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Nintendo Switch 1 games released in Aug 2021

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Snapshot

• Total releases: In Aug 2021, there were 145 releases for the Switch 1.
• Common category: The most common category in Aug 2021 was Puzzle, with 21 releases.
• % of year to date: Aug 2021 includes 7.83% of the total Switch 1 releases in 2021.
• Low quality: In Aug 2021, there were 19 low quality releases - 13.1% of the total releases this month.

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Top rated: Aug 2021

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

Roguelike

#1

Spelunky 2

9.17

Shooting

#2

QUAKE

9.00

Visual novel

#3

Crimson Spires

8.75

Interactive story

#4

Road 96

8.68

Block pushing

#5

A Monster's Expedition

8.59

Buy:

Roguelike

#6

Monster Train First Class

8.58

Roguelike

#7

Dreamscaper

8.36

Sports

#8

Dodgeball Academia

8.33

Roguelike

#9

Spelunky

8.32

Horror

#10

Lamentum

8.17

Adventure

#11

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

8.15

Logic puzzle

#11

Picross S: Mega Drive and Master System Edition

8.15

Action-adventure

#13

No More Heroes 3

8.14

Metroidvania

#13

Axiom Verge 2

8.14

Buy:

RPG

#15

Shadowverse: Champion's Battle

8.13

Shoot 'em up

#15

Star Hunter DX

8.13

RPG

#17

Black Book

8.00

Shoot 'em up

#18

Space Invaders Invincible Collection

7.94

Dungeon crawler

#18

Boyfriend Dungeon

7.94

Adventure

#20

Haven Park

7.92

Turn-based roguelike

#21

Curious Expedition 2

7.86

Party

#22

KeyWe

7.69

Puzzle

#23

Doomsday Vault

7.65

Action-adventure

#24

Garden Story

7.63

Beat 'em up

#25

Mayhem Brawler

7.58

Shooting

#26

Super Animal Royale

7.57

Visual novel

#27

Necrobarista - Final Pour

7.50

Action-adventure

#27

The Falconeer: Warrior Edition

7.50

Puzzle

#29

Pile Up! Box by Box

7.43

Rally racing and off-road

#30

art of rally

7.42

Metroidvania

#31

Greak: Memories of Azur

7.34

Puzzle

#32

Hoa

7.33

Platformer (2D)

#32

Badland: Game of the Year Edition

7.33

Platformer (2D)

#34

Spelunker HD Deluxe

7.30

Rally racing and off-road

#34

Rush Rally Origins

7.30

Puzzle

#36

Islanders: Console Edition

7.18

Adventure

#37

Fire Tonight

7.16

Puzzle

#38

Inked: A Tale of Love

7.13

Strategy

#38

Fort Triumph

7.13

Adventure

#40

Button City

7.07

RPG

#41

WitchSpring3 [Re:Fine] The Story of Eirudy

7.00

Action-adventure

#41

Arietta of Spirits

7.00

Puzzle

#41

Faraday Protocol

7.00

Puzzle

#44

Where’s Samantha?

6.90

Tactical RPG

#45

King's Bounty II

6.84

Platformer (2D)

#46

Smashroom

6.80

Puzzle

#46

Tetragon

6.80

RPG

#48

Dragon Star Varnir

6.75

Puzzle

#49

Murder Mystery Machine

6.72

Platformer (2D)

#50

Barry the Bunny

6.70

Hidden gems: Aug 2021

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

Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition

8.50

Super Hiking League DX

8.10

Ooops! 2

8.00

Nostalgic Train

8.00

May's Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville

8.00

Demons of Asteborg

8.00

Fhtagn! - Tales of the Creeping Madness

8.00

One-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party

7.75

Space Scavenger

7.50

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls

7.50

Shark Pinball

7.50

I.F.O

7.50

CRASH: Autodrive

7.40

Love Esquire

7.25

Puzzletronics

7.00

How Buddy’s parents met

7.00

The Last Survey

7.00

Mickey Storm and the Cursed Mask

6.70

Moonshades

6.50

Pretty Girls Panic!

6.50

Have a Blast

6.40

Garden Paws

6.40

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened

6.40

Jessika

6.30

Project Aether: First Contact

6.25

Sakura Succubus 4

6.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Castle of Pixel Skulls

5.95

Stranded Deep

5.70

Thea 2: The Shattering

5.55

Green Phoenix

5.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Heart Chain Kitty

4.95

Wildbus

4.40

Who's publishing?

