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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
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DAVE THE DIVER
Astoundingly varied and deep, dripping with funky charm, and both challenging and approachable. It’s fantastic
and Roger Banner
and Roger
An absolutely brilliant mix of gameplay and story that is soul-crushing but terrifyingly accurate
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Discounty
A surprisingly solid take on combining a corner market management sim with RPG elements that’s consistently compelling
Dicefolk Banner
Dicefolk
A unique bit of strategic fun that takes deckbuilding concepts and turn-based combat in a great new direction
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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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Spiritfarer
While many gamers enjoy blowing away enemies, racing through hairpin turns, or guiding their team to victory there’s a g...
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Slay the Spire
While deck building games would usually fall into the category of titles I’d file under “an acquired taste” the Switch n...
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Cuphead
With a mix of brutal boss battles and challenging run and gun sections Cuphead is notorious for being a tough game. Whil...
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Celeste
While not a game I formally reviewed for the system this is one of those titles that can't be omitted since it is both t...
Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut Banner
Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut
Brilliant self-aware writing and some great (and sometimes gruesome) hand-drawn art help to make for a memorable narrative adventure
Iron Meat Banner
Iron Meat
This retro-styled run-and-gun takes the baton from the classic Contra and goes to the next level
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Mini Motorways

Whoever out there would say that simple games, or at least ones that at a glance could be “casual”, are a...

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Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe

Brigade is a game that immediately sounded appealing when I heard the premise and then delivered something truly uniq...

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Moonstone Island
It's “everything including the kitchen sink” style may not be perfect on all fronts, but it’s got plenty to explore and enjoy
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Original, brilliantly designed, varied, challenging, and loads of fun the Shovel Knight series has shaken up the action puzzler genre nicely
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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...
Blanc Banner
Blanc
This mesmerizing adventure in black and white is both accessible and brilliant for sharing with a friend or tackling solo
Chained Echoes Banner
Chained Echoes
This single-developer passion project sets a standard for how the classic 16-bit JRPG can still be improved upon
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

While I’ve played indie games with a pretty wide variety of styles and levels of quality since the launch of th...

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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...

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo Banner
Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo
Smart adventure mechanics, puzzles, and a load of heart make this a relaxed and memorable journey
Hello Kitty Island Adventure Banner
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Charming, family-friendly, full of exploration and discovery, and absolutely a chill good time all around for the right crowd
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Banner
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Absolutely one of the most original games I’ve played recently, this story-driven affair swings for the fences and somewhat gets there
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Circuit Superstars
A love letter to fans of old-school arcade racing with a decent amount of variety in handling across loads of vehicles
Midnight Fight Express Banner
Midnight Fight Express
If you’ve ever dreamt of a beat-em-up that would effectively flow and feel like John Wick this gets really close
Temtem Banner
Temtem
There's finally a legit upstart contender for the monster-collecting throne...
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The Jackbox Party Starter

While there aren’t any new games included in this pack, you could definitely consider it a bit of an All-Star p...

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Dawn of the Monsters
Well damn, who knew that within a two week span I’d play two very different titles on Switch that have the beat-em-up ge...
OlliOlli World Banner
OlliOlli World
Given the overall lack of sports-oriented titles on the Switch in general, let alone from indie developers, it’s always ...
The Wild at Heart Banner
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...
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...
Eastward Banner
Eastward
When it comes to pixel art action-adventures the normal standard that is compared against would be The Legend of Zelda: ...
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...
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Shady Part of Me
There’s something pretty delightful when you encounter games that you’ve never previously heard of that, once you begin ...
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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...
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Carto
Having played so many of them, unfortunately the first thing I assume I’ll see when approaching any sort of puzzle game ...
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Crown Trick
Among the many genres and subgenres roguelikes have managed to infiltrate I can’t say that a tactical turn-based adventu...
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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...
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CARRION
While it’s great to play games or watch movies cheering on the brave heroes who fight and persevere against horrible mon...
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Atomicrops
For me, Atomicrops is a story of early frustration, followed by a slow warming up, which eventually became a pretty deep...
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Metro 2033 Redux
Set in a post-Apocalyptic Russia, primarily taking place in the labyrinth of subway tunnels and other areas below the su...
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Flat Heroes
While it may look visually pretty simple, featuring geometric shapes for the most part and a very clean design, the game...
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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Moving in a very different direction Steredenn is a bullet hell roguelike space shooter that has some truly bonkers weap...
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Super Meat Boy
One of the original poster children of brutally challenging platforming is now on the Switch and he's as tough as ever. ...
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Teslagrad
Revealing too much about Teslagrad would ruin some of the fun of discovery and growth in it but suffice it to say that f...
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Loco Motive
Old-school adventure fans should be thrilled with a newcomer that has witty writing, some great gags, and looks great
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Rogue Legacy 2
One of the OG roguelike classics has been given an overhaul but retains its unusual charms and challenges
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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...

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