Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 23
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
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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
The Red Strings Club
Adventure gameThe Red Strings Club is a standout in narrative design, using clever gameplay mechanics as a vessel for a powerful, intimate story about what it means...Great8.9Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Adventure gameOrwell turns the player into a cog in the surveillance state, delivering a chilling interactive narrative that interrogates the nature of truth in the...Great8.5Spiritfarer
Adventure gameSpiritfarer wraps a competent resource-management game around a profound, unflinching narrative about death. It's a beautiful, poignant journey with r...Great8.7FRACTER
Adventure gameA striking monochrome puzzler whose light-and-shadow mechanics are sharper than the story wrapped around them. At $6.99 it's a handsome curiosity, but...Mixed6.1OneShot
Adventure gameOneShot reaches out of its game window and makes the person at the keyboard a character in the story. Some of its puzzles are clumsy and the pace drag...Great8.5The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Adventure gameThe Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a long-overdue localization, and its tightly woven two-game story ranks among the very best the franchise has to ...Outstanding9.4The Longing
Adventure gameThe Longing is a fascinating, maddening experiment that weaponizes boredom to ask real questions about time, purpose, and loneliness. It's less a game...Good7.3Sunless Sea
Adventure gameSunless Sea is a superb work of interactive fiction and atmospheric horror, yoked to a serviceable but underwhelming combat system. It's a richly rewa...Great8.1
OMORI
Adventure gameOMORI is not the charming indie RPG it pretends to be. It's a devastating, unflinching exploration of trauma, dressed in the deceptively comforting cl...Great8.7Strange Horticulture
Adventure gameStrange Horticulture pairs methodical puzzle gameplay with a quietly unnerving narrative, and the result is a distinctive, engrossing indie title that...Great8.5Moncage
Adventure gameMoncage is a cleverly conceived puzzle box that delivers genuinely satisfying 'aha!' moments, even when its central mechanic turns opaque. Solid but u...Good7.9Thronefall
Action gameThronefall is a sharp exercise in reductionism, stripping the strategy and tower defense genres down to their diamond-hard core. What remains is a hig...Great8.4Minit
Adventure gameMinit turns a 60-second lifespan into a sharp, focused gameplay loop that stands out in an industry of bloat. We recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone...Great8.3In Other Waters
Adventure gameIn Other Waters is a bold, intelligent piece of interactive speculative fiction that trades graphical fidelity for the power of the player's imagina...Great8.4The Past Within
Adventure gameThe Past Within is a cleverly designed cooperative puzzle game built on information asymmetry, forcing genuine, often frantic, human connection to sol...Good7.6What the Golf?
Action gameWhat the Golf? is less a game about golf and more a brilliantly executed, interactive cartoon that uses the sport as a jumping-off point for a relentl...Outstanding9.1Carrion
Action gameCarrion delivers a satisfying power fantasy, putting you in the sinewy tentacles of the monster. Its core loop is a strong piece of visceral design, b...Good7.2A Monster's Expedition
Adventure gameA Monster's Expedition builds enormous depth from one simple log-rolling rule, and it is one of the very best puzzle games of its era. Its simple log-...Outstanding9.0The Pedestrian
Adventure gameThe Pedestrian takes a simple, universal symbol and builds one of the more inventive puzzle-platformers in recent memory around it, challenging player...Great8.3Control
Action gameControl is a confident, high-concept achievement in world-building and combat design. Remedy Entertainment has crafted a genuinely singular experience...Great8.3Kentucky Route Zero
Adventure gameKentucky Route Zero is a quietly remarkable work of interactive storytelling — a slow, poetic, deeply melancholic journey that is less a game to be wo...Great8.7Manifold Garden
Adventure gameManifold Garden is a striking architectural puzzler that rewires your understanding of space. It's a rare fusion of art and logic, even if its core lo...Great8.7The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Adventure gameThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a surgically precise and hilariously subversive critique of video games themselves. It's the definitive version o...Outstanding9.5Viewfinder
Adventure gameViewfinder is a puzzle game built on a genuinely audacious idea, executed with impressive polish. Its thin narrative and brief runtime are real reserv...Great8.2
