Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed Nintendo Switch games, scored out of 10.
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Top rated on Nintendo Switch
- 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, ...Good7.2Tearscape
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...Mixed6.2Wander 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 ...Good7.0Ten Dates
Adventure gameA well-cast live-action speed-dating romcom whose bite-sized dates keep every connection shallow and the package thin; the choice engine is clever, bu...Mixed6.1Isle 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 ...Mixed5.9CASSETTE 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....Mixed6.0Escape 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...Good7.4
Long Live the Queen
RPG gameA small, cruel, clever sim that treats failure as the lesson plan. For players willing to die repeatedly to learn what the court wants, it's a rewardi...Good7.5Haven Park
Adventure gameHaven Park is charming and well-made but very short and shallow, and it leans heavily on A Short Hike without matching it. At $3.59 it's a pleasant ...Mixed6.6Fallout Shelter
RPG gameFallout Shelter's early hours are a sharp, funny management sim, but the vault eventually runs itself and the game turns into timer-watching and chore...Mixed6.8Kraken Academy!!
Adventure gameHappy Broccoli Games built a sharp, funny time-loop mystery on top of a cast odd enough to carry it. It is short and its objectives are sometimes mudd...Good7.1Fading Afternoon
Action gameSolo developer yeo has made a 2D Yakuza about running out of time, and it earns its mood. Its combat and its terminal-illness clock work together we...Good7.1Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Adventure gameOxenfree II: Lost Signals has sharp writing, a strong adult lead and a soundtrack that gets under your skin, but it sticks too closely to the origin...Good7.1Kaichu: The Kaiju Dating Sim
RPG gameSquiddershins' kaiju courtship romp is a genuinely novel twist on the dating sim — witty, gorgeous, and endearingly weird — but a shallow quiz loop an...Mixed6.7Curious Expedition
RPG gameMaschinen-Mensch's roguelike expedition sim earns its genre mashup through brutal, meaningful resource management. It stumbles on repetition and luck,...Good7.3Rustler
Action gameRustler is a funny medieval take on the top-down GTA formula, but clunky combat, mission-breaking bugs, and a short campaign make it hard to recomme...Mixed6.1Star Ocean: The Second Story R
Action gameGemdrops and Square Enix deliver one of the most thoughtful JRPG remakes in recent memory — a gorgeous 2.5D reimagining of a 1998 classic whose only r...Great8.0Unexplored
Action gameUnexplored takes on procedural generation's oldest problem — random levels that feel like nobody made them — and largely solves it. The combat and art...Good7.3Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Adventure gameA 1997 Japanese cult object finally speaks English, and it turns out to be one of the sharpest critiques of RPG violence ever shipped — provided you c...Good7.8SIMULACRA
Adventure gameSIMULACRA weaponizes the most intimate object you own, turning a stranger's lock screen into an unnerving detective story — and it stumbles when it re...Good7.4Tharsis
RPG gameTharsis has a genuinely original central idea — your crew are the dice — wrapped around a difficulty curve so pitiless it will drive off most of its...Mixed6.0Moonglow Bay
Adventure gameMoonglow Bay has one of the most emotionally honest premises in the cozy genre — a voxel story about grief, debt, and small-town decline, scored by Le...Mixed5.9Lone Survivor
Action gameA flashlight, a cassette hiss, and a bag of rotten meat do more work here than most big-budget horror manages with a photogrammetry rig. It's an unset...Good7.6
