Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,470 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Borderlands
Released: Oct 20, 2009
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Released: Sep 25, 2025
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Race across land, sea, air, space, and time in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds!
The End Is Nigh
Released: Jul 12, 2017
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control of Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the "end of the world." Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant creatures and help aid his final epic quest... to simply make a friend.
Röki
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Released: Apr 23, 2013
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
An open-world action role-playing game set in the high-fantasy land of Gransys.
Unravel Two
Released: Jun 9, 2018
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Unravel Two is the sequel to the 2015 puzzle platforming game Unravel.
Little Kitty, Big City
Released: May 9, 2024
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home.
Sundered
Released: Jul 28, 2017
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity, a hand-drawn epic from the creators of Jotun.
The Mortuary Assistant
Released: Aug 2, 2022
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Having completed your degree in mortuary sciences, you have taken on an apprenticeship at River Fields Mortuary.
Dorfromantik
Released: Apr 28, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles.
Little Nightmares
Released: Apr 28, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Enter the Gungeon
Released: Apr 5, 2016
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon.
Dodgeball Academia
Released: Aug 5, 2021
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A sports RPG game featuring rookie dodgeball student, Otto.
Bowser's Fury
Released: Feb 12, 2021
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Team up with Bowser Jr.
Syberia
Released: Aug 9, 2002
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Ape Out
Released: Feb 28, 2019
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ape Out is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
Life Is Strange 2
Released: Sep 26, 2018
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Life Is Strange 2 is an episodic adventure game played from a third-person perspective.
Rakuen
Released: May 10, 2017
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
A Normal Lost Phone
Released: Jan 26, 2017
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
Released: Jan 17, 2020
Critic rating: 88.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You and the rising stars you call friends will need to call on your own creative power - manifested as iconic Fire Emblem characters - to wage a secret war on rogue spirits that feed on creativity.
Omensight
Released: May 15, 2018
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Omensight is an action role-playing game framed as an action murder mystery.
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a euphoric music video dream about being awesome, riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 1
Released: Nov 12, 2013
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 1 is the first part of the story-driven downloadable content of BioShock Infinite that puts the player in the perspective of Booker DeWitt in a new story, taking place in the city of Rapture right before its fall.
The Operator
Released: Jul 22, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As an Operator, you will assist FDI's field agents by analyzing evidence on your computer and making deductions.
The Pathless
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Pathless is a mythic adventure where you play as the Hunter, a skilled archer who explores a mysterious cursed island with an eagle companion.