Best Nintendo Switch Games
1,469 Nintendo Switch games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Mina the Hollower
Released: May 29, 2026
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Mina the Hollower is a bone-chilling action-adventure game featuring classic gameplay and an 8-bit aesthetic in the style of Game Boy Color, refined for the modern era.
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Released: Mar 3, 2017
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This game is a free expansion included in the main game, Shovel Knight, and its updated title, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Finding Paradise
Released: Dec 14, 2017
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Pikmin 4
Released: Jul 21, 2023
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Meet Pikmin, small, plantlike creatures you can grow, pluck, command, and overpower your enemies with!
Omori
Released: Dec 25, 2020
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A turn-based surreal horror RPG in which a child traverses various mundane, quirky, humourous, mysterious and horrific lands with his friends in search of a missing person while confronting his past and his fears.
Pentiment
Released: Nov 15, 2022
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A 16th-century narrative adventure set in Upper Bavaria, following Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist working in the bygone scriptorium of Kiersau Abbey during a time of great social unrest.
Bastion
Released: Jul 20, 2011
Critic rating: 90.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A hack-and-slash RPG featuring a reactive narrator, various unlockable weapons, weapon upgrades, practice mini-games and optional difficulty modifiers, set in an imaginary world in the aftermath of an uncertain apocalypse, in which the player embodies a teenager with a troubled past as he and the narrator work together to rebuild the world out of a persisting hub called the Bastion.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Released: May 30, 2013
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100 • 58 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A remaster of the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, released exclusively as part of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy bundle.
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
Released: Sep 17, 2015
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is a free expansion for Shovel Knight that follows Plague Knight in his own quest.
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Released: May 29, 2020
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Discover the origins of Shulk as he and his companions clash against a seemingly-unstoppable mechanical menace.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Released: Mar 20, 2020
Critic rating: 90.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Escape to a deserted island and create your own paradise as you explore, create, and customize in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Deemo
Released: Nov 12, 2013
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Rayark brings you Deemo, a hybrid of music rhythm game and the story of urban fantasy, with hand-drawn art, story-telling gallery and real instrumental feedback of piano key sound.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Released: Dec 6, 2004
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is a sequel to the blockbuster RPG Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.
Hypnospace Outlaw
Released: Mar 12, 2019
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hypnospace Outlaw is a '90s internet simulator in which players act as Enforcers, volunteer moderators who scour Hypnospace's surreal network of weird and wonderful websites to hunt down wrongdoers while also keeping an eye on their inbox, avoiding viruses and adware, and downloading a plethora of apps that may or may not be useful.
Cocoon
Released: Sep 29, 2023
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cocoon is a puzzle adventure game developed by Geometric Interactive and published by Annapurna Interactive.
Triangle Strategy
Released: Mar 4, 2022
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Three nations battle for control of the dwindling resources of salt and iron in this HD-2D adventure tactical RPG.
Into the Breach
Released: Feb 27, 2018
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth.
Vampire Survivors
Released: Feb 1, 2022
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Mow thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn!
Sea of Stars
Released: Aug 28, 2023
Critic rating: 89.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
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
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics.
Resident Evil 4
Released: Sep 8, 2011
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil 4 is directly based off the Wii port, having all the new features that the Wii added.
The Banner Saga 2
Released: Apr 19, 2016
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The award winning and BAFTA nominated saga continues in The Banner Saga 2.
Return to Monkey Island
Released: Sep 19, 2022
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge by Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games, coming 2022.
Luigi's Mansion 3
Released: Oct 31, 2019
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Luigi embarks on a dream vacation with Mario and friends upon receiving an invitation to a luxurious hotel.
Kerbal Space Program
Released: Apr 27, 2015
Critic rating: 86.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals.
Steins;Gate 0
Released: Dec 10, 2015
Critic rating: 87.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Steins;Gate 0 is a Japanese visual novel.