Switch retrospective: January 2019

Our weekly Switch retrospectives are a snapshot in time, featuring the top releases from one month in the life of the Nintendo Switch.

We've finished 2018, so it's now time to go to January 2019. Here's a list of the Top 10 Switch games from then.

Title Rating
Downwell Downwell 8.61
Gunman Clive HD Collection Gunman Clive HD Collection 8.50
Sega Ages Out Run Sega Ages Out Run 8.31
FutureGrind FutureGrind 8.29
Tales of Vesperia Tales of Vesperia 8.22
Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?! Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?! 8.15
Unruly Heroes Unruly Heroes 8.14
Octahedron: Transfixed Edition Octahedron: Transfixed Edition 8.12
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 8.08
Old School Racer 2 Old School Racer 2 8.08

You can also check out our release calendar, which shows all of the games ranked from this month.

See the release calendar for January 2019.

Help with reviewing unranked games

There are some unranked games from January 2019. These games have fewer than 3 reviews, which is the minimum we've set to rank a game.

Title Reviews
JackQuest: The Tale of the Sword JackQuest: The Tale of the Sword 7
Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja 6
Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Two Crude Dudes Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Two Crude Dudes 4
Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Nitro Ball Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Nitro Ball 3
Big Crown: Showdown Big Crown: Showdown 2
Apocalipsis Wormwood Edition Apocalipsis Wormwood Edition 2
IHUGU IHUGU 2
Cinderella - An Interactive Fairytale Cinderella - An Interactive Fairytale 2
Fishing Universe Simulator Fishing Universe Simulator 2
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander 2
Zombie Night Terror Zombie Night Terror 2
Guns of Mercy - Rangers Edition Guns of Mercy - Rangers Edition 2
Forever Forest Forever Forest 2
Doodle God: Evolution Doodle God: Evolution 2
Lightseekers Lightseekers 2
Gabbuchi Gabbuchi 1
Arcade Archives Moon Cresta Arcade Archives Moon Cresta 1
Crazy Strike Bowling EX Crazy Strike Bowling EX 1
Bedtime Blues Bedtime Blues 1
Merchants of Kaidan Merchants of Kaidan 1
Magic Nations Magic Nations 1
Rampage Knights Rampage Knights 1
Agartha-S Agartha-S 1
Paladin Paladin 1
Eggggg - The platform puker Eggggg - The platform puker 1
Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX 1
Hyperide Hyperide 1
Bleep Bloop Bleep Bloop 1
Stray Cat Doors Stray Cat Doors 1
Inops Inops 1
Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Fighter's History Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Fighter's History 1
Left-Right: The Mansion Left-Right: The Mansion 1
Mecho Wars: Desert Ashes 1
Bash the Bear Bash the Bear 1
Ethan: Meteor Hunter Ethan: Meteor Hunter 1
Inside My Radio Inside My Radio 1
Freecell Battle King Freecell Battle King 0
Onigiri Onigiri 0
Toridama: Brave Challenge Toridama: Brave Challenge 0
planetarian planetarian 0
ACA NeoGeo Ragnagard ACA NeoGeo Ragnagard 0
Arcade Archives Bomb Jack Arcade Archives Bomb Jack 0
Perry Pig Jump Perry Pig Jump 0
Balance Blox Balance Blox 0
Akihabara Crash! 123Stage+1 Akihabara Crash! 123Stage+1 0
Forgotten Tales: Day of the Dead Forgotten Tales: Day of the Dead 0
Unicornicopia Unicornicopia 0
Ancient Rush 2 Ancient Rush 2 0
99Seconds 99Seconds 0
My Exotic Farm 2018 My Exotic Farm 2018 0
ACA NeoGeo Kizuna Encounter ACA NeoGeo Kizuna Encounter 0
Combat Core Combat Core 0
Mega Mall Story Mega Mall Story 0
Voxel Sword Voxel Sword 0
Fragment of Marine Fragment of Marine 0
Mars or Die! Mars or Die! 0
Spot the Differences: Party! Spot the Differences: Party! 0
Grab Lab Grab Lab 0
Gnomes Garden 2 Gnomes Garden 2 0
Solitaire Klondike Black Solitaire Klondike Black 0
ACA NeoGeo Ninja Master's ACA NeoGeo Ninja Master's 0
GetAmped Mobile GetAmped Mobile 0
Knock 'Em Down! Bowling Knock 'Em Down! Bowling 0
Marble Power Blast Marble Power Blast 0
Number Place 10000 Number Place 10000 0
Bubble Shooter DX Bubble Shooter DX 0

If you're already a partner, we'd love to see a review for one of the above games. Games with 2 reviews only need one more to get ranked at Switch Scores. Games with 1 review, or none, will need a few partners to contribute.

If you're not yet a partner and you'd like to help get more of the database ranked, check out the Partners page.

Next week

We'll be featuring games from February 2019. See you then!

Published: 16th Aug 2020 09:06

Downwell
Infobox
Title Downwell
Rank 210/4198
Average rating 8.61
eShop price £2.69
Europe release 31st Jan 2019
Players 1
Developer(s) Moppin
Publisher(s) Devolver Digital

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