Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 18
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
Invisible, Inc.
Action gameA sharp, deterministic take on tactical stealth that trades dice rolls for information-driven tension. A thinking person's heist simulator that comes ...Great8.7Antonblast
Action gameAntonblast is a study in kinetic momentum, stripping the mascot platformer of its politeness and replacing it with a sledgehammer and a gallon of high...Great8.7Symphonia
Action gameSymphonia is a mechanically rigorous, visually striking precision platformer that trades traditional combat for a sophisticated, instrument-based move...Good7.9Across the Obelisk
Adventure gameA dense, ambitious take on the party-based deck-builder that turns a solitary genre into a long-form cooperative project. It is deep and rewarding, bu...Good7.6Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Adventure gameA razor-sharp, subversion-heavy visual novel that weaponizes genre tropes and system settings to deliver one of the most inventive supernatural myster...Great8.8Taiji
Adventure gameA sharp, confident evolution of the "witness-like" puzzle genre that replaces heavy-handed tutorials with pure epiphany. It is one of the most rewardi...Great8.4Conscript
Action gameConscript is a harrowing, tightly executed descent into the trenches that proves historical reality can be far more terrifying than any supernatural e...Great8.7Pools
Adventure gameTensori's POOLS is an atmospheric exercise in minimalism that argues the scariest thing in the dark isn't a monster, but the clinical indifference...Good7.2
Cloudpunk
Adventure gameA moody, narrative-first courier game that trades combat for atmosphere and mostly delivers — provided you meet it on the right platform and at the ri...Good7.2Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Action gameEpistory - Typing Chronicles is a genuinely inventive action-adventure that transcends the "educational" stigma of its genre, delivering a hauntingly ...Great8.3Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Adventure gameA harrowing, twenty-minute descent into the static-filled mind of a girl buying groceries. Less a "game" than a stark simulation of psychological coll...Good7.6Heaven's Vault
Adventure gameHeaven's Vault treats language not as window dressing, but as the primary engine of discovery. It is a slow, meditative exercise in linguistic archaeo...Good7.7NUTS
Adventure gameA surveillance procedural that swaps gritty cityscapes for a psychedelic forest, and mostly makes watching squirrels as unsettling as it sounds. Solid...Good7.3Roadwarden
Adventure gameA hauntingly dense, text-driven RPG that proves prose and pixel art remain among the most potent tools for world-building in the genre. It demands pat...Great8.8Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Action gameBy stripping away the most fundamental mechanic in gaming—the ability to walk—Dandara forces a total cognitive rewire, and the result is one of the mo...Great8.2Abzû
Adventure gameAbzû is a quietly confident piece of atmospheric storytelling that prioritizes emotional resonance over mechanical complexity. It isn't a game you pla...Good7.6Vagante
Action gameVagante is a punishing, deeply systems-driven roguelike that trades Spelunky's slapstick chaos for a gritty, loot-heavy descent into darkness. It is a...Great8.0A Hat in Time
Adventure gameA Hat in Time is a mechanically dense, fiercely inventive revival of the 3D collectathon—clearly recommended, with real reservations around its camera...Great8.7Solar Ash
Action gameSolar Ash is a stylish, momentum-driven action-platformer whose exhilarating traversal is undercut by a repetitive structure and shallow combat. Solid...Good7.2Webbed
Action gameSbug Games has built a physics platformer where the movement feels like a natural extension of intent rather than a struggle against a cursor. It is a...Great8.7Telling Lies
Adventure gameAn ambitious, prestige-tier expansion of the FMV genre that proves more data isn't always better for the detective's soul, though its mechanical stubb...Good7.2Paper Trail
Adventure gamePaper Trail turns spatial reasoning into a tactile delight, and its folding mechanic is a genuinely fresh idea in the puzzle genre — held back from a ...Great8.4Minishoot' Adventure
Action gameMinishoot' Adventure is a superb genre-bender, stripping away the bloat of modern gaming to deliver a pure, high-octane marriage of Zelda-style explor...Great8.7SANABI
Action gameSANABI is a standout indie platformer that marries the punishing precision of a hardcore action game with a narrative that carries real emotional weig...Great8.9
