Nintendo Switch 1 games released in Jan 2021

Snapshot

  • Total releases: In Jan 2021, there were 154 releases for the Switch 1.
  • Common category: The most common category in Jan 2021 was Puzzle, with 20 releases.
  • % of year to date: Jan 2021 includes 8.32% of the total Switch 1 releases in 2021.
  • Low quality: In Jan 2021, there were 43 low quality releases - 27.92% of the total releases this month.

Top rated: Jan 2021

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

Metroidvania
Cyber Shadow
#1
8.56
Action-adventure
Olija
#3
8.40
Adventure
Heaven's Vault
#5
8.11
Beat 'em up
Double Dragon Neon
Shoot 'em up
Shoot 1UP DX
#8
7.90
Stealth
Hitman 3 - Cloud Version
Action RPG
Disjunction
#10
7.86
Platformer (3D)
Glyph
#11
7.85
Puzzle
SOLAS 128
#12
7.83
Twin-stick shooter
Bezier: Second Edition
Point and click
TOHU
#14
7.57
Arcade
Rhythm Fighter
#15
7.56
Platformer (2D)
Turrican Flashback
Shoot 'em up
Missile Dancer
#17
7.33
Platformer (2D)
Shadow Gangs
#17
7.33
Platformer (2D)
Golden Force
#21
7.11
Puzzle
Down in Bermuda
#22
7.10
Point and click
Iris.Fall
#23
7.07
Puzzle
Charge Kid
#24
6.98
Shooting
WRITHE
#25
6.85
Point and click
Vera Blanc: Ghost in the Castle
Roguelike
Gods Will Fall
#27
6.69
Shooting
Redout: Space Assault
Roguelike
Sword of the Necromancer
Party
Bonkies
#30
6.58
Tactical RPG
Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
Wrestling
Wrestling Empire
#32
6.33
Beat 'em up
Shing!
#34
6.17
Action RPG
Loot Hero DX
#34
6.17
Strategy
Epitaph
#36
6.08
Strategy
The Unexpected Quest
Action-adventure
Colossus Down
#38
5.90
Strategy
Neoverse Trinity Edition
Horror
Silver Chains
#40
5.70
Stunt driving
Balancelot
#41
3.03

Who's publishing?

These companies published 1 or more games for the Switch 1 in Jan 2021.

Publisher Games this month
Hamster 4
eastasiasoft 3
Now Production 3
Ratalaika Games 3
ChiliDog Interactive 2
Daedalic Entertainment 2
G-mode 2
Gotcha Gotcha Games 2
hook.gg 2
JetDogs 2
Kemco 2
United Independent Entertainment (UIG) 2
YFC Games 2
34BigThings 1
AnelaGamesStudio 1
Armor Games Studios 1
Artifex Mundi 1
Big Way 1
Bigosaur 1
Bolverk Games 1
Clouded Leopard Entertainment 1
Coconut Island Games 1
Crunching Koalas 1
Devolver Digital 1
Doomster Entertainment 1
Drageus Games 1
Everook 1
Fantastico Studio 1
Fireshine Games 1
Flux Games 1
Fueled By Rockets 1
Gemdrops 1
Grimorio of Games 1
GrosChevaux 1
Headup Games 1
HuneX 1
Hyperstrange 1
Iceberg Interactive 1
Indienova 1
ININ Games 1
Inkle 1
IO Interactive 1
JKM Corp 1
JoyBits 1
K Monkey 1
Kairosoft 1
Koei Tecmo 1
Lemondo Games 1
Limited Run Games 1
Lone Wolf Technology 1
Loneminded 1
Majesco Entertainment 1
Mango Protocol 1
Mass Creation 1
MDickie 1
Mission Ctrl Studios 1
Mommy’s Best Games 1
MoonGlass 1
Nami Tentou 1
Nape Games 1
No Gravity Games 1
OnSkull Development 1
OperaHouse 1
Orange Pixel 1
OverGamez 1
Pineapple Works 1
Plaion (ex Koch Media) 1
PLiCy 1
PM Studios 1
Portable Moose 1
Prototype 1
QubicGames 1
QUByte Interactive 1
Qureate 1
Redblack Spade 1
Silesia Games 1
Snap Finger Click 1
SuperPowerUpGames 1
Thalamus Digital 1
the binary family 1
The Irregular Corporation 1
Thomas K Young 1
Thunder Sparrow 1
Tin Man Games 1
Tino Games 1
Turtle Cream 1
Ubisoft 1
Victory Road 1
Voltage 1
Walkabout Games 1
Wildbus Studio 1
Yacht Club Games 1
Yak 1

