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...

Rabi-Ribi
CreSpirit, GemaYue
Rabi-Ribi is a mechanical masterpiece that hides its brutal, high-skill bullet-hell combat behind a deceptively sweet aesthetic, offering some of the ...

Muse Dash
peropero
Muse Dash strip-mines the bloated corpse of traditional rhythm games, replacing complex inputs with a hyper-kinetic, two-button combat loop that is br...

Streets of Rage 4
Dotemu, Guard Crush, Lizardcube
Streets of Rage 4 is a spectacular masterclass in genre revival, blending hand-drawn artistic brilliance with a mechanical depth that sets a new high-...

Guacamelee! 2
Drinkbox Studios
Drinkbox Studios delivers a masterclass in action-platforming that marries satisfyingly complex combat with punishing precision platforming. It refine...

Everhood
Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca
Everhood is a masterful, unsettling fusion of rhythm mechanics and philosophical RPG storytelling that subverts standard gaming tropes. It demands hyp...

Hauntii
Moonloop Games
*Hauntii* is a gorgeous, melancholic adventure that turns environmental possession into a playground of quiet curiosity, though its twin-stick combat ...

Ion Fury
Voidpoint, LLC
Ion Fury is a masterclass in "boomer shooter" design that proves the 90s aesthetic wasn't just a limitation—it was a philosophy that modern shooters h...

ElecHead
NamaTakahashi, Tsuyomi
ElecHead is a masterclass in subtractive design, proving that a single, well-executed gimmick is worth more than a dozen half-baked features. It is a ...

Tails of Iron
Odd Bug Studio
Tails of Iron is a punishingly beautiful 2D RPG that proves there’s more to the Souls-like genre than just hollow clones; it’s a masterclass in atmosp...

Grapple Dog
Andreas Georgiou
Grapple Dog isn't just another retro-tribute; it's a mechanical triumph that proves the grappling hook is still the most satisfying tool in the develo...

Gunbrella
doinksoft
Gunbrella is a masterclass in kinetic momentum, turning a goofy premise into one of the most mechanically satisfying 2D action-adventures in years. It...

Fights in Tight Spaces
ECHTNICE GmbH
A masterclass in spatial tactical design that turns every corridor into a lethal puzzle, though its steep difficulty and occasional RNG friction can f...

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
JoyMasher
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a masterclass in mechanical purity, trading modern bloat for the surgical precision and aesthetic grit of the 16-bit a...

N++
Metanet Software Inc.
N++ is the rarest kind of software—a decade-long obsession distilled into a perfect, punishing, and profoundly stylish physics sandbox. It is the defi...

Mark of the Ninja
Klei Entertainment
A masterclass in mechanical transparency, Mark of the Ninja remains the definitive blueprint for how stealth should function in a digital space. It’s ...

Gato Roboto
doinksoft
Gato Roboto is a masterclass in minimalist design, stripping the Metroidvania genre down to its bare essentials without losing an ounce of its bite. I...

The Artful Escape
Beethoven and Dinosaur
The Artful Escape is a visually arresting, aurally sublime interactive fever dream that sacrifices traditional mechanical depth for pure, unadulterate...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
Live Wire, Adglobe
A masterclass in atmospheric storytelling that weaponizes melancholy. It is a grueling, gorgeous Metroidvania that justifies its brutality through mec...

Selfloss
Goodwin Games
Selfloss is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of grief that pairs striking Slavic-Icelandic aesthetics with a high-friction dual-control system that ...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
A brilliant, kinetic Rube Goldberg machine of a puzzle game that proves Shu Takumi’s narrative wit and inventive mechanics are as immortal as its prot...

Star of Providence
Team D-13
A surgically precise fusion of bullet-hell intensity and roguelike progression that demands mastery and rewards it in spades. It is, quite simply, the...

Lumines Remastered
Resonair
A masterclass in sensory-driven puzzle design that feels as vital and addictive today as it did on the PSP in 2004. It is quite simply the purest expr...

Jet Lancer
Code Wakers
Jet Lancer is a masterclass in kinetic momentum, stripping the flight-sim of its baggage and replacing it with pure, unadulterated adrenaline and a su...

OlliOlli World
Roll7
Roll7 has successfully pivoted from brutalist pixel-art precision to a lush, hand-drawn "flow state" that makes skateboarding feel like a playable Sat...