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Nintendo Switch 1 games released in May 2021

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• Total releases: In May 2021, there were 162 releases for the Switch 1.
• Common category: The most common category in May 2021 was Puzzle, with 14 releases.
• % of year to date: May 2021 includes 8.75% of the total Switch 1 releases in 2021.
• Low quality: In May 2021, there were 45 low quality releases - 27.78% of the total releases this month.

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Top rated: May 2021

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

Interactive story

#1

Sumire

8.67

City building

#2

Port Royale 4

8.33

RPG

#3

Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster

8.06

Point and click

#4

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & The Girl Who Stands Behind

8.02

Party

#5

Very Very Valet

7.94

Dungeon crawler

#6

Kowloon High-School Chronicle

7.88

City building

#7

The Colonists

7.86

Roguelike

#8

Rising Hell

7.83

Point and click

#8

Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice

7.83

Runner

#10

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

7.79

Buy:

Shoot 'em up

#11

Jetboard Joust

7.78

Metroidvania

#12

Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition

7.67

Adventure

#12

LiEat

7.67

Adventure

#12

Mutazione

7.67

Survival

#12

Subnautica

7.67

Action RPG

#16

Retro Machina

7.60

Arcade

#17

Rabisco+

7.58

Shooting

#18

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

7.51

Survival

#19

Subnautica: Below Zero

7.50

Puzzle

#19

Backworlds

7.50

Buy:

Shoot 'em up

#21

Flowing Lights

7.46

RPG

#22

Miitopia

7.38

Point and click

#23

Cosmic Top Secret

7.26

RPG

#24

King of Seas

7.25

Strategy

#25

Pathway

7.10

Block pushing

#26

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale

7.06

Metroidvania

#27

Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World

7.05

Point and click

#27

Fire: Ungh’s Quest

7.05

Horror

#29

Layers of Fear 2

7.00

Buy:

Horror

#30

Mundaun

6.92

Visual novel

#31

A Little Lily Princess

6.90

Action-adventure

#32

Maneater

6.89

Dungeon crawler

#33

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

6.88

Strategy

#34

Rise of the Slime

6.85

Physics simulator

#35

Just Die Already

6.83

Music

#36

Geminose: Animal Popstars

6.73

Point and click

#37

Beautiful Desolation

6.66

Buy:

Adventure

#38

World's End Club

6.61

Skateboarding

#39

Skate City

6.60

Vehicle simulator

#40

SnowRunner

6.52

Simulation

#41

Space Commander: War and Trade

6.29

Puzzle

#42

Love - A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories

6.18

Roguelike

#43

Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition

5.88

Puzzle

#44

Trenga Unlimited

5.85

Tactical RPG

#45

Rise Eterna

5.83

Strategy

#46

Death Crown

5.77

Restaurant / cooking

#47

SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off

5.50

Platformer (2D)

#48

Infestor

5.47

Party

#48

Trash Sailors

5.47

Buy:

Action RPG

#50

Aluna: Sentinel of the Shards

5.38

Hidden gems: May 2021

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

Weaving Tides

9.10

Kasiori

8.10

Tiger Trio's Tasty Travels

8.00

Crying Suns

8.00

Instant Sports Tennis

7.50

Tested on Humans: Escape Room

7.05

Fighting EX Layer Another Dash

7.00

Sector 781

7.00

Arcaea

7.00

Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition

6.85

Train Station Renovation

6.85

Exodemon

6.70

Hentai vs. Evil

6.30

Quantum Replica

6.30

0 Degrees

6.30

Fishing Fighters

6.30

Sakura Succubus 2

6.00

Chess Knights: Shinobi

6.00

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground

5.45

CyberHive

5.35

Go! Birdie

5.15

Silver Falls Episode Prelude

4.75

Regina & Mac World

4.50

Outbreak: Endless Nightmares

4.30

Rift Racoon

4.00

Beach Bounce Remastered

2.00

Missing Features: 2D

2.00

Who's publishing?

