Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 4
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 169
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
Wylde Flowers
Adventure gameWylde Flowers is a cozy sim that treats its story as the main crop, not the fertilizer. The farming is thinner than genre royalty, but a fully voice-a...Good7.4Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Simulation gameA sharp, uncomfortable little machine that turns players into the exact kind of person they'd cross the street to avoid. Its surveillance loop is comp...Good7.6Autonauts
Simulation gameAutonauts turns complex systems engineering into a charming, stress-free sandbox built around visual programming. It's a solid, clever design, though ...Good7.3Buddy Simulator 1984
Adventure gameBuddy Simulator 1984 is a clever, manipulative psychological horror experience that weaponizes retro nostalgia and a simulated operating system to bui...Good7.6FAR: Lone Sails
Action gameFAR: Lone Sails is a beautifully paced, atmospheric journey that turns the potentially tedious chore of vehicle maintenance into something intimate an...Good7.6Roots of Pacha
RPG gameRoots of Pacha strips away the hyper-individualistic grind of traditional farming simulators, replacing it with a smart, cooperative prehistoric commu...Great8.4Elasto Mania
Racing gameElasto Mania Remastered preserves a cult physics classic with admirable fidelity, but its refusal to accommodate newcomers, dated presentation, and po...Mixed5.9Prison Architect
Simulation gameA chillingly precise simulation that turns the grim logistics of mass incarceration into a compulsively playable, systems-driven strategy game — clear...Great8.6
while True: learn()
Simulation appLuden.io's while True: learn() turns the intimidating math of neural networks into a charming, node-based logic puzzle that proves machine learnin...Good7.3Minami Lane
Simulation gameMinami Lane is a smart, focused take on the cozy management sim, trading scale for polish and delivering a Japanese-inspired street-building experienc...Good7.9Tavern Talk
Adventure gameTavern Talk is a clever subversion of the fantasy epic that swaps sword-swinging for social engineering, delivering a narrative loop that's as engagin...Great8.1Little Kitty, Big City
Adventure gameA charming, tightly scoped cat simulator that swaps combat for the simple, kinetic joy of knocking flowerpots off ledges. Solid and likeable, but brie...Good7.6The Operator
Adventure gameThe Operator is a sharp exercise in narrative skeuomorphism, turning the mundane reality of a workstation into a claustrophobic theater of forensic de...Good7.8Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Food & Drink gameTapBlaze's culinary sim strips away the stress of the service industry, leaving behind a meditative, hand-drawn loop that is as addictive as it is cha...Great8.1Sticky Business
Simulation gameSticky Business strips away the stress of entrepreneurship and leaves behind a pure, meditative loop of design and delivery. It earns a clear recommen...Great8.1Wobbledogs
Simulation gameWobbledogs is a clever, slightly cursed subversion of the pet simulator that swaps sterile perfection for physics-defying mutation. It's easy to recom...Great8.3Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
RPG gameA sharp, well-tuned blend of rhythm and resource management that proves the Touhou universe is capable of far more than dodging projectiles. A decepti...Great8.3Platform 8
Adventure gameA claustrophobic, high-tension refinement of the anomaly-hunting subgenre that proves the mundane can be more unsettling than the monstrous — recommen...Great8.0Wayward Strand
Adventure gameGhost Pattern's airborne hospital drama swaps high-stakes action for radical empathy, delivering a solid but stubbornly slow-burn narrative experiment...Good7.2The Wandering Village
Simulation gameThe Wandering Village is a striking survival builder that pivots the genre away from static expansion toward a precarious, living symbiosis. It's an e...Good7.5I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
RPG gameNorthway Games has built a devastatingly effective machine for empathy, transforming the abstract concept of "experience" into a tactile, high-stakes ...Great8.9Mind Scanners
Adventure gameMind Scanners is a harrowing, skeuomorphic descent into state-mandated psychiatry that forces a choice between a daughter's freedom and patients' sani...Good7.5Death and Taxes
Adventure gameA biting, sharply rendered critique of corporate compliance that frames the afterlife as just another office job—and your choices as weightier than yo...Good7.4Dungeon Clawler
Action gameDungeon Clawler turns the most dangerous weapon in a dungeon into a poorly calibrated metal claw and a bad case of physics. It's a clever, genuinely f...Great8.5
