Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 39
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
A 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...Great8.7Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Board gameAn ingenious, high-tension party game that forgoes graphical horsepower to create one of the purest, most chaotic, and hilarious tests of communicatio...Great8.5Patrick's Parabox
Strategy gamePatrick's Parabox is a landmark achievement in logical design that fundamentally rewires one's understanding of spatial reasoning. It's a game so sing...Outstanding9.6The 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...Outstanding9.5
Viewfinder
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...Great8.2Sea of Stars
Adventure gameSea of Stars is a carefully built RPG that polishes the 16-bit formula to a fine shine. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but its execution is strong eno...Great8.2Dredge
Adventure gameDredge combines the tranquil repetition of a fishing simulator with a creeping, Lovecraftian horror that proves deeply unsettling and compelling. It's...Great8.8COCOON
Adventure gameCOCOON is a cerebral, elegantly designed puzzle adventure that folds reality in on itself. It's short, and that restraint is part of what makes it so ...Great8.7Pentiment
Adventure gameObsidian Entertainment's Pentiment is a superb piece of narrative design, a slow-burn historical thriller that trades the sword for the pen and demons...Great8.880 Days
Adventure game80 Days transforms a classic novel into interactive storytelling of rare depth, where every choice carves a unique and unforgettable path around a stu...Outstanding9.1Spelunky 2
Action gameSpelunky 2 doesn't just expand on its legendary predecessor; it deepens the abyss, weighing risk against reward through procedurally generated punishm...Outstanding9.7CrossCode
Action gameCrossCode's design is sharp and deliberate, wrapping a poignant narrative inside a fictional MMO that sports some of the most satisfying combat and pu...Outstanding9.3Superliminal
Action gameSuperliminal is a clever, if brief, exploration of perception-as-gameplay and one of the more inventive puzzlers since Portal. It's a short journey ...Good7.7Slay the Princess
Adventure gameSlay the Princess is a narrative scalpel that dissects the nature of choice, trust, and reality. It stands among the very best in the visual novel gen...Outstanding9.2Eliza
Indie gameEliza is a sharp, unsettling narrative that forces a hard look at the gig economy, mental healthcare, and complicity in a tech-driven world. It's less...Great8.3WORLD OF HORROR
RPG gameWORLD OF HORROR is a striking piece of atmospheric dread, using its stark 1-bit aesthetic and roguelite structure to build a uniquely terrifying and h...Great8.1SIGNALIS
Action gameSIGNALIS is a brutalist triumph, a survival horror masterwork that weaponizes nostalgia to deliver a chilling, sorrowful meditation on memory and iden...Outstanding9.0TOEM
Adventure gameA quiet, hand-drawn photography adventure that rewards patience over spectacle, TOEM is easy to admire and over sooner than its world deserves. We rec...Good7.9Hypnospace Outlaw
Simulation gameHypnospace Outlaw is a brilliantly executed time capsule, a work of interactive archaeology that captures the chaotic, creative, and cringeworthy spir...Great8.8It Takes Two
Action gameHazelight Studios delivers a brilliant, wildly inventive, and mechanically diverse cooperative adventure that stands among the very best of its genre,...Outstanding9.2
