Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,469 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Supraland: Six Inches Under
Released: Jan 14, 2022
Critic rating: 83.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Supraland Six Inches Under has exploration, puzzles, and combat!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Champions' Ballad
Released: Dec 7, 2017
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
DLC Pack 2 cannot be purchased outside of the expansion pass.
Viewfinder
Released: Jul 18, 2023
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Viewfinder is a puzzle game where you can reshape the world around you by taking photos with an instant camera.
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series.
My Time at Sandrock
Released: Nov 2, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You'll take the role of a fledgling Builder to Sandrock.
SteamWorld Heist
Released: Dec 9, 2015
Critic rating: 87.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Join Captain Piper Faraday, smuggler and occasional pirate, as she recruits a rag-tag team of steam-driven robots and sets out on a daring adventure.
Owlboy
Released: Nov 1, 2016
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio.
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Released: Nov 21, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is an adventure RPG following three heroes, Vi, Kabbu, and Leif, as they embark on an epic quest in Bugaria in search of treasure and immortality.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Released: Nov 10, 2020
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, players take on the role of Sakuna, a proud yet lonely harvest goddess who is banished to a dangerous island with a group of outcast humans.
The Last Campfire
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
Released: Sep 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The epic story of Utawarerumono comes to an end in Mask of Truth, as the fate of the world will be determined by warring nations.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Released: Jun 21, 2019
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a kart racing game developed by Beenox and published by Activision.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Released: Sep 8, 2010
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Released: Jul 1, 2014
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Guacamelee!
Beholder 2
Released: Oct 22, 2018
Critic rating: 89.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Every citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Prime Ministry!
Subnautica
Released: Jan 23, 2018
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril.
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Released: Sep 26, 2019
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum.
Unavowed
Released: Aug 8, 2018
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A demon possessed you one year ago.
Tetris 99
Released: Feb 13, 2019
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale
A blockbuster battle royale!
Monument Valley II
Released: May 30, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Guide a mother and her child as they embark on a journey through magical architecture, discovering illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of the Sacred Geometry.
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Hold onto your chef hats and prepare your appetite for an XXL portion of Overcooked magic!
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Released: Nov 13, 2018
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a collection of remakes of the first three Spyro the Dragon platformers, originally developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation.
Fez
Released: Apr 13, 2012
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world.
Monster Train
Released: May 21, 2020
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Hell has frozen over.
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Released: Jun 30, 2017
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A remake of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back found in the Crash Bandicoot N.