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Nintendo Switch 1 games released in Jan 2023

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Snapshot

• Total releases: In Jan 2023, there were 160 releases for the Switch 1.
• Common category: The most common category in Jan 2023 was Puzzle, with 20 releases.
• % of year to date: Jan 2023 includes 7.19% of the total Switch 1 releases in 2023.
• Low quality: In Jan 2023, there were 50 low quality releases - 31.25% of the total releases this month.

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Top rated: Jan 2023

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

RPG

#1

Persona 4 Golden

9.00

Twin-stick shooter

#2

NeverAwake

8.58

Buy:

Adventure

#3

A Space for the Unbound

8.46

Buy:

Tactical RPG

#4

Fire Emblem Engage

8.44

Platformer (2D)

#5

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

8.18

Shoot 'em up

#6

Graze Counter GM

8.07

Buy:

Point and click

#7

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

8.00

Simulation

#7

PowerWash Simulator

8.00

Platformer (2D)

#9

Onion Assault

7.88

Interactive story

#10

RE:CALL

7.80

Buy:

Arcade

#11

Terror of Hemasaurus

7.68

Buy:

RPG

#12

Persona 3 Portable

7.67

Point and click

#13

Children of Silentown

7.48

Buy:

Action-adventure

#14

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

7.27

Point and click

#14

Dance of Death: Du Lac and Fey

7.27

Interactive story

#16

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree

7.13

Buy:

Platformer (2D)

#17

Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection

7.09

Buy:

Action RPG

#18

Risen

7.00

Buy:

Puzzle

#18

NEScape!

7.00

Action-adventure

#20

Trek to Yomi

6.98

Buy:

Roguelike

#21

Lone Ruin

6.88

Horror

#22

Chasing Static

6.75

Buy:

Simulation

#23

Drago Noka

6.60

Buy:

Metroidvania

#24

Clunky Hero

6.10

Party

#25

OddBallers

5.83

Buy:

Strategy

#26

Roller Drama

5.20

Beat 'em up

#27

Fury Fight: Gangsters of City

3.90

Buy:

Hidden gems: Jan 2023

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

Last Command

9.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Hyper Shapes

8.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Breakers Collection

8.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

OmegaBot

8.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Minimal Move

8.00

Arcade Archives Galaga

8.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Go Rally

8.00

Scrap Riders

7.75

Maximus 2

7.70

Buy: Nintendo Store

HEROish

7.45

Buy: Nintendo Store

Alphadia Neo

7.35

Buy: Nintendo Store

Right and Down

7.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Fight of Steel: Infinity Warrior

7.00

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

Yeah! Fighting Girl

7.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Startup Company: Console Edition

7.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Rubber Bandits

7.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

UnderDungeon

6.95

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

7 Days to End with You

6.90

Buy: Nintendo Store

AlphaLink

6.80

Buy: Nintendo Store

Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition

6.75

Buy: Nintendo Store

Uphill Rush Water Park Racing

6.70

Buy: Nintendo Store

Bazzle

6.55

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

Wings of Bluestar

6.20

Buy: Nintendo Store

Wonderland Nights: White Rabbit's Diary

6.20

Buy: Nintendo Store

Xposed Switched

6.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Memorrha

6.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Smilemo

5.80

Trenches

5.35

Buy: Nintendo Store

Sissa's Path

5.00

Arcade Machine: Clown Hunt

5.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

nOS: new Operating System

4.20

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

Burrow of the Fallen Bear

3.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Who's publishing?

These companies published 1 or more games for the Switch 1 in Jan 2023.

Publisher	Games this month
Hamster	5
Ratalaika Games	5
eastasiasoft	3
Gotcha Gotcha Games	3
Artifex Mundi	2
Big Way	2
CyberStep	2
Daedalic Entertainment	2
Playism	2
Reddeer.games	2
Regista	2
Sega	2
THQ Nordic	2
Toyuro	2
2Awesome Studio	1
7Levels	1
8 Bit Legit	1
Algorocks	1
AMATA	1
AppsGears	1
Black Hive Media	1
Bliss Brain	1
Blue Brain Games	1
BluSped Studio	1
CFK	1
Chaosmonger Studio	1
Chorus Worldwide Games	1
Devolver Digital	1
Digerati	1
Digital Crafter	1
Dumativa	1
Esenthel	1
Flashbulb	1
Four Fats	1
Freedom Games	1
Fumi Games	1
FusionPlay	1
Gamuzumi	1
Ghostwhale Games	1
Halvard Mjelde	1
Hidden Trap	1
Hörberg Productions	1
Inputwish	1
JanduSoft	1
Jarek Syrylak	1
JetDogs	1
Kemco	1
Korion	1
LKMAD	1
Mass Creation	1
mc2games	1
Mediascape	1
Microids	1
naptime.games	1
Nintendo	1
No More 500	1
Open Lab Games	1
Pancake Games	1
Penguin Pop Games	1
Phoenixx	1
QUByte Interactive	1
Red Art Games	1
Samustai	1
Sanuk Games	1
Silen Games	1
Silesia Games	1
SimFabric	1
Smash Games	1
SneakyBox	1
Spacefarer Games	1
Square Enix	1
StickyStoneStudio	1
Sunblink	1
Super Rare Games	1
Tackorama	1
Tako Studio	1
The Arcade Crew	1
Toplitz Productions	1
Ubisoft	1
Untold Tales	1
Utopos	1
Valkyrie Initiative	1
Wadjet Eye Games	1
Whitethorn Digital	1
Winking	1
Wobbly Tooth	1
xiaoxiao	1
Zzodo Games	1

