Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Banner
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
Having spent far more time with Rainbow Billy than I would have expected, I’ve become a big fan of its unique mix of adv...
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Dodgeball Academia
While I’ll admit that when you mention a game with the name “dodgeball” right in the title you already have my attention...
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DUSK
When I played just a demo of this well over a year ago at PAX East on the Switch hardware I knew it had massive potentia...
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PICROSS S GENESIS & Master System edition

If you’re a puzzle gaming fan, you’re probably well-acquainted with the Picross franchise. While the S se...

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Overcooked! All You Can Eat

Possibly one of the best games to challenge and entertain determined groups either locally or online in this generati...

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Loop Hero
The thing I tend to love most about indie titles is their ability to surprise with remixes of gameplay elements you’ve n...
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The Wild at Heart
Sometimes all you need to get excited about a title are a few evocative words, commonly referred to as an “elevator pitc...
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Super Mombo Quest
There’s nothing quite as satisfying in the indie games space than to stumble onto something that immediately feels prett...
Unpacking Banner
Unpacking
Usually when you think of casual games puzzles and the like are usually what comes to mind, or perhaps something akin to...
Skul: The Hero Slayer Banner
Skul: The Hero Slayer
As a die hard fan of roguelikes perhaps it isn’t surprising that I’ve found Skul to be a great challenge and a good bit ...
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UNSIGHTED
Unsighted is interesting to me, in part because at just a casual glance, or even just a very short play session, I belie...
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Tails Of Iron
This is a title that hit me a bit out of nowhere, took my lunch money, and is now making me earn it back one challenging...
Lost in Random Banner
Lost in Random
Full disclosure, up front I’ll admit that I’ve always tended to be fond of games from the Zoink crew, in particular find...
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Spelunky 2
It’s always a bit tricky to release both an original game and its sequel at the same time, but in the case of Spelunky 2...
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Curious Expedition 2
For me Curious Expedition 2 is everything I look for in a sequel outing. It delivers a bit more quirk and color in its c...
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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 ...

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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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Strange Brigade
Having played through the full campaign of Strange Brigade with my daughter on PC, and having a terrific time with it, I...
Overboard! Banner
Overboard!

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

FEZ Banner
FEZ
This far into the Switch lifespan the list of outstanding top-notch indie titles that haven’t yet made it to the platfor...
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension Banner
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
OK, so typically when you see games coming over in some form from the mobile space I tend to put on my skeptic hat and p...
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Signs of the Sojourner
There’s just something about this game that feels so brilliant and yet there’s also something unassuming about its natur...
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Space Otter Charlie
It’s always a joy to play a new indie title that you’ve never heard of or seen that immediately grabs you, and for me Sp...
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Dicey Dungeons
OK, so perhaps at this point the concept of a deck-building strategy roguelike has been played out a bit… but what if yo...
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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Oh, Sam & Max, I simply can’t resist your weirdo humor, references, and charm. Once again the dysfunctional...

The Legend of Tianding Banner
The Legend of Tianding

While there have been quite a number of side-scrolling action/brawlers this year, for the most part they’ve bee...

Death's Door Banner
Death's Door

Opening with a pretty minimal understanding of what’s going on, Death’s Door gets off to a bit of a rocky...

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Cruis'n Blast

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

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut Banner
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

While there have been a great number of LucasArts-esque point-and-click adventure titles on Switch, not all of them h...

Haven Park Banner
Haven Park

As much of an action and shooting game junkie as I am, looking for games that challenge me and provide thrills, a gre...

Little Nightmares II Banner
Little Nightmares II

Having missed out on the original, though certainly having heard its praises, I walked into Little Nightmares 2 with ...

A Monster's Expedition Banner
A Monster's Expedition

One thing I’ve learned over the years as someone both on the programming end of software and on the consumer en...

Jetboard Joust Banner
Jetboard Joust

As an old-school arcade fan I'll admit I've been a big fan of indie titles that have come to the Switch putti...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page Banner
Lost Words: Beyond the Page

I’ll admit that this is a title that got off to a bit of a rocky start for me, with me essentially wondering wh...