Games

There were 111 games released in Jan 2021 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date Title Quality filter Category Publishers Review count Rating
1st Jan Hitori Logic Puzzle hook.gg
1st Jan Speed Truck Racing Racing SuperPowerUpGames
4th Jan Cthulhu Saves Christmas RPG Limited Run Games
8.42
4th Jan Espacio Cosmic Light-Seeker Adventure PLiCy
4th Jan Travel Mosaics 7: Fantastic Berlin Logic puzzle JetDogs
5th Jan Choices That Matter: And Their Souls Were Eaten Interactive story Tin Man Games
1/3
6th Jan Charge Kid Puzzle Pineapple Works
6.98
6th Jan Stardash Platformer (2D) Orange Pixel
1/3
7th Jan Arcade Archives Rod Land Platformer (2D) Hamster
1/3
7th Jan Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom Tactical RPG Kemco
6.53
7th Jan G-Mode Archives 25 Topolon Puzzle G-mode
7th Jan Iris.Fall Point and click PM Studios
7.07
7th Jan Sense - A Cyberpunk Ghost Story Adventure eastasiasoft
6.26
7th Jan Shadow Gangs Platformer (2D) JKM Corp
7.33
7th Jan Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest RPG Walkabout Games
7.40
10th Jan Yumemidori Nostalgia Visual novel OperaHouse
11th Jan Glyph Platformer (3D) Bolverk Games
7.85
11th Jan Shoot 1UP DX Shoot 'em up Mommy’s Best Games
7.90
11th Jan Spice and Wolf VR2 Visual novel Gemdrops
1/3
11th Jan Wrestling Empire Wrestling MDickie
6.33
12th Jan Act It Out XL! Party Snap Finger Click
12th Jan Double Dragon Neon Beat 'em up Majesco Entertainment
8.01
12th Jan Mahjong Adventure Board and Tabletop Fantastico Studio
12th Jan S.U.M. - Slay Uncool Monsters Educational Doomster Entertainment
1/3
13th Jan Get Over Here Arena fighting Flux Games
1/3
13th Jan The Pillar: Puzzle Escape Puzzle eastasiasoft
2/3
14th Jan Arcade Archives Cosmo Police Galivan Run-and-gun Hamster
14th Jan Down in Bermuda Puzzle Yak
7.10
14th Jan Fantasy Tavern Sextet - Vol. 2 Adventurer's Days Visual novel Qureate
1/3
14th Jan Medulla Puzzle Lemondo Games
14th Jan My Hidden Things Puzzle Big Way
14th Jan Ping Redux Arcade Nami Tentou
2/3
14th Jan Pixel Game Maker Series: Werewolf Princess Kaguya Shoot 'em up Gotcha Gotcha Games
14th Jan Ploid Action-adventure Nape Games
14th Jan Rhythm Fighter Arcade Coconut Island Games
7.56
14th Jan Scott Pilgrim vs The World - The Game Beat 'em up Ubisoft
8.10
14th Jan Silver Screen Story Management Kairosoft
15th Jan 12 Labours of Hercules III: Girl Power Strategy JetDogs
15th Jan WRITHE Shooting Mission Ctrl Studios
6.85
18th Jan Dadish 2 Platformer (2D) Thomas K Young
1/3
18th Jan Dungeon Nightmares 1+2 Collection Horror K Monkey
1/3
18th Jan Spinny's Journey Action-adventure Thunder Sparrow
1/3
19th Jan Epitaph Strategy Everook
6.08
20th Jan Crashnauts Arena shooter Fueled By Rockets
1/3
20th Jan Ephemeral -Fantasy on Dark- Visual novel HuneX
20th Jan Ghostanoid Brick breaking JoyBits
1/3
20th Jan Her Love in the Force Visual novel Voltage
1/3
20th Jan Hitman 3 - Cloud Version Stealth IO Interactive
7.88
21st Jan Arcade Archives Block Hole Puzzle Hamster
21st Jan Arrog Puzzle Indienova
2/3
21st Jan Bezier: Second Edition Twin-stick shooter Thalamus Digital
7.65
21st Jan Bouncing Hero Platformer (2D) Turtle Cream
21st Jan Chess Royal Board and Tabletop Silesia Games
21st Jan Conarium Horror Iceberg Interactive
1/3
21st Jan Grisaia Phantom Trigger 5.5 Visual novel Prototype
