Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,469 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Ghost of a Tale
Released: Mar 13, 2018
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure.
Fran Bow
Released: Aug 27, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Farming Simulator 19
Released: Nov 19, 2018
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Farming Simulator 19 takes the biggest step forward yet with the franchise’s most extensive vehicle roster ever!
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Released: Nov 4, 2008
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Evolving the head-to-head fighting action of the Ultimate Ninja series, NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM allows players to battle in full 3D across massive environments.
Borderlands 2: Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary
Released: Jun 9, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Return to the award-winning shooter-looter for an all-new adventure that sets the stage for the upcoming Borderlands 3.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Released: Jan 20, 2021
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Skul: The Hero Slayer is an action-platformer that boasts rogue-like features such as everchanging and challenging maps.
Outlast II
Released: Apr 25, 2017
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Outlast 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed survival horror game Outlast.
Worms W.M.D
Released: Aug 23, 2016
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet!
Warframe
Released: Mar 25, 2013
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Warframe situates players as members of the Tenno race, newly awoken after years of cryo-sleep into a solar system at war.
Dex
Released: May 7, 2015
Critic rating: 69.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Discover the truth behind an enigmatic AI striving to reach the Singularity, a theoretical “event horizon” in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence and all bets about the future will be off.
Broforce
Released: Oct 15, 2015
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
Gunfire Reborn
Released: Nov 17, 2021
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, roguelite and RPG.
Bloons TD 6
Released: Jun 14, 2018
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100 • 160 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Bloons TD 6 is a tower defense game in which players place various monkey towers along a path to pop waves of balloons ("Bloons") before they reach the exit.
Two Point Campus
Released: Aug 9, 2022
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the follow up management sim with a twist from the creators of Two Point Hospital.
Hue
Released: Aug 30, 2016
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hue is a stark puzzle platformer where you shift the hue of the world, creating rifts when colours collide.
Shadowrun Returns
Released: Jul 25, 2013
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), 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
The year is 2054.
Axiom Verge 2
Released: Aug 11, 2021
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You may have played Axiom Verge, or heard it referenced as a benchmark for indie “metroidvania” adventures.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Released: Sep 8, 2020
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The hit RPG returns!
Armored Warriors
Released: Dec 31, 1994
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
In the year 2281, the war spanning half a century over territory between the United World Forces and the Raian Kingdom had at last come to an end.
Gone Home
Released: Aug 15, 2013
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home.
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Released: Jun 27, 2024
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A remaster of the 3DS game for Nintendo Switch.
Palia
Released: Dec 14, 2023
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri.
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing simulation.
Sonic Superstars
Released: Oct 17, 2023
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Adventure through the mystical Northstar Islands in this all-new take on classic 2D Sonic high-speed action platforming.
Thomas Was Alone
Released: Jul 24, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity.