Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 4
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 415
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
The Falconeer
Action gameThe Falconeer's flight model and world are the work of real authorial confidence, but the missions wrapped around them are filler, and the story burie...Mixed6.4Vectronom
Action gameVectronom is a rhythm game that doesn't ask you to press buttons in time with music — it rebuilds the entire world around the metronome and dares you ...Good7.4Sonic Mania
Action gameFew revivals land this cleanly: Sonic Mania hands classic Sonic back to the people who spent two decades reverse-engineering why those games worked, a...Great8.0Unrailed!
Action gameUnrailed! takes the one-tool-per-job cruelty of Overcooked and welds it to a train that never stops. With three friends on a couch it's a sharp coop...Good7.3Moving Out
Action gameMoving Out has a great slapstick premise and the best Assist Mode in its genre, but a short campaign, a hollow solo mode, and no online play cap who...Mixed6.5Journey to the Savage Planet
Action gameA gorgeous, funny, tightly-built first-person Metroidvania undermined by shallow combat, relentless joke density, and late-game padding — hard to reco...Mixed6.4Trine 2: Complete Story
Action gameTrine 2: Complete Story remains one of the better-looking 2D games of its era, and its physics sandbox still rewards improvisation in a way most puzzl...Good7.7Rayman Legends
Action gameMore than a decade after its September 2013 release, Rayman Legends remains one of the most generous and joyfully designed 2D platformers on Steam or ...Great8.8
Bloodroots
Action gamePaper Cult built a combat system where a carrot, a ladder, and a plasma rifle are all equally valid murder implements, and the design mostly works — r...Good7.3Dungeon Munchies
Action gameA cooking-based progression system gives this side-scrolling action RPG a real idea to build around, even if clumsy platforming and a rushed final act...Good7.8Wolfstride
Action gameA striking monochrome mecha RPG whose art, score and writing outclass its thin exploration and grindy mid-game, and whose mobile versions are compromi...Mixed6.6Valfaris
Action gameA savagely confident run-and-gun with striking pixel art and a checkpoint system designed to make you sweat. Valfaris is short, mean, and often excell...Good7.5Just Shapes & Beats
Action gameBerzerk Studio stripped a bullet hell down to a single verb — dodge — and discovered that removing the gun made the music louder. It's a short, punish...Great8.5Drainus
Action gameTeam Ladybug took the most punishing genre in gaming and rebuilt its incentive structure around greed instead of fear — and the result is one of the m...Good7.7Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets
Action gameA charming three-button rhythm game with a strong original soundtrack and a joke-a-minute script that runs out of road right when it gets going. Worth...Good7.0Descenders
Action gameRageSquid built a physics model strong enough to carry an entire genre experiment, and the result is a genuinely demanding skill curve in action sport...Good7.5Trek to Yomi
Action gameTrek to Yomi is one of the most beautiful things ever built in a game engine and one of the least interesting things to actually play. It's a five-hou...Mixed5.9Cavern of Dreams
Action gameCavern of Dreams is a $12.99 love letter to Banjo-Kazooie and Spyro that understands why those games worked, not just how they looked. A wobbly came...Good7.4Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Action gameAce Combat 7: Skies Unknown is a solid, often inspired arcade flight combat game built around clouds that actually matter. A muddled story and thin mu...Good7.3Huntdown
Action gameHuntdown is a lesson in execution over invention — a cover-based arcade shooter built like a lost Contra sequel directed by John Carpenter. It's short...Great8.4Toree 3D
Action gameToree 3D is roughly 40 minutes of tight, speed-obsessed platforming for a dollar, built around game feel most full-priced releases never find. A solid...Good7.3Barony
Action gameBarony is a gleefully hostile throwback that fuses Ultima Underworld's cryptic depth with couch co-op chaos — and a decade of free updates has made it...Good7.4Hitman: World of Assassination
Action gameNearly a decade of the finest sandbox stealth ever made, bundled into one package and playable on everything from a gaming rig to an iPhone. The alway...Outstanding9.4Timespinner
Action gameTimespinner is a faithful Symphony of the Night homage with a genuinely affecting story and a time-stop mechanic with real teeth — but it's short, eas...Mixed6.5
