Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 27
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
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Action gameA kinetic Rube Goldberg machine of a puzzle game that shows Shu Takumi's narrative wit and inventive mechanics have aged remarkably well. Highly recom...Great8.7Smushi Come Home
Adventure gameSmushi Come Home is a strong entry in the "tiny-open-world" subgenre, offering mechanically satisfying and educationally rich exploration that respect...Great8.2Star of Providence
Action gameA surgically precise fusion of bullet-hell intensity and roguelike progression that demands mastery and rewards it. A clear recommendation for action ...Great8.8Lumines Remastered
Action gameLumines Remastered is a superbly preserved, sensory-driven puzzle design whose core loop remains as addictive as it was on the PSP in 2004. The lack o...Great8.8Genesis Noir
Adventure gameGenesis Noir is an audaciously weird, visually striking jazz-club fever dream that trades traditional puzzle logic for tactile surrealism — narrativ...Good7.6The Wandering Village
Simulation gameThe Wandering Village is a striking survival builder that pivots the genre away from static expansion toward a precarious, living symbiosis. It's an e...Good7.5I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
RPG gameNorthway Games has built a devastatingly effective machine for empathy, transforming the abstract concept of "experience" into a tactile, high-stakes ...Great8.9Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Adventure gameA daring, genre-blending work that explores the friction between 3D scale and 2D intimacy. It's a haunting meditation on connection that refuses to pl...Great8.7
Understand
Casual gameUnderstand is a demanding exercise in inductive reasoning that strips away every layer of comfort to expose raw logic. It is rewarding for the right a...Good7.3Snakebird
Puzzle gameDon't let the primary colors and chirping birds fool you; Snakebird is a punishing, brilliantly designed logic engine that will leave your brain bruis...Outstanding9.0Jet Lancer
Action gameJet Lancer is a sharp, kinetic arcade shooter that strips the flight sim down to momentum and adrenaline, backed by a surprisingly witty story. At $2....Great8.8Yoku's Island Express
Adventure gameYoku's Island Express fuses pinball and Metroidvania design so naturally that it proves the formula still has room for radical, joyous reinvention. It...Outstanding9.3OlliOlli World
Action gameRoll7 has successfully pivoted from brutalist pixel-art precision to a lush, hand-drawn "flow state" that makes skateboarding feel like a playable Sat...Great8.9Mind Scanners
Adventure gameMind Scanners is a harrowing, skeuomorphic descent into state-mandated psychiatry that forces a choice between a daughter's freedom and patients' sani...Good7.5Lorn's Lure
Action gameA striking exercise in atmospheric verticality that respects the player's intelligence by refusing to hold their hand through its gargantuan, industri...Great8.2Death and Taxes
Adventure gameA biting, sharply rendered critique of corporate compliance that frames the afterlife as just another office job—and your choices as weightier than yo...Good7.4Suzerain
Adventure gameSuzerain is a sharp, demanding political drama that treats power as a chain rather than a fantasy—a punishing simulation of governance and the comprom...Great8.7BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
Action gameBPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE is a brutal, syncopated descent into a heavy metal bullet hell that demands rhythmic perfection or grants a swift death. It's ...Good7.5Cave Story+
Action gameCave Story+ is a retro-inspired platformer that shaped the modern indie era, pairing tight mechanics with emotional storytelling that puts most big-bu...Outstanding9.1Hotline Miami
Action gameHotline Miami is a high-octane assault on the senses that demands surgical precision and rewards obsessive repetition — one of the very best in its ge...Outstanding9.5Finding Paradise
Adventure gameFinding Paradise is a surgical examination of a life half-lived, trading traditional RPG mechanics for an emotional resonance that most big-budget tit...Great8.8Super Meat Boy
Indie gameSuper Meat Boy is a brutal, uncompromising love letter to the 8-bit era that succeeds because it values your time as much as it tests your reflexes. I...Outstanding9.4Stray Children
Action gameStray Children is a haunting, psychological mirror that makes traditional level-grinding feel hollow; it is less a game and more a serious interrogati...Great8.7Despelote
Adventure gameDespelote is a quietly remarkable piece of hyper-specific cultural storytelling, using a soccer ball as a tactile anchor to recreate the ephemeral mag...Great8.7
