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...

Lorn's Lure
Rubeki Games
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
Awe Interactive
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+
Nicalis, Inc., Studio Pixel
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
Dennaton Games
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
Onion Games
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
Sabotage
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
Ishtar Games
A masterclass in tactical desperation that rewards calculated risks and punishes the slightest hesitation with mathematical cruelty. It is a grueling,...

Drova - Forsaken Kin
Just2D
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
MegaWobble
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
Vlambeer
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
Acid Nerve
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
Image & Form Games
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
Dodge Roll
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
Warhorse Studios
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
Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation, Neon Doctrine
A masterclass in 2D brawling that proves cultural specificity is the secret sauce for action-platformers. It’s fast, visceral, and visually arresting.

Unsighted
Flashbulb
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
Matt Dabrowski
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.
Klei Entertainment
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
Stray Fawn Studio
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
Summitsphere
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
Sunny Peak
Symphonia is a mechanically rigorous, visually arresting precision platformer that successfully trades traditional combat for a sophisticated, instrum...

Shogun Showdown
Roboatino
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
Greylock Studio
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
Jordan Mochi, Catchweight Studio
Conscript is a harrowing, masterfully executed descent into the trenches that proves historical reality is far more terrifying than any supernatural e...