Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.

514 reviewed

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Finding Paradise

Finding Paradise

Freebird Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

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

Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy

Team Meat

9.4
game
Our verdict

Super Meat Boy is a brutal, uncompromising love letter to the 8-bit era that succeeds because it values your time as much as it tests your reflexes. I...

Stray Children

Stray Children

Onion Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Stray Children is a haunting, psychological mirror that makes traditional level-grinding feel hollow; it is less a game and more a profound interrogat...

The Messenger

The Messenger

Sabotage

9.2
game
Our verdict

Sabotage Studio didn't just build a love letter to *Ninja Gaiden*; they constructed a Trojan Horse that smuggles a brilliant, genre-bending Metroidvan...

The Last Spell

The Last Spell

Ishtar Games

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in tactical desperation that rewards calculated risks and punishes the slightest hesitation with mathematical cruelty. It is a grueling,...

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Drova - Forsaken Kin

Just2D

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in "anti-handholding" design, Drova - Forsaken Kin is a grim, rewarding throwback that proves friction is often the secret ingredient to...

Promenade

Promenade

Holy Cap

8.5
game
Our verdict

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

Jupiter Hell

Jupiter Hell

ChaosForge

8.8
game
Our verdict

ChaosForge manages the impossible: making a grid-based, turn-based roguelike feel like a blistering 144Hz shooter. It is a masterclass in distilled me...

Wandersong

Wandersong

Wishes Ultd., Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in non-violent mechanical expression that proves optimism is a more powerful design tool than a sword.

Tetris Effect: Connected

Tetris Effect: Connected

Monstars Inc., Resonair, Stage Games

9.5
game
Our verdict

Tetris Effect: Connected is a rare, transcendent evolution of a 40-year-old formula that manages to weaponize nostalgia into a modern multi-sensory ma...

Lil' Gator Game

Lil' Gator Game

MegaWobble

9.2
game
Our verdict

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...

Nuclear Throne

Nuclear Throne

Vlambeer

9.2
game
Our verdict

Vlambeer’s magnum opus is a brutal, unapologetic lesson in game feel that turns every death into a desperate craving for just one more run. It is the ...

Death's Door

Death's Door

Acid Nerve

9.0
game
Our verdict

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

SteamWorld Dig 2

Image & Form Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

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

To the Moon

Freebird Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

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

Enter the Gungeon

Dodge Roll

9.4
game
Our verdict

Enter the Gungeon is a masterclass in mechanical precision, proving that a punishing difficulty curve is entirely palatable when the core combat loop ...

Sunless Skies

Sunless Skies

Failbetter Games

8.8
game
Our verdict

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

Unsighted

Unsighted

Flashbulb

8.8
game
Our verdict

Unsighted is a masterclass in tension, blending high-stakes, parry-heavy combat with a relentless time-management system that forces players to weigh ...

Streets of Rogue

Streets of Rogue

Matt Dabrowski

9.2
game
Our verdict

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...

Invisible, Inc.

Invisible, Inc.

Klei Entertainment

9.2
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in tactical economy that ditches random dice rolls for high-stakes, information-driven tension. It is the thinking person’s heist simula...

Antonblast

Antonblast

Summitsphere

9.2
game
Our verdict

Antonblast is a masterclass in kinetic momentum, stripping the mascot platformer of its politeness and replacing it with a sledgehammer and a gallon o...

Symphonia

Symphonia

Sunny Peak

8.7
game
Our verdict

Symphonia is a mechanically rigorous, visually arresting precision platformer that successfully trades traditional combat for a sophisticated, instrum...

Across the Obelisk

Across the Obelisk

Dreamsite Games

8.5
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in party-based synergy that turns the solitary deck-builder into a high-stakes social marathon. It is brilliant, dense, and occasionally...

Shogun Showdown

Shogun Showdown

Roboatino

9.4
game
Our verdict

Shogun Showdown is a masterclass in tactical restraint, proving that a single dimension is all you need for a deep, punishing, and utterly addictive s...

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