Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 2
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 73
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
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Adventure gameSilver Lining Studio's painted vignette is an emotionally efficient game — it earns its ending honestly, and the ending lands. Go in knowing you're bu...Good7.1LEGO 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...Mixed6.5inbento
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...Good7.9Rytmos
Music gameRytmos turns maze-solving into music-making with a clarity few rhythm hybrids manage, and its world-music curriculum is enriching. A shaky iOS port an...Good7.4Railbound
Puzzle gameRailbound is one of the most elegantly designed puzzle games of recent years — a track-routing brainteaser that's cozy on the surface and quietly ruth...Great8.3Storyteller
Adventure gameA clever narrative puzzle box that turns story logic into a drag-and-drop toy — worth $14.99 for puzzle players who want a mechanic they haven't seen ...Good7.6Is This Seat Taken?
Puzzle gameA featherlight logic puzzler that hides a real emotional payload behind its minimalist charm. It's short, it's gentle, and it never raises its voice —...Good7.4
Where Cards Fall
Adventure gameA gorgeous, wordless meditation on growing up that turns card-stacking into genuine emotion—but its puzzles are so forgiving they rarely earn the "puz...Mixed6.6Broken 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...Mixed6.5The 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...Good7.6The Big Con
Adventure gameA charming, big-hearted throwback that leans on comedy and warmth more than mechanics — short, funny, and touching, so long as expectations don't incl...Good7.0Old Man's Journey
Adventure gameA wordless, hand-painted meditation on regret and reconciliation that lands like a short story — affecting, if slight. The puzzles rarely push back, s...Good7.4Type:Rider
Action appType:Rider is a beautiful, atmospheric history lesson—a striking platformer whose floaty physics never quite live up to the strength of its concept. W...Good7.1A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
Puzzle gameDraknek has smuggled a genuinely fiendish Sokoban into a game that looks like a greeting card, and the disguise is the point. It's a solid, well-craft...Good7.9Silt
Adventure gameSilt is a gorgeous nightmare — a monochrome plunge into the deep that nails atmosphere and dread better than almost anything in its genre, but floaty ...Mixed6.6Yuppie Psycho
Adventure gameA surreal survival-horror with a sharp satirical streak that turns corporate dread into genuine tension, held back by a save system that punishes curi...Good7.77 Days to End with You
Adventure gameA puzzle game that turns translation itself into an emotional gut-punch — clever, brief, and held back by its own repetition. Worth a look for the rig...Good7.7Framed
Adventure gameLoveshack Entertainment turned the humble comic panel into a control scheme, and the result is a striking, brief puzzle game that's easy to admire and...Good7.9Train Valley 2
Adventure gameTrain Valley 2 trades its predecessor's frantic crash-avoidance for the quiet, obsessive pleasure of building a logistics machine that hums. It's a pu...Good7.8Holedown
Action gameA ruthlessly polished brick-breaker that trades the genre's mindless tapping for genuine geometry, Holedown is a satisfying premium puzzle game—short ...Great8.1Golf Peaks
Puzzle gameGolf Peaks strips golf down to a deck of cards and a grid, and the result is a calm, clever puzzler with a clear identity. It's short and occasionally...Good7.6Slayaway Camp
Puzzle gameA Sokoban puzzler wearing a rubber Halloween mask, Slayaway Camp smuggles genuinely brutal spatial-reasoning challenges inside a gleefully tasteless...Good7.5Cosmic Express
Puzzle gameCosmic Express hides a brutally challenging, beautifully constructed logical puzzle under an adorable low-poly coat of paint. It is a sharp, uncomprom...Great8.3
