In addition to the Top 100 Games List, I wanted to do something a little extra, and highlight some of the games that truly excelled in one area of the other for me personally in my time reviewing games on the Nintendo Switch. As such, I’ve put together some “Top 10” lists for you to look over. As with the Top 100 list, my opinion on these may change over time, but here’s what I think as of right now. Please have a look!
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Top 10 Most-Played Games
I tend to enjoy playing games with repetitive actions like Picross to relax, so that might help to explain why the numbers for Pic-a-Pix Deluxe are so high. I should also note that if I included the hours spent on these games on other platforms, the numbers for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be much higher, and everything on this list would be absolutely dwarfed by my numbers for Skyrim, Minecraft, the Borderlands games, and Disgaea 1.
10. Fitness Boxing – 20 Hours
9. Moonlighter – 25 Hours
8. Super Mario Maker 2 – 30 Hours
7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 40 Hours
6. Super Mario Odyssey – 55 Hours
5. Slay the Spire – 90 Hours
4. Disgaea 5: Complete – 100 Hours
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 205 Hours
2. Pic-a-Pix Deluxe – 210 Hours
1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 590 Hours
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Top 10 Best Surprises
These are the games that most exceeded my expectations. For some of these games, I was expecting absolutely nothing special. For others, I outright expected to hate the game. Heck, in the case of Wandersong I didn’t actually realize how great it was until I had initially brushed it off and dismissed it outright. Yet each of these games was so good that they worked past my initial reservations and proved that they were something truly special.
10. Wunderling
9. Hades
7. World of Final Fantasy Maxima
6. Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection
5. Tie: Voez, Cytus α, and Deemo
3. Hard West
2. Wandersong
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Top 10 Games I Think You Probably Haven’t Played, But Should
This is basically my list of “Games that are amazing, but no one ever seems to talk about them.” Seriously guys, give these games a try – they’re far too amazing to go overlooked by so many people.
9. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
8. Gris
7. Hard West
6. Wandersong
5. NeuroVoider
2. Tie: Voez, Cytus α, and Deemo
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Top 10 Games You Probably Disagree With Me On
You can call this the “Unpopular Opinion Award”. These are the games that I think most people tend to hold in much higher regard than I do. Some of these are games I even like, but most people I hear talking about them speak about them as if even just liking them isn’t enough, and complaints about their flaws are tantamount to Nintendo Switch treason. Well, by all means go ahead and downvote me. I set myself up for it, after all.
7. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition
6. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
4. Northgard
3. Doom (2016)
2. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
1. Tetris 99
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Top 10 Games I think Metacritic Got Wrong
Normally I find Metacritic to be a good indication of a game’s quality, but we don’t always see eye to eye. These are games I think deserved much better scores than the average reviewer gave. Listed above are Metacritic’s score and my own grade for the game, with the order being how much I look at the Metacritic score and wonder “what the heck were you guys thinking, scoring it so low!?”.
10. Paladins (Metacritic’s Score: 74; My Grade: A-)
9. Xeodrifter (Metacritic’s Score: 71; My Grade: A-)
8. Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (Metacritic’s Score: 61; My Grade: B+)
7. Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Metacritic’s Score: 58; My Grade: B)
6. Red Faction: Guerilla Re-Mars-Tered Edition (Metacritic’s Score: 72; My Grade: A-)
5. A Robot Named Fight (Metacritic’s Score: 71; My Grade: A-)
4. Akane (Metacritic’s Score: 69; My Grade: B+)
3. Saint’s Row IV: Re-Elected (Metacritic’s Score: 71; My Grade: A-)
2. Overwatch Legendary Edition (Metacritic’s Score: 73; My Grade: A-)
1. Asphalt 9 Legends (Metacritic’s Score: 61; My Grade: B+)
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Top 10 Worst Games I’ve Played
I generally try to avoid bad games, but sometimes my luck runs out. These are the worst experiences I’ve had so far reviewing games on the Nintendo Switch.
8. GoFishing 3D
7. Air Hockey
5. Hidden
4. Neverlast
3. Tennis Go
2. Zomb
1. Growtopia
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Top 10 Best Graphics on Nintendo Switch
For this list, I am taking into account both how impressive these games look on a technical level as well as their artistic style. So it’s going to be at least a bit subjective.
9. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Astral Chain
5. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
4. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
3. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
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Top 10 Best Game Soundtracks on the Nintendo Switch
For this list, I’m taking into account how great the music is in its own right, as well as how important it is for the game. And yes, I know my number one pick is kinda’ cheating, but I don’t care.
9. Voez
7. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
4. Gris
3. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
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Top 10 Games with the Best Sound Design
Sound design isn’t something you often think of, but when it’s done right, it perfectly enhances the game. Here are the games I felt were most enhanced by amazing sound design.
10. Minecraft
8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5. Splatoon 2
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Ape Out
1. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
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Top 10 Best Stories
These are the games with the stories I found the most moving, most thoughtful, or most all-around memorable.
10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition
7. Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition
5. Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remastered
4. Wandersong
3. The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
1. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
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Top 10 Funniest Games
This is both a mix of games that are themselves funny, as well as games that make for some funny situations.
9. Borderlands Legendary Collection
7. Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition
4. Undertale
3. South Park: The Stick of Truth
2. Dandy Dungeon -Legend of Brave Yamada-
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Top 10 Best Ports to Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch gets a lot of hand-me-down games from other platforms, but often this is a great thing, as it gives developers a chance to actually improve on what the original game had to offer, or bring to Nintendo’s less-powerful hardware a game that many would feel couldn’t be done on the Switch. Here are the games I feel took the most of that opportunity.
10. GRID Autosport
9. Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition
8. TowerFall
5. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
1. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
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Top 10 Announced Nintendo Switch Games I’m Most Looking Forward To
Going beyond games I’ve reviewed now, here are the upcoming games announced to be releasing for the Nintendo Switch that I am most looking forward to playing.
10. Immortals Fenyx Rising
9. Bravely Default II
8. Monster Hunter Rise
7. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
6. Subnautica
5. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
4. Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny
3. Bayonetta 3
2. Metroid Prime 4
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
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Top 10 Previously-released games I would like to see ported to the Nintendo Switch
Everyone has their wishlist of Switch ports, and here’s mine. I’ll refrain from including games published by Microsoft and Sony to keep this list somewhat more realistic (yes, I know, Microsoft still allowed Minecraft, Cuphead, and the Ori games on Switch, but let’s not assume that means Halo is coming too). I’m also restricting this to games I actually think would run well on the Nintendo Switch.
10. Xenoblade Chronicles X
9. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
8. Metroid: Samus Returns
7. Plants Vs. Zombies
6. Final Fantasy VI
5. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
4. Kid Icarus Uprising
3. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Batman Arkham Collection
1. Chrono Trigger
(Honorable Mentions: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, The Orange Box, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Portal 2, Borderlands 3)
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Top 10 Nintendo Switch Features and Fixes Wish List
If we do get a Nintendo Switch Pro at some point, or if Nintendo just updates the Switch to add new features, here’s what I’d most like to see changed.
10. Better support for controllers with analog triggers
9. Themes
8. Overhaul to Nintendo Switch Online’s core functionality
7. Return of Virtual Console (not likely, I know)
6. A Switch Lite-size smaller version of the Switch that can still dock to a TV
5. Faster-loading icons in game menus
4. Integrated voice chat
3. The ability to easily transfer game saves from one Nintendo Switch to another
2. Folders
1. Fix Joy-Con (and Pro Controller) drift
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