Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

*Fran Bow* is a hand-painted descent into grief and mental illness that earns its horror through emotional honesty, not cheap scares — a genuine indie...

Wylde Flowers is the rare cozy sim that treats its story as the main crop, not the fertilizer. The farming is thinner than genre royalty, but a fully ...

Aeterna Noctis is a gorgeous, sprawling, and mercilessly demanding Metroidvania that earns its cult following—but its 16-region ambition sometimes out...

A one-man love letter to Final Fantasy V that swaps hand-holding for a genuine open world, Crystal Project is one of the most quietly ambitious JRPGs ...

Kouri's remake of *Ib* takes a beloved 2012 RPG Maker cult classic and rebuilds it into something sharper, prettier, and quietly devastating—proof tha...

*Islets* takes the most tired chore in the Metroidvania playbook—backtracking—and turns it into a literal act of world-building. It's cozy without bei...

Lone Fungus is a technically brilliant Metroidvania with movement so satisfying you'll forgive its baggy pacing—a one-developer labor of love that rea...

A murder mystery you solve by watching, not fighting—wrapped in the best art direction of its year and one of gaming's finest jazz soundtracks. It's s...

Roguebook takes the sacred cow of the deckbuilding genre—keep your deck small—and cheerfully slaughters it, delivering a gorgeous, tactically rich rog...

Passtech Games delivers a roguelite with some of the most tactile, punishing combat in the genre — but its refusal to let you break the rules keeps it...

Size Five Games' brilliant hybrid is both an incredibly funny comedy and a masterful structural critique of modern game design. By forcing point-and-c...

An incredibly witty, mechanically inventive RPG that proves stick figures and deadpan humor can carry a sprawling, highly replayable cosmic horror mys...

Gordian Quest is a brilliantly complex hybrid of deckbuilding and tactical grid combat that occasionally buckles under the weight of its own mechanica...

Square Enix’s HD-2D remake of Live A Live resurrects a bold, experimental 1994 anthology with stunning modern fidelity, offering a masterclass in modu...

Buddy Simulator 1984 is a brilliantly manipulative psychological horror experience that weaponizes retro nostalgia and a simulated operating system to...

Monster Sanctuary is a fiercely intelligent, demanding RPG that trades mindless level-grinding for deep, tactical team synergy and Metroidvania explor...

Nightdive Studios has delivered a masterclass in modernizing a classic without diluting its hostility, proving that games are often at their best when...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a masterclass in gothic Metroidvania design that honors its heritage without being trapped by it. Aside from mino...

A brilliant, beautifully constructed Metroidvania that successfully marries tight character-swapping mechanics with an addictive rogue-lite progressio...

Phoenotopia: Awakening is a beautifully crafted, fiercely challenging retro adventure that rewards patience and punishes carelessness. If you have the...

FAR: Lone Sails is a masterfully paced, atmospheric triumph that turns the potentially tedious chore of vehicle maintenance into an intimate, emotiona...

Fabraz's Demon Turf delivers a masterclass in momentum-driven platforming and striking visual style, though its clunky, physics-focused combat occasio...

By reintroducing the tactile friction of active aiming and shooting, *20 Minutes Till Dawn* rescues the horde-survival genre from passive automation, ...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the rare "retro" project that surpasses its inspirations, offering a masterclass in mechanical density and level desi...