Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
514 reviewed
Featured on Nintendo Switch

Hades II
Supergiant Games
Supergiant took the best roguelike of the last decade and refused to simply photocopy it. Hades II is bigger, thornier, and more ambitious than its pr...

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Team Cherry
Team Cherry spent seven years building a game that is bigger, faster, and meaner than *Hollow Knight* — and mostly better for it, provided you can sto...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Nintendo
Nintendo's latest 2D Mario entry is not merely a nostalgia trip; it is a masterclass in revitalizing a beloved genre, delivering an almost ceaseless t...

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Nintendo
Nine years after its Wii U debut, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the most polished, complete, and mechanically honest kart racer ever shipped. It's not j...

Split Fiction
Hazelight Studios
Hazelight has done it again — **Split Fiction** is a relentlessly inventive two-player adventure that refuses to reuse a good idea when it could inven...

Wytchwood
Alientrap
Wytchwood is an atmospheric triumph that wraps a dark, Grimm-inspired fairy tale inside a gorgeous paper-cutout aesthetic. While its hypnotic crafting...

Raging Loop
KEMCO
Raging Loop is a masterfully written psychological thriller that weaponizes the death-loop trope to create a social deduction puzzle as cerebral as it...

Filament
Beard Envy
Filament is a cerebral, often punishing masterclass in spatial reasoning that trades hand-holding for pure, unadulterated logic. It is one of the most...

Ion Fury
Voidpoint, LLC
Ion Fury is a masterclass in "boomer shooter" design that proves the 90s aesthetic wasn't just a limitation—it was a philosophy that modern shooters h...

Vault of the Void
Spider Nest Games
Vault of the Void is a masterclass in deterministic strategy that systematically dismantles the RNG-heavy frustrations of the roguelike deckbuilder ge...

Overboard!
inkle Ltd
A masterclass in narrative efficiency that turns the classic murder mystery on its head by casting you as the villain in a race against the clock. It ...

ElecHead
NamaTakahashi, Tsuyomi
ElecHead is a masterclass in subtractive design, proving that a single, well-executed gimmick is worth more than a dozen half-baked features. It is a ...

Coffee Talk
Toge Productions
A meditative, character-driven experience that proves sometimes the most revolutionary act in a fantasy world isn't slaying a dragon, but serving a pe...

A Dance of Fire and Ice
7th Beat Games
A ruthlessly precise metronome that demands total cognitive surrender, rewarding the patient with a flow state that few modern titles can match. It is...

Wobbledogs
Animal Uprising
Wobbledogs is a brilliant, slightly cursed subversion of the pet simulator that replaces sterile perfection with the glorious, physics-defying chaos o...

Maquette
Graceful Decay
Maquette is a brilliant conceptual experiment that often trips over its own feet, offering a hauntingly beautiful narrative trapped inside a clunky ph...

Mundaun
Illwinter Game Design
*Mundaun* is a triumph of atmospheric horror that trades cheap jump scares for a creeping, suffocating dread, entirely rendered in meticulous, graphit...

Tails of Iron
Odd Bug Studio
Tails of Iron is a punishingly beautiful 2D RPG that proves there’s more to the Souls-like genre than just hollow clones; it’s a masterclass in atmosp...

Grapple Dog
Andreas Georgiou
Grapple Dog isn't just another retro-tribute; it's a mechanical triumph that proves the grappling hook is still the most satisfying tool in the develo...

Fights in Tight Spaces
ECHTNICE GmbH
A masterclass in spatial tactical design that turns every corridor into a lethal puzzle, though its steep difficulty and occasional RNG friction can f...

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
JoyMasher
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a masterclass in mechanical purity, trading modern bloat for the surgical precision and aesthetic grit of the 16-bit a...

Faith: The Unholy Trinity
Airdorf Games
Airdorf Games has crafted a masterpiece of psychological friction, proving that the most effective horror doesn't require a high-end GPU, but a profou...

Terra Nil
Free Lives, Clockwork Acorn
A masterclass in "reverse" strategy that proves tearing things down can be just as satisfying as building them up, even if the high doesn't last long.

A Little to the Left
Max Inferno
A Little to the Left is a masterclass in minimalist puzzle design that elevates the mundane to the meditative, though a few unintuitive logic leaps an...

Chrono Ark
Al Fine
Chrono Ark is a masterclass in tactical synergy, trading the simplicity of the solo deck-builder for a sophisticated, party-based engine that demands ...

Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
二色幽紫蝶, Re零同人社
A masterclass in rhythm and resource management that proves the Touhou universe is capable of far more than just dodging projectiles. It is a deceptiv...

Platform 8
KOTAKE CREATE
A claustrophobic, high-tension refinement of the anomaly-hunting subgenre that proves the mundane is far more terrifying than the monstrous.

Wargroove
Chucklefish
Wargroove is more than a pitch-perfect homage to the Advance Wars era; it is a robust, genre-revitalizing engine that hands the keys of creation to th...

Mark of the Ninja
Klei Entertainment
A masterclass in mechanical transparency, Mark of the Ninja remains the definitive blueprint for how stealth should function in a digital space. It’s ...