Top 100 / Best Indie Weird Games on Nintendo Switch

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

One of the very first games available for the system, as I was already a huge fan from the PC space it was a Day 1 pu...

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe

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

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...

Untitled Goose Game

Bless indie developers and their ability to come up with weird concepts for gameplay that you probably never considered ...

Flipping Death

Whenever you talk about classic adventure titles there's roughly a standing assumption that they'll bog down at some poi...

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...

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...

CARRION

While it’s great to play games or watch movies cheering on the brave heroes who fight and persevere against horrible mon...

Ms. Splosion Man

I'd heard of this title before but nothing could prepare me for just how weirdly, brilliantly silly it all is. While in ...

Pool Panic

This was hands down my favorite title I'd never really heard about that I got to check out at PAX East. Thoroughly weird...

Bridge Constructor Portal

While there have been a few different bridge construction games on the Switch I'd say this one, by far, stands out from ...

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

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

Ultimate Chicken Horse

If your goal is to get a group of friends laughing, yelling, and throwing down smack talk, this is a great choice

Yoku's Island Express

In general, everything you need to accomplish is some riff on classic pinball mechanics. You’ll have flippers, bumpers, ...

TumbleSeed

I consider Tumbleseed to be one of the best games on the system that very few people gave a chance. In part because i...

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...

UnMetal

While we hardcore types love our games, that isn’t to say that when confronted with examples of the silliness we regular...

No More Heroes

There’s something to be said for being authentically original, for me that’s especially the case for when the general pl...

Helheim Hassle

Where weird games are concerned I may be one of the subgenre’s biggest fans. Granted, the style of play in them varies w...

Freedom Finger

When I originally caught this title at PAX I was drawn in by its sheer attitude, blending together some great voice acti...

My Friend Pedro

All in all My Friend Pedro handily delivers what it promises, bonkers gunplay, challenging scenarios, and when you’re on...

Baba Is You

Why settle for going the normal route and following the game’s rules to win when you can simply look for ways to change ...

JUSTICE SUCKS

Who knew that the life of a Roomba could be so exciting, just look out for that corpse grinding feature...

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

Super-creative and lovingly animated with hand-drawn and crafted elements, this RPG has a simple charm that works

Lost in Play

Terrific animation, solid voice acting, and a light but fun puzzle adventure style make this a solid treat

GoNNER

I'm not gonna lie, GoNNER gets off to a very rough start and it a true roguelike in that it is frustrating and ha...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

What will likely either attract people to Octodad or scare them away will be its unorthodox control and style of play...

Fashion Police Squad

A fresh take on the old-school first-person shooter infused with color, comedy, and generally smart gameplay

Sam & Max Save the World

I will gladly and freely admit to my bias here, ever since the original Sam & Max Hit the Road made way back when...

Thimbleweed Park

The classic LucasArts adventure games were staple PC titles always guaranteeing great laughs from their quirky charac...

RE:CALL

With its time and reality-bending story-telling revisionism, RE:CALL makes for a unique experience

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...

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...

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 ...

The Artful Escape

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

DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game

Weirdo physics games are definitely their own thing, probably best championed by the reigning king of the genre, the ...

Epic Chef

I’ll freely admit to having a bit of a weakness for weird and quirky games, so I’d keep that in mind with my thoughts on...

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...

Boyfriend Dungeon

Elevator pitch time… so what if the goal was to make a game that fully embraces and meshes together intense slashing rog...

Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Forgive me, but I’m an absolute sucker for games that do things differently… in fact, I tend to seek them out. One of th...

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...

Luckslinger

As a fan of games that subvert expectations and are determined to simply be a bit weird, Luckslinger puts a smile on my ...

Say No! More

The thing about “weird games” is that they can be very hard to define or describe by typical genre rules or through comp...

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...

Astrologaster

Inspired by the spirit of Shakespeare’s Renaissance England, Astrologaster features a unique pop-up book art style, chor...

Nine Witches: Family Disruption

Walking into the Nine Witches experience I hadn’t seen enough about the game to know what I was in for. It turned out th...

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

It’s a tough thing to make a follow-up title to a game that is revered in part because it breaks the mold. On either sid...

Vitamin Connection

One thing that’s certainly interesting about the Switch is that somehow it has managed to inspire new types of gameplay ...

Super Cane Magic ZERO

Though it’s not an experience everyone will enjoy Super Cane Magic Zero does more right than wrong and is simply a game ...

Death Coming

If you’ve got a bit of a sick streak this game absolutely delivers great moments that will make you break out your most ...

Goat Simulator: The GOATY

Among the many weirdo physics games I’ve played there’s never been anything quite like Goat Simulator. At a highly count...

Holy Potatoes! We're In Space?!

The story centers around a certain Captain Cassie, on the run from the powerful Eclipse, and her crew as they search the...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Since there haven’t been a ton of games in this vein on the Switch to date if you’re a fan of some scares and a sense of...

Pizza Titan Ultra

You’re introduced to your eclectic team as a rookie pilot looking to make an impression. After a pretty brief, but effec...

Bomb Chicken

Taking the silly premise of a bomb-laying chicken and then milking it for all its worth Bomb Chicken is an unusual mix o...

Super Daryl Deluxe

For me there's something really funny about such an unassuming (and honestly dumb-looking) burnout of a kid looking to s...

