Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
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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
Featured on Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Turnip Mountain
Action gameThe split-hand control scheme is a clever hook, but Turnip Mountain runs out of ideas before the summit and asks for more patience than most players w...Mixed6.2Tearscape
Action gameTearscape has a coherent Souls-like skeleton and strong boss design, but a weak map, thin enemy variety, uneven difficulty and a combat model that lea...Mixed6.2Gecko Gods
Action gameHard to recommend for most players: Gecko Gods has a strong wall-climbing hook, but a soft ending, hint-starved puzzles and a climbing system whose fl...Mixed6.4Henry Halfhead
Action gameA clever object-possession hook and a warm narrator are undercut by a short runtime, low puzzle difficulty and a control scheme that strains to cover ...Mixed6.1TetherGeist
Action gameThe leash is the sharpest idea in this precision platformer, and the level design makes real use of it, but the story built around that idea lands sof...Good7.8Isle of Reveries
Action gameFaithful to the Game Boy Color frame down to its 160x144 pixels, with a fairy that copies and spawns objects to turn dungeon puzzles into questions of...Good7.2SONOKUNI
Action gameFlashy effects hide the very attacks that kill you in a one-hit-kill game, and that flaw undercuts SONOKUNI's sharp soundtrack and smart three-part to...Mixed6.7Ratatan
Action gameThe drum-command idea still has pull, but Ratatan buries it under a gear grind, balance trouble and system clutter the full release never cleared. At ...Mixed5.9
Dunjungle
Action gameA well-stocked action roguelite that trades novelty for volume: 30-plus weapons, 40 sub-weapons and 100 relics that merge with fire, ice, thunder and ...Good7.2Angel at Dusk
Action gameAkiragoya's back-to-basics bullet hell pays for survival with courage: healing and bomb charge spawn only for pilots who attack up close, making aggre...Good7.8Hail to the Rainbow
Action gameHail to the Rainbow has a frostbitten, melancholic world built almost single-handedly, and its atmosphere is the game's one genuine strength. But obtu...Mixed6.3Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse
Action gameNever Grave's cursed-hat possession system is a genuinely clever hook, but the game built around it is too thin to recommend to most people. The villa...Mixed5.9CASSETTE BOY
Action gameCASSETTE BOY's one brilliant rule — if you can't see it, it doesn't exist — is dragged down by stiff combat, thin RPG systems and uneven dungeons....Mixed6.0Sektori
Action gameSektori earns its place among the very best twin-stick shooters ever made — a hypnotic, techno-fueled collision of skill and sound that proves arcade ...Outstanding9.4Denshattack!
Action gameUndercoders took the Tony Hawk combo loop, bolted it to a passenger train, and made the absurd feel plausible. The story is paper-thin and the opening...Good7.9Exographer
Action gameExographer is an educational game that never feels like homework. It's a handsome, thoughtful Metroidvania where the physics puzzles hold up the who...Good7.3Riverbond
Action gameHard to recommend for most people: Riverbond's combat repeats long before its short campaign ends, it's too easy to challenge anyone experienced, and ...Mixed5.9Sail Forth
Action gameSail Forth's wind-driven sailing model is the real thing — tuned, readable and rewarding — but the combat, bosses and errand-style quests built around...Mixed6.5Lone Ruin
Action gameLone Ruin has a fast, tight spellcasting loop and pixel art that makes a strong first impression, but thin content, uneven build balance and almost no...Mixed5.8RUINER
Action gameRUINER's top-down combat is aggressive, fast and well-tuned, wrapped in a striking blood-red cyberpunk look. The fights carry the game; the story, the...Good7.2Devil May Cry 5
Action gameCapcom's 2019 comeback remains a high-water mark for character-action combat: three distinct fighting systems, each deep enough to carry its own game....Great8.6Ibb & Obb
Action gameIbb & Obb is a co-op puzzle platformer built so completely around two people that playing it alone barely counts as playing it. It is short and punish...Good7.5Leo's Fortune
Action gameLeo's Fortune is a beautifully made physics platformer that holds up better than most of its 2014 mobile peers: tightly tuned, complete, and free of m...Good7.7Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
Action gameJust Add Water's remake of Abe's Oddysee keeps the satire of industrial greed landing as hard as it did in 1997, and quicksave finally makes the game ...Good7.3
