20 Hidden Indie Gems on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2

Super Beat Sports

Somewhat reminiscent of the Nintendo Rhythm Heaven franchise in places Super Beat Sports consists of 5 pretty differe...

Azkend 2: The World Beneath

The greatest strength the game has is the diversity of variations it throws at you, with new wrinkles and variations in ...

Bake n Switch

While there’s no doubt that the Overcooked franchise has been wildly successful, and can be an absolute blast to play wi...

Super Crate Box

It’s always very cool to encounter games that have simple designs and very few rules but then manage to be so well-imple...

Exception

As a massive fan who has always loved the movie TRON you know that a game set inside a computer where you play a warrior...

Varion

While there are quite a lot of multiplayer arena shooters to choose from they're often hard to tell apart from one anoth...

Super Saurio Fly

For the most part the level designs are straightforward and traditional but some variety gets thrown in at times like le...

#Breakforcist Battle

Given its very reasonable price, overall weirdness, and intense bursts of excitement #Breakforcist Battle is a pretty entertaining variation on the classic Breakout

Super Mega Baseball 2: Ultimate Edition

At long last a high-quality and very broadly accessible baseball title is available on the Switch. After the disappoi...

Sparkle 2

As a big fan of many classic PopCap casual games, and Zuma Deluxe in particular, I’d say that among its descend...

Time Blazer

Among classic arcade titles that have seen many variations on their general style pop up over the years Asteroids has se...

Backworlds

The Switch has thankfully been blessed by a number of notable puzzle action titles, and more often than not each has cho...

Starlit Adventures Golden Stars

I love it when indie titles show up that I’ve never seen or heard of and they end up being a pleasant surprise. That’s p...

Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly

Local multiplayer games on Switch pretty well span every flavor and level of quality, making the task of bringing a new ...

Willy Jetman: Astromonkey's Revenge

With so many retro indie titles that have replicated the feel and experience of such a wide variety of classic genres...

Day and Night

Action puzzlers are a challenge to get right as they need to have their own sense of personality to differentiate from t...

Ding Dong XL

In the end this is a very low-budget title that very much earns what little it asks for. No, this isn’t a title that wil...

Zarvot

While mechanically this is a sort of shooter adventure in terms of gameplay it's the presentation and story of Zarvot th...

Cubikolor

Roughly speaking the core concept in CubiKolor is quite simple. You are able to control a cube that has a different colo...

Sparkle Unleashed

For those unfamiliar the gameplay consists of making matches of 3 marbles or more of the same color that are moving alon...

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