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

Publisher	Games this month
eastasiasoft	4
Ratalaika Games	4
Hamster	3
ININ Games	3
QUByte Interactive	3
Silesia Games	3
ChiliDog Interactive	2
Forever Entertainment	2
Gamuzumi	2
Merge Games	2
Modus Games	2
Mossmouth	2
Pixelmob	2
Plaion (ex Koch Media)	2
2Awesome Studio	1
All in! Games	1
AMATA	1
AMC Games	1
Artax Games	1
Assemble Entertainment	1
Beam Team	1
Bethesda Softworks	1
Bitten Toast Games	1
Brownmonster	1
Buka Entertainment	1
Caerux	1
Chorus Worldwide Games	1
Chromatic Games	1
Coatsink Software	1
Coconut Island Games	1
D-Lo Games	1
Deck 13	1
Denda Games	1
Dogbyte Games	1
Doublehit Games	1
Draknek	1
FarSight Studios	1
Firenut	1
Fireshine Games	1
Flightless	1
Freedom Games	1
Funbox Media	1
Funselektor	1
G-mode	1
Gambitious / Good Shepherd	1
Gotcha Gotcha Games	1
Grasshopper Manufacture	1
HandyGames	1
Headup Games	1
Hero Concept	1
Humble Games	1
Hypetrain Digital	1
Idea Factory	1
Ilya Chkoliar	1
JetDogs	1
Jupiter Corporation	1
Kitfox Games	1
Klabater	1
liica	1
Mama Morin	1
Marvelous	1
Maze Theory	1
Meteorbyte Studios	1
Microids	1
Monomi Park	1
Mooneye Studios	1
Naps Team	1
Neofid Studios	1
Neon Doctrine	1
ogsoftgames	1
Orange One	1
Origamihero Games	1
Outright Games	1
Pixelbite	1
Pixmain	1
PM Studios	1
PQube	1
QubicGames	1
Raw Fury	1
Red Art Games	1
Red Cabin Games	1
Reddeer.games	1
RockGame	1
ROKiT Games	1
Rose City Games	1
Simplicity Tomasz Dyrak	1
Studio Nightcap	1
Subliminal	1
SuperPowerUpGames	1
Tambouille	1
Team Fractal Alligator	1
Team17	1
Thomas Happ Games	1
Thunderful	1
tinyBuild Games	1
Turtle Cream	1
Underbite Games	1
Viktor Domonyi	1
Way Down Deep	1
Wild River Games	1
Wildbus Studio	1
Wired Productions	1
Yellowcake Games	1
Zerouno Games	1