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

Publisher	Games this month
Ratalaika Games	5
eastasiasoft	4
Hamster	4
Art Games Studio	2
ChiliDog Interactive	2
Five-BN Games	2
Focus Entertainment	2
Forever Entertainment	2
Gamuzumi	2
Ilya Chkoliar	2
JanduSoft	2
Nintendo	2
PQube	2
QUByte Interactive	2
Success Corp	2
Unknown Worlds Entertainment	2
7Levels	1
Aksys Games	1
Akupara Games	1
Alcyone Studio	1
Arika	1
Artdink	1
Artifex Mundi	1
Aspyr	1
Assemble Entertainment	1
Atlus	1
Auroch Digital	1
BadLand Publishing	1
Big Cheese Studio	1
Bloober Team	1
BreakFirst Games	1
Caerux	1
Chorus Worldwide Games	1
Chucklefish	1
Clickteam	1
Crytivo	1
Curve Digital	1
D3 Publisher	1
Daedalic Entertainment	1
Dead Drop Studios	1
Digerati	1
Digiart Interactive	1
Diplodocus Games	1
Drageus Games	1
Eclipse Games	1
Failbetter Games	1
Flux Games	1
Freedom Games	1
gFaUmNe	1
GrimTalin	1
Haruneko Entertainment	1
Headup Games	1
Humble Games	1
Interplay	1
JetDogs	1
Jin Wave Studio	1
Kalypso Media	1
Limited Run Games	1
lowiro	1
Majesco Entertainment	1
mc2games	1
Miracle Box Games	1
MWM Interactive	1
Nakana.io	1
Navila Software Japan	1
Nicalis	1
Nightdive Studios	1
NIS America	1
No Gravity Games	1
Oink Games	1
Open Lab Games	1
Playism	1
Playstack	1
PrimeBit Games	1
Prototype	1
Redblack Spade	1
Refold	1
Sega	1
Silver Star Japan	1
Skymap Games	1
Snowman	1
Sometimes You	1
subSilico	1
Sumire	1
Sungrand	1
Super.com	1
Team17	1
Thalamus Digital	1
Tilting Point	1
tinyBuild Games	1
Toyful	1
Tripwire Interactive	1
Untold Tales	1
Voltage	1
Wild River Games	1

