Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 14
Top rated on Nintendo Switch
- 01IkarugaIkaruga builds enormous complexity out of one binary mechanic and demands absolute cognitive presence, proving that mec…9.7Outstanding
- 02Persona 5 RoyalPersona 5 Royal refines an already exceptional JRPG to an unassailable standard, blending deep social simulation with s…9.7Outstanding
- 03UndertaleUndertale is a foundational critique of the RPG genre itself, one that weaponizes player choice to deliver an unforgett…9.7Outstanding
Featured on Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Pirates Outlaws
Card gamePirates Outlaws leans so heavily on Slay the Spire's skeleton that its own identity rests almost entirely on one idea, and harsh difficulty spikes can...Mixed6.8Black Book
Adventure gameBlack Book is a deck-building RPG whose cards are incantations drawn from 19th-century Ural folk charms, wrapped in a grief story with teeth. The co...Good7.3Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Adventure gameA political RPG built on a card game, with real writing and real consequences — but the battles go easy on Gwent veterans and the mobile release fumbl...Good7.3Nowhere Prophet
Card gameNowhere Prophet's punishing attrition and thin early-run power curve will strand plenty of players in the first biome, and that undercuts one of the m...Mixed6.4Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!
Card gameA solitaire game welded to a horse racing sim by the studio that makes Pokémon, and the weld mostly holds. It's a strange, well-built career loop on A...Good7.6Iris and the Giant
Card gameLouis Rigaud's card-battler about fighting your own depression is emotionally honest and mechanically clever, but the iOS port is a broken promise — t...Good7.1Vault of the Void
Card gameVault of the Void is a rigorous, deeply rewarding take on the roguelike deckbuilder that systematically dismantles the RNG-heavy frustrations of the g...Great8.8Dungeon Clawler
Action gameDungeon Clawler turns the most dangerous weapon in a dungeon into a poorly calibrated metal claw and a bad case of physics. It's a clever, genuinely f...Great8.5
Luck be a Landlord
Card gameA sharp, well-designed take on probability management that strips the predatory skin off slot machines to reveal a clever, satirical roguelike engine-...Great8.5Wildfrost
Card gameWildfrost is a deceptively charming roguelike deck-builder that relentlessly tests strategic depth, rewarding perseverance with an addictive combat sy...Great8.1Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Card gameAstrea: Six-Sided Oracles rethinks the roguelike deck-builder by swapping cards for a volatile, deeply strategic dice-based combat system. It's a ge...Great8.5Cultist Simulator
Books gameCultist Simulator is a brilliantly infuriating puzzle box that stands apart from most narrative games. It rewards intellect and patience with rich sto...Great8.4Reigns
Adventure gameReigns distills the complex, often absurd, art of governance into a single swipe. It's a clever, highly replayable loop of power, peril, and political...Great8.6Slay the Spire
Card gameSlay the Spire blends roguelike mechanics and deck-building into an endlessly replayable and deeply strategic experience, with every run demanding fre...Outstanding9.7
