Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games — Page 6
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
Tunche
Action gameTunche is a gorgeous hand-drawn brawler with a killer four-player couch mode, but its roguelite scaffolding is thin, enemy variety runs out fast, and ...Mixed5.9Chroma Squad
RPG gameA wildly inventive love letter to Saturday-morning Tokusatsu that welds studio-management sim to grid tactics — brilliant in concept, but held back by...Mixed6.9Neo Cab
Adventure gameA sharp, empathetic narrative adventure that turns the emotional labor of gig work into its core mechanic. The mystery underwhelms and the ride ends t...Good7.0Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Adventure gameA landmark of narrative ambition wrapped around a traversal system that actively fights the player — the writing and voice work are among the best the...Mixed6.1Lucah: Born of a Dream
Action gameA brutal, striking action-RPG that fuses demanding combat depth with a hand-drawn nightmare about trauma and self-forgiveness. The difficulty and deli...Good7.6Coromon
Adventure gameCoromon isn't content to cosplay as a Game Boy Advance-era Pokémon clone—it interrogates the genre's oldest habits and fixes several of them. A stamin...Good7.4Rune Factory 4 Special
RPG gameA remaster that wears its 3DS origins on its sleeve, and underneath the dated polygons is a densely interconnected action-RPG and life-sim that reward...Good7.7Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Adventure gameDragonfall is the rare tactical RPG where the writing hits as hard as the shotguns. It remains one of the sharpest cyberpunk stories in the genre, hel...Great8.5
Unavowed
Adventure gameWadjet Eye Games has delivered one of the smartest point-and-click adventures in years—a party-based, choice-driven urban fantasy that treats you like...Great8.5Spirittea
Adventure gameSpirittea's spirit bathhouse fantasy and clever management loop are genuinely appealing, but thin tutorials, finicky controls, and rough UI polish hol...Mixed6.3Patapon
Action gameA faithful HD revival of two rhythm-strategy cult classics that finally addresses the latency problems of earlier ports — but a grind-heavy loop, a ba...Mixed6.5Beholder
Adventure gameA morally corrosive spy simulator that turns snooping into gut-wrenching arithmetic — oppressive, ambitious, and at times so punishing it forgets to l...Good7.1Moonlighter
Action gameDigital Sun built a game around a genuinely fresh idea—run a shop by day, raid a dungeon by night—and executed it with enough craft and charm that its...Good7.2Steve Jackson's Sorcery!
Adventure gameinkle didn't just port a stack of dusty 1980s paperbacks to your phone—it rebuilt them into one of the smartest, most quietly ambitious pieces of inte...Great8.5Crystal Project
Adventure gameA one-man love letter to Final Fantasy V that swaps hand-holding for a genuine open world, Crystal Project is an ambitious JRPG with real flaws—provid...Good7.8Roguebook
Adventure gameRoguebook takes the sacred cow of the deckbuilding genre—keep your deck small—and cheerfully slaughters it, delivering a gorgeous, tactically rich rog...Good7.2Shadows Over Loathing
Adventure gameA witty, mechanically inventive RPG that proves stick figures and deadpan humor can carry a sprawling, highly replayable cosmic horror mystery — recom...Great8.3Gordian Quest
Adventure gameGordian Quest is a genuinely ambitious hybrid of deckbuilding and tactical grid combat that occasionally buckles under the weight of its own mechanica...Good7.3Live A Live
Adventure gameA structurally adventurous anthology that is easy to admire and harder to love whole, Live A Live pairs compact grid combat with uneven chapters and a...Good7.7Buddy Simulator 1984
Adventure gameBuddy Simulator 1984 is a clever, manipulative psychological horror experience that weaponizes retro nostalgia and a simulated operating system to bui...Good7.6Monster Sanctuary
Action gameMonster Sanctuary is a sharp, demanding RPG that trades mindless level-grinding for deep, tactical team synergy and Metroidvania exploration. Its puni...Good7.8Outward
RPG gameOutward is a fiercely uncompromising survival RPG that strips away power fantasies in favor of genuine adventure, but its clunky combat, dated visuals...Mixed6.7Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Action gameBloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a rich, well-crafted gothic Metroidvania that honors its heritage without being trapped by it. Its design and dep...Great8.4Phoenotopia: Awakening
Action gamePhoenotopia: Awakening is a beautifully crafted, fiercely challenging retro adventure that rewards patience and punishes carelessness. For players wit...Good7.4
