Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
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- 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
Kabuto Park
RPG gameA compact, well-priced creature collector with a clear design and real limits. It is easy to recommend to players who want a short, focused campaign, ...Good7.2Turnip Mountain
Action gameThe split-hand control scheme is a clever hook, but Turnip Mountain runs out of ideas before the summit and asks for more patience than most players w...Mixed6.2Tearscape
Action gameTearscape has a coherent Souls-like skeleton and strong boss design, but a weak map, thin enemy variety, uneven difficulty and a combat model that lea...Mixed6.2Gecko Gods
Action gameHard to recommend for most players: Gecko Gods has a strong wall-climbing hook, but a soft ending, hint-starved puzzles and a climbing system whose fl...Mixed6.4Wander Stars
Adventure gameA word-built combat hook gives this 90s battle-anime RPG a clear identity, but a short, archetype-bound story and limited build depth make it a solid ...Good7.0Henry Halfhead
Action gameA clever object-possession hook and a warm narrator are undercut by a short runtime, low puzzle difficulty and a control scheme that strains to cover ...Mixed6.1TetherGeist
Action gameThe leash is the sharpest idea in this precision platformer, and the level design makes real use of it, but the story built around that idea lands sof...Good7.8Death Howl
Adventure gameA punishing, slow-burning deckbuilder whose grid tactics and persistent deck fit together well, though the rough opening and steep difficulty narrow w...Good7.1
Blippo+
Simulation gameA comedy built around watching rather than doing, with enough format-specific wit and cross-channel mystery to reward the right patient player. Its th...Good7.6Isle of Reveries
Action gameFaithful to the Game Boy Color frame down to its 160x144 pixels, with a fairy that copies and spawns objects to turn dungeon puzzles into questions of...Good7.2Ratatan
Action gameThe drum-command idea still has pull, but Ratatan buries it under a gear grind, balance trouble and system clutter the full release never cleared. At ...Mixed5.9Dunjungle
Action gameA well-stocked action roguelite that trades novelty for volume: 30-plus weapons, 40 sub-weapons and 100 relics that merge with fire, ice, thunder and ...Good7.2Angel at Dusk
Action gameAkiragoya's back-to-basics bullet hell pays for survival with courage: healing and bomb charge spawn only for pilots who attack up close, making aggre...Good7.8Hail to the Rainbow
Action gameHail to the Rainbow has a frostbitten, melancholic world built almost single-handedly, and its atmosphere is the game's one genuine strength. But obtu...Mixed6.3Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse
Action gameNever Grave's cursed-hat possession system is a genuinely clever hook, but the game built around it is too thin to recommend to most people. The villa...Mixed5.9CASSETTE BOY
Action gameCASSETTE BOY's one brilliant rule — if you can't see it, it doesn't exist — is dragged down by stiff combat, thin RPG systems and uneven dungeons....Mixed6.0Forever Ago
Adventure gameThird Shift's debut aims high as a story and lands low as a game: thin systems, uneven pacing, and fussy interaction get in the way of genuinely stron...Mixed5.8TOEM 2
Adventure gameTOEM 2 is a sharper, roomier version of a beloved cozy game, and it rarely takes a risk to get there. A beautiful, clever, pressure-free photo adventu...Good7.0Woodo
Casual gameWoodo is a gentle, well-crafted diorama puzzle game whose tactile placement loop and voiced narration carry it further than its low difficulty does. S...Good7.6Helix: Descent N Ascent
Adventure gameBadass Mongoose's wordless, ink-drawn puzzle-adventure pairs a clever five-ability combination system with a doppelgänger mystery its mechanics actual...Good7.3and Roger
Adventure gameand Roger is one of the most quietly ambitious small games of the year — a one-hour interactive fiction that weaponizes bad UX on purpose, and in do...Great8.7Escape From Ever After
Adventure gameEscape From Ever After takes the Paper Mario blueprint and staples it to a sharp corporate satire, and the writing mostly earns the pairing. Fussy par...Good7.4Schrödinger's Call
Adventure gameFew games ask so little of the hands and so much of the attention. Schrödinger's Call turns active listening into its core mechanic and earns nearly...Great8.4Wax Heads
Adventure gameWax Heads turns the record store recommendation into a smart deduction puzzle and wraps it in sharp writing and a deep fictional catalog. Its weakness...Good7.8
