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Nintendo Switch 1 games released in Aug 2018

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Snapshot

• Total releases: In Aug 2018, there were 99 releases for the Switch 1.
• Common category: The most common category in Aug 2018 was Puzzle, with 9 releases.
• % of year to date: Aug 2018 includes 9.33% of the total Switch 1 releases in 2018.
• Low quality: In Aug 2018, there were 1 low quality releases - 1.01% of the total releases this month.

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Top rated: Aug 2018

The highest rated releases this month, with 3 reviews or more.

Roguelike

#1

Dead Cells

9.37

Metroidvania

#2

The Messenger

8.85

Turn-based roguelike

#3

Into the Breach

8.75

Action-adventure

#4

Okami HD

8.72

Adventure

#5

Flipping Death

8.69

Action RPG

#6

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

8.50

Platformer (2D)

#6

Flat Heroes

8.50

Management

#8

Prison Architect

8.44

RPG

#9

Cosmic Star Heroine

8.37

Adventure

#10

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

8.33

Buy:

Party

#11

Overcooked 2

8.32

Logic puzzle

#12

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

8.30

Puzzle

#13

Mini Metro

8.17

Metroidvania

#14

Iconoclasts

8.13

Run-and-gun

#15

Kero Blaster

8.11

Metroidvania

#16

Salt and Sanctuary

8.10

Action-adventure

#17

Minit

8.07

Run-and-gun

#18

Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2

7.95

Arcade

#19

Road to Ballhalla

7.94

Platformer (3D)

#19

De Blob 2

7.94

Platformer (2D)

#21

Freedom Planet

7.92

Interactive story

#22

2064: Read Only Memories Integral

7.88

Buy:

Action RPG

#23

Victor Vran

7.85

One-on-one fighting

#24

Blade Strangers

7.77

Strategy

#25

Bad North

7.71

Buy:

Puzzle

#26

Kensho

7.67

Tower defense

#27

CastleStorm

7.60

Run-and-gun

#27

Not a Hero

7.60

Logic puzzle

#29

Picross S2

7.58

Adventure

#30

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

7.48

Buy:

Point and click

#31

The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk

7.42

Adventure

#32

Flood of Light

7.25

Puzzle

#33

Red's Kingdom

7.14

Party

#34

Treadnauts

7.13

Strategy

#35

Crush Your Enemies!

7.08

Shooting

#36

Cycle 28

7.06

Physics simulator

#37

Manual Samuel

7.00

Platformer (2D)

#37

Spectrum

7.00

Shoot 'em up

#37

Azure Reflections

7.00

Buy:

Shooting

#37

Megaton Rainfall

7.00

Platformer (2D)

#41

Shio

6.93

Shooting

#42

Pixel Action Heroes

6.83

Point and click

#43

The Low Road

6.75

Puzzle

#44

Tetra's Escape

6.69

Action-adventure

#45

State of Mind

6.68

Puzzle

#46

BlobCat

6.67

Point and click

#47

The Inner World

6.56

Shooting

#48

Morphies Law

6.55

Point and click

#48

Detective Gallo

6.55

Dungeon crawler

#50

Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle

6.50

Hidden gems: Aug 2018

These games have 1 or 2 ratings, so don't yet have ranks. We strongly recommend reading the reviews before buying!

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season

9.00

In Between

8.25

Nekopara Vol. 1

7.50

ACA NeoGeo Prehistoric Isle 2

7.00

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

Western 1849 Reloaded

6.75

Out of the Box

6.00

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

6.00

Phantaruk

6.00

Gnomes Garden 3: The thief of castles

6.00

The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love

6.00

Green

6.00

Space Ribbon

5.75

Toy Stunt Bike: Tiptop's Trials

5.50

Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard

5.00

Catch 'Em! Goldfish Scooping

4.00

My Farm

3.00

Ayakashi Koi Gikyoku - Forbidden Romance with Mysterious Spirit

1.00

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

Who's publishing?

These companies published 1 or more games for the Switch 1 in Aug 2018.