Timelie Banner
Timelie
While time manipulation puzzling has been done before in the indie space, there’s an element of visual polish and flair ...
Wytchwood Banner
Wytchwood
When I think of games that heavily involve crafting my mind usually goes to survival titles, a genre I’ve struggled with...
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Life is Strange: True Colors
While there are many excellent story-driven titles in the Switch eShop, the tendency is more usually on grand tales or b...
Where Cards Fall Banner
Where Cards Fall
Considering the abundance of puzzle games on the casual-friendly Switch, including many from the mobile/tablet space it’...
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Banner
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
I’m pretty much always a sucker for the classic noir detective style, and when a game instead chooses to skewer it a bit...
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Steel Assault
Run-and-gun shooters were absolutely a consistent staple in the arcades and on consoles back in the day, and that puts a...
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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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TOEM
I don’t know whether it was triggered by a pandemic that had everyone stuck in their houses and wishing for a chance to ...
Flynn: Son of Crimson Banner
Flynn: Son of Crimson
There’s something to be said for games that know what they want to be, even if not necessarily revolutionary in any part...
Lamentum Banner
Lamentum
I’m sad to say that more often than not, on the Switch, games pushing “horror” in some way have struggled and failed in ...
Spelunky Banner
Spelunky
One of the last OG indie titles to finally come to Switch, Spelunky promptly gave me a nice slap in the face to remind m...
A Short Hike Banner
A Short Hike
We’ve truly been blessed over the past 6 months or so with a strong run of generally bite-sized exploratory adventures t...
Greak: Memories of Azur Banner
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...
Black Book Banner
Black Book
Whenever you see new titles show up in a genre that seems to be currently having its moment you end up taking a moment t...
Badland: Game of the Year Edition Banner
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...
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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...
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Unbound: Worlds Apart
While they weren’t initially very well-represented on the Switch, in the past 2 years the Metroidvania genre has been th...
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone Banner
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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Boomerang X
With indie titles I’m always tickled when I encounter something just a bit different that feels fresh and challenging, a...
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Mushihimesama
While there are certainly more modern takes on bullet hell shmups from the past it’s always interesting to see an OG cla...
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure Banner
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
It’s weird how at times in certain genres when it rains, it pours, and exploration-based discovery titles are currently ...
Astalon: Tears of the Earth Banner
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
I tend to have a love/hate relationship with retro throwback games of various kinds. Sure, I have fond memories of the 8...
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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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Pathway
Elevator pitch time: Set off on an adventure with a party of your choosing with a wide variety of skills. Every step of ...
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Sumire
Though I love running and gunning and high-intensity games there’s no denying that games with a compelling and heart-fel...
Layers of Fear 2 Banner
Layers of Fear 2
“Walking simulators” that play out as horror titles on the Switch, more often than not, have tended to be a bit of a bus...
Cozy Grove Banner
Cozy Grove
While bludgeoning or blowing away bad guys can always be good fun, everyone should have some time in their lives to slow...
Bladed Fury Banner
Bladed Fury
While side-scrolling slashers have been around for quite some time, and tend to show up in some abundance, I’ve more oft...
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Curse of the Dead Gods
Roguelikes have exploded in popularity in the past few years, with games like Dead Cells and Hades showing the way the l...
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Blizzard Arcade Collection
Before they became Blizzard and released the likes of the WarCraft and Diablo series, among others, the folks at then Si...
UnderMine Banner
UnderMine
As a connoisseur of roguelike titles of all stripes Undermine had me excited at first glance. With its pick-axe throwing...
Bonkies Banner
Bonkies
While my family and I have become quite jaded with multiplayer titles, since so many of them fall into pretty predictabl...
LEGO® Builder's Journey Banner
LEGO® Builder's Journey

The first thought people tend to have with a LEGO title is an action-oriented romp you can casually enjoy on your own...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale Banner
El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Stealth games, in general, usually aren’t my bag for whatever reason but while El Hijo heavily involves that me...