Games

There were 110 games released in Jan 2023 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
2nd Jan	12 Labours of Hercules VI: Race for Olympus		Strategy	JetDogs
2nd Jan	Animal Golf: Battle Race		Golf	Pancake Games
2nd Jan	Crystorld		Platformer (3D)	Toyuro
2nd Jan	Guntech 2		Twin-stick shooter	Utopos
2nd Jan	HEROish		Action RPG	Sunblink	2/3
2nd Jan	Vampire Slayer: The Resurrection		Shooting	Wobbly Tooth
4th Jan	Backpack Twins		Puzzle	AMATA
5th Jan	Alphadia Neo		RPG	Kemco	2/3
5th Jan	AlphaLink		Arena shooter	Black Hive Media	1/3
5th Jan	Arcade Archives Galaga		Shoot 'em up	Hamster	1/3
5th Jan	Bazzle		Puzzle	Ghostwhale Games	2/3
5th Jan	Collab Ball		Arcade	Big Way
5th Jan	Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily		Hidden objects	Artifex Mundi
5th Jan	Cryght		Platformer (3D)	Toyuro
5th Jan	I'll be your ideal lover! - My Dream Lover		Visual novel	CyberStep
5th Jan	Lost Snowmen		Puzzle	Silen Games
5th Jan	Maximus 2		Beat 'em up	Four Fats	1/3
5th Jan	Neon Souls		Platformer (2D)	Ratalaika Games
5th Jan	Pixel Game Maker Series: Pearl vs Grey		Puzzle	Gotcha Gotcha Games
5th Jan	Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition		Platformer (2D)	Dumativa	2/3
5th Jan	The House of Da Vinci 3		Puzzle	Blue Brain Games
6th Jan	Rooten		Horror	Samustai
9th Jan	Scrap Riders		Action-adventure	Microids	2/3
9th Jan	Warp 7		Arcade	Tackorama
11th Jan	Children of Silentown		Point and click	Daedalic Entertainment		7.48
11th Jan	Suhoshin		Visual novel	No More 500
12th Jan	Arcade Archives Senjyo		Shooting	Hamster
12th Jan	Breakers Collection		One-on-one fighting	QUByte Interactive	2/3
12th Jan	Burrow of the Fallen Bear		Visual novel	eastasiasoft	2/3
12th Jan	Chasing Static		Horror	Ratalaika Games		6.75
12th Jan	Drago Noka		Simulation	Playism		6.60
12th Jan	Fight of Steel: Infinity Warrior		One-on-one fighting	Digital Crafter	1/3
12th Jan	Japanese Escape Games: The Abandoned Schoolhouse		Puzzle	Regista
12th Jan	Kids Party Checkers		Board and Tabletop	Fumi Games
12th Jan	Lone Ruin		Roguelike	Super Rare Games		6.88
12th Jan	Pixel Game Maker Series: BombMachine Gunzohg		Run-and-gun	Gotcha Gotcha Games
12th Jan	Puzzle by Nikoli S: Heyawake		Puzzle	Hamster
12th Jan	Salamander County Public Television		Adventure	Penguin Pop Games
12th Jan	Terror of Hemasaurus		Arcade	Digerati		7.68
12th Jan	Touhou Fan-made Virtual Autography		Shoot 'em up	Mediascape
12th Jan	Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider		Platformer (2D)	The Arcade Crew		8.18
13th Jan	Dragon Fury		One-on-one fighting	Esenthel
13th Jan	Go Rally		Rally racing and off-road	Inputwish	1/3
13th Jan	Memorrha		Puzzle	StickyStoneStudio	1/3
13th Jan	NEScape!		Puzzle	8 Bit Legit		7.00
13th Jan	Pixel Boy: Lost in the Castle		Block pushing	AppsGears
13th Jan	UnderDungeon		Dungeon crawler	Reddeer.games	2/3
16th Jan	Mrs Cat Between Worlds		Puzzle	Ratalaika Games
16th Jan	Switch Sides		Arcade	Spacefarer Games
17th Jan	RE:CALL		Interactive story	Whitethorn Digital		7.80
18th Jan	Graze Counter GM		Shoot 'em up	Sanuk Games		8.07
18th Jan	Wings of Bluestar		Shoot 'em up	eastasiasoft	2/3
19th Jan	A Space for the Unbound		Adventure	Chorus Worldwide Games		8.46
19th Jan	Arcade Archives Tank Force		Arena shooter	Hamster
