Category Nintendo Switch

The best indie games you can play on Nintendo Switch.

Hades

The roguelike that finally made the genre’s endless deaths feel like the best part of the story — and the highest-rated game on this whole list.

A roguevania that fuses Metroid exploration with souls-like combat into a frantic, addictive loop you’ll be chasing for a hundred runs.

A tiny knight, a vast ruined kingdom, and one of the most beloved games of the last decade — the metroidvania by which all others are judged.

A game about climbing a mountain — and about anxiety, self-doubt, and not giving up — wrapped in the tightest platforming ever made.

A wordless, neon-soaked action-RPG of brutal combat and aching beauty — the game that put Heart Machine on the map.

A curated overview of Stardew Valley — rounding up what critics and players say.

A curated overview of Cassette Beasts — rounding up what critics and players say.

A curated overview of Citizen Sleeper — rounding up what critics and players say.

A curated overview of Sea of Stars — the gorgeous, grind-free turn-based RPG with a 90 Metacritic — rounding up what critics and players say.

A curated overview of Undertale — the genre-subverting RPG (92 Metacritic, Overwhelmingly Positive) — rounding up what critics and players say.