Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

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

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The Last Door

The Last Door

The Game Kitchen

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterful exercise in psychological restraint that proves your imagination is a far more terrifying rendering engine than any high-definition GPU.

Linelight

Linelight

My Dog Zorro

9.2
game
Our verdict

Linelight is a masterclass in minimalism, stripping away the friction of modern gaming to reveal a pure, hypnotic core of logic and movement. It is qu...

A Little to the Left

A Little to the Left

Max Inferno

8.5
game
Our verdict

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...

Snakebird

Snakebird

Noumenon Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Don't let the primary colors and chirping birds fool you; Snakebird is a punishing, brilliantly designed logic engine that will leave your brain bruis...

7 Billion Humans

7 Billion Humans

Tomorrow Corporation

8.8
game
Our verdict

A brutal, hilarious, and intellectually demanding expansion on parallel processing that turns the drudgery of office work into a masterclass in logic....

Please, Touch The Art

Please, Touch The Art

Thomas Waterzooi

8.5
game
Our verdict

A minimalist masterclass that turns the "look but don't touch" ethos of high art into a tactile, rhythmically satisfying logic puzzle. It is as much a...

Paper Trail

Paper Trail

Newfangled Games

8.8
game
Our verdict

Paper Trail transforms spatial reasoning into a tactile masterpiece, proving that the most profound innovations often come from a simple change in per...

Return to Monkey Island

Return to Monkey Island

TECOPARK

8.8
game
Our verdict

*Return to Monkey Island* isn't merely a nostalgic rehash; it's a meticulously crafted point-and-click adventure that respects its lineage while confi...

Grindstone

Grindstone

Capybara Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Capybara Games' *Grindstone* is a deceptively deep, compulsively playable puzzle game that transforms simple chain-linking into a strategic dance with...

Moncage

Moncage

Optillusion

8.7
game
Our verdict

Moncage is a brilliantly conceived puzzle box that delivers sublime 'aha!' moments. While its central mechanic occasionally borders on frustratingly o...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Steel Crate Games

9.0
game
Our verdict

An ingenious, high-tension party game that forgoes graphical horsepower to create one of the purest, most chaotic, and hilarious tests of communicatio...

TOEM

TOEM

Something We Made

8.7
game
Our verdict

TOEM trades high-octane action for a deliberately paced, charming photography adventure. It’s a masterclass in minimalist design and a potent antidote...

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...

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...

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...

Bridge Constructor Portal

Bridge Constructor Portal

ClockStone

8.7
game
Our verdict

This unlikely crossover succeeds not as a gimmick, but as a genuinely clever and demanding physics-puzzler that weaponizes Portal's mechanics to creat...

The Room Two

The Room Two

Fireproof Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Fireproof Games masterfully expands its puzzle-box formula, creating a sequel that is bigger and more ambitious without losing the tactile magic and u...

The Room

The Room

Fireproof Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in tactile design and atmospheric mystery, The Room remains the benchmark for puzzle-box games, even a decade after its debut. It trades...

Donut County

Donut County

Ben Esposito

8.2
game
Our verdict

Donut County is a brilliantly minimalist physics puzzler that delivers more charm and wit than actual challenge. It’s a supremely confident, short-for...

The Talos Principle

The Talos Principle

Croteam

9.2
game
Our verdict

The Talos Principle is a rare and brilliant achievement—a puzzle game that respects its audience enough to challenge not only their spatial reasoning ...

Monument Valley 2

Monument Valley 2

Valve Corporation

8.7
game
Our verdict

Monument Valley 2 surpasses its predecessor by weaving a poignant, human story into its impossible architecture, creating an experience that is less a...

Playdead's INSIDE

Playdead's INSIDE

Playdead

9.2
game
Our verdict

Playdead’s INSIDE is a haunting, minimalist masterpiece of interactive fiction. It is an unnerving, unforgettable journey that sets a new benchmark fo...

Baba Is You

Baba Is You

Hempuli Oy

9.5
game
Our verdict

An exceptionally clever and profound puzzle game that redefines the genre by turning its own rules into playable objects, offering a brain-bending exp...

Into the Breach

Into the Breach

Subset Games

9.8
game
Our verdict

Into the Breach is not merely a game; it is a testament to the elegance of perfect design, transforming the turn-based tactics genre into a brutally f...

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