19th Jan	Critical Zone		Arena fighting	Korion
19th Jan	Last Command		Arcade	Winking	1/3
19th Jan	Menhera Girls Ensemble: Needy Girlfriends		Visual novel	CyberStep
19th Jan	Minimal Move		Puzzle	Tako Studio	1/3
19th Jan	NeverAwake		Twin-stick shooter	Phoenixx		8.58
19th Jan	Persona 3 Portable		RPG	Sega		7.67
19th Jan	Persona 4 Golden		RPG	Sega		9.00
19th Jan	Pixel Game Maker Series: Pentacore		Metroidvania	Gotcha Gotcha Games
19th Jan	Rubber Bandits		Arena fighting	Flashbulb	1/3
19th Jan	Smilemo		Platformer (2D)	CFK	1/3
19th Jan	Trenches		Horror	Ratalaika Games	2/3
19th Jan	Void Prison		Twin-stick shooter	SneakyBox
20th Jan	Arcade Machine: Clown Hunt		Shooting	naptime.games	1/3
20th Jan	Deep Space Shooter		Shoot 'em up	Valkyrie Initiative
20th Jan	Demon Hunter: New Chapter		Point and click	Artifex Mundi
20th Jan	Elta7		Roguelike	BluSped Studio
20th Jan	Escape to the Ocean		Runner	Zzodo Games
20th Jan	Fire Emblem Engage		Tactical RPG	Nintendo		8.44
20th Jan	Frido		Platformer (3D)	Big Way
20th Jan	Gardenia		Simulation	SimFabric
20th Jan	Harem Girl Isabella		Board and Tabletop	Gamuzumi
20th Jan	OmegaBot		Platformer (2D)	Red Art Games	1/3
20th Jan	Xposed Switched		Puzzle	Mass Creation	1/3
21st Jan	Kindergarten Buddy Edition		Simulation	Smash Games
24th Jan	Right and Down		Roguelike	mc2games	1/3
24th Jan	Risen		Action RPG	THQ Nordic		7.00
25th Jan	Clunky Hero		Metroidvania	Chaosmonger Studio		6.10
25th Jan	Demolition Inc HD		Physics simulator	Jarek Syrylak
25th Jan	Grammarian Ltd		Simulation	Algorocks
25th Jan	Sissa's Path		Block pushing	eastasiasoft	1/3
25th Jan	The Excavation of Hob's Barrow		Point and click	Wadjet Eye Games		8.00
25th Jan	Velone		Puzzle	Daedalic Entertainment
26th Jan	7 Days to End with You		Visual novel	Playism	2/3
26th Jan	Arcade Archives The NewZealand Story		Platformer (2D)	Hamster
26th Jan	Beholder 3		Puzzle	Toplitz Productions
26th Jan	DobbyxEscape: Spooky Adventure		Point and click	LKMAD
26th Jan	Ginnung		Platformer (2D)	Halvard Mjelde
26th Jan	Hyper Shapes		Arcade	JanduSoft	1/3
26th Jan	Japanese Escape Games: The Room with Sturdy Door		Puzzle	Regista
26th Jan	Mars Base		Simulation	Freedom Games
26th Jan	OddBallers		Party	Ubisoft		5.83
26th Jan	Onion Assault		Platformer (2D)	Hörberg Productions		7.88
26th Jan	Pixelbot Extreme!		Shoot 'em up	FusionPlay
26th Jan	Roller Drama		Strategy	Open Lab Games		5.20
26th Jan	Startup Company: Console Edition		Management	2Awesome Studio	1/3
26th Jan	Uphill Rush Water Park Racing		Runner	7Levels	1/3
26th Jan	Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection		Platformer (2D)	Bliss Brain		7.09
26th Jan	Wonderland Nights: White Rabbit's Diary		Interactive story	Ratalaika Games	2/3
26th Jan	Yeah! Fighting Girl		Roguelike	xiaoxiao	1/3
26th Jan	Zodiacats		Board and Tabletop	Silesia Games
27th Jan	Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree		Interactive story	Untold Tales		7.13
27th Jan	Dance of Death: Du Lac and Fey		Point and click	Hidden Trap		7.27
27th Jan	nOS: new Operating System		Utility	Reddeer.games	2/3
30th Jan	Trek to Yomi		Action-adventure	Devolver Digital		6.98
31st Jan	PowerWash Simulator		Simulation	Square Enix		8.00
31st Jan	SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake		Action-adventure	THQ Nordic		7.27