21st Jan Jiffy Platformer (2D) Lone Wolf Technology
1/3
21st Jan Joe's Diner Horror United Independent Entertainment (UIG)
21st Jan Loot Hero DX Action RPG Ratalaika Games
6.17
21st Jan Missile Dancer Shoot 'em up MoonGlass
7.33
21st Jan Neoverse Trinity Edition Strategy Tino Games
5.83
21st Jan Pineview Drive Horror United Independent Entertainment (UIG)
21st Jan Pixel Game Maker Series: The Witch and The 66 Mushrooms Action-adventure Gotcha Gotcha Games
21st Jan Sally Face Point and click Portable Moose
2/3
21st Jan Shing! Beat 'em up Mass Creation
6.17
21st Jan The Game is ON Puzzle Bigosaur
1/3
21st Jan Unspottable Party GrosChevaux
2/3
22nd Jan Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden Hidden objects Artifex Mundi
22nd Jan Adverse Platformer (3D) Loneminded
22nd Jan Balancelot Stunt driving Ratalaika Games
3.03
22nd Jan CATTCH Puzzle ChiliDog Interactive
22nd Jan Colorful Colore Puzzle Drageus Games
1/3
22nd Jan Dark Sauce Platformer (2D) Victory Road
22nd Jan Gradiently Puzzle hook.gg
22nd Jan Legend of Numbers Puzzle YFC Games
22nd Jan Redout: Space Assault Shooting 34BigThings
6.69
22nd Jan Timothy and the Mysterious Forest Action-adventure QubicGames
2/3
23rd Jan Battle for Blood Matching puzzle YFC Games
23rd Jan Seal Electric Railway Physics simulator Now Production
23rd Jan Shark Copter vs. Zombie Dancers Arcade Now Production
23rd Jan Spaceship Curse Platformer (3D) Now Production
23rd Jan The Unexpected Quest Strategy OverGamez
6.06
25th Jan Cyber Shadow Metroidvania Yacht Club Games
8.56
25th Jan SOLAS 128 Puzzle Armor Games Studios
7.83
27th Jan Escape 2088 Puzzle OnSkull Development
27th Jan Project Starship X Shoot 'em up eastasiasoft
2/3
27th Jan Strange Field Football Football / soccer Wildbus Studio
2/3
27th Jan The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav Point and click Daedalic Entertainment
2/3
27th Jan The Dark Eye: Memoria Point and click Daedalic Entertainment
2/3
28th Jan Arcade Archives Halley's Comet Shoot 'em up Hamster
28th Jan Citizens Unite! Earth x Space RPG Kemco
7.13
28th Jan Colossus Down Action-adventure Mango Protocol
5.90
28th Jan Daylife in Japan - Animated Jigsaw Puzzle Series Board and Tabletop QUByte Interactive
1/3
28th Jan Disjunction Action RPG Fireshine Games
7.86
28th Jan G-Mode Archives 29 Zanac Shoot 'em up G-mode
1/3
28th Jan Golden Force Platformer (2D) No Gravity Games
7.11
28th Jan Heaven's Vault Adventure Inkle
8.11
28th Jan Märchen Forest RPG Clouded Leopard Entertainment
2/3
28th Jan Olija Action-adventure Devolver Digital
8.40
28th Jan Save Farty Party the binary family
1/3
28th Jan SushiParty Twin-stick shooter AnelaGamesStudio
28th Jan Sword of the Necromancer Roguelike Grimorio of Games
6.60
28th Jan The Choice of Life: Middle Ages Adventure Redblack Spade
1/3
28th Jan TOHU Point and click The Irregular Corporation
7.57
29th Jan Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy RPG Koei Tecmo
8.28
29th Jan Bonkies Party Crunching Koalas
6.58
29th Jan Caves and Castles: Underworld Action-adventure ChiliDog Interactive
29th Jan Crossbow: Bloodnight Shooting Hyperstrange
2/3
29th Jan Gods Will Fall Roguelike Plaion (ex Koch Media)
6.69
29th Jan Silver Chains Horror Headup Games
5.70
29th Jan Turrican Flashback Platformer (2D) ININ Games
7.33
29th Jan Vera Blanc: Ghost in the Castle Point and click Ratalaika Games
6.73

