch takes the arcade bones of Gauntlet and grafts on a rogue-lite meta-progression system designed to respect your time, producing a...Good7.4Wizard of Legend
Action gameWizard of Legend strips the roguelike down to pure kinetic combat — dash, cast, chain, repeat — and the result is a genuinely well-built action loop, ...Good7.3The Jackbox Party Pack
Family gameThe original Jackbox Party Pack solved a problem the industry had ignored for decades — getting non-gamers to play — with one brilliant stroke: a brow...Mixed6.9LEGO Builder's Journey
Adventure gameA gorgeous, wordless meditation on play and parenthood that treats LEGO bricks with more reverence than any licensed blockbuster — but at $19.99 for r...Mixed6.5PlateUp!
Action gamePlateUp! takes the Overcooked formula, bolts on a roguelite spine and a genuinely deep automation sandbox, and ends up as one of the smartest co-op co...Great8.3Desta: The Memories Between
Action gameustwo's tactics-roguelite about grief is one of the most emotionally honest games in the genre, wrapped around a physics-based dodgeball system that's...Mixed6.7I Am Dead
Adventure gameA gentle, gorgeously illustrated meditation on death and memory whose inventive slicing mechanic is undercut by shallow puzzles and fiddly collectible...Mixed6.8SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Adventure gameImage & Form's card-battling RPG is a genre hybrid where both halves pull their weight — a genuinely deep combat system wrapped in a handsome, funny s...Good7.4
Ring of Pain
Strategy gameRing of Pain takes one structural idea — the dungeon as a rotating ring of cards — and builds a tense, mechanically rigorous roguelike around it. RNG ...Good7.6Escape Academy
Adventure gameEscape Academy is a video game adaptation of a physical hobby that understands why people love the original. Its rooms are clever and its co-op is a...Good7.2Bury Me, My Love
Adventure gameA wrenching, formally ambitious text-message drama about the Syrian refugee crisis that turns the phone's most familiar interface against complacency....Good7.4Happy Game
Adventure gameAmanita Design weaponizes its own cuteness in a brief nightmare that's more art installation than puzzle box. It's short, it's simple, and it's the ki...Good7.0Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
NintendoYears after its Wii U debut, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the most polished, complete, and mechanically honest kart racer ever shipped. It's among the ...Outstanding9.4Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
RPG gameA solo-developed, Earthbound-descended RPG that hides one of the genre's most devastating emotional payloads behind goofy jokes and an inventive trans...Great8.2Rakuen
Laura ShigiharaRakuen is a quietly remarkable narrative adventure disguised as a humble RPG Maker game — a hospital story that trades combat for compassion and lands...Great8.3RiME
Adventure gameRiME is a gorgeous, gentle puzzle adventure whose final hour recontextualizes everything before it — a trick few games attempt and fewer land. The puz...Good7.1Snake Pass
Adventure gameSnake Pass is a 3D platformer with a genuinely original locomotion idea, but a flawed camera, a brief campaign, and controls that filter out a large s...Mixed6.7Outlanders
Simulation gamePomelo Games has built one of the more approachable strategy games around — a mission-based town builder where letting go of control is the whole poin...Good7.2Battle Chef Brigade
Action gameBattle Chef Brigade fuses brawler combat and match-three puzzling into a cooking-tournament loop that, against the odds, holds together. A short campa...Good7.5inbento
Puzzle gameinbento is a charming, gently clever puzzle game with a genuinely affecting wordless story — but it ends too soon, and its mobile version is now locke...Good7.4Pilgrims
Adventure gamePilgrims compresses Amanita Design's years of hand-drawn whimsy into a brief, card-driven adventure that respects experimentation over correctness. It...Good7.9Potionomics
RPG gamePotionomics smuggles a genuinely sharp deck-builder inside a pastel shopkeeping fantasy, and the Masterwork Edition sands off the original's most puni...Good7.4Expelled!
Adventure gameinkle has bottled the chaos of a living, gossiping social simulation into taut 40-minute runs — and the result is one of the smartest detective games ...Great8.2Lost Ember
Action gameLost Ember is a handsome, gentle five-hour meditation on loss and loyalty whose body-hopping mechanic is more sightseeing gimmick than systemic depth....Mixed6.3
