The 26 best Nintendo Switch games
Ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. The list draws on 2,351 review scores of 1,634 Nintendo Switch games; 1,283 of them have enough reviews to be ranked.
| # | Game | Platform | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Switch | 2017 | 100 |
| 2 | Super Mario Odyssey | Switch | 2017 | 96.4 |
| 3 | The House in Fata Morgana - Dreams of the Revenants Edition - | Switch | 2021 | 96 |
| 4 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Switch | 2023 | 96 |
| 5 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Switch | 2020 | 95 |
| 6 | Portal: Companion Collection | Switch | 2022 | 95 |
| 7 | Metroid Prime Remastered | Switch | 2023 | 94 |
| 8 | Persona 5 Royal | Switch | 2022 | 94 |
| 9 | Tetris Effect: Connected | Switch | 2021 | 94 |
| 10 | Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition | Switch | 2019 | 93 |
| 11 | Hades | Switch | 2020 | 93 |
| 12 | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Switch | 2020 | 93 |
| 13 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Switch | 2018 | 93 |
| 14 | Undertale | Switch | 2018 | 93 |
| 15 | Bayonetta 2 | Switch | 2018 | 92 |
| 16 | Celeste | Switch | 2018 | 92 |
| 17 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Switch | 2023 | 92 |
| 18 | Dragon Quest XI S | Switch | 2019 | 91 |
| 19 | INSIDE | Switch | 2018 | 91 |
| 20 | Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove | Switch | 2017 | 91 |
| 21 | Sonic Mania Plus | Switch | 2018 | 91 |
| 22 | SteamWorld Heist | Switch | 2017 | 91 |
| 23 | Unavowed | Switch | 2021 | 91 |
| 24 | Bastion | Switch | 2018 | 90 |
| 25 | Into The Breach | Switch | 2018 | 90 |
| 26 | Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition | Switch | 2019 | 90 |
Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews
23 Nintendo Switch games have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.
| # | Game | Platform | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balatro | Switch | 2024 | 95 | |
| Bayonetta 3 | Switch | 2022 | 95 | |
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | Switch | 2022 | 90 | |
| AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative | Switch | 2022 | 90 | |
| Aeon Drive | Switch | 2021 | 90 | |
| Anodyne | Switch | 2019 | 90 | |
| Bahnsen Knights | Switch | 2024 | 90 | |
| Beast Breaker | Switch | 2021 | 90 | |
| Beyond Galaxyland | Switch | 2024 | 90 | |
| Blue Reflection: Second Light | Switch | 2021 | 90 | |
| Braid, Anniversary Edition | Switch | 2024 | 90 | |
| COCOON | Switch | 2023 | 90 | |
| Dragon Quest Heroes I-II | Switch | 2017 | 90 | |
| Fire Emblem Engage | Switch | 2023 | 90 | |
| Hypnospace Outlaw | Switch | 2020 | 90 | |
| Inertial Drift | Switch | 2020 | 90 | |
| Live A Live | Switch | 2022 | 90 | |
| Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope | Switch | 2022 | 90 | |
| Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | Switch | 2023 | 90 | |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence | Switch | 2017 | 90 | |
| Pikmin 4 | Switch | 2023 | 90 | |
| Return to Monkey Island | Switch | 2022 | 90 | |
| Unicorn Overlord | Switch | 2024 | 90 |
How the ranking works
- The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
- A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
- A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
- Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
- Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.
The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.
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