20 Hidden Indie Gems on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 - Nindie Spotlight
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
First developing quite a notorious reputation as a free title, DDLC has finally made its disturbing way to Switch… and w...
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Sifu
If you’re a huge fan of beat-em-ups or crazy martial arts action Sifu delivers, but you’ll need to work for it!
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Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
With its signature visual extravagance and flair, the addition of a new character spices the series up
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FAR: Changing Tides
Picking up roughly where the original FAR left off, and generally offering up a very similar (though longer and refined)...
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UnMetal
While we hardcore types love our games, that isn’t to say that when confronted with examples of the silliness we regular...
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS
While I’ve generally heard good things about the Earth Defense Force series, to date it’s one that I’ve never had the pl...
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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Perhaps a little less gaining inspiration from the classic top-down Zelda titles like Link to the Past than copying it o...
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Kao the Kangaroo

While there’s no question that the traditional mascot platformers for the most part went the way of the dinosau...

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A Little to the Left
A game that will first trigger, and then satisfy, your inner OCD freak
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Sockventure
While the emphasis in platformers in the past generation, especially when they’ve been 2D, has more often than not been ...
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Wintermoor Tactics Club
When you think of the tactical RPG genre the words “accessible” don’t normally come to mind but Wintermoor Tactics Club ...
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Faeria
Truth be told only recently have I been able to play deck-building games of any kind that I’ve found interesting. Usuall...
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Revita

To this point when I reflect on the best roguelike shooters I’ve played on Switch the tendency is to be reminde...

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RUN: The World In-Between

If you’re a fan of challenging platformers this generation has been a particularly good one thanks to games com...

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Bravery and Greed
There are elements of this roguelike action game that work, but one critical one that lets the rest down
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Whateverland
While there have been quite a number of solid retro point-and-click adventures on Switch, none have quite had this flavor to them
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Aragami 2
Stealthy movements, brutal takedowns, and a constant need to be aware of your surroundings abound
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Top-down zombie shooting that’s satisfying only to a point, but it offers a decent few hours
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FORECLOSED
While perhaps the results aren’t always as great as developers may hope for, I do have a great appreciation for games th...
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Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
As the definition of what’s a game has continued to evolve and diversify over the years we’ve seen increasingly creative...
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