My Singing Monsters Playground Banner
My Singing Monsters Playground

With release timing that isn’t ideal in such close proximity to the latest Mario Party, and having been let dow...

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ Banner
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™

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

Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! Banner
Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All!

While the genre struggled in the early days on the Switch, the beat-em-up has proven to be alive and well on the Swit...

A Juggler's Tale Banner
A Juggler's Tale

With its marionette characters and associated string-based challenges, rhyming narration, and a healthy dose of charm...

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Monster Train First Class

While I’ll admit to having a bit of deckbuilding strategy fatigue, there have been a number of titles on Switch...

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FILMECHANISM
It’s always great to see smart puzzle games that deliver play that hasn’t been run into the ground and that provide the ...
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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...

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Super Impossible Road
Rolling onto the scene and feeling like the marriage of Super Monkey Ball, a futuristic racer, and an exercise in calcul...
Archvale Banner
Archvale
This is just one of those titles that’s hard to describe in a way that gives it justice, a sort of retro-looking twin-st...
Klang 2 Banner
Klang 2
When it comes to music and rhythm games there are those titles that take a familiar road, often mapping buttons to speci...
The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf Banner
The Smurfs - Mission Vileaf
Whenever approaching a licensed property, especially one associated more with kids, veteran gamers are going to come to ...
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Ghosts and Apples

Just because a puzzle game is pretty simple in its design doesn’t mean it can’t be challenging and even m...

Happy Game Banner
Happy Game
Like a moth to a flame I tend to be easily drawn to the oddball titles on Switch, and there’s no doubt that Happy Game q...
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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...
Centipede: Recharged Banner
Centipede: Recharged
Taking classic arcade titles and trying to give them new life in the modern era tends to be a challenge, and I’ve defini...
Dandy Ace Banner
Dandy Ace
While I’ve been a fan of roguelikes for quite some time it’s only been in the past few years with top-tier titles the li...
Super Arcade Football Banner
Super Arcade Football
With the general lack of options for sporting experiences on the Switch, it’s always great to see a new contender enter ...
QUAKE Banner
QUAKE
OK, so I don’t think anyone needs to tell you that Quake is one of the most influential first-person shooters of all-tim...
Boyfriend Dungeon Banner
Boyfriend Dungeon
Elevator pitch time… so what if the goal was to make a game that fully embraces and meshes together intense slashing rog...
B.ARK Banner
B.ARK
What can I say, when you throw some cute pups into a game you’ve got my attention. B.ARK, as pained as that acronym seem...
Trigger Witch Banner
Trigger Witch
OK, so I’ll admit it, games that do something weird to combine elements I know and love tend to catch me by surprise and...
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112 Operator
Simulations can be a tricky business on consoles since they typically feature more complex controls better suited to the...
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Cyber Hook
Having originally checked it out at PAX East last year, Cyber Hook was a title I was pretty eagerly waiting to see in it...
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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
When you’ve played enough indie titles over time it’s hard not to get a bit cynical when you see certain elements in gam...
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Crying Suns
When it comes to strategy games, on a general level it feels like the Switch hasn’t been terribly well-represented as a ...
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King of Seas
Whenever you embark on a journey while raising your Jolly Roger on the high seas, pretty well everyone out there is goin...
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Tesla Force
My feelings on this title swung around a bit since, at first blush, Tesla Force has a ton in common with 10Tons previous...
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Kill It With Fire
While possibly not an ideal game for arachnophobes, Kill It With Fire is what I’d consider a “wacky physics type game” d...
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Astrologaster
Inspired by the spirit of Shakespeare’s Renaissance England, Astrologaster features a unique pop-up book art style, chor...
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Mail Mole + Expansions - Bundle

There’s no doubt that releasing a 3D platformer on a console that Mario built (and currently has quite a few ti...

SNK VS. CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM Banner
SNK VS. CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM

While there has been a whole series of conversions of the fighting games from the Neo Geo Pocket, and many have been ...

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Glyph

I’m a fan of games that combine elements from multiple titles to make for a new experience so Glyph, featuring ...

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