Top 100 / Best Indie Adventure Games on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2

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Bugsnax

As long-time followers of mine will undoubtedly know, I’m a lover of games that qualify as being weird. With th...

Skate Story

Running with skateboarding action more akin to the likes of Tony Hawk, and then turning it into an adventure through an odd version of hell, this is a unique experience for sure

Viewfinder

Inventively mind-blowing environmental puzzles will challenge, and sometimes frustrate

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Delivers a mix of rural character, old-school adventure, and some legitimately chilling revelations

Hindsight

There’s just something about playing the right story-driven game that speaks to some aspect of your own life or trials t...

Endling - Extinction is Forever

When you’ve been playing 10 - 20 games a week for the last 4 years it can get to be a challenge for games to really stan...

The Big Con - GRIFT OF THE YEAR EDITION

Maybe it’s the 80s kid and 90s twenty-something in me, but I’ll admit that when a game features a slice of life from my ...

Tormented Souls

In general I’ll admit that I’ve been a bit frustrated by games from the indie space on Switch who describe themselves as...

FAR: Changing Tides

Picking up roughly where the original FAR left off, and generally offering up a very similar (though longer and refined)...

Wytchwood

When I think of games that heavily involve crafting my mind usually goes to survival titles, a genre I’ve struggled with...

Life is Strange: True Colors

While there are many excellent story-driven titles in the Switch eShop, the tendency is more usually on grand tales or b...

Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

I’m pretty much always a sucker for the classic noir detective style, and when a game instead chooses to skewer it a bit...

Lamentum

I’m sad to say that more often than not, on the Switch, games pushing “horror” in some way have struggled and failed in ...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

It’s weird how at times in certain genres when it rains, it pours, and exploration-based discovery titles are currently ...

Sumire

Though I love running and gunning and high-intensity games there’s no denying that games with a compelling and heart-fel...

Wildfire

Stealth-oriented games have never typically made for my favorite experiences but there are times when the mechanic is ei...

Chicken Police Paint it RED!

While it has been a pretty long time since the genre was even remotely in style I’ve always been a fan of the hard-boile...

Roki

When you’re young your imagination can truly be a powerful (and sometimes scary) thing. Being fed by your parents, the m...

Windbound

Starting out with an admission I’ll say that, in general, I’m not typically an automatic fan of survival games. Too ofte...

Helheim Hassle

Where weird games are concerned I may be one of the subgenre’s biggest fans. Granted, the style of play in them varies w...

Afterparty

The indie scene, in general, has seemed to fully embrace the concept of a “story-driven adventure”, less focused on acti...

Tangle Tower

When there are so many point-and-click style adventures available on the Switch it pays to try to stand out. Smart puzzl...

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Whether played solo or with a friend Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons makes for a thoughtful and generally satisfying puzzle...

Moonlighter

One part Zelda-esque combat and dungeon exploration and another part shop simulator Moonlighter is a title that looks gr...

The Spectrum Retreat

You begin by waking in a somewhat modern-looking hotel room and are pretty quickly greeted by one of the staff, an almos...

Last Day of June

In order to reveal next to nothing at all of the overall narrative, for fear of ruining pretty well anything, I’ll leave...

Night in the Woods

Returning from a failed attempt at going to college you'll play the part of Mae, a young woman with a checkered past who...

Ittle Dew 2+

Combat, on the other hand, is more of a mixed bag on the whole. Even with the right equipment the overworld is a consist...

Goodnight Universe

An unusual baby’s-eye view of the world, mixed with some surprising story beats, make this memorable

Saviorless

An experience with terrific hand-drawn animation, two distinct styles of play, and the classic feel of cinematic adventure

Cassette Beasts

Granted, in many ways it’s another variation on the “creature collector” RPG subgenre, but it is able to differentiate itself nonetheless

Children of Silentown

Forgoing the typical adventure tendency towards humor, Silentown instead sprinkles in a sense of foreboding that’s refreshing

The Spirit and the Mouse

A mix of cuteness, charm, and engaging exploration make this a winner

Tinykin

The classic collect-a-thon isn't dead if we won't let it be, and Tinykin shows how that prompts exploration of huge areas

Silt

Too often in the indie space I’ve found that games that bill themselves as being horror in some way have genera...

Symphonia

A musically-themed and thoroughly gorgeous precision platforming adventure that’s also deliciously challenging

Stray

A unique and compelling (if somewhat short overall) adventure, though it likely looks and runs better on other systems

Thank Goodness You're Here!

A thoroughly odd, quirky, and delightfully silly quasi-adventure that delivers laughs while it lasts

Teslagrad 2

Pretty well hitting a running start continuing from the innovation of the original, Teslagrad 2 is a solid follow-up but can be finicky

Alekon

While there are obvious similarities with Pokemon Snap, Alekon distinguishes itself with more freedom and plenty of odd mini games

LUNARK

This pretty cool throwback to the age of classic cinematic adventures like Out of This World (and others) is a retro treat

A Space for the Unbound

Some surprising depth and creative storytelling mechanics help this pixel adventure stand out

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

As a long-time fan of roguelikes of all shapes and sizes I suppose it is natural that I’d be attracted to the p...

Arise: A Simple Story - Definitive Edition

While my fondest memories of great Switch titles tend to focus on games that are more on the more gameplay-focused si...

Kao the Kangaroo

While there’s no question that the traditional mascot platformers for the most part went the way of the dinosau...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide

A surprisingly competent and capable 3D mascot platformer that should still mostly qualify as being accessible to younger audiences

Simon the Sorcerer Origins

A classic point-and-click adventure, full of signature witty humor, charm… and some quirks

Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek

Does a great job of combining a classic childhood sense of adventure, low-impact scares, and smart puzzles

Until Then

While it can still feel limited by its format, and a bug or two was hit, among its peers Until Then manages to stand pretty tall

Refind Self: The Personality Test Game

An interesting experiment that tries to determine your personality based on how you decide to play through an adventure

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