Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 12
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
Hexologic
Education gameHexologic takes a familiar number-sum rule and gets real depth out of it by moving it to a hexagonal grid, and it does so with unusual restraint. It's...Good7.6Pine Hearts
Adventure gameA short, gentle, carefully judged hike through grief. The puzzles won't challenge anyone and the structure is familiar, but the warmth and restraint i...Good7.4El Hijo - A Wild West Tale
Adventure gameEl Hijo – A Wild West Tale is a charming, low-stakes stealth adventure that's more affectionate pastiche than genre breakthrough — and at $19.99, it...Mixed5.9Blek
Family gameBlek takes one idea, a line that keeps repeating its own motion, and builds a puzzle game with almost nothing wasted. It remains a solid buy more than...Good7.2Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Action gameYoung Horses gives you deliberately clumsy controls and dares you to laugh, and the joke lands often enough to matter. The campaign is short and the s...Good7.0Teslagrad
Adventure gameRain Games built a puzzle-platformer that teaches physics through play and tells its whole story without a word, and its design still holds up more th...Good7.2Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic
Family gameA hand-drawn hidden object game priced like it respects its audience, with a short campaign and a level editor that carries the real weight. Solid for...Good7.3The Jackbox Party Pack
Family gameThe original Jackbox Party Pack solved a problem the industry had ignored for decades — getting non-gamers to play — with one brilliant stroke: a brow...Mixed6.9
Hidden Folks
Adventure gameA hand-drawn hidden-object game that ditches the exploitative freemium playbook for patience, craft, and a huge library of sound effects made with a h...Good7.8Ultimate Chicken Horse
Action gameA rare party game that turns level design into a blood sport, Ultimate Chicken Horse is a clever, well-built take on emergent chaos—great with friends...Great8.0Gorogoa
Adventure gameGorogoa is a brief but profound journey that uses perspective-shifting puzzles to tell a story of quiet wonder. Its originality alone earns a strong r...Great8.6Sky: Children of the Light
Adventure gameA beautiful evolution of the ideas that made Journey so beloved, Sky: Children of the Light reframes multiplayer as a gentle, cooperative art form...Great8.5
