Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
426 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...

Genesis Noir
Feral Cat Den
*Genesis Noir* is an audaciously weird, visually arresting jazz-club fever dream that trades traditional puzzle logic for tactile surrealism, resultin...

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka
A daring, genre-defying masterpiece that explores the friction between 3D scale and 2D intimacy. It is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on connection...

Yoku's Island Express
Villa Gorilla
Yoku's Island Express is a masterclass in genre-bending that proves the Metroidvania formula still has room for radical, joyous reinvention. It replac...

Mind Scanners
The Outer Zone
Mind Scanners is a harrowing, skeuomorphic descent into state-mandated psychiatry that forces you to choose between your daughter's freedom and your p...

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...

Death and Taxes
Placeholder Gameworks
A biting, beautifully rendered critique of corporate compliance that proves the afterlife is just another office job—and that your choices matter more...

Suzerain
Torpor Games
Suzerain is a masterclass in narrative tension that proves politics is the most dangerous game of all—a profound, punishing simulation of power and th...

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...

Finding Paradise
Freebird Games
Finding Paradise is a surgical examination of a life half-lived, trading traditional RPG mechanics for an emotional resonance that most big-budget tit...

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...

Despelote
Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena
Despelote is a masterclass in hyper-specific cultural storytelling, using a soccer ball as a tactile anchor to recreate the ephemeral magic of childho...

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...

Promenade
Holy Cap
Promenade is a masterclass in structural translation, successfully distilling the sprawling joy of 3D "collectathons" into a dense, mechanically rich ...

Wandersong
Wishes Ultd., Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit
A masterclass in non-violent mechanical expression that proves optimism is a more powerful design tool than a sword.

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...

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...

To the Moon
Freebird Games
To the Moon strips away almost every convention of modern gaming to prove that a profound narrative doesn't require a high-polygon count—it just needs...

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...

Sunless Skies
Failbetter Games
Sunless Skies is a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling and narrative density, transforming the grueling reality of Victorian survival into a haunt...

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.

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...