Publisher	Games this month
Hamster	7
Digerati	5
Headup Games	5
Devolver Digital	3
Forever Entertainment	3
Atypical Games	2
Capcom	2
D3 Publisher	2
Limited Run Games	2
Telltale Games	2
8floor Games	1
Artifex Mundi	1
Aspyr	1
Bifrost Entertainment	1
Blue Sunset Games	1
Bread Machine	1
BySamb	1
CFK	1
Chorus Worldwide Games	1
Coconut Island Games	1
Cooply	1
Cosen	1
Cosmoscope	1
Curve Digital	1
Cypronia	1
Daedalic Entertainment	1
Deck 13	1
Digimerce	1
Drageus Games	1
Flyhigh Works	1
Haemimont Games	1
Happinet Corporation	1
Indienova	1
JetDogs	1
JMJ Interactive	1
Jupiter Corporation	1
Kemco	1
Krafted Games	1
Marvelous	1
MidBoss	1
MixedBag	1
Motion Twin	1
Mutan	1
Nawia Games	1
Nicalis	1
Onteca	1
Paradox Interactive	1
Pentadimensional Games	1
Phoenixx	1
Pill Bug	1
Playism	1
Plug In Digital	1
Radial Games	1
Raiser Games	1
Ratalaika Games	1
Raw Fury	1
Rising Star Games	1
Rogueside	1
Ska Studios / Devoured Studios	1
Sometimes You	1
Sonka	1
Steel Crate Games	1
Studio Green	1
Subset Games	1
Tackorama	1
Team17	1
THQ Nordic	1
tinyBuild Games	1
Topstitch Games	1
Unties	1
Vile Monarch	1
Wobbly Tooth	1
XGen Studios	1
Zen Studios	1
Zoink Games	1

