Top 40 / Best Indie Racing / Flying Games on Nintendo Switch

Wreckfest

Oh man, where do I begin to properly convey my total love for this title? First and foremost I’ll start with the game’s ...

Horizon Chase Turbo

Oh, to go back to the arcades, hearing the sound of quarters being dispensed from the bill changer, and diving into s...

Hotshot Racing

With its low-poly look coming straight out of classic Sega arcade titles like Daytona Racing we have Hotshot Racing, and...

Circuit Superstars

A love letter to fans of old-school arcade racing with a decent amount of variety in handling across loads of vehicles

Everspace - Stellar Edition

As a massive fan of the classic Wing Commander series this is a title that easily caught my eye while it was on PC. Ther...

Cruis'n Blast

When it comes to over-the-top, crazy, and almost excessively arcade-style racing I’m not sure anything out ther...

Disney Speedstorm

While I wouldn’t go as far as saying there’s a new Mario Kart competitor on the market, Speedstorm is still quite compelling in many ways

WRC 10 The Official Game

Having always been more of an arcade and combat racing kind of gamer, titles that are more simmy have always been a c...

Skydrift Infinity

One of the subgenres I’ll say I’m most disappointed having seen ride off into the sunset in recent generations is combat...

Meow Motors

When it comes to racing on Switch, there’s no doubt that Mario Kart is the king. The thing is, that’s not necessarily a ...

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™

Having spent a fair portion of my childhood playing with the cars, tracks, and quite a few playsets there’s abs...

Inertial Drift

While some people prefer their racing to be a bit rough around the edges, banging around turns and defying any sense ...

Super Impossible Road

Rolling onto the scene and feeling like the marriage of Super Monkey Ball, a futuristic racer, and an exercise in calcul...

Retro Highway

I’ll admit the first thing that completely drew me in with this game was the look of the road racing itself, completely ...

The Falconeer: Warrior Edition

Games where dogfighting takes a central sort of role have been around for quite some time, and while there are some stan...

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw

As an old school fan of the Wing Commander series I’m always excited to take on any new space sim promising dogfights, e...

War Tech Fighters

While there have been a few big robots battling in space games on Switch to date none of them have quite clicked for me....

GRIP

Combat racing has always been something I've enjoyed and it's also a style of play that's challenging to get right. Whil...

Pilot Sports

Each major set of levels includes 10 total stages and in order to unlock additional ones you’ll need to complete the maj...

Manticore - Galaxy on Fire

As a total package if you enjoy space combat there’s quite a lot to like about Manticore as long as you reign in expecta...

Skies of Fury DX

While we'll overlook the fact that for the most part it utterly ignores gravity as you loop through the air, Skies of Fu...

Riptide GP: Renegade

While it has far more in common with traditional racing games than my beloved Wave Race this mobile conversion looks gre...

Mantis Burn Racing

What absolutely redeems the game for me, and actually what I’d love to see in a sequel, is the Battle Mode that was intr...

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway

Tapping into just about every available franchise it can, Kart Racers 3 has plenty of character but stalls a bit in some key areas

Warp Drive

While this anti-gravity racer isn’t as intense as hoped, it does make for a decent light combat racer

Monster Truck Championship

Having never really seen the appeal of packing into an arena to witness the over-the-top smashing, bashing, and ear-s...

Rise: Race The Future

Since there’s a general lack of racing games on Switch, in particular those that aren’t cart racers of so...

Gas Guzzlers Extreme

Though my natural tendency is to giggle at the use of EXTREME in any title, and I won’t try to argue that the game’s pre...

RiMS Racing

Oh, the challenges of being a racing fan on the Switch. While there have been some pretty solid titles over the years it...

Gearshifters

This is a game that really has me emotionally split in two, making it a challenge to review. On the one hand I absolutel...

Crash Drive 3

While hardly a top-tier racing game this stunt racer, though sharing perhaps a bit too much in common with its predecess...

Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure

When you load up a kart racing game on any system, let alone the Switch, the biggest challenge is to try to enjoy the ga...

REKT! High Octane Stunts

When you’re dealing with budget titles the bar for evaluation is a tricky thing to evaluate. For me the focus ultimately...

Zombie Driver Immortal Edition

It can be a bit of a challenge to rate games that have simply been around for a while when they arrive on Switch. Even f...

Redout

Redout is a pretty impressive racing experience that does a great job of conveying speed. Depending on your tastes, what...

Pressure Overdrive

I’m a bit on the fence on Pressure Overdrive when it comes to scoring. One the one hand it’s a very unique idea and for ...

Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing

More than anything else the positive of Bow to Blood is that it’s thoroughly unique, offering up an experience I can’t s...

Old School Racer 2

When hitting each course past the first few that are more straightforward you typically need to be mindful of whether yo...

Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers

Anyone who had a NES back in the day should probably remember RC Pro-Am and the great racing it offered up. While not co...

Aqua Moto Racing Utopia

Overall, as a huge fan of the Wave Race series, I’m a bit split down the middle on Utopia. There are things it does quit...

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