The 200 / Best Indie Games of the Year on Nintendo Switch [2024 Edition]

Showing 151 to 200 of 200 total entries

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

Absolutely embraces the looks, play, and sounds of the oldest of old-school games with a horror touch

Skautfold: Into the Fray

A very different take on a top-down twin-stick shooter, mixing it into more of an adventure

The Plucky Squire

Smart, creative, charming, approachable, family-friendly, and thoroughly enjoyable… but hampered on Switch

Besiege

A fascinating and creative physics-based sandbox for medieval warfare, but a cumbersome one

Elsie

You can see the effort to make this mix of side-scrolling action and roguelike elements work, but it struggles in spots

Leo: The Firefighter Cat

An adorable and younger-gamer friendly adventure with some varied equipment and generally mild challenges

Guayota

An elevated, and generally attractive, take on puzzle-oriented play

Broken Roads

A refreshing step back to a previous era of CRPG styling, the likes of Fallout 2, that delivers nicely

Prune & Milo

A smart turn-based puzzle dungeon-crawler, but it doesn’t necessarily break new ground either

Last Night of Winter

A pretty old-school and minimalist dungeon-crawling adventure with somewhat challenging combat and puzzles

Mouse & Crane

While obviously very kid-friendly, the physics-based play it encourages is both educational and approachable

Fireside

A thoroughly chill and charming adventure with a focus on kindness and community building

Democracy 4: Console Edition

The scale of decision-making here feels spot-on for the real world, but whether that makes for a great game?

Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo

With at least a little creativity from its hook, this budget puzzle platformer at least sets itself apart a little bit

Kinduo 2 - Frostbite

Whether you tackle this puzzler co-op or solo, given its budget price it’s a great value

Surmount

While it currently has some bugs and issues, this rock climbing roguelike is a refreshing challenge

Builder Simulator

As simulations go, especially those with so many steps and tasks, this one works out better than most

Sokobond Express

A challenging mix of chemistry and puzzles

ArcRunner

Giving first-person shooting some roguelike twists helps to make things interesting, but it lacks overall depth

Rose & Camellia Collection

An amusing mix of Real Housewives energy, high aristocratic culture, and a smidge of Punch-Out make it unique

Astro Duel 2

A pretty nice marriage of a well-thought-out multiplayer shooter and a reasonably fun single-player campaign of sorts

Berserk Boy

Borrowing its feel from the likes of the Mega Man and Gunvolt series, Berserk Boy falls a bit short of their standards

PICROSS S+

Effectively repackages past Picross packs from the Nintendo 3DS, but adds current bells and whistles

Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story

A charming and pretty gorgeous crafting sim / RPG / adventure that doesn’t quite hit all the right notes

Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil

Though its presentation is humble, it makes effective use of sound and slow-burn tension to deliver some thrills

Servonauts

A slightly different take on cooperative play as you fuel things up, though it fails to have much overall variety

O.W.L Projekt

A fairly solid puzzle challenge in the vein of Monument Valley

Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town

A pleasant taste of leisurely life sim elements, and nostalgia for simpler days, spread across two different worlds

Camp Sunshine

A creepy and very retro-feeling top-down adventure meets survival horror experience

Planetiles

An interesting mix of puzzle, strategy, and environmental sim elements all in one

Hot Lap Racing

Not too bad once you get rolling, though the road to hitting the track is needlessly aggravating

Darkarta: A Broken Heart Quest Collector's Edition

A generally well-crafted mix of casual adventure elements and puzzles, though the cutscenes are painfully dated

Bomb Cat

While a pretty shameless copy of the likes of Suika Game, it does add an interesting wrinkle to the mix

The Fall of Elena Temple

Elena Temple is back with another retro romp, though this time shifting the focus more to puzzling than action

Moonglow Bay

While it lacks a bit in structure and direction, this fishing adventure does have some charm

Zombiewood: Survival Shooter

A novel idea, setting up twin-stick shooting with missions and zombies, that leads to mixed feelings

Finding America: The West Collector's Edition

For fans of hidden object puzzles and apple pie Americana, this is a solid conversion point of the two

Dark Days

Though it’s a budget-minded teen-rated horror game that doesn’t mean it lacks some punch

Geometry Survivor

Answering the question of what would it look like if you combined Geometry Wars and Vampire Survivors on a budget

Death Elevator

While it offers some twitchy challenges, the unrefined overall feel limits wider appeal

Glitch Hero

An odd mixture of action adventure and puzzles with a very coding-oriented twist, tilted towards younger gamers

Slam and Roll

A more sports-oriented take on the likes of Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros that does differentiate itself, but not too much

StormEdge

Shows some combat-oriented roguelike action promise, but feels a bit too muddy in practice to compete with the best

Metal Slug Tactics

A generally successful morphing of the classic arcade series into a new genre, but it isn’t without its issues

Wildermyth: Console Edition

Some fresh ideas and a distinct style earn it points, but some problematic bugs can make it tough to love

ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist

While you can get into the rhythm of things and embrace its grind, Gaiden feels like a love or hate proposition

DESTRUCTURE: Among Debris

A more combat-oriented take on the classic brick breaker formula

Yars Rising

An unusual mix of pretty ordinary Metroidvania action with variations on the Atari classic used for hacking

Gimmick! 2

An improvement over the old-school original, but its momentum-based style can still make it tough to love

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

While it may be a bit of a hot mess visually, decapitating unicorns has some base appeal

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