Top 100 / Best Indie Puzzle Games on Nintendo Switch

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Grindstone

There’s nothing I like more than a surprise game that shows up, slaps you around a bit, and leaves you thirsting for mor...

GRIS

As the game starts you’ll witness the main character, Gris, losing her voice. This seems to be both literal and symbolic...

The Gardens Between

When we first saw footage of this title in one of the Nindie Directs it was already clear that the game was brilliant v...

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe

Brigade is a game that immediately sounded appealing when I heard the premise and then delivered something truly uniq...

PICROSS S8

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

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon

Original, brilliantly designed, varied, challenging, and loads of fun the Shovel Knight series has shaken up the action puzzler genre nicely

Untitled Goose Game

Bless indie developers and their ability to come up with weird concepts for gameplay that you probably never considered ...

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

The final wild ride with the odd duo, though with a different central gag in the form of Max’s psychic powers

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

A smart, and simply different, mix of puzzle and RPG elements that feels fresh

Teslagrad Remastered

Taking the masterfully-made original to spruce it up a little and add some additional challenges makes a great game better

FEZ

This far into the Switch lifespan the list of outstanding top-notch indie titles that haven’t yet made it to the platfor...

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

OK, so typically when you see games coming over in some form from the mobile space I tend to put on my skeptic hat and p...

Shady Part of Me

There’s something pretty delightful when you encounter games that you’ve never previously heard of that, once you begin ...

Carto

Having played so many of them, unfortunately the first thing I assume I’ll see when approaching any sort of puzzle game ...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

A quick admission, while I’ve always appreciated the beauty of the Trine series overall I was just never much of a fan o...

Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns

While fans of the old school original game likely won’t even need to read this review, it’s worth noting that though som...

Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut

To start out in the game you’ll initially be playing the part of Skullface, a homicidal maniac determined to slaughter t...

The Night of the Rabbit

With lush environments, an atypically unpredictable story, and smart design this does the classic adventure proud

Let's! Revolution!

An intriguing mix of Minesweeper and roguelike unpredictability that works well

The Lullaby of Life

A creative and refreshing mix of exploration, puzzle solving, and music that has loads of charm

Ash of Gods: The Way

If you’re up to the strategic challenge, Ash of Gods tells a compelling story and will push you to improve your tactical skills

Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

While I may be prone to complaining when titles put me to sleep with their droning stories and dry lore, when the qua...

Promenade

A curious mix of platforming, objective-driven adventure elements, and charming visuals help Promenade shine

The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo

While its puzzle solutions aren’t typically intuitive, there’s no question its unusual art style and humor carry the experience

Lucy Dreaming

A more retro-than-typical style of interface, cheeky humor, and great voice acting helps to lift this adventure up

The Star Named EOS

A visually gorgeous, and often touching, series of puzzles to be solved in order to connect a child to their mother

Night Reverie

Enchanting both visually and in terms of its storytelling and themes… if you’re game for taking the ride

Botany Manor

An interesting mix of botanical rejuvenation, exploration, and problem solving

Youropa

While this gravity-defying and somewhat mind-bending 3D puzzler can be aggravating it’s also quite unique

Bugsnax

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

A Monster's Expedition

One thing I’ve learned over the years as someone both on the programming end of software and on the consumer en...

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

One of the more overall neglected flavors on the Switch has been single-player experiences I would consider to be bot...

Kine

With its challenging 3D-style puzzling and great jazz soundtrack, Kine simply has its own vibe

Death Squared

If you've felt like puzzle games have become a bit stale and predictable over the years, with many of them using ...

Quadroids

A pretty unique test of your ability to process quite a lot at once, your reactions, your planning, and your patience

Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse

While the fundamentals of the Lines experience haven’t evolved much, the addition of theming and loads of puzzles of various sizes has appeal

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 ...

Timelie

While time manipulation puzzling has been done before in the indie space, there’s an element of visual polish and flair ...

Where Cards Fall

Considering the abundance of puzzle games on the casual-friendly Switch, including many from the mobile/tablet space it’...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

While they weren’t initially very well-represented on the Switch, in the past 2 years the Metroidvania genre has been th...

Bonkies

While my family and I have become quite jaded with multiplayer titles, since so many of them fall into pretty predictabl...

Dodo Peak

There’s nothing I enjoy more with indies than games that defy expectation. At first glance Dodo Peak looks like a pretty...

Biped

I first encountered Biped at PAX East, repeatedly walking by the booth on the way to other appointments and seeing small...

-KLAUS-

While puzzle platformers are represented in abundance in the indie space, there are definitely ones that put in some ext...

Wunderling

Who ever said that puzzle games had to be for casual gamers? Oh sure, Wunderling could likely be enjoyed by just about a...

Travel Mosaics: A Paris Tour

Even as consistently as indie titles have managed to surprise me, there are times when I’m almost taken aback by a title...

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...

Etherborn

The definite stand-out title of the week is Etherborn, a gorgeous, challenging, and somewhat mind-bending 3D environment...

The World Next Door

As the final credits rolled The World Next Door felt like a satisfying experience on the whole but I was also left with ...

Golf Peaks

Starting out things are pretty simple as the game walks you through the basic mechanics. For each puzzle you’ll have a n...

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