Top 100 / Best Indie Weird Games on Nintendo Switch

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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

One of the very first games available for the system, as I was already a huge fan from the PC space it was a Day 1 pu...

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe

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

WHAT THE GOLF?

Bless the indie devs that are determined to just completely go off in left field and do something unique. What the Go...

Untitled Goose Game

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

Flipping Death

Whenever you talk about classic adventure titles there's roughly a standing assumption that they'll bog down at some poi...

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

First developing quite a notorious reputation as a free title, DDLC has finally made its disturbing way to Switch… and w...

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...

Ms. Splosion Man

I'd heard of this title before but nothing could prepare me for just how weirdly, brilliantly silly it all is. While in ...

Pool Panic

This was hands down my favorite title I'd never really heard about that I got to check out at PAX East. Thoroughly weird...

West of Loathing

Don’t let its simple stick figure look fool you, this is an odd, funny, and extremely worthwhile gem of an adventure worth your time

Cult of the Lamb

The folks at Devolver certainly have a type and know how to pick weird but excellent indies, striking gold again

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Oh, Sam & Max, I simply can’t resist your weirdo humor, references, and charm. Once again the dysfunctional...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

If your goal is to get a group of friends laughing, yelling, and throwing down smack talk, this is a great choice

Yoku's Island Express

In general, everything you need to accomplish is some riff on classic pinball mechanics. You’ll have flippers, bumpers, ...

TumbleSeed

I consider Tumbleseed to be one of the best games on the system that very few people gave a chance. In part because i...

Shadows Over Loathing

Continuing the weird style and sense of humor from “West”, Shadows Over Loathing turns the uniqueness dial to 11

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

Killer Frequency

While perhaps its VR-ish setting is only minimally functional, the parts that deliver like the voice acting, suspense, and humor work wonderfully

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...

UnMetal

While we hardcore types love our games, that isn’t to say that when confronted with examples of the silliness we regular...

No More Heroes

There’s something to be said for being authentically original, for me that’s especially the case for when the general pl...

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...

Freedom Finger

When I originally caught this title at PAX I was drawn in by its sheer attitude, blending together some great voice acti...

My Friend Pedro

All in all My Friend Pedro handily delivers what it promises, bonkers gunplay, challenging scenarios, and when you’re on...

Baba Is You

Why settle for going the normal route and following the game’s rules to win when you can simply look for ways to change ...

Cricket Through the Ages

Best played with a friend, this wonky sports action title is thoroughly odd and goes all in on its quirkiness

JUSTICE SUCKS

Who knew that the life of a Roomba could be so exciting, just look out for that corpse grinding feature...

RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

Super-creative and lovingly animated with hand-drawn and crafted elements, this RPG has a simple charm that works

Lost in Play

Terrific animation, solid voice acting, and a light but fun puzzle adventure style make this a solid treat

GoNNER

I'm not gonna lie, GoNNER gets off to a very rough start and it a true roguelike in that it is frustrating and ha...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

What will likely either attract people to Octodad or scare them away will be its unorthodox control and style of play...

Fashion Police Squad

A fresh take on the old-school first-person shooter infused with color, comedy, and generally smart gameplay

Sam & Max Save the World

I will gladly and freely admit to my bias here, ever since the original Sam & Max Hit the Road made way back when...

Thimbleweed Park

The classic LucasArts adventure games were staple PC titles always guaranteeing great laughs from their quirky charac...

Inkulinati

A generally clever design, sense of humor, and inspired strategic play help Inkulinati stand out in the space

Project Dark

Focused almost entirely on what you hear, allowing you to even play it with your eyes closed, Project Dark is a unique experience

FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse

While its predecessor had the elements of a creepy good time present, Mask of the Lunar Eclipse brings it all together

RE:CALL

With its time and reality-bending story-telling revisionism, RE:CALL makes for a unique experience

Card Shark

Bless the indie developers who are determined to take ideas that may sound a bit crazy in concept and run with them, rev...

tERRORbane

When it comes to adjectives I like to see associated with games, weird and funny are pretty high on my list, though I’ll...

What Lies in the Multiverse

This is a case where you have a game with a very cool sense of style, a compelling set of main characters who have some ...

The Artful Escape

One opportunity that the smaller teams and budgets behind typical indie games have is to take bigger risks, either blend...

DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game

Weirdo physics games are definitely their own thing, probably best championed by the reigning king of the genre, the ...

Epic Chef

I’ll freely admit to having a bit of a weakness for weird and quirky games, so I’d keep that in mind with my thoughts on...

Happy Game

Like a moth to a flame I tend to be easily drawn to the oddball titles on Switch, and there’s no doubt that Happy Game q...

Boyfriend Dungeon

Elevator pitch time… so what if the goal was to make a game that fully embraces and meshes together intense slashing rog...

Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Forgive me, but I’m an absolute sucker for games that do things differently… in fact, I tend to seek them out. One of th...

Cyber Hook

Having originally checked it out at PAX East last year, Cyber Hook was a title I was pretty eagerly waiting to see in it...

Very Very Valet

Blending together time management sims, an injection of Crazy Taxi road silliness, and (ideally) multiplayer madness, Ve...

Luckslinger

As a fan of games that subvert expectations and are determined to simply be a bit weird, Luckslinger puts a smile on my ...

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