Games (Low quality)

There were 43 low quality games released in Jan 2021 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date Title Quality filter Category Publishers Review count Rating
3rd Jan Puzzle Plowing A Field Puzzle Piotr Skalski
3rd Jan Wacky Run Racing Piotr Skalski
4th Jan Maze with cube Puzzle Piotr Skalski
4th Jan Top Gun Air Combat Flight simulator Pix Arts
1/3
4th Jan Virtual Battle Shooting Sat-Box
5th Jan Dog-fight Flight simulator Sabec
5th Jan Table Soccer Foosball Sports Pix Arts
7th Jan Kingdom Tales 2 City building Ocean Media
2/3
7th Jan Zotrix Starglider Twin-stick shooter Ocean Media
2/3
10th Jan Bullet Trail Shooting Piotr Skalski
10th Jan Knight with Tactics Puzzle Piotr Skalski
11th Jan Radio Commander Strategy Console Labs
12th Jan Arcanoid Breakout Brick breaking Pix Arts
12th Jan Dead Ground Tower defense Ultimate Games
2/3
13th Jan Gorilla Big Adventure Platformer (2D) Pix Arts
13th Jan Space Aliens Invaders Shoot 'em up Pix Arts
14th Jan Four in a Row Board and Tabletop Ultimate Games
2/3
14th Jan Galactic Trooper Armada Shooting Pix Arts
14th Jan Life of Fly Adventure EpiXR Games
15th Jan 16-Bit Soccer Football / soccer Sprakelsoft
1/3
15th Jan Brain Breaker Arcade Erik Games
15th Jan Curling Sports Pix Arts
1/3
15th Jan My Magic Florist Management Cool Small Games
15th Jan Solar Blast Arcade Ultimate Games
2/3
17th Jan Clay Skeet Shooting Shooting Pix Arts
18th Jan Danger Gazers Roguelike Ultimate Games
2/3
18th Jan Olympic Table Tennis Tennis Pix Arts
19th Jan Little Squire's Quests Puzzle Max Interactive Studio
19th Jan Shinobi Blade Platformer (2D) Max Interactive Studio
19th Jan War Truck Simulator Vehicle simulator Ultimate Games
2/3
20th Jan All Walls Must Fall RPG Ultimate Games
2/3
20th Jan Otti: The House Keeper Tower defense Ultimate Games
2/3
21st Jan Air Bounce - The Jump 'n' Run Challenge Platformer (3D) EpiXR Games
21st Jan Frodoric the Driver Racing Ultimate Games
2/3
22nd Jan Cupcake Match Matching puzzle Digital Game Group
22nd Jan Dirt Bike Insanity Bike racing Ultimate Games
26th Jan Curve Racer Racing Piotr Skalski
26th Jan Ziggy the Chaser Action-adventure Ultimate Games
1/3
26th Jan Zombie Apocalypse Shooting Pix Arts
28th Jan Royal Tower Defense Tower defense Prison Games
29th Jan Burn! SuperTrucks Racing FuriouSoftPhoenix
29th Jan Cooking Festival Restaurant / cooking BoomBit Games
29th Jan Space Blast Zom A Matching Game Matching puzzle Digital Game Group

Switch Scores is an independent ranking site for the Nintendo Switch library, powered by community reviews and partner sites.
We track over 15,000 games and update ratings daily. Find out more.