Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 18
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
Batman: Arkham City
Action gameMore than a decade on, Rocksteady's open-world Gotham remains the measure for what a licensed game can be — a brawler with real teeth, a stealth sandb...Outstanding9.4A Plague Tale: Requiem
Action gameAsobo Studio's follow-up to Innocence is a striking, emotionally ambitious piece of interactive theater that doesn't always live up to its own ideas...Good7.5Death Road to Canada
Action gameA savage, hilarious, endlessly replayable roguelike that turns permadeath into a punchline and a punishment in equal measure. Rough edges and brutal R...Good7.7Broken Age
Adventure gameDouble Fine's crowdfunded passion project is one of the most gorgeous point-and-click adventures ever animated, buoyed by a razor-sharp voice cast and...Mixed6.5Tomb of the Mask
Action gameA ruthlessly efficient arcade climber that turns a single swipe into a compulsion loop few mobile games can match. On Switch it's a tidy, ad-free pack...Good7.1Broforce
Action gameBroforce is a gleeful, self-aware ode to '80s action cinema built on a genuinely impressive destructible sandbox — a chaotic, co-op-first blast whose ...Good7.7Star Renegades
Action gameA gorgeous, brutally tactical RPG whose enemies actually remember you — Star Renegades pairs one of the smartest combat systems in the genre with a gr...Good7.2Ball x Pit
Action gameBall x Pit fuses Breakout, Vampire Survivors and a city-builder into a roguelite with real skill expression and a deep build-crafting hook. A grindy l...Great8.2
Herdling
Adventure gameOkomotive trades the sci-fi melancholy of FAR for windswept mountaintops and a herd of fuzzy companions, delivering a wordless, achingly pretty pilg...Good7.4Megaquarium
Simulation gameA brainy, unhurried aquarium builder that trades the usual tycoon frenzy for genuine systems mastery — rewarding for a good stretch, but a little too ...Good7.1The 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...Good7.2Ghost 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...Mixed6.7Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Simulation gameA sharp, well-observed 90-minute story about growing up that trades puzzles and combat for unusually believable dialogue. If "wandering and reading" c...Good7.4
