Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,470 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Blasphemous
Released: Sep 10, 2019
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core.
Thumper
Released: Oct 10, 2016
Critic rating: 83.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Google Stadia, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Thumper is a rhythm violence game.
The Long Dark
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to The Long Dark, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "the pinnacle of an entire genre".
Fuser
Released: Nov 9, 2020
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A nonstop virtual music festival where you control the music!
Abzu
Released: Aug 2, 2016
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Abzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Released: Jan 26, 2010
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle continues the tale of punk anti-hero Travis Touchdown, the Japanese anime Otaku, and pro wrestling-obsessed assassin.
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Released: Mar 12, 2015
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, developed by Media.Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and based on the Digimon franchise.
Firewatch
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout.
WarioWare: Get It Together!
Released: Sep 9, 2021
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Take on over 200 quick and quirky microgames - lightning-fast minigames filled with frantic fun - solo or with a friend!
Iron Lung
Released: Mar 10, 2022
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
Released: Nov 22, 2016
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell.
Guilty Gear
Released: May 14, 1998
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game, in which you can play as one of 10 very different kind of characters.
Cookie Clicker
Released: Aug 10, 2013
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cookie Clicker is a Javascript-based browser video game written by French programmer Julien Thiennot, better known as "Orteil".
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Released: Aug 31, 2023
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), 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
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy will take Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight on their most action-packed journey yet!
Stacklands
Released: Apr 8, 2022
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures.
Outlast: Whistleblower
Released: May 6, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Whistleblower starts the story that led to Outlast, and stretches past the events of the first game to show the true final chapter in the story of Mount Massive Asylum.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Released: Oct 9, 2018
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 56 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Released: May 23, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
“Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon” is packed with the retro charm that made the legendary 2D action games of the 80s so enjoyable.
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Released: Aug 15, 2012
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity.
Buckshot Roulette
Released: Dec 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver.
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Released: Oct 5, 2012
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the players total control over where they want to take their restaurant.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Released: Nov 12, 2013
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 47 votes
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 is a two-part single-player expansion to BioShock Infinite.
Attack on Titan 2
Released: Mar 15, 2018
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Attack on Titan 2 is the gripping sequel to the action game based on the worldwide hit anime series Attack on Titan.
Deponia Doomsday
Released: Mar 1, 2016
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One fateful night, Rufus awakes from a haunting nightmare: he sacrificed himself to save Deponia.
BioShock 2 Remastered
Released: Sep 14, 2016
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 157 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BioShock 2 Remastered was released as a part of BioShock: The Collection and also available separately for PC.