Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 4
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
Monument Valley 3
Adventure gameustwo games finally lets Monument Valley leave the room it was built in. Sailing and reshaping architecture make this the most ambitious game in the t...Good7.5Terraformers
Asteroid LabTerraformers turns the fantasy of rebuilding Mars into a tight, turn-based strategy puzzle built to respect your time and reward planning. Runs start ...Good7.5Slipstream
ansdorSlipstream is a disciplined take on the 1980s arcade racer, with drifting and drafting mechanics that go past nostalgia. It's short on long-term goals...Good7.5Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Adventure gameOxenfree II: Lost Signals has sharp writing, a strong adult lead and a soundtrack that gets under your skin, but it sticks too closely to the origin...Good7.1Lovely Planet
quicktequilaLovely Planet looks like a toy but plays like an exam. It's a short, sharp first-person shooter and platformer where slow bullets and instant restarts...Good7.3Pinstripe
Adventure gameFor all its flaws, Pinstripe earns its keep as a short, lovely and upsetting story about a father's guilt. Most of its value sits in the art, the musi...Good7.1Hexologic
Education gameHexologic takes a familiar number-sum rule and gets real depth out of it by moving it to a hexagonal grid, and it does so with unusual restraint. It's...Good7.6Monster Prom
Simulation gameMonster Prom is a funny, well-written party game whose competitive dating-sim premise works best with friends on a couch. Its thin strategy and weak s...Good7.2
Pine Hearts
Adventure gameA short, gentle, carefully judged hike through grief. The puzzles won't challenge anyone and the structure is familiar, but the warmth and restraint i...Good7.4Hindsight
Adventure gameHindsight is a well-written small game with real limits. It is a painterly, two-to-three-hour meditation on a mother and a daughter, and its writing c...Good7.1Loretta
Adventure gameA short, controlled noir thriller that uses its branching choices to implicate the player in a marriage's collapse. The puzzles can be obtuse and a si...Good7.0Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE
Action gameRAIN CODE's murder mysteries are sharply written and enjoyably outrageous, wrapped in a game that often gets in its own way. On Switch, the frame rate...Good7.2Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Action gameHellblade takes psychosis seriously and builds its sound, puzzles and story around it. The audio design and lead performance are the reasons to play; ...Good7.7Fight'N Rage
Action gameFight'N Rage is a sharply designed beat 'em up: a three-button brawler with the depth of a fighting game and more unlockables than most full-priced re...Great8.5Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Action gameMonaco is a co-op crime caper built on one sharp idea — you can only see what your thief sees — and with a full crew that idea carries it a long way. ...Good7.5Mosaic
Adventure gameMosaic looks like one of the sharpest satires of office life and smartphone compulsion in games, and its mood is its best asset. But it is thin as a g...Mixed5.9to a T
Adventure gameto a T is a warm, funny, humane fable about living in a body the world wasn't built for — and a game too thin and too rough to recommend to most peopl...Mixed6.1Metroid Prime Remastered
Retro StudiosRetro Studios rebuilt every surface of a 2002 masterpiece and left its design alone, which was the right call because the design is the masterpiece. T...Outstanding9.3Mekorama
Puzzle gameMekorama is a smart, generous pocket puzzler that earns its recommendation: tiny rotating dioramas, honest physics, and a level editor that stretches ...Great8.5Minute of Islands
Adventure gameMinute of Islands pairs gorgeous hand-drawn art with a moving fable about duty and sacrifice, but its puzzles and platforming ask so little that the m...Mixed6.1Retro Bowl
Simulation gameRetro Bowl pairs a one-gesture passing game with a front-office sim that actually bites, and hands over both for free. Its refusal to let you play def...Good7.7Rain on Your Parade
Action gameRain on Your Parade bottles guilt-free mischief into a paper-thin cloud. It's short, occasionally uneven, and frequently funny — a schadenfreude simul...Good7.0A Fold Apart
Adventure gameA Fold Apart folds its geometry and its story into the same object, and few puzzle games make mechanic and meaning line up this cleanly. The puzzles s...Good7.2El Hijo - A Wild West Tale
Adventure gameEl Hijo – A Wild West Tale is a charming, low-stakes stealth adventure that's more affectionate pastiche than genre breakthrough — and at $19.99, it...Mixed5.9