Games

There were 126 games released in Aug 2021 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
1st Aug	Demons of Asteborg		Action-adventure	Neofid Studios	1/3
3rd Aug	Dragon Star Varnir		RPG	Idea Factory		6.75
4th Aug	123 Dots		Educational	Artax Games
4th Aug	Dungeon Defenders: Awakened		Tower defense	Chromatic Games	1/3
4th Aug	Enter Digiton: Heart of Corruption		Metroidvania	eastasiasoft
4th Aug	I.F.O		Shoot 'em up	Turtle Cream	1/3
4th Aug	Orbals		Puzzle	FarSight Studios
5th Aug	A Monster's Expedition		Block pushing	Draknek		8.59
5th Aug	Arcade Archives Bio-Ship Paladin		Shoot 'em up	Hamster
5th Aug	Dating Life: Miley X Emily		Visual novel	Gamuzumi
5th Aug	Dodgeball Academia		Sports	Humble Games		8.33
5th Aug	Doomsday Vault		Puzzle	Flightless		7.65
5th Aug	Dreamscaper		Roguelike	Freedom Games		8.36
5th Aug	Haven Park		Adventure	Mooneye Studios		7.92
5th Aug	Picross S: Mega Drive and Master System Edition		Logic puzzle	Jupiter Corporation		8.15
5th Aug	Pixel Game Maker Series: Block Slime Cave		Puzzle	Gotcha Gotcha Games
5th Aug	Project Aether: First Contact		Shoot 'em up	Forever Entertainment	2/3
5th Aug	Smashroom		Platformer (2D)	Forever Entertainment		6.80
5th Aug	Star Hunter DX		Shoot 'em up	Chorus Worldwide Games		8.13
5th Aug	The Falconeer: Warrior Edition		Action-adventure	Wired Productions		7.50
6th Aug	Badland: Game of the Year Edition		Platformer (2D)	QubicGames		7.33
6th Aug	Bone Marrow		Matching puzzle	Ratalaika Games		5.13
6th Aug	Castle of Pixel Skulls		Platformer (2D)	2Awesome Studio	2/3
6th Aug	Gems of Magic: Father's Day		Matching puzzle	Denda Games
6th Aug	Race Track Driver		Racing	Pixelmob
6th Aug	Spelunker HD Deluxe		Platformer (2D)	ININ Games		7.30
6th Aug	The Last Survey		Adventure	Reddeer.games	1/3
6th Aug	Zengeon		Action RPG	PQube		6.20
10th Aug	Black Book		RPG	Hypetrain Digital		8.00
10th Aug	Button City		Adventure	Subliminal		7.07
10th Aug	Super Hiking League DX		Platformer (2D)	QUByte Interactive	2/3
11th Aug	Axiom Verge 2		Metroidvania	Thomas Happ Games		8.14
11th Aug	Boyfriend Dungeon		Dungeon crawler	Kitfox Games		7.94
11th Aug	Crimson Spires		Visual novel	eastasiasoft		8.75
11th Aug	Curious Expedition 2		Turn-based roguelike	Thunderful		7.86
11th Aug	Garden Story		Action-adventure	Rose City Games		7.63
11th Aug	Islanders: Console Edition		Puzzle	Coatsink Software		7.18
11th Aug	Necrobarista - Final Pour		Visual novel	Coconut Island Games		7.50
11th Aug	Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition		Farming	Monomi Park	2/3
12th Aug	art of rally		Rally racing and off-road	Funselektor		7.42
12th Aug	Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins		Adventure	Maze Theory		8.15
12th Aug	Faraday Protocol		Puzzle	Deck 13		7.00
12th Aug	Fhtagn! - Tales of the Creeping Madness		Adventure	Silesia Games	1/3
12th Aug	Fire Tonight		Adventure	Way Down Deep		7.16
12th Aug	Foreclosed		Action-adventure	Merge Games		6.67
12th Aug	Love Esquire		Visual novel	Mama Morin	2/3
12th Aug	One Deck Dungeon		Turn-based roguelike	Underbite Games
12th Aug	Tetragon		Puzzle	Buka Entertainment		6.80
13th Aug	Arcade Archives Kurikinton		Beat 'em up	Hamster
13th Aug	Barry the Bunny		Platformer (2D)	Ratalaika Games		6.70
13th Aug	Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four		Turn-based roguelike	Headup Games		5.95
13th Aug	Fort Triumph		Strategy	All in! Games		7.13
13th Aug	PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls		Action-adventure	Outright Games	1/3
13th Aug	Scrap Garden		Puzzle	ChiliDog Interactive
13th Aug	Shadowverse: Champion's Battle		RPG	Marvelous		8.13
13th Aug	Sudoku Classic		Logic puzzle	G-mode
13th Aug	Whiskey Mafia: Frank's Story		Action-adventure	ChiliDog Interactive
13th Aug	WitchSpring3 [Re:Fine] The Story of Eirudy		RPG	ININ Games		7.00
14th Aug	Stay Safe		Turn-based roguelike	Yellowcake Games
15th Aug	Chess Gambit		Board and Tabletop	D-Lo Games
16th Aug	Road 96		Interactive story	Plaion (ex Koch Media)		8.68
17th Aug	Greak: Memories of Azur		Metroidvania	Team17		7.34
17th Aug	Pile Up! Box by Box		Puzzle	HandyGames		7.43
17th Aug	Space Invaders Invincible Collection		Shoot 'em up	ININ Games		7.94
18th Aug	Mayhem Brawler		Beat 'em up	Hero Concept		7.58
18th Aug	Rogue Explorer		Platformer (2D)	eastasiasoft		4.67
18th Aug	Rush Rally Origins		Rally racing and off-road	Brownmonster		7.30
19th Aug	Arcade Archives Vandyke		Action-adventure	Hamster
19th Aug	Buissons		Party	Tambouille
19th Aug	Jessika		Adventure	Assemble Entertainment	1/3
19th Aug	Monster Train First Class		Roguelike	Gambitious / Good Shepherd		8.58
19th Aug	QUAKE		Shooting	Bethesda Softworks		9.00
19th Aug	Sakura Succubus 4		Visual novel	Gamuzumi	1/3
19th Aug	Shape Suitable		Puzzle	liica
19th Aug	Space Marshals 2		Twin-stick shooter	Pixelbite
19th Aug	Thea 2: The Shattering		RPG	RockGame	2/3
19th Aug	Where’s Samantha?		Puzzle	ROKiT Games		6.90
19th Aug	Zombo Buster Advance		Tower defense	Silesia Games
20th Aug	Arietta of Spirits		Action-adventure	Red Art Games		7.00
20th Aug	City Driving Simulator 2		Vehicle simulator	Pixelmob
20th Aug	Heart Chain Kitty		Platformer (3D)	Origamihero Games	2/3
20th Aug	Shark Pinball		Pinball	SuperPowerUpGames	1/3
20th Aug	Space Scavenger		Roguelike	Red Cabin Games	2/3
20th Aug	Ultimate Bumper Cars: Dodgems		Vehicle simulator	ogsoftgames
20th Aug	World Soccer Strikers '91		Football / soccer	Meteorbyte Studios
20th Aug	Wrestledunk Sports		Sports	Team Fractal Alligator
22nd Aug	Adventure Field 4		RPG	Ilya Chkoliar
23rd Aug	Mickey Storm and the Cursed Mask		Platformer (2D)	Orange One	2/3
24th Aug	Hoa		Puzzle	PM Studios		7.33
24th Aug	King's Bounty II		Tactical RPG	Plaion (ex Koch Media)		6.84
25th Aug	Murder Mystery Machine		Puzzle	Microids		6.72
26th Aug	Dark Thrones		Runner	Funbox Media
26th Aug	Eternal Hope		Puzzle	Doublehit Games
26th Aug	Garden Paws		Simulation	Bitten Toast Games	1/3
26th Aug	Green Phoenix		Adventure	Zerouno Games	1/3
26th Aug	Have a Blast		Arena shooter	Firenut	1/3
26th Aug	How Buddy’s parents met		Board and Tabletop	QUByte Interactive	1/3
26th Aug	Inked: A Tale of Love		Puzzle	Pixmain		7.13
26th Aug	Instant Farmer		Matching puzzle	Silesia Games
26th Aug	Magical Girls Second Magic		Brick breaking	Caerux
26th Aug	May's Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville		Puzzle	Klabater	1/3
26th Aug	Nostalgic Train		Interactive story	AMATA	1/3
26th Aug	Off The Road Unleashed		Vehicle simulator	Dogbyte Games
26th Aug	Orbibot		Platformer (3D)	Ratalaika Games		5.20
26th Aug	Pretty Girls Panic!		Puzzle	eastasiasoft	2/3
26th Aug	Puzzletronics		Puzzle	QUByte Interactive	1/3
26th Aug	Secret Neighbor		Action-adventure	tinyBuild Games		4.15
26th Aug	Spelunky		Roguelike	Mossmouth		8.32
26th Aug	Spelunky 2		Roguelike	Mossmouth		9.17
26th Aug	Super Animal Royale		Shooting	Modus Games		7.57
26th Aug	The Magnificent Trufflepigs		Interactive story	AMC Games		6.70
26th Aug	Townscaper		Simulation	Raw Fury		6.69
26th Aug	Wildbus		Fighting	Wildbus Studio	2/3
27th Aug	Baldo: The guardian owls		Action-adventure	Naps Team		6.20
27th Aug	Moonshades		Dungeon crawler	Viktor Domonyi	2/3
27th Aug	No More Heroes 3		Action-adventure	Grasshopper Manufacture		8.14
27th Aug	One-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party		Point and click	Ratalaika Games	2/3
27th Aug	Speedway Heroes		Racing	Simplicity Tomasz Dyrak
31st Aug	12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature		Strategy	JetDogs
31st Aug	CRASH: Autodrive		Point and click	Studio Nightcap	2/3
31st Aug	KeyWe		Party	Fireshine Games		7.69
31st Aug	Lamentum		Horror	Neon Doctrine		8.17
31st Aug	Monster Harvest		Farming	Merge Games		6.00
31st Aug	Ooops! 2		Party	Wild River Games	2/3
31st Aug	Rustler		Action-adventure	Modus Games		6.03
31st Aug	Stranded Deep		Survival	Beam Team	2/3

