20 Hidden Indie Gems on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 - Nindie Spotlight
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Sparklite
Since I’m a huge fan of roguelikes and their ability to revitalize and alter how you play more classic genres I’ve alway...
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Greak: Memories of Azur
When you’re this far into a system’s lifespan, making a splash with a game that not only has a distinctive look but that...
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Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
One genre that’s lacking in depth and variety on the Switch has definitely been fighters. Sure, there are both some AAA ...
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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Despite my feeling that it lost some steam towards the conclusion, SteamWorld Quest is easy to count among the most poli...
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A Memoir Blue
I’ve been impressed so far this year that story-driven games on the Switch have continued to show up in force, but most ...
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The Artful Escape
One opportunity that the smaller teams and budgets behind typical indie games have is to take bigger risks, either blend...
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Pyramid Quest
My tendency with games is to gravitate towards things that are higher in intensity and will throw a challenge my way, bu...
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Lacuna
I’ll admit that I tend to always be excited to check out an adventure with a noir sort of flavor, even if in the case of...
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Going Under
As an enormous fan of anything roguelike Going Under has been on my radar since I first saw it announced, billing itself...
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Destrobots
With loads of local multiplayer titles out there on Switch it’s a tough business to find a way to stand out in the crowd...
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Fury Unleashed
With a comic book-inspired look, a pretty wide array of over-the-top weapons, and challenges aplenty Fury Unleashed is a...
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Hue
With an abundance of puzzlers available on the Switch it is taking more and more effort to come up with ways to stand ou...
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When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
While the system has a number of bridge building physics games, this one takes that general premise and does some new th...
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Smoke And Sacrifice
This survival title has a mix of a main storyline driving your progress and some challenging survival play as well. You'...
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Last Stop
With visual novel-type titles that limit your interactivity and the ability to greatly alter the outcome of the story I ...
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Super Magbot
With as many puzzle platformers as I’ve seen on the Switch it’s always cool to run across one that does things a bit dif...
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Narita Boy
With an old school cinematic action adventure feel and dripping with neon-lit nostalgic ooze I have no doubt that Narita...
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Demon's Tier+

With indies I always find it so thoroughly satisfying when games manage to take me by surprise. What, on the surface,...

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Spirit of the North

When I go to PAX I tend to book my days to the brim with appointments but that doesn’t mean I lose the opportun...

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Manual Samuel
What story there is over the handful of hours you’ll play tends to be odd as well, but the strange characters and the ev...
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