Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

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

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Lorn's Lure

Lorn's Lure

Rubeki Games

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in atmospheric verticality that respects the player's intelligence by refusing to hold their hand through its gargantuan, industrial gra...

BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

Awe Interactive

8.4
game
Our verdict

BPM is a brutal, syncopated descent into a heavy metal bullet hell that demands rhythmic perfection or grants a swift death. It’s an uncompromising ge...

Cave Story+

Cave Story+

Nicalis, Inc., Studio Pixel

9.2
game
Our verdict

Cave Story+ isn’t just a retro-inspired platformer; it is the definitive blueprint for the modern indie era, offering a masterclass in tight mechanics...

Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami

Dennaton Games

9.5
game
Our verdict

Hotline Miami is a high-octane assault on the senses that demands surgical precision and rewards obsessive repetition, setting a gold standard for the...

Stray Children

Stray Children

Onion Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Stray Children is a haunting, psychological mirror that makes traditional level-grinding feel hollow; it is less a game and more a profound interrogat...

The Messenger

The Messenger

Sabotage

9.2
game
Our verdict

Sabotage Studio didn't just build a love letter to *Ninja Gaiden*; they constructed a Trojan Horse that smuggles a brilliant, genre-bending Metroidvan...

The Last Spell

The Last Spell

Ishtar Games

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in tactical desperation that rewards calculated risks and punishes the slightest hesitation with mathematical cruelty. It is a grueling,...

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Drova - Forsaken Kin

Just2D

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in "anti-handholding" design, Drova - Forsaken Kin is a grim, rewarding throwback that proves friction is often the secret ingredient to...

Lil' Gator Game

Lil' Gator Game

MegaWobble

9.2
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in friction-less exploration that proves the most compelling open worlds don't need to be massive; they just need to be meaningful. It i...

Nuclear Throne

Nuclear Throne

Vlambeer

9.2
game
Our verdict

Vlambeer’s magnum opus is a brutal, unapologetic lesson in game feel that turns every death into a desperate craving for just one more run. It is the ...

Death's Door

Death's Door

Acid Nerve

9.0
game
Our verdict

Acid Nerve’s isometric masterpiece is a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling and mechanical precision, proving that the afterlife is best viewed th...

SteamWorld Dig 2

SteamWorld Dig 2

Image & Form Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in iterative design that ditches procedural generation for a handcrafted, airtight exploration loop. It is, quite simply, the most rewar...

Enter the Gungeon

Enter the Gungeon

Dodge Roll

9.4
game
Our verdict

Enter the Gungeon is a masterclass in mechanical precision, proving that a punishing difficulty curve is entirely palatable when the core combat loop ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Warhorse Studios

8.5
game
Our verdict

Warhorse Studios has crafted a masterpiece of historical friction that trades the escapism of power fantasies for the grueling, rewarding reality of 1...

The Legend of Tianding

The Legend of Tianding

Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation, Neon Doctrine

8.7
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in 2D brawling that proves cultural specificity is the secret sauce for action-platformers. It’s fast, visceral, and visually arresting.

Unsighted

Unsighted

Flashbulb

8.8
game
Our verdict

Unsighted is a masterclass in tension, blending high-stakes, parry-heavy combat with a relentless time-management system that forces players to weigh ...

Streets of Rogue

Streets of Rogue

Matt Dabrowski

9.2
game
Our verdict

Streets of Rogue is a rare triumph of systemic design, offering a dizzying level of player freedom that transforms the often-rigid roguelite genre int...

Invisible, Inc.

Invisible, Inc.

Klei Entertainment

9.2
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in tactical economy that ditches random dice rolls for high-stakes, information-driven tension. It is the thinking person’s heist simula...

Dungeon Clawler

Dungeon Clawler

Stray Fawn Studio

8.9
game
Our verdict

Dungeon Clawler is a masterclass in skeuomorphic chaos, proving that the most dangerous weapon in a dungeon isn’t a magic missile, but a poorly calibr...

Antonblast

Antonblast

Summitsphere

9.2
game
Our verdict

Antonblast is a masterclass in kinetic momentum, stripping the mascot platformer of its politeness and replacing it with a sledgehammer and a gallon o...

Symphonia

Symphonia

Sunny Peak

8.7
game
Our verdict

Symphonia is a mechanically rigorous, visually arresting precision platformer that successfully trades traditional combat for a sophisticated, instrum...

Shogun Showdown

Shogun Showdown

Roboatino

9.4
game
Our verdict

Shogun Showdown is a masterclass in tactical restraint, proving that a single dimension is all you need for a deep, punishing, and utterly addictive s...

Severed Steel

Severed Steel

Greylock Studio

8.8
game
Our verdict

Severed Steel is a blistering, neon-soaked fever dream that strips the first-person shooter to its core kinetic essentials and leaves the reload butto...

Conscript

Conscript

Jordan Mochi, Catchweight Studio

9.2
game
Our verdict

Conscript is a harrowing, masterfully executed descent into the trenches that proves historical reality is far more terrifying than any supernatural e...

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