Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,470 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
River City Ransom
Released: Jan 31, 1990
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Play as Alex and Ryan and cross River City to fight street gangs and save your girlfriend from the hands of a bad guy named "Slick." Improve your fighting experience by powering-up your characters in River City's shops, picking-up items for bonuses and using the trash bins and pipes you will find in its streets.
Turok
Released: Dec 17, 2015
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds.
Tails Noir
Released: Jun 8, 2021
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019.
Death Squared
Released: Mar 13, 2017
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.
Kingdom Rush
Released: Dec 19, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!
LEGO Jurassic World
Released: Jun 11, 2015
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Following the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, as well as Jurassic World, LEGO Jurassic World is the first videogame where players will be able to relive and experience all four Jurassic films.
RiME
Released: May 26, 2017
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments, containing puzzles and slight navigation challenges, to get to the bottom of why he's ended up there and to reach the end of the road he's inadvertently begun to travel.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
Released: Jun 23, 2020
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Are you ready, kids?
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
Released: Oct 27, 2015
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A remastered version of the 2012 release, Darksiders II.
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Released: Mar 27, 2020
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Formerly referred to as Shantae 5, Shantae and the Seven Sirens sends the belly-dancing, hair-whipping, half-genie hero to a tropical island where Shantae and her friends encounter other Half-Genie allies, but they soon learn there’s trouble in paradise.
Resident Evil: Revelations
Released: Jan 26, 2012
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Resident Evil: Revelations is a survival horror game that restores elements of the series' nature, as opposed to the survival action of Resident Evil 5.
New Super Lucky's Tale
Released: Nov 8, 2019
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Leap into a Playful Platforming Adventure for all ages!
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Enjoy the original story of ONE PIECE from Fuschia village, where everything has started, to the kingdom of Dressrosa, a mysterious island dominated by the evil Donquixote.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Released: Sep 7, 2021
Critic rating: 86.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It is a metroidvania game that the player will play as a rabbit who can manipulate the big mech-arm on his back, exploring in a vivid diesel punk world and fighting against the evil robot army.
NBA 2K21
Released: Sep 3, 2020
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
With exciting improvements upon its best-in-class gameplay, competitive and community online features, and deep, varied game modes, NBA 2K21 offers one-of-a-kind immersion into all facets of NBA basketball and culture - where Everything is Game.
Payday 2
Released: Aug 13, 2013
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C.
de Blob
Released: Jul 8, 2008
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
de Blob is a 3D platformer where players maneuver their hero, de Blob.
NBA 2K20
Released: Sep 5, 2019
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation.
World of Horror
Released: Oct 19, 2023
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P.
My Friend Pedro
Released: Jun 20, 2019
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Lacuna
Released: May 20, 2021
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A murder.
Graveyard Keeper
Released: Aug 15, 2018
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of the year.
Ghost Song
Released: Nov 3, 2022
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, 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
On the desolate moon of Lorian V, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber.
Football Manager 2023
Released: Nov 8, 2022
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
New tools thrust you closer to every aspect of the beautiful game in FM23.
Kaze and the Wild Masks
Released: Mar 25, 2021
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer.