Top 100 / Best Indie Casual Games on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2

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Pocket Card Jockey:Ride On!

A fiercely addictive mix of solitaire and horse racing sim that’s an absolute delight

PICROSS S KONAMI ANTIQUES edition

While it’s the same core Picross experience, if you’re just a nonogram fan or love classic Konami games, it’s still a treat to have them together

PICROSS S CAPCOM CLASSICS edition

A celebration of a number of iconic games and series, in nonogram puzzle form

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective

As much as I've tended to see people bemoan the "kiddie" nature of Nintendo systems over the years, it ...

Overboard!

While I typically look to games to provide some action and excitement there are sometimes games that come from less h...

PICROSS S SNK CLASSICS & NEOGEO edition

A love letter to the legacy of SNK and NeoGeo titles in nonogram puzzle form

The Jackbox Party Pack 7

My family and I have become massive fans of the Jackbox games over time, having played through each party pack at som...

Rob Riches

A satisfying budget puzzler that’s visually polished and constantly changes things up, while crucially properly introducing new mechanics

Railbound

Carefully plotting your rails to ensure your train will leave the station has never been so addicting

South of the Circle

Telling a tale that spans multiple times and places, it makes for a different sort of romantic journey

Badland: Game of the Year Edition

While this is a title that has been around for quite some time at this point, I’m surprised by how well it has held up b...

Along the Edge

On a general level interactive fiction titles haven’t been my cup of tea. It isn’t that I don’t appreciate that such an ...

Kingdom Rush Origins

Finally the last unreleased version of the Kingdom Rush franchise is on the Switch, and Origins also happens to be my pe...

80 DAYS

Though the act of traversing the world is no longer such a grand feat in the time of Jules Verne, when he wrote Around t...

Reigns: Kings & Queens

Borrowing its left/right swiping interface from the likes of apps like Tinder, Reigns is all about making choices and th...

Piczle Lines DX 500 More Puzzles!

For anyone who’d choose to try to throw shade for this being a release that does nothing more than drop more puzzles int...

Mom Hid My Game!

Spanning a mere 50 levels, and likely completed in only a couple of hours, the goal in the game is to reclaim your game ...

Cleaning Up!

A very pleasant and generally chill mix of using various tools to clean areas with some pretty light puzzle elements to boot

PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero

While not fundamentally different from the norm, the theming and episodic progression are a nice refinement

Reigns: Beyond

A somewhat different and certainly more bizarre version of the Reigns formula awaits in the stars

Ten Dates

This well-timed release drops you into the bumpy ride of looking for love, as you try to make a positive impression on a variety of dates

Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted

The classic casual strategy mega-hit is back, but pretty well just as it was before

The Wreck

Working through trauma both past and present, this is an emotional journey with unexpected twists and turns

The Jackbox Party Pack 9

An old favorite and 4 very different games make this pack fun, but as usual not all will probably be a hit for everyone

Picross -LogiartGrimoire-

A different theme, and a variation for unlocking new puzzles, awaits in this alternative Picross

Brightstone Mysteries: The Others

Mixing point-and-click adventure with a variety of puzzle styles, this casual title thankfully hits more than it misses

Piczle Lines DX

Piczle Lines DX is one of those games where, with the nature of its puzzle challenge, you’re either already int...

Hidden Through Time 2: Discovery

A nice variation on hidden picture puzzles with its own flair

Suika Game

Proving that smart and effective game design can make even low-budget titles highly addictive

One Hand Clapping

OK, so to start I’ll admit that this isn’t your ordinary game and that’s both a good and a bad thin...

Beyond Blue

Perhaps it’s the pandemic or the challenges of parenthood talking, but as much as I enjoy blowing things up or slashing ...

Regency Solitaire

You’ve got to respect a development team that takes on a well-known casual card game and decides to swing for the fences...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!

Following up the previous delectable outing on Switch, CSD3 is back with a new somewhat silly story with your empire hav...

Embracelet

This, for me, is one of those titles where it’s hard to articulate why I’m so taken in by it. With its low-poly look, it...

A Fold Apart

When looking at an eShop full of puzzlers and story-based experiences it can be difficult to separate the merely average...

Hidden Through Time

If you’ve ever had kids or were a kid at some point you may recall the Where’s Waldo books. Given a dense...

Build a Bridge!

For the most part if you’ve played a game like this before the setup should be familiar. You’ll need to lay down your pa...

Hexologic

That leads to my biggest criticism for the game, though it’s not crippling, the fact that you’re unable to lock spaces i...

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

The classic hidden item puzzle game genre has made some real strides over the past few years. Throwing in a story, some ...

A Normal Lost Phone

Overall, if you’re receptive to what I would consider a very honest and genuine study of someone going through a difficu...

Old Man's Journey

The gameplay over the pretty brisk 2 - 3 hours is interesting, mainly because of the beautiful hand-drawn landscapes tha...

Poker Night at the Inventory

Despite it just being a poker-playing sim, the oddball characters and their interactions make it a good time… though it helps if you know who they are

Universe For Sale

Pulls you in with its distinctive art style, vision of the world, and non-linear story if you’re game for the journey

Pearls of Atlantis: The Cove

An action puzzler that uses gravity to help it feel a bit different than its cousins in the Bust-A-Move franchise

Windosill

Undeniably creative and having a very unique sense of style, Windosill is absolutely distinctive

Journey of the Broken Circle

Who knew that an incomplete circle (who looks suspiciously like a certain gaming icon) and an oddball mix of plants a...

Fledgling Heroes

There’s no doubt a good reason for people to debate whether games like Fledgling Heroes “need” to b...

Trash Goblin

While the emphasis here is mostly on the repetitive cleaning and repairing of random items, the game has a reasonably cozy vibe and a little more substance than some of its competitors

Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot

In an odd way it ends up being a somewhat casual strategy game, with you equipping your squad for success and then passively seeing how they do

Undusted: Letters from the Past

For the cozy crowd looking for some soothing activity mixed with touching storytelling this will be a mixed blessing

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