Games (Low quality)

There were 50 low quality games released in Jan 2023 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
1st Jan	Journey to the Blue Mountain	Low quality	Platformer (2D)	Nerd Games
2nd Jan	Blacksmith Forger	Low quality	Management	Weakfish Studio
2nd Jan	Gravity Thrust	Low quality	Shooting	Sprakelsoft
4th Jan	Extreme Snowboard	Low quality	Skiing and Snowboarding	Pix Arts
5th Jan	Age of Heroes: The Beginning	Low quality	Matching puzzle	Green Sauce Games
5th Jan	Boat Simulator	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	Lunaria Games
5th Jan	Clutter 12: It's About Time - Collector's Edition	Low quality	Hidden objects	Ocean Media	2/3
5th Jan	Hollow World: Dark Knight	Low quality	Action RPG	T-Bull
5th Jan	Magic Card Tricks	Low quality	Educational	Cooking and Publishing
5th Jan	Puzzle Vacations: Ireland	Low quality	Board and Tabletop	Ocean Media
5th Jan	Think Logic! Sudoku - Binary - Suguru	Low quality	Logic puzzle	Mindscape
5th Jan	Tumbleweed Destiny	Low quality	Adventure	Kimidori Soft	2/3
6th Jan	Roof Jump Stunt Driver	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	BoomHits
7th Jan	Rafa's World	Low quality	Puzzle	Game Nacional	1/3
9th Jan	Flipped On	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	Ultimate Games
10th Jan	Lost Dream Stars	Low quality	Interactive story	Ultimate Games
12th Jan	Back to Brother	Low quality	Platformer (3D)	Ultimate Games
12th Jan	Snake Game	Low quality	Arcade	Peaksel
13th Jan	Brawl.io	Low quality	Arena fighting	Artem Kritinin
13th Jan	Fury Fight: Gangsters of City	Low quality	Beat 'em up	Reddeer.games		3.90
19th Jan	Car Parking Multiplayer	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	O-Games
19th Jan	Chronicles of Albian: The Magic Convention	Low quality	Hidden objects	Ocean Media
19th Jan	Simple Mini Golf 3D	Low quality	Golf	Kistler Benjamin
20th Jan	Counter Bottle Shooter	Low quality	Shooting	VG Games
20th Jan	Drift and Drive	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	BoomHits
20th Jan	Hack and Shoot Heroes	Low quality	Twin-stick shooter	Kistler Benjamin
20th Jan	Haunted Zombie Slaughter	Low quality	Twin-stick shooter	Troooze
20th Jan	Midnight Runner	Low quality	Platformer (2D)	Midnight Works	1/3
20th Jan	Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021	Low quality	Vehicle simulator	Ultimate Games	2/3
20th Jan	Peachy Boy	Low quality	Puzzle	Weakfish Studio
20th Jan	Through the Years	Low quality	Survival	BoomHits
21st Jan	Demolish & Build Classic	Low quality	Simulation	Ultimate Games	2/3
21st Jan	Magic Klondike	Low quality	Card game	Soroka Games
24th Jan	Garden of Pets	Low quality	Life simulator	YeTa Games
25th Jan	Nature Escapes: Collector's Edition	Low quality	Puzzle	Ocean Media
26th Jan	Anime Girls: Camping Trip	Low quality	Interactive story	Cooking and Publishing
26th Jan	Bike Clash	Low quality	Sports	T-Bull
26th Jan	Chain Car Stunt Simulator	Low quality	Racing	Dezvolt Games
26th Jan	Extreme Highway Racing	Low quality	Racing	Megame
26th Jan	Fear in Hospital	Low quality	Horror	Megame
26th Jan	Jewel Match Solitaire Collector's Edition	Low quality	Card game	Ocean Media	2/3
26th Jan	Match Ventures	Low quality	Matching puzzle	Ocean Media	1/3
26th Jan	Pipeline Panic	Low quality	Roguelike	Soft Source
26th Jan	Poker Legends: Omaha Champions	Low quality	Card game	T-Bull
26th Jan	Red Hands: 2 Player Games	Low quality	Arcade	Peaksel
26th Jan	Tales of Shinobi	Low quality	Action-adventure	Midnight Works
26th Jan	Unblock the Brick	Low quality	Puzzle	Megame
27th Jan	Farming Life	Low quality	Farming	Ultimate Games
30th Jan	Capybara Madness	Low quality	Puzzle	Weakfish Studio
30th Jan	Street Racers	Low quality	Racing	YeTa Games

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