Games

There were 117 games released in May 2021 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
3rd May	Spirits of Xanadu		Action-adventure	Nightdive Studios
3rd May	Travel Mosaics 9: Mysterious Prague		Logic puzzle	JetDogs
4th May	The Colonists		City building	Auroch Digital		7.86
4th May	Ultimate Custom Night		Puzzle	Clickteam
5th May	Dull Grey		Interactive story	Sometimes You
5th May	Go! Birdie		Arcade	PrimeBit Games	2/3
5th May	Magical Girls (2021 - Caerux)		Brick breaking	Caerux
5th May	Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition		Metroidvania	Limited Run Games		7.67
6th May	Arcade Archives The Astyanax		Run-and-gun	Hamster
6th May	Beach Bounce Remastered		Visual novel	Gamuzumi	1/3
6th May	CyberHive		Strategy	Redblack Spade	2/3
6th May	Football Drama		Adventure	Open Lab Games
6th May	Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition		Roguelike	Digerati		5.88
6th May	Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition		Card game	eastasiasoft	2/3
6th May	Sector 781		Metroidvania	Refold	1/3
6th May	Silver Falls Episode Prelude		Horror	Sungrand	2/3
6th May	Skate City		Skateboarding	Snowman		6.60
6th May	Train Station Renovation		Vehicle simulator	Forever Entertainment	2/3
6th May	Youkai Poetry		Visual novel	Navila Software Japan
7th May	C14 Dating		Dating	Ratalaika Games
7th May	Flowing Lights		Shoot 'em up	gFaUmNe		7.46
7th May	Infestor		Platformer (2D)	Ratalaika Games		5.47
7th May	Lost Lands: The Wanderer		Puzzle	Five-BN Games
10th May	SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off		Restaurant / cooking	Tilting Point		5.50
10th May	Trash Sailors		Party	tinyBuild Games		5.47
12th May	Death Crown		Strategy	BadLand Publishing		5.77
12th May	Fire: Ungh’s Quest		Point and click	Daedalic Entertainment		7.05
12th May	Jin Conception		RPG	Jin Wave Studio
12th May	Preston Sterling and the Legend of Excalibur		Point and click	Miracle Box Games
12th May	Retro Machina		Action RPG	Super.com		7.60
12th May	Rift Racoon		Platformer (2D)	eastasiasoft	1/3
12th May	Tested on Humans: Escape Room		Puzzle	mc2games	2/3
13th May	Arcade Archives Guzzler		Arcade	Hamster
13th May	Be a Poker Champion! Texas Hold'em		Card game	Silver Star Japan
13th May	Connection reHaunted		Horror	No Gravity Games
13th May	Cooking Simulator - Pizza		Restaurant / cooking	Big Cheese Studio
13th May	Exodemon		Shooting	JanduSoft	2/3
13th May	Kasiori		Falling blocks puzzle	Success Corp	1/3
13th May	Rise Eterna		Tactical RPG	Forever Entertainment		5.83
13th May	RWBY: Grimm Eclipse - Definitive Edition		Action RPG	Aspyr		4.98
13th May	Space Commander: War and Trade		Simulation	7Levels		6.29
14th May	#1 Anagrams		Word game	Eclipse Games
14th May	Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & The Girl Who Stands Behind		Point and click	Nintendo		8.02
14th May	Karma. Incarnation 1		Point and click	ChiliDog Interactive
14th May	Project: Knight		Action-adventure	Ilya Chkoliar
14th May	Quantum Replica		Stealth	PQube	1/3
14th May	Rabisco+		Arcade	Ratalaika Games		7.58
14th May	Subnautica		Survival	Unknown Worlds Entertainment		7.67
14th May	Subnautica: Below Zero		Survival	Unknown Worlds Entertainment		7.50
16th May	Instant Sports Tennis		Tennis	BreakFirst Games	1/3
18th May	Arcaea		Music	lowiro	1/3
18th May	Chess Knights: Shinobi		Puzzle	QUByte Interactive	1/3
18th May	Geminose: Animal Popstars		Music	Majesco Entertainment		6.73
18th May	Jetboard Joust		Shoot 'em up	Freedom Games		7.78
18th May	Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice		Point and click	Assemble Entertainment		7.83
18th May	Outbreak: Endless Nightmares		Roguelike	Dead Drop Studios	1/3
18th May	SnowRunner		Vehicle simulator	Focus Entertainment		6.52
19th May	0 Degrees		Platformer (2D)	eastasiasoft	1/3
19th May	Aerial_Knight's Never Yield		Runner	Headup Games		7.79
19th May	Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition		RPG	Failbetter Games
19th May	Tales of Djungarian Hamster		Life simulator	Success Corp
20th May	Arcade Archives Task Force Harrier		Shoot 'em up	Hamster
20th May	Backworlds		Puzzle	Skymap Games		7.50
20th May	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance		Dungeon crawler	Interplay		6.88
20th May	Clannad Side Stories		Visual novel	Prototype
20th May	Fighting EX Layer Another Dash		One-on-one fighting	Arika	1/3
20th May	Invirium		Roguelike	Art Games Studio
20th May	Just Die Already		Physics simulator	Curve Digital		6.83
20th May	Kowloon High-School Chronicle		Dungeon crawler	PQube		7.88
20th May	Layers of Fear 2		Horror	Bloober Team		7.00
20th May	Rise of the Slime		Strategy	Playstack		6.85
20th May	Rising Hell		Roguelike	Chorus Worldwide Games		7.83
20th May	Sakura Succubus 2		Visual novel	Gamuzumi	1/3
20th May	Tiger Trio's Tasty Travels		Arcade	Oink Games	2/3
21st May	Cosmic Top Secret		Point and click	Nakana.io		7.26
21st May	Guards		Strategy	Drageus Games
21st May	Gutwhale		Roguelike	Ratalaika Games		5.30
21st May	Miitopia		RPG	Nintendo		7.38
21st May	Wanna Survive		Strategy	Nicalis
22nd May	RoboPhobik		Puzzle	Haruneko Entertainment
24th May	Lost Lands: Ice Spell		Point and click	Five-BN Games
25th May	King of Seas		RPG	Team17		7.25
25th May	Maneater		Action-adventure	Tripwire Interactive		6.89
25th May	Mutazione		Adventure	Akupara Games		7.67
25th May	Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster		RPG	Sega Atlus		8.06
25th May	Very Very Valet		Party	Toyful		7.94
26th May	Aluna: Sentinel of the Shards		Action RPG	Digiart Interactive		5.38
26th May	Kings of Paradise		Visual novel	Voltage
26th May	LiEat		Adventure	Playism		7.67
26th May	Sumire		Interactive story	Sumire		8.67
27th May	Arcade Archives Time Pilot '84		Shoot 'em up	Hamster
27th May	Connect Color Dots: Fun Water Flow Pipe Line Art Puzzle Game		Puzzle	Alcyone Studio
27th May	Crying Suns		Turn-based roguelike	Humble Games	2/3
27th May	Earth Defense Force: World Brothers		Shooting	D3 Publisher		7.51
27th May	Eight Dragons		Beat 'em up	JanduSoft
27th May	Fishing Fighters		Fishing	Aksys Games	1/3
27th May	Hentai vs. Evil		Shooting	eastasiasoft	2/3
27th May	Horse Club Adventures		Adventure	Wild River Games
27th May	Missing Features: 2D		Platformer (2D)	QUByte Interactive	1/3
27th May	Mundaun		Horror	MWM Interactive		6.92
27th May	O---O		Arcade	Art Games Studio
27th May	Pathway		Strategy	Chucklefish		7.10
27th May	Route Me Mail and Delivery Co		Simulation	Ilya Chkoliar
27th May	Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground		Strategy	Focus Entertainment	2/3
27th May	Weaving Tides		Action-adventure	Crytivo	2/3
28th May	A Little Lily Princess		Visual novel	Ratalaika Games		6.90
28th May	Beautiful Desolation		Point and click	Untold Tales		6.66
28th May	Crossbow Crusade		Platformer (2D)	ChiliDog Interactive
28th May	Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset		Hidden objects	Artifex Mundi
28th May	Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale		Block pushing	GrimTalin		7.06
28th May	Love - A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories		Puzzle	Thalamus Digital		6.18
28th May	Port Royale 4		City building	Kalypso Media		8.33
28th May	Regina & Mac World		Platformer (2D)	Diplodocus Games	2/3
28th May	Trenga Unlimited		Puzzle	Flux Games		5.85
28th May	Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World		Metroidvania	Artdink		7.05
28th May	World's End Club		Adventure	NIS America		6.61
29th May	Off And On Again		Platformer (2D)	subSilico

