Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 40
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
Citizen Sleeper
Adventure gameCitizen Sleeper's narrative design works because it uses the elegant pressure of a tabletop RPG to tell a powerful, deeply human story about survival ...Outstanding9.1The Forgotten City
Adventure gameThe Forgotten City has grown well beyond its origins as a mod, with a script and moral dilemmas so sharp that talking your way through the city proves...Outstanding9.2Nier: Automata
Action gameNieR: Automata is a brutal, elegant, and unforgettable meditation on existence, wrapped in one of the most inventive action RPG frameworks ever built....Outstanding9.5Thumper
Action gameThumper is a grueling, hypnotic, and masterfully executed descent into aural and visual chaos — one of the very best games in its category. It's an es...Outstanding9.5Firewatch
Adventure gameFirewatch is a well-crafted narrative game built on sharp writing and a genuinely resonant central relationship. Its painterly world and strong voice ...Good7.6Unpacking
Simulation gameUnpacking is a quietly brilliant piece of design, using the mundane act of organizing a home to tell a deeply human story of growth, change, and the t...Great8.7PowerWash Simulator
Simulation gamePowerWash Simulator turns mundane labor into a digital meditation, and its core loop is genuinely satisfying — but the repetition wears thin, the Swit...Mixed6.7Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Adventure gameChicory: A Colorful Tale masterfully uses a simple coloring-book mechanic to tell one of the most resonant stories about creativity and mental health ...Outstanding9.2
Dave the Diver
Adventure gameDave the Diver fuses two entirely different games into a single, cohesive, and utterly addictive experience that defies expectations. It's a brilliant...Outstanding9.2Loop Hero
RPG gameLoop Hero is a cleverly subversive RPG that finds real strength in restraint, turning the genre on its head by making you the architect of the hero's ...Great8.4Inscryption
Adventure gameInscryption fuses psychological horror with genre-bending design, a game that plays its players with the same ruthless ingenuity they use to play its ...Outstanding9.5VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Adventure gameVA-11 Hall-A swaps cyberpunk's usual high-octane action for a bar towel and a shaker, delivering a poignant, sharply written narrative experience. It'...Great8.2Katana ZERO
Action gameKatana ZERO is a tightly-wound clockwork of death and discovery — a neo-noir action-puzzle hybrid whose only real flaw is that it ends too soon. We re...Great8.7A Short Hike
Adventure game"A Short Hike" proves how much minimalist game design can accomplish, showing that a compelling experience doesn't require high stakes, sprawling maps...Outstanding9.5Factorio
Simulation gameFactorio is a masterpiece of logistical puzzles and automation, a brutally elegant system that will consume your nights and rewire your brain. It's no...Outstanding9.6Hades
Action gameHades is superbly designed, blending a fiendishly addictive combat loop with narrative and character depth most AAA games can only dream of. It sets a...Outstanding9.7Stumble Guys
Action gameA free, cross-platform party royale built on a borrowed formula, Stumble Guys gets the basics right but leans on luck and pushy monetization; it is ha...Mixed6.5Celeste
Action gameCeleste weaves a profoundly human story about mental health into a pixel-perfect, brutally challenging platformer, and its fusion of the two is what m...Outstanding9.7Subnautica
Adventure gameSubnautica builds its atmospheric design and narrative progression around psychological tension rather than difficulty, creating one of the most engro...Outstanding9.2Return of the Obra Dinn
Adventure gameReturn of the Obra Dinn is a singular, demanding, and utterly brilliant piece of detective work that trusts its player completely. It's an unforgettab...Outstanding9.6Hollow Knight
Action gameHollow Knight is a pilgrimage into a beautifully broken world. It is the definitive modern Metroidvania, a harrowing, unforgettable experience that se...Outstanding9.6Outer Wilds
Action gameOuter Wilds is a profound, melancholy, and masterfully constructed mystery box — one of the very best of its kind. It trusts the player's intelligence...Outstanding9.6Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
RPG gameDisco Elysium remains the high-water mark for narrative role-playing, and The Final Cut is the definitive way to experience it. Its comprehensive voic...Outstanding9.6Little Inferno
Adventure gameLittle Inferno is a beautiful, unsettling satire of consumer culture, but its deliberately hollow loop and short runtime make it hard to recommend f...Mixed6.5
