Top 100 / Best Indie Games of the Year on Nintendo Switch [2020 Edition]

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Hades

OK, so I’ll admit the folks at Supergiant Games (behind the favorites Bastion and Transistor in particular) had me with ...

Streets of Rage 4

Look no further for the top-of-the-line beat-em-up on Switch!

Grindstone

There’s nothing I like more than a surprise game that shows up, slaps you around a bit, and leaves you thirsting for mor...

Spiritfarer

While many gamers enjoy blowing away enemies, racing through hairpin turns, or guiding their team to victory there’s a g...

Neon Abyss

If you're up for a challenge, tons of power-ups, and bullets everywhere...

Super Mega Baseball 3

Getting right down to it there’s just something about the Super Mega Baseball series that taps into what love and nostal...

Moving Out

While the Overcooked series is famously (or is it infamously?) known to many fans of local multiplayer I’ll admit tha...

Hotshot Racing

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

WHAT THE GOLF?

Bless the indie devs that are determined to just completely go off in left field and do something unique. What the Go...

Kingdom Two Crowns

Since I was already a pretty big fan of the first installment of the Kingdom series (New Lands) that arrived on the syst...

Shady Part of Me

There’s something pretty delightful when you encounter games that you’ve never previously heard of that, once you begin ...

Sniper Elite 4

The Sniper Elite series has always been an interesting red-headed step-child off to the side of the FPS genre. There’s n...

FUSER

The rise and fall of music titles and their mainstream popularity has always been a bit interesting to watch. Certainly ...

Carto

Having played so many of them, unfortunately the first thing I assume I’ll see when approaching any sort of puzzle game ...

Pumpkin Jack

Ah, tis the season for games that deliver at least a spooky feel, even though I’ll acknowledge more often than not Hallo...

Horace

Horace is an odd title in that much like the title character robot of the same name it is quite unassuming and humble bu...

ScourgeBringer

There’s something about ScourgeBringer that deep down brings back my nostalgia for being in an arcade, pumping quarters ...

Crown Trick

Among the many genres and subgenres roguelikes have managed to infiltrate I can’t say that a tactical turn-based adventu...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

When reviewing games in general I try to carefully avoid hyperbole and excessive exuberance whenever possible. To tha...

West of Dead

While there are many roguelike shooters on the Switch (and quite a few of them are absolutely terrific) none of them pla...

Kingdom Rush

While one of the sequels in the series has already been released on the system (Frontiers), the OG Kingdom Rush has now ...

CARRION

While it’s great to play games or watch movies cheering on the brave heroes who fight and persevere against horrible mon...

Atomicrops

For me, Atomicrops is a story of early frustration, followed by a slow warming up, which eventually became a pretty deep...

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

While I’m a relatively recent fan of the Shantae series, having just been introduced to it in the collection release on ...

Indivisible

Probably one of the things I appreciate most in an indie game is for it to surprise me, and with its unwillingness to be...

Metro 2033 Redux

Set in a post-Apocalyptic Russia, primarily taking place in the labyrinth of subway tunnels and other areas below the su...

One Finger Death Punch 2

Ever since the early days of the genre I’ve been a big fan of a good beat-em-up. While most people immediately think of ...

KUNAI

Kunai was a title that left me excited but a bit uncertain from its PAX demo last year. I loved the look, and the abilit...

PHOGS!

While I love great challenging roguelikes and other titles geared towards the hardcore set I’ll fladly admit th...

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...

PICROSS S5

The contemplative puzzle series is back and more polished than ever with this new iteration of Picross. Whether you&r...

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

One of the more overall neglected flavors on the Switch has been single-player experiences I would consider to be bot...

Wildfire

Stealth-oriented games have never typically made for my favorite experiences but there are times when the mechanic is ei...

Chicken Police Paint it RED!

While it has been a pretty long time since the genre was even remotely in style I’ve always been a fan of the hard-boile...

No More Heroes

There’s something to be said for being authentically original, for me that’s especially the case for when the general pl...

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 ...

Roki

When you’re young your imagination can truly be a powerful (and sometimes scary) thing. Being fed by your parents, the m...

Windbound

Starting out with an admission I’ll say that, in general, I’m not typically an automatic fan of survival games. Too ofte...

Helheim Hassle

Where weird games are concerned I may be one of the subgenre’s biggest fans. Granted, the style of play in them varies w...

Through the Darkest of Times

While games are a great vehicle for departing from reality and enjoying an escape they’ve increasingly been used as a me...

Dodo Peak

There’s nothing I enjoy more with indies than games that defy expectation. At first glance Dodo Peak looks like a pretty...

Panzer Paladin

While I have a great deal of nostalgia for the 8-bit era since I played a ton of games back in those days, going back ca...

Biped

I first encountered Biped at PAX East, repeatedly walking by the booth on the way to other appointments and seeing small...

-KLAUS-

While puzzle platformers are represented in abundance in the indie space, there are definitely ones that put in some ext...

RUINER

With its visual flair, dystopian world, and what appeared to be a penchant for tense and violent action, Ruiner has been...

Rigid Force Redux

When it comes to shmups on Switch the tendency is to see either games that tap firmly into nostalgia, adopting classic l...

The Outer Worlds

Before fully getting into why I think this is an excellent title, and a breath of fresh air I’ve been needing on Switch,...

Huntdown

As a fan of old school shooters and beat-em-ups of all persuasions perhaps it was inevitable I’d be a Huntdown fan. Thro...

Jet Lancer

With so many high-quality shooters of all types and styles it takes some effort to put something new on the table, parti...

Lonely Mountains: Downhill

If there was a major genre on Switch to argue may be the worst represented, whether AAA titles or indies, it could be sp...

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