Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,470 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Northgard
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent.
Gunman Clive
Released: Apr 2, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws.
Mr. Shifty
Released: Apr 13, 2017
Critic rating: 63.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Quit creeping through shadows, stop surveilling security patterns, and ditch the fancy toys.
Breathedge
Released: Sep 18, 2018
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Survive in outer space!
Bulb Boy
Released: Oct 29, 2015
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse.
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Released: May 29, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Over 60 characters, 40 million units sold, and 30 years later, we’re celebrating Street Fighter with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection for PlayStation 4!
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Released: Aug 25, 2022
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative life sim with card-based battles.
LEGO Builder's Journey
Released: Dec 20, 2019
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story about play, connections and adventure.
Coromon
Released: Dec 21, 2020
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Coromon is a modern monster taming game with retro pixelart.
Narita Boy
Released: Mar 29, 2021
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The retro-futuristic pixel game Explore and fight in a retro-futuristic world. Swim deep into a oneiric, poetic and unique experience across dimensional planes. The aesthetic of the game was inspired by retro pixel adventures (Castlevania, Another World, Double Dragon) with a modern touch (Superbrothers, Sword and Sorcery) and an 80s plot homage (Ready Player One, He-Man, The Last Starfighter), accompanied by the retro synth touch of the old glory days.
Grounded
Released: Sep 27, 2022
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant.
Moonlighter
Released: May 29, 2018
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Released: Feb 13, 2018
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire.
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
Released: Jan 25, 2021
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This story takes place three years after the events of the previous game “Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout,” and depicts the reunion of Ryza and her friends, who go through new encounters and goodbyes to discover a true priceless treasure.
Core Keeper
Released: Aug 27, 2024
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Explore an endless cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Released: Sep 28, 2022
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure.
Pepper Grinder
Released: Mar 28, 2024
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pepper Grinder is an action-packed pirate adventure starring the titular Pepper, a seafaring soul with a passion for prospecting, and Grinder, her super-powered drilling device.
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code
Released: Jun 30, 2023
Critic rating: 68.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A brand new dark fantasy detective action game from the minds behind the Danganronpa series!
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Released: Jul 12, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Five years after the events of Oxenfree, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals.
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Released: Apr 10, 2015
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today" is the first part of the "Dead Synchronicity" series: help Michael face a dying reality, a universe that’s fading away.
Endling: Extinction is Forever
Released: Jul 19, 2022
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself.
Overwatch
Released: Aug 10, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
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
Overwatch is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Released: May 22, 2013
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales.
Sonic Generations
Released: Nov 1, 2011
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Suzerain
Released: Dec 4, 2020
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland.