Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,470 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Unforeseen Incidents
Released: May 24, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world.
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Released: Jul 15, 2014
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC!
Severed Steel
Released: Sep 17, 2021
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Severed Steel is a stylish and visceral single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, a unique one-armed protagonist, and a dark electronic soundtrack.
Void Bastards
Released: May 28, 2019
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Released: Jun 6, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
Curse of the Dead Gods
Released: Feb 23, 2021
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Released: Dec 7, 2020
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stack, chain, and combo your way to victory in the ultimate matching of two puzzle game legends!
Trials of Mana
Released: Apr 24, 2020
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Trials of Mana is a full high definition remake of the third entry in the Mana series, previously exclusively released in Japan in 1995 as Seiken Densetsu 3.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
Released: Aug 30, 2022
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is a 2022 compilation developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Konami.
Journey to the Savage Planet
Released: Jan 28, 2020
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Onward To Adventure In this colorful, co-op adventure game you play as the newest recruit to Kindred Aerospace. Dropped onto an uncharted planet with little equipment, you must determine if this planet is fit for human habitation but perhaps you are not the first to set foot here…
Solar Ash
Released: Dec 2, 2021
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Journey through a surreal, vivid and highly stylized world filled with mystery, wild high-speed traversal, endearing characters, and massive enemy encounters.
Batman: The Enemy Within
Released: Aug 8, 2017
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In this latest chapter, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles.
Forma.8
Released: Feb 23, 2017
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore, fight and solve puzzles.
Bit.Trip Runner
Released: May 14, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bit.Trip Runner is the fastest, most exhilarating music/ rhythm-platformer to hit Steam!
Pokémon Violet
Released: Nov 18, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Catch, battle, and train Pokémon in the Paldea Region, a vast land filled with lakes, towering peaks, wastelands, small towns, and sprawling cities.
Ruiner
Released: Sep 26, 2017
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ruiner is a top-down action shooter created in the spirit of cult cyberpunk anime and game classics.
Gems of War
Released: Nov 19, 2014
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
From the creators of Puzzle Quest, play the new Puzzle/RPG/Strategy mash-up, GEMS OF WAR!
Fortnite
Released: Jun 29, 2020
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Stephen Popovich's rating: 9.1
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Battle Royale
Fortnite is a free-to-play online game where you and your friends fight to be the last one standing in Battle Royale, join forces to make your own Creative games, or catch a live show at Party Royale.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Released: Mar 24, 2011
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 88 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.
Door Kickers
Released: Oct 20, 2014
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Door Kickers is an innovative Real-Time Tactics game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team.
PowerWash Simulator
Released: Jul 14, 2022
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator!
Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Released: Mar 2, 2018
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre but this time with a bunch of humor and a bucket of blown of body parts.
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Released: Jan 18, 2024
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Turnip Boy is back!
Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Released: Mar 30, 2016
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Epistory is an atmospheric adventure typing game that tells the story of a writer lacking inspiration who asks her muse to help write her latest book.
Burnout Paradise Remastered
Released: Mar 16, 2018
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome back to Paradise City!