Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.

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SIGNALIS

SIGNALIS

ROSE-ENGINE

9.2
game
Our verdict

SIGNALIS is a brutalist triumph, a survival horror masterpiece that weaponizes nostalgia to deliver a chilling, sorrowful meditation on memory and ide...

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

Hazelight Studios

9.2
game
Our verdict

Hazelight Studios delivers a brilliant, wildly inventive, and mechanically diverse cooperative adventure that sets a new high bar for the genre, even ...

Nier: Automata

Nier: Automata

Square Enix, PlatinumGames Inc.

9.5
game
Our verdict

NieR: Automata is not merely a game; it's a brutal, elegant, and unforgettable meditation on existence, wrapped in one of the most inventive action RP...

Thumper

Thumper

Drool

9.5
game
Our verdict

Thumper is not merely a game; it's a grueling, hypnotic, and masterfully executed descent into aural and visual chaos. It's an essential experience th...

Tunic

Tunic

TUNIC Team

9.2
game
Our verdict

Tunic is a masterclass in curiosity-driven design, wrapping a brutal and brilliant action-adventure in a linguistic puzzle that trusts the player comp...

Katana ZERO

Katana ZERO

Askiisoft

9.2
game
Our verdict

Katana ZERO is a masterclass in kinetic violence and narrative intrigue, a tightly-wound clockwork of death and discovery that's over too soon, but le...

Hades

Hades

Supergiant Games

9.8
game
Our verdict

Hades is a masterclass in game design, blending a fiendishly addictive combat loop with a narrative and character depth that most AAA games can only d...

Stumble Guys

Stumble Guys

Scopely

7.8
game
Our verdict

Stumble Guys shamelessly borrows its blueprint from *Fall Guys*, but delivers a faster, more accessible, and brutally effective dose of multiplayer ma...

Celeste

Celeste

Maddy Makes Games Inc.

9.8
game
Our verdict

Celeste is a masterclass in game design, weaving a profoundly human story about mental health into a pixel-perfect, brutally challenging platformer. I...

Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight

Team Cherry

9.6
game
Our verdict

Hollow Knight is not merely a game; it's a pilgrimage into a beautifully broken world. It stands as the definitive modern Metroidvania, a harrowing, u...

Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

Mobius Digital

9.6
game
Our verdict

Outer Wilds is not merely a game; it's a profound, melancholy, and masterfully constructed mystery box. It trusts the player's intelligence completely...

Wreckfest

Wreckfest

HandyGames

8.0
game
Our verdict

Wreckfest isn't just a racing game; it's a physics-driven celebration of automotive destruction that masterfully balances sophisticated damage modelin...

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Starbreeze Studios AB

9.2
game
Our verdict

An unforgettable, emotionally resonant fable that masterfully uses its unique control scheme not as a gimmick, but as the very soul of its story about...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Door Kickers: Action Squad

PixelShard, KillHouse Games

8.7
game
Our verdict

Action Squad is a masterclass in focused design, delivering a brutally satisfying loop of tactical murder that is as addictive as it is demanding. It’...

Vampire Survivors

Vampire Survivors

poncle

9.2
game
Our verdict

Vampire Survivors strips the modern roguelite down to its bones and rebuilds it into one of the most compelling and dangerously addictive feedback loo...

LIMBO

LIMBO

Playdead

9.2
game
Our verdict

LIMBO remains a masterclass in minimalist design, where its stark, monochromatic world and brutal physics puzzles create an atmosphere so oppressive a...

SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld Heist

Image & Form Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

SteamWorld Heist masterfully fuses turn-based tactics with skill-based shooting, creating a compulsively playable and deeply satisfying strategy game ...

Downwell

Downwell

Moppin

9.2
game
Our verdict

Downwell is a masterclass in minimalist design, turning a simple, gravity-fueled descent into a brutally elegant and endlessly replayable action puzzl...

The Pathless

The Pathless

Giant Squid

8.5
game
Our verdict

Giant Squid delivers a visually stunning adventure that masterfully trades the bloat of modern open-worlds for a singular, hypnotic focus on kinetic g...

Oddmar

Oddmar

Mobge Ltd

8.8
game
Our verdict

Oddmar doesn’t invent the platformer; it perfects it for the modern age. This is a gorgeous, fluid, and utterly confident game that stands as a defian...

Donut County

Donut County

Ben Esposito

8.2
game
Our verdict

Donut County is a brilliantly minimalist physics puzzler that delivers more charm and wit than actual challenge. It’s a supremely confident, short-for...

Transistor

Transistor

Supergiant Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Transistor is a stunningly confident and mechanically inventive RPG from Supergiant Games. It’s a masterclass in atmosphere, where the strategic comba...

Bastion

Bastion

Supergiant Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in interactive storytelling and polished action, Bastion remains a landmark indie title that proves style can be substance. It's an esse...

The Talos Principle

The Talos Principle

Croteam

9.2
game
Our verdict

The Talos Principle is a rare and brilliant achievement—a puzzle game that respects its audience enough to challenge not only their spatial reasoning ...

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