If you’re looking for a list of the best Nintendo Switch games, we’re here to help. Here at Pocket Tactics, we’ve played countless titles on the Nintendo console, from awesome AAA games to incredible indies, and we’ve put this guide together detailing some of our favorites. As more games arrive, we’ll be sure to add to this list, so check back often if you need something new to play.
Whatever you think is the best Nintendo Switch (standard, OLED, or Lite), the system has so many unmissable games. From the best Switch RPGs to the best Switch multiplayer games, we’ve worked to give you an overview that encompasses all player tastes.
Here are the best Nintendo Switch games:
- The Legend Of Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Astral Chain
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Stardew Valley
- Hollow Knight
- Metroid Dread
- Super Mario Maker 2
- Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
- Bayonetta 2
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus
- Live A Live
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Splatoon 3
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Mario Party Superstars
- Triangle Strategy
- Hades
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate
- The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild
- Princess Peach: Showtime!
- Balatro
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble
- Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
- Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
1. The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
It’s hard to follow up a masterpiece with something just as incredible, but if anyone can do it, it’s Nintendo. Tears of the Kingdom is the best sandbox adventure game on the market, let alone just the Switch, with a mind-bogglingly big world of dungeons, shrines, and quests to adventure. There are new powers too, with an emphasis on creation, with Link capable of creating vehicles with ultrahand capable of making vehicles, with fuse allows the invention of new weapons.
Picking up after the events of Breath Of The Wild, Tears of the Kingdom sees Link and Zelda separated once more, as a long-dormant evil revives and spreads across Hyrule. As Link, it’s your job to regain your power, find the princess, and return peace to the land once more.
For a bit of guidance getting around Hyrule’s heavy overhaul, check out our guides to Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gleeoks, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom koroks, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shrines, and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom depths. Or, if you’re still thinking it over, see if our Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review can convince you.
2. Super Mario Odyssey
Not content with simply releasing the most ground-breaking Zelda game in 2017, Nintendo outdid themselves and also gave us what is not only one of the best Mario games on Switch but one of the plumber’s best outings ever. Returning to the ‘sandbox’ style of the world seen in Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Odyssey has our mate with the mustached exploring huge levels to find hidden challenges and earn the literal hundreds of Power Moons needed to power his hat-shaped ship, The Odyssey, and rescue peach.
The difference here is that Mario can copy the abilities of almost any enemy in the game. No, he hasn’t been taking lessons from Kirby, but instead made friends with a hat with magical abilities. Cappy allows Mario to possess enemies, NPCs, and even random objects, giving him skills and moves unlike anything before. With so many fun ways to move and so many things to do (with a selection of Super Mario Odyssey amiibo available to enhance the game), Mario’s latest adventure should keep children happy for weeks.
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Remember when Animal Crossing was a niche Gamecube game? The one with the weird villagers and wobbling gyroids. Well, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has now sold over 30 million units on Nintendo Switch, and it became a phenomenon that inspired countless games like Animal Crossing on Switch,
