Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
276 reviewed
Featured on Nintendo Switch

Hades II
Supergiant Games
Supergiant took the best roguelike of the last decade and refused to simply photocopy it. Hades II is bigger, thornier, and more ambitious than its pr...

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Team Cherry
Team Cherry spent seven years building a game that is bigger, faster, and meaner than *Hollow Knight* — and mostly better for it, provided you can sto...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Nintendo
Nintendo's latest 2D Mario entry is not merely a nostalgia trip; it is a masterclass in revitalizing a beloved genre, delivering an almost ceaseless t...

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Nintendo
Nine years after its Wii U debut, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the most polished, complete, and mechanically honest kart racer ever shipped. It's not j...

Split Fiction
Hazelight Studios
Hazelight has done it again — **Split Fiction** is a relentlessly inventive two-player adventure that refuses to reuse a good idea when it could inven...

Slime Rancher
Monomi Park
Monomi Park's *Slime Rancher* offers a compelling, almost meditative loop of exploration and resource management, proving that compelling gameplay doe...

Terratech
Payload Studios
TerraTech delivers a compelling sandbox experience where creative engineering meets explosive combat, offering unparalleled modular vehicle and base c...

Trombone Champ
Jean Davalos
Holy Wow's **Trombone Champ** isn't merely a rhythm game; it's a profound, hilarious deconstruction of musical performance that demands both technical...

Pizza Tower
Tour De Pizza
*Pizza Tower* isn't merely a nostalgic nod; it's a meticulously crafted, high-octane platformer that innovates on genre conventions, delivering a fren...

Skull: The Hero Slayer
Valve Corporation
Skul: The Hero Slayer masterfully fuses roguelite brutality with an inventive skull-swapping mechanic, offering a constantly evolving combat canvas fo...

Rain World
Videocult
Rain World is not merely a game; it's an uncompromising, emergent ecological simulation that demands patience, adaptation, and a high tolerance for sy...

No Man's Sky
Hello Games
"No Man's Sky" has transmuted from a cautionary tale of over-promise into a sprawling, vibrant universe, a digital testament to persistence and iterat...

Cult of The Lamb
Massive Monster
Massive Monster's "Cult of the Lamb" offers a wickedly compelling fusion of roguelike dungeon-crawling and cult-management simulation, creating an add...


Immortals Fenyx Rising
Valve Corporation
Ubisoft Quebec's **Immortals Fenyx Rising** delivers a polished, genuinely charming open-world adventure deeply steeped in Greek mythology, but its un...

Life is Strange
Valve Corporation
Life is Strange is an essential entry in the narrative adventure canon. It weaponizes nostalgia and a clever time-rewind mechanic to tell a profoundly...


Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Capcom
Dragon's Dogma is a work of jagged genius. It's an action RPG whose combat and companion systems are so forward-thinking and brilliantly executed that...

Untitled Goose Game
House House
House House delivers a flawlessly executed concept, turning the simple, aggravating act of being a goose into one of the most charming and inventive s...

Neon White
Angel Matrix
Neon White is a fiercely intelligent, unapologetically stylish, and brutally demanding speedrunning FPS that sets a new benchmark for the genre throug...

FRACTER
The Sixth Hammer
FRACTER is a beautifully haunting, if brief, journey into a world of shadow and light. Its meticulously crafted puzzles are a triumph of minimalist de...

The Longing
4M2Q Studios
The Longing is a fascinating, maddening, and ultimately unforgettable experiment that weaponizes boredom to ask profound questions about time, purpose...

Risk of Rain 2
Hopoo Games
Risk of Rain 2 is not merely a successful sequel; it's a benchmark for the roguelite genre. Hopoo Games has crafted a relentlessly compelling shooter ...

Animal Well
Billy Basso
Animal Well is a masterclass in tension and discovery, trading the genre's typical combat for a dense, layered world of puzzles that respects player i...

Thronefall
GrizzlyGames
Thronefall is a masterful exercise in reductionism, stripping the strategy and tower defense genres down to their diamond-hard core. What remains is a...

What the Golf?
Triband
What the Golf? is less a game about golf and more a brilliantly executed, interactive cartoon that uses the sport as a jumping-off point for a relentl...

Carrion
Phobia Game Studio
Carrion delivers a brutally satisfying power fantasy, putting you in the sinewy tentacles of the monster. While its core loop is a triumph of visceral...


Control
Remedy Entertainment
Control is a confident, high-concept triumph of world-building and combat design. Remedy Entertainment has crafted a truly singular experience that fi...


Spelunky 2
Valve Corporation
Spelunky 2 doesn't just expand on its legendary predecessor; it deepens the abyss, crafting a masterclass in risk, reward, and procedurally generated ...

CrossCode
Radical Fish Games
CrossCode is a masterclass in game design, wrapping a poignant narrative inside a fictional MMO that sports some of the most satisfying combat and puz...

Superliminal
Pillow Castle
Superliminal is a brilliant, if brief, exploration of perception-as-gameplay that stands as one of the most inventive puzzlers since *Portal*. It’s a ...