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Best Nintendo Switch 1 games of 2025

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These are the best Nintendo Switch 1 games released in 2025, 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 2025

Platformer (3D)

#1

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2

9.33

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Roguelike

#2

Hades II

9.30

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Metroidvania

#3

Hollow Knight: Silksong

9.27

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RPG

#4

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

9.17

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Beat 'em up

#5

Absolum

9.00

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Shooting

#6

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

8.99

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Tactical RPG

#7

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

8.83

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Puzzle

#8

Expelled!

8.82

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Arcade collection

#9

UFO 50

8.80

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Shooting

#10

Heretic + Hexen

8.75

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Interactive story

#11

Iwakura Aria

8.73

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Tactical RPG

#12

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

8.69

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Platformer (2D)

#13

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

8.68

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RPG

#14

Suikoden I and II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

8.66

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RPG

#15

Roadwarden

8.63

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Metroidvania

#16

Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist

8.59

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Brick breaking

#17

Ball x Pit

8.55

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Action RPG

#18

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

8.51

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Shooting

#19

Shotgun Cop Man

8.50

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Action RPG

#19

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

8.50

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RPG

#21

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

8.49

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Adventure

#22

Time Flies

8.48

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Pinball

#22

Xenotilt: Hostile Pinball Action

8.48

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RPG

#24

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

8.47

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One-on-one fighting

#25

Capcom Fighting Collection 2

8.46

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Action-adventure

#26

American Arcadia

8.43

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Strategy

#27

Sid Meier's Civilization VII

8.40

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RPG

#27

Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy

8.40

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Run-and-gun

#29

Neon Inferno

8.38

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Platformer (3D)

#30

Popucom

8.33

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Visual novel

#30

Ever 17: The Out of Infinity

8.33

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Adventure

#32

Tempopo

8.30

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Puzzle

#33

Is This Seat Taken?

8.27

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Puzzle

#33

Cato: Buttered Cat

8.27

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RPG

#35

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

8.26

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Puzzle

#36

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo

8.25

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Adventure

#37

Lego Voyagers

8.23

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RPG

#37

Octopath Traveler 0

8.23

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Interactive story

#37

Until Then

8.23

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Logic puzzle

#37

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

8.23

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Puzzle

#41

Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus

8.22

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Platformer (3D)

#42

Viewfinder

8.21

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Metroidvania

#43

Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

8.20

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Puzzle

#43

Islanders: New Shores

8.20

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Action RPG

#43

9th Dawn Remake

8.20

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Board and Tabletop

#43

Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale

8.20

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Platformer (3D)

#47

Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac

8.17

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Matching puzzle

#47

Wilmot Works it Out

8.17

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Simulation

#47

Blippo+

8.17

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Platformer (2D)

#50

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

8.16

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Platformer (2D)

#50

Symphonia

8.16

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Interactive story

#50

Urban Myth Dissolution Center

8.16

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Metroidvania

#53

Laika: Aged Through Blood

8.13

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Shoot 'em up

#53

Gradius Origins

8.13

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Interactive story

#53

Videoverse

8.13

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Metroidvania

#56

Turbo Kid

8.12

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Music

#57

Everhood 2

8.11

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Action-adventure

#58

Spindle

8.10

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Kart racing

#59

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

8.08

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Management

#60

Discounty

8.07

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Physics simulator

#61

Once Upon a Katamari

8.05

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Shoot 'em up

#62

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted

8.04

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Matching puzzle

#63

QQQbeats!!!

8.03

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Management

#64

Tiny Bookshop

8.02

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Adventure

#65

Hello Kitty Island Adventure

8.00

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Beat 'em up

#65

Marvel Cosmic Invasion

8.00

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Puzzle

#65

Strange Antiquities

8.00

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Matching puzzle

#65

Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition

8.00

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Action RPG

#65

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

8.00

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Card game

#65

All in Abyss: Judge the Fake

8.00

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Platformer (2D)

#65

Sacre Bleu

8.00

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Shoot 'em up

#65

Trouble Witches Final! Episode 01 Daughters of Amalgam

8.00

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RPG

#65

Nice Day for Fishing

8.00

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Adventure

#65

Call of the Sea

8.00

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RPG

#75

Starlight Legacy

7.98

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Matching puzzle

#76

Voxelgram 2

7.95

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Action RPG

#76

Lost in Random: The Eternal Die

7.95

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Metroidvania

#78

Blade Chimera

7.94

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Roguelike

#79

Dunjungle

7.93

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Action RPG

#80

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

7.90

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Platformer (2D)

#80

Freddy Farmer

7.90

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Action-adventure

#80

Ink Inside

7.90

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RPG

#83

Lunar Remastered Collection

7.89

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Platformer (3D)

#84

Misc. A Tiny Tale

7.88

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Metroidvania

#84

Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

7.88

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Point and click

#84

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

7.88

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Shooting

#84

Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster

7.88

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Action RPG

#88

Freedom Wars Remastered

7.87

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Action RPG

#88

Doki Monsters: Quest

7.87

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Action-adventure

#90

Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip

7.86

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Platformer (2D)

#91

Moons of Darsalon

7.85

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Metroidvania

#92

Biomorph

7.83

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Shooting

#92

Snezhinka

7.83

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RPG

#92

Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army

7.83

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Shooting

#92

Zoe Begone!

7.83

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Shooting

#92

Mamorukun ReCurse!

7.83

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Point and click

#92

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

7.83

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Brick breaking

#98

Breakout Beyond

7.80

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Platformer (2D)

#98

Trasmoz Legends

7.80

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Music

#100

Patapon 1+2 Replay

7.78

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