Serial Cleaner

Oozing retro 70s style in both its art and soundtrack Serial Cleaner is a more action-oriented game but it still boils d...

Hell Pie

While it has a certain gross-out appeal and offers fun, some more mechanical issues hold it back a bit

JARS

With a visual style somewhere between Tim Burton and the characters in Don’t Starve, there’s a timeliness...

Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche

When it comes to weird games I’m a bit of a connoisseur on the Switch, I’ve even set aside an entire cate...

Serial Cleaners

The second go-round for this franchise adds new characters and abilities, but also loses some of its weirdo flair

Golf Zero

Who knew that a game that initially confused me quite a bit in terms of what you were supposed to be doing (it should...

Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break

There’s nothing wrong with a little weirdness and quirk and I’ve been very pleased that the Switch has de...

Never Stop Sneakin'

As noted with the boss battles definitely be aware that aside from the silly progress in the story and a very slow evolu...

Bulb Boy

While it isn't a terribly long adventure Bulb Boy is a creative journey with an unusual art style that consistent...

Destroy All Humans!

This is one of those titles from the XBox generation that I’ve always heard talked about with some reverence bu...

Scrap Riders

Though boldly combining classical point-and-click adventure elements with some beat-em-up action it struggles a bit

Once Upon a Jester

While people who enjoy storytelling and some quirk may enjoy a bit of creative improv, the game has some quirks

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Pit one army of floppy units against another, battling it out from afar, or up-close if you want to be involved

Funtasia

Mixing the old-school mobile hill climb with the likes of boss battles and just a few hits of acid

Circus Electrique

Undeniably stylish, cool, and ambitious, the planning and strategy demands it places on you can also be overwhelming

Catie in MeowmeowLand

As a lover of games that take their own path that leads in the direction of Weirdville the name of this title alone had ...

One-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party

I’ve tended to be pretty clear in my distaste for pure visual novels and their lack of interactivity, and when I started...

The Procession To Calvary

As a connoisseur of weirdo games I’ve seen a whole lot of different approaches to taking the ordinary and going in a com...

Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice

Leisure Suit Larry is a franchise I’ve been with since the very earliest days pretty much. While I missed the original, ...

Rain on Your Parade

While most people spend so much of their lives consciously trying to be kind and courteous with others that isn’t to say...

UNREAL LIFE

Starting out as a young woman woken up with the aid of an AI-driven talking traffic light, disoriented, and apparently w...

Supermarket Shriek

Ah, I do appreciate a weirdo title and Supermarket Shriek is more than happy to deliver. Played either solo or with a fr...

Disc Room

As a self-avowed lover of the classic days of arcade games a title like Disc Room makes almost perfect sense to me, thou...

Spinch

When I was in kindergarten I saw the movie The Yellow Submarine, and though I was far too young to really process what w...

Undead & Beyond

If there’s one thing I love about checking out indie games it’s the out-of-the-blue surprises, games I&rs...

Speed Dating for Ghosts

These days indie developers have created sort of a Wild Wild West atmosphere for what you can expect in games, and certa...

Pig Eat Ball

When a game comes along that has classic arcade-style sensibilities and it is just plain weird it is pretty well sure to...

Felix The Reaper

If there’s one thing that Felix the Reaper isn’t lacking in it’s quirky personality. The rotund but surprisingly agile m...

Plunge

While there’s no doubt that many may be drawn in by the unusual art style of Plunge, what should make you linger is its ...

SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THE FULL PACKAGE

If there was one major series that would seem to be a great fit for play on the go and the Switch it would be Grand Thef...

Truberbrook

If you’re looking for something with a bit more quirk, some initial mystery, and a load of enjoyable characters Trüberbr...

Pressure Overdrive

I’m a bit on the fence on Pressure Overdrive when it comes to scoring. One the one hand it’s a very unique idea and for ...

Beat Cop

All in all while it got off to a bit of a slow start, once I eased into my daily routine I found the game to be pretty f...

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!

Trying to specifically describe in words how Back in the Groove plays would be a challenge, mainly because while it has ...

The Office Quest

While in some regards The Office Quest is a bit bare bones, lacking in any concrete story or character development, it c...

Party Hard

Given the theme and morbid action of the game it’s absolutely not something for everyone. With its pixel art looks it ne...

Grim Fandango Remastered

It turns out that finding souls who are worthy of a luxurious trip to the afterlife is a trickier business than you’d ex...

Pinstripe

If you’re a fan of Burton-esque stylings and weird characters Pinstripe gladly offers those up over its runtime. It’s st...

Zarvot

While mechanically this is a sort of shooter adventure in terms of gameplay it's the presentation and story of Zarvot th...

Manual Samuel

What story there is over the handful of hours you’ll play tends to be odd as well, but the strange characters and the ev...

Pato Box

Aside from the difficulty potentially being a bit much, though not necessarily inconsistent with the toughest foes you’d...

Garage

This title which, at a glance, looks like a twin-stick zombie shooter meets Hotline Miami won't be for everyone but I re...

Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure DELUXE

In terms of faults it’s a double-edged sword how simple the majority of the gameplay is. You’ll be able to throw, dive a...

Vostok Inc.

While Vostok Inc isn’t a terribly complicated game there’s an element to it that can get its hooks into you. I’d say in ...

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