Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,470 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Released: Jul 17, 2020
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Join Mario and his new companion Olivia on a comedic adventure that will take you to the far corners of a papercraft world in Paper Mario: The Origami King on Nintendo Switch!
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Released: Jun 24, 2014
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart.
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Released: Sep 3, 2019
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered features upgraded character models, enhanced Guardian Forces and improved visual effects while preserving the original game’s story and pre-rendered backgrounds.
Move or Die
Released: Jan 21, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
20 seconds, constantly changing mechanics and a lot of yelling.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Released: Sep 25, 2014
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy is in grave danger.
Final Fantasy XV
Released: Nov 29, 2016
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Play as Noctis, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, as you seek to reclaim your homeland from the imperial army.
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together?
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
Released: Nov 10, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
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Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
Released: Mar 26, 2002
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In the tradition of the highly acclaimed Star Wars: Jedi Knight series, Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2, Jedi Outcast features rebel agent Kyle Katarn in exhilarating first-person action.
Ball x Pit
Released: Oct 15, 2025
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite where you battle hordes of monstrous enemies with your arsenal of ricocheting balls.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Released: Oct 2, 2009
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
Drawful 2
Released: Jun 21, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The team behind the hit party games Fibbage, Quiplash, and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents Drawful 2, the game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers!
Assassin's Creed III Remastered
Released: Mar 29, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Relive the American Revolution or experience it for the first time in Assassin's Creed III Remastered, with enhanced graphics and improved gameplay mechanics.
Wargroove
Released: Jan 2, 2019
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wargroove is a turn-based strategy game for up to 4 players, in which each player takes control of an army and its commander unit to wage war on their enemies!
Furi
Released: Jul 5, 2016
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fight your way free in our frenzied all-boss fighter, and discover what’s waiting behind the last gate.
Resident Evil 5 Remastered
Released: Jun 28, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The biohazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down players' spines.
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
Released: Sep 26, 2019
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The next game in the Atelier franchise and the start of a new series of games.
Say No! More
Released: Apr 9, 2021
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Say No!
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Released: Oct 23, 2019
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Just you and your bike - take it on a thrilling ride down an unspoiled mountain landscape.
Another Crab's Treasure
Released: Apr 25, 2024
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Another Crab’s Treasure is a soulslike adventure set in a crumbling underwater world plagued by a mysterious curse.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a rhythm action game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Going Under
Released: Sep 24, 2020
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups.
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Released: Mar 27, 2021
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a 2D-style Metroidvania (action-exploration) game based on Record of Lodoss War.
The Beast Inside
Released: Oct 17, 2019
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: M
Genres: 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
The Beast Inside is a gripping new twist on thriller and survival horror genres, telling a multi-layered story about cryptanalyst discovering a hundred-year-old murder-mystery that not only remains unresolved, but also puts his very life at risk.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Released: Sep 18, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation.