Best Nintendo Switch Apps & Games

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

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Overboard!

Overboard!

inkle Ltd

9.2
game
Our verdict

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 ...

Sludge Life

Sludge Life

Asobimo, Inc.

8.5
game
Our verdict

Sludge Life is a confident, foul-mouthed middle finger to the polished conventions of the modern open-world genre. It is a short, sharp shock of aesth...

Chrono Ark

Chrono Ark

Al Fine

8.8
game
Our verdict

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

Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

二色幽紫蝶, Re零同人社

8.8
game
Our verdict

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...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Live Wire, Adglobe

8.8
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in atmospheric storytelling that weaponizes melancholy. It is a grueling, gorgeous Metroidvania that justifies its brutality through mec...

Wayward Strand

Wayward Strand

ghost pattern

8.2
game
Our verdict

Ghost Pattern’s airborne hospital simulator swaps high-stakes action for radical empathy, offering a brilliant but stubbornly slow-burn narrative expe...

Selfloss

Selfloss

Goodwin Games

7.6
game
Our verdict

Selfloss is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of grief that pairs striking Slavic-Icelandic aesthetics with a high-friction dual-control system that ...

Smushi Come Home

Smushi Come Home

SomeHumbleOnion

8.8
game
Our verdict

Smushi Come Home is a masterclass in the "tiny-open-world" subgenre, offering a mechanically satisfying and educationally rich escape that respects yo...

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Northway Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Northway Games has engineered a devastatingly effective machine for empathy, transforming the abstract concept of "experience" into a tactile, high-st...

Mind Scanners

Mind Scanners

The Outer Zone

8.4
game
Our verdict

Mind Scanners is a harrowing, skeuomorphic descent into state-mandated psychiatry that forces you to choose between your daughter's freedom and your p...

Suzerain

Suzerain

Torpor Games

9.2
game
Our verdict

Suzerain is a masterclass in narrative tension that proves politics is the most dangerous game of all—a profound, punishing simulation of power and th...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Warhorse Studios

8.5
game
Our verdict

Warhorse Studios has crafted a masterpiece of historical friction that trades the escapism of power fantasies for the grueling, rewarding reality of 1...

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...

The Legend of Tianding

The Legend of Tianding

Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation, Neon Doctrine

8.7
game
Our verdict

A masterclass in 2D brawling that proves cultural specificity is the secret sauce for action-platformers. It’s fast, visceral, and visually arresting.

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...

Dungeon Clawler

Dungeon Clawler

Stray Fawn Studio

8.9
game
Our verdict

Dungeon Clawler is a masterclass in skeuomorphic chaos, proving that the most dangerous weapon in a dungeon isn’t a magic missile, but a poorly calibr...

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