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

Across the Obelisk
Dreamsite Games
A masterclass in party-based synergy that turns the solitary deck-builder into a high-stakes social marathon. It is brilliant, dense, and occasionally...

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Square Enix
A razor-sharp, subversion-heavy visual novel that weaponizes genre tropes and system settings to deliver the most inventive supernatural mystery in ye...

Shogun Showdown
Roboatino
Shogun Showdown is a masterclass in tactical restraint, proving that a single dimension is all you need for a deep, punishing, and utterly addictive s...

Cloudpunk
ION LANDS
Cloudpunk is a breathtaking exercise in atmospheric world-building that swaps cybernetic combat for the meditative, rain-slicked life of a futuristic ...

Roadwarden
Moral Anxiety Studio
A hauntingly dense, text-driven masterpiece that proves prose and pixel art remain the most potent tools for world-building in the RPG genre.

Peglin
Red Nexus Games Inc.
Peglin is a brilliantly executed genre-mashup that proves physics-based chaos is the perfect partner for roguelike strategy. It’s addictive, punishing...

Vagante
Nuke Nine
Vagante is a punishing, deeply systems-driven roguelike that trades Spelunky’s slapstick chaos for a gritty, loot-heavy descent into darkness. It is a...

Minishoot' Adventure
SoulGame Studio
Minishoot' Adventure is a masterclass in genre-bending, stripping away the bloat of modern gaming to deliver a pure, high-octane marriage of Zelda-sty...

Brotato
Blobfish
Brotato is a masterclass in distilled complexity, stripping the "survivors-like" genre to its mathematical bones and proving that true depth doesn't r...

Gnosia
Petit Depotto
Gnosia is a masterclass in translating social deduction into a single-player format, turning the anxiety of 'Werewolf' into a deeply personal, hauntin...

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
Furniture & Mattress LLC
A masterclass in mechanical minimalism that proves you don't need XP or bloated inventories when your core movement logic is this clever. It is a rare...

UFO 50
Mossmouth
UFO 50 is an audacious, sprawling masterclass in retro-design that proves quantity can actually mean quality when handled by masters of the craft.

Torchlight 2
Runic Games
Torchlight II doesn't reinvent the dungeon-crawling wheel, but it polishes its gears to a gleaming, addictive perfection, delivering a robust action-R...

Cozy Grove
Techland
*Cozy Grove* carves out a unique niche in the life-sim genre, offering a genuinely heartwarming experience tethered to a controversial daily play loop...

My Lovely Empress
Kenisoft Game Studio
*My Lovely Empress* delivers a richly atmospheric, if occasionally demanding, empire management simulation that dares to meld classical strategy with ...

Evoland
Dylan Fitterer
*Evoland* is a remarkably clever, if somewhat ephemeral, exercise in meta-commentary on the RPG genre, expertly guiding players through the foundation...

Dungeon of the Endless
AMPLITUDE Studios
Amplitude Studios’ **Dungeon of the Endless** is a genre-bending tour de force, merging the unforgiving brutality of a roguelike with the tactical dem...

Gravity Circuit
Choice of Games
Gravity Circuit doesn't just ape 16-bit classics; it re-engineers their combat with a kinetic grace and satisfying depth that sets a new standard for ...

Backpack Hero
Jaspel
Backpack Hero meticulously crafts a compulsive loop around its central, brilliant premise: inventory as weapon. While occasional rough edges persist, ...

Don't Starve Together
Klei Entertainment
Klei Entertainment's *Don't Starve Together* transcends its survival genre trappings, presenting a meticulously crafted, brutally difficult, yet profo...

Graveyard Keeper
Lazy Bear Games
Graveyard Keeper offers a uniquely dark, deeply systems-driven experience that rewards persistence with a twisted sense of accomplishment, despite its...

Songs of Conquest
Lavapotion
Lavapotion's *Songs of Conquest* meticulously revives the golden age of turn-based strategy, delivering a rich tapestry of tactical combat and empire ...

Littlewood
Sean Young
"Littlewood" masterfully reimagines the post-heroic narrative, delivering a profoundly calming and endlessly engaging loop of town-building and social...

Armello
League of Geeks
Armello stands as a fascinating digital hybrid, merging the intricate decision-making of tabletop strategy with a visually rich, character-driven RPG....