Games (Low quality)

There were 45 low quality games released in May 2021 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
3rd May	Classic Checkers	Low quality	Board and Tabletop	Piotr Skalski
5th May	Highway Haste	Low quality	Racing	Piotr Skalski
5th May	Infernal Radiation	Low quality	Metroidvania	Ultimate Games	2/3
5th May	Sweets Swap	Low quality	Matching puzzle	Kistler Benjamin
6th May	2in1 - App Driver and Sniper	Low quality	Arcade collection	Game Nacional
6th May	Klondike Solitaire Collection	Low quality	Card game	eSolutions Nordic
6th May	My little fast food booth	Low quality	Restaurant / cooking	Kistler Benjamin
6th May	Sky Roll!	Low quality	Platformer (3D)	Entity3
6th May	Techno Tanks	Low quality	Arena shooter	EpiXR Games
7th May	Blink: Rogues	Low quality	Shoot 'em up	Ultimate Games	2/3
7th May	Ninja Epic Adventure	Low quality	Runner	Pix Arts
7th May	Olympic Basketball	Low quality	Sports	Pix Arts
7th May	Super Disc Soccer	Low quality	Football / soccer	Kistler Benjamin
7th May	Total Arcade Racing	Low quality	Racing	Casual Games	2/3
10th May	Fantasy Checkers	Low quality	Board and Tabletop	Prison Games
12th May	Calculator	Low quality	Educational	Sabec
13th May	Solitaire Card Games	Low quality	Card game	Kistler Benjamin
13th May	Super Shape Shooter	Low quality	Arena shooter	Kistler Benjamin
13th May	Taxi Driver - The Simulation	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	Polygon Art
14th May	#Wish travel, Super Puzzles Dream	Low quality	Falling blocks puzzle	FuriouSoftPhoenix
14th May	Bounce Mania	Low quality	Platformer (2D)	Pix Arts
14th May	Classic Solitaire	Low quality	Card game	Piotr Skalski
14th May	Tank Battle Retro	Low quality	Shooting	Piotr Skalski
15th May	Turbo Skiddy Racing	Low quality	Racing	Pix Arts
19th May	Fate of the Pharaoh	Low quality	City building	Ocean Media	1/3
19th May	Xylophone	Low quality	Music	Sabec
20th May	Color Your World	Low quality	Puzzle	Mindscape
20th May	Let it roll slide puzzle	Low quality	Puzzle	Kistler Benjamin
20th May	Undead Battle Royale	Low quality	Shooting	Sat-Box	1/3
20th May	Wood Block Escape Puzzles	Low quality	Puzzle	Kistler Benjamin
21st May	Dancing Dreamer	Low quality	Runner	BoomBit Games
21st May	Driving World: Aspen	Low quality	Racing	BoomBit Games
21st May	Zumatch	Low quality	Puzzle	Digital Game Group
24th May	Eat your letters	Low quality	Word game	Kistler Benjamin	1/3
26th May	Skittles	Low quality	Arcade	Pix Arts
27th May	Best Sniper Legacy: Dino Hunt & Shooter 3D	Low quality	Shooting	T-Bull
27th May	Family Vacation: California	Low quality	Hidden objects	Ocean Media	2/3
27th May	Kontrakt	Low quality	Action-adventure	Ultimate Games	2/3
27th May	Mini Car Racing	Low quality	Racing	Kistler Benjamin
27th May	Spy Alarm	Low quality	Utility	Sabec
28th May	Color Dot Connect	Low quality	Puzzle	Kistler Benjamin
28th May	Pixel Head Soccer	Low quality	Football / soccer	Piotr Skalski
29th May	Strike Daz Cans	Low quality	Arcade	Pix Arts
30th May	Felix The Toy	Low quality	Platformer (3D)	Ultimate Games
31st May	Cow Catcher	Low quality	Physics simulator	Ultimate Games

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