Top 200 / Best Indie Games of the Year on Nintendo Switch [2022 Edition]

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Galacticon

As a big fan of retro arcade games, and someone who has sunk innumerable hours to continuing to enjoy them over the y...

Dezatopia

Feeling like you’ve seen every sort of retro side-scrolling shooter possible? Then get a load of this!

Ship of Fools

While only ideal playing with a friend, Ship of Fools manages to be both simple and complex… and compelling

A Little to the Left

A game that will first trigger, and then satisfy, your inner OCD freak

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher

If you don’t mind the repetitive grind of bringing up your giant beastie, it can be quite endearing

Winter Games 2023

While not every event is medal-worthy, this game’s 10 Olympic events work surprisingly well and make for fun competition

Jack Move

Fans of Cyberpunky vibes, turn-based battling, and a bit of techno-jargon being thrown around should enjoy this one

Islets

With its colorful art and slightly different-than-the-norm Metroidvania flavor, Islets has legs on the Switch

Arcade Paradise

If you have nostalgia for the classic arcades of the 80s and early 90s the chance to run one of your own is tempting...

Spidersaurs

Going back to the glory days of the classic Contra, both at home and in the arcades, the run ‘n gun shooter has...

Rogue Lords

Roguelike deckbuilding games have been quite the rage for the past few years, but not everything in the space strateg...

Defend the Rook

When it comes to tactical strategy the Switch has been blessed with both some variety in takes, ranging from more lon...

Toodee and Topdee

What I love about indie games is their ability to make sometimes relatively small tweaks on or hybrids of well-known ...

GRAND MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE WONDERLANDS

While in general there’s been a lack of diverse sports games on the Switch, despite the past popularity of skii...

The Punchuin

Putting a bit more action than is typical into the puzzle action genre, making for a more hectic experience

Wavetale

Toning down the typical action adventure, Wavetale features plenty of serene and beautiful moments along the way

My Fantastic Ranch

While seasoned gamers will likely bristle at its simplicity, this is a great starter sim for the younger set

McPixel 3

Embrace the madness, and join McPixel through loads of silly puzzles, peeing on things, and violence

Lunistice

Solid old-school 3D platforming with variety, and at a super-cheap budget price? What a bargain!

SUPER FUNKY BOWLING

Despite its more humble looks, solid controls and smart design make it a great budget action game to roll with

Wizorb

The classic Breakout / Arkanoid formula meets RPG in this budget-priced retro arcade action title

C.A.R.L.

Not a bad bit of fun for retro platforming enthusiasts, with a few novel touches that help it shine

Dorfromantik

While its name is undoubtedly odd, this very chill-but-smart puzzler delivers a unique challenge

Wayward Strand

In a world of narrowly-focused objectives in games, it’s sometimes nice to simply choose your own path

Haiku, the Robot

A satisfying and generally very accessible Metroidvania experience awaits

ANNO: Mutationem

If you enjoy exploration and world building with a cyberpunky edge, you'll likely find ANNO to have some appeal

Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince

Though continuing with many of the charms of the original, the somewhat dumbed down challenge gives it less appeal

Before We Leave

Smart strategic city-building and a pro-environment vibe help this sim stand out as something enjoyable

KLONOA Phantasy Reverie Series

Having never played or even really heard much about the Klonoa series, I was pretty eager to check it out when I heard t...

Barn Finders

It’s always a pleasant surprise when a game that looks and feels in line with titles you’ve struggled to enjoy in the...

TEN

Ah, challenging games… they’re a love them or hate them affair depending on how much you like having a compulsion to lau...

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

While I love blasting off faces and racing to the finish line, there’s absolutely something to be said for slowing down ...

Card Shark

Bless the indie developers who are determined to take ideas that may sound a bit crazy in concept and run with them, rev...

Lamplight City

As a fan of both classic adventure titles and games with a unique sense of time and place, Lamplight City is an easy lay...

STAR WARS: The Force Unleashed

It has been pretty wild to return to many of the classic Star Wars titles on the Switch, and consistent with their origi...

Cat Cafe Manager

When it comes to things like business sims there’s a tendency, once you’ve played enough, for them to feel a bit indisti...

Sockventure

While the emphasis in platformers in the past generation, especially when they’ve been 2D, has more often than not been ...

tERRORbane

When it comes to adjectives I like to see associated with games, weird and funny are pretty high on my list, though I’ll...

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 ...

Andro Dunos 2

The Switch has undoubtedly been blessed with a wide variety of retro shooters since release, pretty well representing al...

Tempest 4000

Though I wouldn’t say that it was among my favorite arcade games back in the day, there’s no question that the original ...

Time Loader

When it comes to puzzle platformers the Switch has them in pretty well every shape, size, and form. That said, I can’t s...

What Lies in the Multiverse

This is a case where you have a game with a very cool sense of style, a compelling set of main characters who have some ...

Conan Chop Chop

Having always been a fan of beat-em-ups, despite their tendency to get bogged down to some degree with repetition, I’ve ...

Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator

I’ll just open with the fact that I truly despise pretty well all forms of alcohol, so in theory I’m a tough sell for a ...

Dino Galaxy Tennis

With the general lack of sports games in the indie space on the Switch you can bet any new titles making an appearance w...

Rise of the Third Power

There’s no doubt that for many the 16-bit era was where JRPGs really exploded into the mainstream, so titles that bring ...

Unforeseen Incidents

With the classic point-and-click adventure genre in full-on renaissance mode and a preponderance of options available to...

The Artful Escape

One opportunity that the smaller teams and budgets behind typical indie games have is to take bigger risks, either blend...

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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