Games (Low quality)

There were 19 low quality games released in Aug 2021 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
3rd Aug	Memory Lane 2	Low quality	Matching puzzle	Playstige Interactive
5th Aug	Battle Calculator	Low quality	Party	Blacksmith DoubleCircle
6th Aug	LogScape - Puzzle Game	Low quality	Puzzle	Digital Game Group
7th Aug	Pop Blocks	Low quality	Matching puzzle	Pix Arts	1/3
8th Aug	Mahjong Masters	Low quality	Board and Tabletop	Kistler Benjamin
9th Aug	Magnus Failure	Low quality	Puzzle	Ultimate Games
10th Aug	Dungeon's Hell	Low quality	Arcade	Piotr Skalski
10th Aug	Tomb Sweeper	Low quality	Puzzle	Piotr Skalski
11th Aug	Links Puzzle	Low quality	Puzzle	Kistler Benjamin
11th Aug	Poker Champion: Texas Hold'em	Low quality	Card game	T-Bull
12th Aug	Mary Kay Andrews: The Fixer Upper	Low quality	Hidden objects	Ocean Media
13th Aug	.cat Milk	Low quality	Platformer (2D)	Game Nacional	1/3
16th Aug	Volleyball Challenge	Low quality	Sports	Ultimate Games
19th Aug	Girls Tank Battle	Low quality	Arena shooter	Troooze
20th Aug	Checkers for Kids	Low quality	Board and Tabletop	Prison Games
23rd Aug	Night Flight	Low quality	Runner	Ultimate Games
25th Aug	Space Wars	Low quality	Shoot 'em up	Pix Arts
26th Aug	Titans Black Ops	Low quality	Run-and-gun	Kistler Benjamin
28th Aug	Hammer 2 Reloaded	Low quality	Shooting	Pix Arts

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