Top 90 / Best Indie RPGs on Nintendo Switch

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Sea of Stars

In practical terms without flaws, and filled with thoughtful and creative touches from top to bottom, this game truly is a star

Stardew Valley

Possibly one of the most successful indie games ever made by a single developer Stardew Valley is wonderfully calming...

Nobody Saves the World

One of the things I love most about indie games is their tendency to bring surprises to the table of some kind. Drink...

DREDGE

This is simply a nautical adventure that continues to surprise, somehow both placid and often tense, routine and yet full of nasty surprises

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...

Children of Morta

While I have played (and generally enjoyed) a ton of roguelikes of all flavors on the Switch I can’t say any of them has...

SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition

With multiple skill levels available SteamWorld Heist is a game that anyone, from a tactical strategy newbie to a griz...

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...

UNSIGHTED

Unsighted is interesting to me, in part because at just a casual glance, or even just a very short play session, I belie...

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...

Eastward

When it comes to pixel art action-adventures the normal standard that is compared against would be The Legend of Zelda: ...

Crown Trick

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

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...

Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns

While fans of the old school original game likely won’t even need to read this review, it’s worth noting that though som...

The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse

While I know there are people out there who’ve kind of gotten tired of the label roguelike being thrown around I continu...

Transistor

As the follow-up to Bastion, Transistor has some of the same base elements as an action-oriented RPG but they're very di...

Bastion

While people with access to other systems may well have played Bastion before since it's been around for a number of yea...

West of Loathing

Don’t let its simple stick figure look fool you, this is an odd, funny, and extremely worthwhile gem of an adventure worth your time

Shadows Over Loathing

Continuing the weird style and sense of humor from “West”, Shadows Over Loathing turns the uniqueness dial to 11

Guardian Tales

While its gacha game essence and free-to-play screens may be irksome, the story and gameplay are spot on

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

While it very much feels like a traditional JRPG, there’s just a flair to this title that pulled me in

Young Souls

With the volume of titles I’m typically reviewing on a weekly basis I’ll admit that anything that calls i...

Golf Story

This is an excellent golfing RPG with much more working in its favor than against it. It is full of humor, strange an...

Fate/Samurai Remnant

While perhaps the Switch may not be the ideal platform for such a gorgeous and intense game, but the experience is still solid

Gerda: A Flame in Winter

Discover the challenge of navigating Nazi-occupied Denmark in this historically-inspired indie

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

Another gorgeous and generally rock-solid JRPG experience, though not terribly different from its predecessor

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...

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,...

Cardpocalypse

While deck building and battling games were never something I got into physically, I’ll admit that in the digital space ...

Moonlighter

One part Zelda-esque combat and dungeon exploration and another part shop simulator Moonlighter is a title that looks gr...

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

While this RPG is turn-based and has more of a classic JRPG feel to it, there's no question that its comic book art insp...

Cassette Beasts

Granted, in many ways it’s another variation on the “creature collector” RPG subgenre, but it is able to differentiate itself nonetheless

Kudzu

For retro fans who enjoyed portable RPGs in the Gameboy era, Kudzu successfully captures that spirit and vibe

Dungeon Drafters

A smart combination of tactical combat, deckbuilding, RPG, and some roguelike elements make for some varied fun

Death of a Wish

Stylish and challenging, it has some appeal, but its distinct art style isn’t without some issues

WORLD OF HORROR

There’s no question that the vibe, nightmarish pixel art, and weird monstrosities are fun, but the interface and controls aren’t ideal

Tenderfoot Tactics

Provides a very different and interesting take on tactical strategy by putting it in more of an open-world setting

Silent Hope

While its pacing trends towards slow and tasks to complete between runs are a bit tedious, there’s some fun variety here

Jack Move

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

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition

Damn RPG lovers, the Switch has been a terrific return to Nintendo fully delivering a variety of options in this genr...

Backpack Hero

While hardly a looker, this is pretty unique roguelike RPG makes meticulous inventory management compelling

Long Gone Days

While its mechanics are a mixed bag and the story and darker tone may not be for everyone, Long Gone Days does have ambition

ANNO: Mutationem

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Kitaria Fables

Family-friendly action adventure titles have a fair amount of representation on the system, but with its cute characters...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

Remasters of past games, even ones that are at least somewhat revered, can be a tricky business. Giving everything a vis...

Nexomon: Extinction

While there have been a few stabs at taking on Game Freak and the Big N’s mega-franchise they’ve tended to be at the hig...

CrossCode

Where CrossCode excels is in its scope and ambition. The game world is large, relatively varied, and absolutely crawling...

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