Games

There were 98 games released in Aug 2018 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
1st Aug	Ayakashi Koi Gikyoku - Forbidden Romance with Mysterious Spirit		Visual novel	Digimerce	1/3
1st Aug	State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem		Twin-stick shooter	Sometimes You		6.07
2nd Aug	1979 Revolution: Black Friday		Adventure	Digerati		7.48
2nd Aug	ACA NeoGeo Prehistoric Isle 2		Shoot 'em up	Hamster	2/3
2nd Aug	Battle Supremacy		Shooting	Atypical Games		4.17
2nd Aug	Catch 'Em! Goldfish Scooping		Fishing	D3 Publisher	1/3
2nd Aug	Crush Your Enemies!		Strategy	Vile Monarch		7.08
2nd Aug	Cycle 28		Shooting	Pill Bug		7.06
2nd Aug	Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard		Action-adventure	Cooply	1/3
2nd Aug	Flat Heroes		Platformer (2D)	Deck 13		8.50
2nd Aug	Green		Puzzle	Studio Green	1/3
2nd Aug	Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2		Run-and-gun	Rogueside		7.95
2nd Aug	Iconoclasts		Metroidvania	Bifrost Entertainment		8.13
2nd Aug	Kensho		Puzzle	JetDogs		7.67
2nd Aug	Not a Hero		Run-and-gun	Devolver Digital		7.60
2nd Aug	Picross S2		Logic puzzle	Jupiter Corporation		7.58
2nd Aug	Road to Ballhalla		Arcade	tinyBuild Games		7.94
2nd Aug	Salt and Sanctuary		Metroidvania	Ska Studios / Devoured Studios		8.10
3rd Aug	Pixel Action Heroes		Shooting	Cypronia		6.83
3rd Aug	The Inner World		Point and click	Headup Games		6.56
3rd Aug	The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk		Point and click	Headup Games		7.42
6th Aug	Loot Monkey: Bling Palace		Platformer (2D)	Tackorama		3.67
7th Aug	Dead Cells		Roguelike	Motion Twin		9.37
7th Aug	Flipping Death		Adventure	Zoink Games		8.69
7th Aug	In Between		Puzzle	Headup Games	2/3
7th Aug	Overcooked 2		Party	Team17		8.32
7th Aug	Red's Kingdom		Puzzle	Rising Star Games		7.14
7th Aug	Slam Land		Party	Bread Machine		5.67
7th Aug	Super Blackjack Battle 2 Turbo Edition		Card game	Headup Games		5.15
7th Aug	Toby: The Secret Mine		Puzzle	Headup Games		5.75
9th Aug	ACA NeoGeo Metal Slug 4		Run-and-gun	Hamster
9th Aug	Arcade Archives Kid's Horehore Daisakusen		Arcade	Hamster
9th Aug	BlobCat		Puzzle	BySamb		6.67
9th Aug	Megaton Rainfall		Shooting	Pentadimensional Games		7.00
9th Aug	Minit		Action-adventure	Devolver Digital		8.07
9th Aug	Okami HD		Action-adventure	Capcom		8.72
9th Aug	Shio		Platformer (2D)	Coconut Island Games		6.93
9th Aug	Shut Eye		Horror	Forever Entertainment		6.30
9th Aug	Subara City		Matching puzzle	Flyhigh Works		6.14
9th Aug	The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love		Visual novel	D3 Publisher	1/3
9th Aug	Unexplored: Unlocked Edition		Roguelike	Digerati		5.75
10th Aug	Tetra's Escape		Puzzle	Ratalaika Games		6.69
13th Aug	Flip Over Frog		Party	Mutan
14th Aug	2064: Read Only Memories Integral		Interactive story	MidBoss		7.88
14th Aug	Cosmic Star Heroine		RPG	Limited Run Games		8.37
14th Aug	Funbox Party		Party	Drageus Games
15th Aug	State of Mind		Action-adventure	Daedalic Entertainment		6.68
16th Aug	ACA NeoGeo Real Bout Fatal Fury 2		One-on-one fighting	Hamster
16th Aug	CastleStorm		Tower defense	Zen Studios		7.60
16th Aug	Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes		Logic puzzle	Steel Crate Games		8.30
16th Aug	Manual Samuel		Physics simulator	Curve Digital		7.00
16th Aug	Next Up Hero		Action RPG	Aspyr		6.13
16th Aug	Robbotto		Arcade	JMJ Interactive		6.25
17th Aug	Detective Gallo		Point and click	MixedBag		6.55
17th Aug	Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders		Hidden objects	Artifex Mundi	1/3
17th Aug	PolyGod		Roguelike	Krafted Games		5.81
17th Aug	Tiny Hands Adventure		Platformer (3D)	Blue Sunset Games		4.49
17th Aug	Treadnauts		Party	Topstitch Games		7.13
20th Aug	Bad North		Strategy	Raw Fury		7.71
20th Aug	Morphies Law		Shooting	Cosmoscope		6.55
20th Aug	Prison Architect		Management	Paradox Interactive		8.44
20th Aug	Spectrum		Platformer (2D)	Digerati		7.00
22nd Aug	Out of the Box		Point and click	Raiser Games	2/3
23rd Aug	ACA NeoGeo Crossed Swords		Action RPG	Hamster
23rd Aug	Behind the Screen		Puzzle	Cosen		6.33
23rd Aug	Fernz Gate		RPG	Kemco		6.25
23rd Aug	Flood of Light		Adventure	Indienova		7.25
23rd Aug	Hacky Zack		Platformer (2D)	Digerati		6.50
23rd Aug	Kero Blaster		Run-and-gun	Playism		8.11
23rd Aug	My Farm		Farming	Plug In Digital	2/3
23rd Aug	Nekopara Vol. 1		Visual novel	CFK	2/3
23rd Aug	Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders		Flight simulator	Atypical Games
23rd Aug	The Low Road		Point and click	XGen Studios		6.75
23rd Aug	Toy Stunt Bike: Tiptop's Trials		Stunt driving	Wobbly Tooth	2/3
24th Aug	Earthworms		Point and click	Sonka		6.20
24th Aug	Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition		Adventure	Limited Run Games		6.13
24th Aug	Space Ribbon		Racing	Onteca	2/3
28th Aug	Blade Strangers		One-on-one fighting	Nicalis		7.77
28th Aug	De Blob 2		Platformer (3D)	THQ Nordic		7.94
28th Aug	Into the Breach		Turn-based roguelike	Subset Games		8.75
28th Aug	Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate		Action RPG	Capcom		8.50
28th Aug	The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season		Adventure	Telltale Games	1/3
28th Aug	The Walking Dead: The Final Season		Adventure	Telltale Games		8.33
28th Aug	Victor Vran		Action RPG	Haemimont Games		7.85
29th Aug	Western 1849 Reloaded		Shooting	Nawia Games	2/3
30th Aug	ACA NeoGeo Football Frenzy		Football / soccer	Hamster
30th Aug	Arcade Archives Argus		Shoot 'em up	Hamster
30th Aug	Azure Reflections		Shoot 'em up	Phoenixx		7.00
30th Aug	Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers		Racing	Unties		6.36
30th Aug	Fall of Light: Darkest Edition		Action RPG	Digerati		4.28
30th Aug	Freedom Planet		Platformer (2D)	Marvelous		7.92
30th Aug	Gnomes Garden 3: The thief of castles		City building	8floor Games	1/3
30th Aug	Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle		Dungeon crawler	Happinet Corporation		6.50
30th Aug	Mini Metro		Puzzle	Radial Games		8.17
30th Aug	Phantaruk		Horror	Forever Entertainment	1/3
30th Aug	Realpolitiks		Strategy	Forever Entertainment		5.50
30th Aug	The Messenger		Metroidvania	Devolver Digital		8.85
30th Aug	The VideoKid		Arcade	Chorus Worldwide Games		6.25

Games (Low quality)

There were 1 low quality games released in Aug 2018 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
2nd Aug	My Riding Stables: Life with Horses	Low quality	Simulation	Treva Entertainment	1/3

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