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Best Nintendo Switch 1 games of 2020

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These are the best Nintendo Switch 1 games released in 2020, based on review scores from our partner sites.
Games must have at least 3 ratings to be included in the list.

Top 100 Switch games - released in 2020

Roguelike

#1

Hades

9.50

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Adventure

#2

A Short Hike

9.34

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Action RPG

#3

9th Dawn III

9.33

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Simulation

#4

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

9.14

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RPG

#5

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

9.12

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Adventure

#6

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition

9.10

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Beat 'em up

#7

Streets of Rage 4

9.08

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Turn-based roguelike

#8

Dicey Dungeons

9.05

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Platformer (2D)

#9

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

9.00

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Action-adventure

#10

Pikmin 3 Deluxe

8.98

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Action RPG

#11

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

8.97

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Metroidvania

#12

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

8.95

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Logic puzzle

#13

Murder by Numbers

8.93

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Action-adventure

#14

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition

8.88

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RPG

#15

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore

8.85

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Adventure

#15

Spiritfarer

8.85

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Platformer (3D)

#17

Super Mario 3D All-Stars

8.79

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Adventure

#18

The Last Campfire

8.75

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Visual novel

#19

SeaBed

8.67

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One-on-one fighting

#20

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]

8.64

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Shooting

#21

BioShock: The Collection

8.63

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Visual novel

#21

Yumeutsutsu Re:Master

8.63

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Interactive story

#21

Seers Isle

8.63

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Interactive story

#21

Along the Edge

8.63

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Shooting

#25

Doom Eternal

8.62

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Stealth

#26

Sniper Elite 4

8.61

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Tactical RPG

#27

Children of Zodiarcs

8.58

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RPG

#28

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

8.57

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Adventure

#29

Horace

8.56

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Roguelike

#29

Void Bastards

8.56

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Interactive story

#29

Embracelet

8.56

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Interactive story

#29

When the Past was Around

8.56

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Action RPG

#33

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

8.52

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Platformer (2D)

#34

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

8.51

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Matching puzzle

#35

Grindstone

8.50

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Puzzle

#35

Creaks

8.50

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Tower defense

#35

Kingdom Rush

8.50

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Interactive story

#35

Death Come True

8.50

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Shoot 'em up

#39

Jet Lancer

8.48

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Logic puzzle

#40

Piczle Cross Adventure

8.46

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Action RPG

#41

CrossCode

8.44

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Downhill racing

#41

Lonely Mountains: Downhill

8.44

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Run-and-gun

#41

Huntdown

8.44

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Platformer (2D)

#41

Panzer Paladin

8.44

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Shooting

#45

Metro 2033 Redux

8.43

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Action-adventure

#46

Bloodroots

8.41

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Action RPG

#47

Ys Origin

8.40

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Point and click

#47

Chicken Police – Paint it RED!

8.40

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Puzzle

#47

Röki

8.40

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Puzzle

#50

Carto

8.39

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Logic puzzle

#51

Pixel Puzzle Makeout League

8.38

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Golf

#52

What the Golf?

8.37

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Arcade

#52

Mr. Driller DrillLand

8.37

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Baseball

#54

Super Mega Baseball 3

8.35

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Falling blocks puzzle

#54

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

8.35

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Point and click

#54

Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

8.35

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Action-adventure

#57

Ruiner

8.34

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Management

#58

Two Point Hospital

8.33

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Puzzle

#58

Good Job!

8.33

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Roguelike

#58

ScourgeBringer

8.33

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Visual novel

#58

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue

8.33

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Runner

#58

Top Run

8.33

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Interactive story

#58

Telling Lies

8.33

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Puzzle

#58

-KLAUS-

8.33

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Matching puzzle

#58

Petal Crash

8.33

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Metroidvania

#66

La-Mulana 2

8.31

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Dungeon crawler

#67

Moero Crystal H

8.30

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Shooting

#67

Metro: Last Light Redux

8.30

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Action RPG

#69

UnderHero

8.29

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Platformer (2D)

#69

Wunderling

8.29

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Metroidvania

#71

Carrion

8.28

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Puzzle

#71

Hypnospace Outlaw

8.28

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Action-adventure

#73

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

8.25

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Puzzle

#73

Aviary Attorney: Definitive Edition

8.25

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Action RPG

#73

Lucah: Born of a Dream

8.25

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Shooting

#73

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

8.25

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Strategy

#73

Banner of the Maid

8.25

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Platformer (2D)

#73

Super Mario Bros. 35

8.25

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Action-adventure

#79

Immortals Fenyx Rising

8.22

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Metroidvania

#80

Alwa's Legacy

8.21

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Action-adventure

#80

Knights and Bikes

8.21

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Puzzle

#82

Filament

8.20

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Strategy

#82

Sega Ages Herzog Zwei

8.20

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Action RPG

#84

Rune Factory 4 Special

8.19

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Metroidvania

#84

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

8.19

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Metroidvania

#84

Neversong

8.19

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Board and Tabletop

#87

51 Worldwide Games

8.18

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Adventure

#87

In Other Waters

8.18

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Platformer (2D)

#87

Mo:Astray

8.18

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Party

#87

Among Us

8.18

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Puzzle

#91

Stories Untold

8.17

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Metroidvania

#92

Shinsekai Into the Depths

8.15

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Music

#92

Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

8.15

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Metroidvania

#94

KUNAI

8.14

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Hidden objects

#94

Hidden Through Time

8.14

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Puzzle

#94

Helheim Hassle

8.14

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Action RPG

#97

Towertale

8.13

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Puzzle

#97

Traffix

8.13

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Board and Tabletop

#97

Evolution Board Game

8.13

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Puzzle

#97

LevelHead

8.13

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