Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

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

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Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Wishes Ultd.

9.2
game
Our verdict

Chicory: A Colorful Tale masterfully uses a simple coloring-book mechanic to tell one of the most resonant stories about creativity and mental health ...

Loop Hero

Loop Hero

Four Quarters

8.8
game
Our verdict

Loop Hero is a brilliantly subversive RPG that finds genius in restraint, turning the genre on its head by making you the architect of the hero's doom...

Inscryption

Inscryption

Daniel Mullins Games

9.4
game
Our verdict

Inscryption is a masterclass in psychological horror and genre-bending design, a game that plays its players with the same ruthless ingenuity that the...

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Sukeban Games

8.8
game
Our verdict

VA-11 Hall-A swaps cyberpunk’s usual high-octane action for a bar towel and a shaker, delivering one of the most poignant, well-written narrative expe...

Katana ZERO

Katana ZERO

Askiisoft

9.2
game
Our verdict

Katana ZERO is a masterclass in kinetic violence and narrative intrigue, a tightly-wound clockwork of death and discovery that's over too soon, but le...

A Short Hike

A Short Hike

adamgryu

9.5
game
Our verdict

"A Short Hike" is a masterclass in minimalist game design, proving that a compelling experience doesn't require high stakes, sprawling maps, or photor...

Factorio

Factorio

Wube Software LTD.

9.5
game
Our verdict

Factorio is a masterpiece of logistical puzzles and automation, a brutally elegant system that will consume your nights and rewire your brain. It's no...

Hades

Hades

Supergiant Games

9.8
game
Our verdict

Hades is a masterclass in game design, blending a fiendishly addictive combat loop with a narrative and character depth that most AAA games can only d...

Stumble Guys

Stumble Guys

Scopely

7.8
game
Our verdict

Stumble Guys shamelessly borrows its blueprint from *Fall Guys*, but delivers a faster, more accessible, and brutally effective dose of multiplayer ma...

What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch

Giant Sparrow

9.5
game
Our verdict

Giant Sparrow's masterpiece isn't just a game; it's a profound, interactive anthology of a family's beautiful and heartbreaking history. It sets a new...

Celeste

Celeste

Maddy Makes Games Inc.

9.8
game
Our verdict

Celeste is a masterclass in game design, weaving a profoundly human story about mental health into a pixel-perfect, brutally challenging platformer. I...

Subnautica

Subnautica

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

9.2
game
Our verdict

Subnautica is not just another survival crafting game; it's a masterclass in atmospheric design and narrative progression that uses psychological tens...

Return of the Obra Dinn

Return of the Obra Dinn

Lucas Pope

9.6
game
Our verdict

Return of the Obra Dinn is a singular, demanding, and utterly brilliant piece of detective work that trusts its player completely. It’s an unforgettab...

Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight

Team Cherry

9.6
game
Our verdict

Hollow Knight is not merely a game; it's a pilgrimage into a beautifully broken world. It stands as the definitive modern Metroidvania, a harrowing, u...

Little Inferno

Little Inferno

Tomorrow Corporation

7.8
game
Our verdict

Tomorrow Corporation has built a beautiful, unsettling, and masterfully subversive critique of consumer culture disguised as a casual game. It's less ...

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Starbreeze Studios AB

9.2
game
Our verdict

An unforgettable, emotionally resonant fable that masterfully uses its unique control scheme not as a gimmick, but as the very soul of its story about...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Door Kickers: Action Squad

PixelShard, KillHouse Games

8.7
game
Our verdict

Action Squad is a masterclass in focused design, delivering a brutally satisfying loop of tactical murder that is as addictive as it is demanding. It’...

Endling - Extinction is Forever

Endling - Extinction is Forever

HandyGames

8.7
game
Our verdict

Endling is a mechanically simple but emotionally devastating survival adventure that weaponizes its stripped-down gameplay to deliver a powerful, puni...

World of Goo 2

World of Goo 2

2D BOY, Tomorrow Corporation

8.7
game
Our verdict

Sixteen years after the original, World of Goo 2 returns with its physics-based brilliance intact, expanding the formula with clever new mechanics. It...

Vampire Survivors

Vampire Survivors

poncle

9.2
game
Our verdict

Vampire Survivors strips the modern roguelite down to its bones and rebuilds it into one of the most compelling and dangerously addictive feedback loo...

LIMBO

LIMBO

Playdead

9.2
game
Our verdict

LIMBO remains a masterclass in minimalist design, where its stark, monochromatic world and brutal physics puzzles create an atmosphere so oppressive a...

Crying Suns

Crying Suns

Valve Corporation

8.7
game
Our verdict

Crying Suns elevates the FTL formula with a compelling, mature narrative and sharp tactical combat, creating a standout roguelite that’s hard to put d...

Gorogoa

Gorogoa

Buried Signal

9.2
game
Our verdict

Gorogoa isn't merely a game; it's a work of interactive art, a brief but profound journey that uses perspective-shifting puzzles to tell a story of qu...

Dicey Dungeons

Dicey Dungeons

Terry Cavanagh

9.2
game
Our verdict

Dicey Dungeons brilliantly re-engineers the dice roll from a cheap tool of random chance into a sharp, satisfying engine for tactical expression. It’s...

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