Top 80 / Best Indie Casual Games on Nintendo Switch

Showing 1 to 50 of 80 total entries

Pocket Card Jockey:Ride On!

A fiercely addictive mix of solitaire and horse racing sim that’s an absolute delight

Spiritfarer

While many gamers enjoy blowing away enemies, racing through hairpin turns, or guiding their team to victory there’s a g...

PICROSS S8

The iconic series adds well-implemented multiplayer to the mix, clearly making itself king once more

Unpacking

Usually when you think of casual games puzzles and the like are usually what comes to mind, or perhaps something akin to...

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective

As much as I've tended to see people bemoan the "kiddie" nature of Nintendo systems over the years, it ...

Overboard!

While I typically look to games to provide some action and excitement there are sometimes games that come from less h...

PICROSS S NAMCO LEGENDARY edition

A celebration of plenty of icons of the classic arcade era, in nonogram puzzle form

Rob Riches

A satisfying budget puzzler that’s visually polished and constantly changes things up, while crucially properly introducing new mechanics

Railbound

Carefully plotting your rails to ensure your train will leave the station has never been so addicting

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

I’ll admit that this is a title that got off to a bit of a rocky start for me, with me essentially wondering wh...

Please, Touch the Artwork

With its creative use and interaction with modern art, it provides quite a unique experience

South of the Circle

Telling a tale that spans multiple times and places, it makes for a different sort of romantic journey

Welcome to Elk

One of the subgenres of games that has been extremely well-represented on the Switch has been story-driven games, and th...

TOEM

I don’t know whether it was triggered by a pandemic that had everyone stuck in their houses and wishing for a chance to ...

Badland: Game of the Year Edition

While this is a title that has been around for quite some time at this point, I’m surprised by how well it has held up b...

Cozy Grove

While bludgeoning or blowing away bad guys can always be good fun, everyone should have some time in their lives to slow...

Along the Edge

On a general level interactive fiction titles haven’t been my cup of tea. It isn’t that I don’t appreciate that such an ...

Kingdom Rush Origins

Finally the last unreleased version of the Kingdom Rush franchise is on the Switch, and Origins also happens to be my pe...

80 DAYS

Though the act of traversing the world is no longer such a grand feat in the time of Jules Verne, when he wrote Around t...

Reigns: Kings & Queens

Borrowing its left/right swiping interface from the likes of apps like Tinder, Reigns is all about making choices and th...

Piczle Lines DX 500 More Puzzles!

For anyone who’d choose to try to throw shade for this being a release that does nothing more than drop more puzzles int...

Mom Hid My Game!

Spanning a mere 50 levels, and likely completed in only a couple of hours, the goal in the game is to reclaim your game ...

Ten Dates

This well-timed release drops you into the bumpy ride of looking for love, as you try to make a positive impression on a variety of dates

Hoa

Ah, the struggle to properly evaluate games that aren’t really made for you personally as the target audience. ...

The Wreck

Working through trauma both past and present, this is an emotional journey with unexpected twists and turns

Picross -LogiartGrimoire-

A different theme, and a variation for unlocking new puzzles, awaits in this alternative Picross

Brightstone Mysteries: The Others

Mixing point-and-click adventure with a variety of puzzle styles, this casual title thankfully hits more than it misses

A Little to the Left

A game that will first trigger, and then satisfy, your inner OCD freak

Hidden Through Time 2: Discovery

A nice variation on hidden picture puzzles with its own flair

Suika Game

Proving that smart and effective game design can make even low-budget titles highly addictive

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

While I love blasting off faces and racing to the finish line, there’s absolutely something to be said for slowing down ...

A Memoir Blue

I’ve been impressed so far this year that story-driven games on the Switch have continued to show up in force, but most ...

Beyond Blue

Perhaps it’s the pandemic or the challenges of parenthood talking, but as much as I enjoy blowing things up or slashing ...

Regency Solitaire

You’ve got to respect a development team that takes on a well-known casual card game and decides to swing for the fences...

Embracelet

This, for me, is one of those titles where it’s hard to articulate why I’m so taken in by it. With its low-poly look, it...

A Fold Apart

When looking at an eShop full of puzzlers and story-based experiences it can be difficult to separate the merely average...

Hidden Through Time

If you’ve ever had kids or were a kid at some point you may recall the Where’s Waldo books. Given a dense...

Build a Bridge!

For the most part if you’ve played a game like this before the setup should be familiar. You’ll need to lay down your pa...

Hexologic

That leads to my biggest criticism for the game, though it’s not crippling, the fact that you’re unable to lock spaces i...

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

The classic hidden item puzzle game genre has made some real strides over the past few years. Throwing in a story, some ...

A Normal Lost Phone

Overall, if you’re receptive to what I would consider a very honest and genuine study of someone going through a difficu...

Old Man's Journey

The gameplay over the pretty brisk 2 - 3 hours is interesting, mainly because of the beautiful hand-drawn landscapes tha...

Tavern Talk

Full of quirky charm and gentle humor, just be prepared for much more passively reading than interacting

Windosill

Undeniably creative and having a very unique sense of style, Windosill is absolutely distinctive

Journey of the Broken Circle

Who knew that an incomplete circle (who looks suspiciously like a certain gaming icon) and an oddball mix of plants a...

Fledgling Heroes

There’s no doubt a good reason for people to debate whether games like Fledgling Heroes “need” to b...

Mouse & Crane

While obviously very kid-friendly, the physics-based play it encourages is both educational and approachable

Fireside

A thoroughly chill and charming adventure with a focus on kindness and community building

Builder Simulator

As simulations go, especially those with so many steps and tasks, this one works out better than most

Penko Park

Yes, you could choose to view it as an indie Pokemon Snap clone, but that would be denying its simple charms

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