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SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition
With multiple skill levels available SteamWorld Heist is a game that anyone, from a tactical strategy newbie to a griz...
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Flipping Death
Whenever you talk about classic adventure titles there's roughly a standing assumption that they'll bog down at some poi...
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SteamWorld Dig 2

Widely, and quite deservedly, regarded as the best one of the best early indie games on the Switch (though perhaps St...

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Crown Trick
Among the many genres and subgenres roguelikes have managed to infiltrate I can’t say that a tactical turn-based adventu...
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Miles & Kilo
Keeping in mind that the levels in Kid Tripp were always designed to support speed running, while you could choose to ta...
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Swordship
Fan of arcade-like intensity and a tough-but-fair level of challenge should really dig this unique roguelike dodge-em-up
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Yoku's Island Express
In general, everything you need to accomplish is some riff on classic pinball mechanics. You’ll have flippers, bumpers, ...
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Donut Dodo
Rocking vibes from multiple arcade classics, Donut Dodo is an excellent and challenging remix
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Jetboard Joust

As an old-school arcade fan I'll admit I've been a big fan of indie titles that have come to the Switch putti...

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Death Squared

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

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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
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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 ...
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Spelunky
One of the last OG indie titles to finally come to Switch, Spelunky promptly gave me a nice slap in the face to remind m...
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Greak: Memories of Azur
When you’re this far into a system’s lifespan, making a splash with a game that not only has a distinctive look but that...
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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...
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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Retro games or those that attempt to recapture a certain vintage feel can be a tricky business and there’s no doubt that...
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OTTTD: Over The Top Tower Defense
Tower defense titles are extremely common in the mobile space (for good reason, they’re well-suited to touchscreen contr...
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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Despite my feeling that it lost some steam towards the conclusion, SteamWorld Quest is easy to count among the most poli...
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Pic-a-Pix Pieces
Central to the experience are two elements. First, rather than being stuck with only filling in black pixels on a white ...
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The Bug Butcher
This is another title I hadn't heard too much about and almost missed that I'm very glad I go to check out this year. Es...
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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...
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Piczle Colors
If you’re unfamiliar this style of puzzle game centers on filling in a pixel grid with a variety of colors to create a l...
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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Perhaps a little less gaining inspiration from the classic top-down Zelda titles like Link to the Past than copying it o...
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Alien Death Mob
This budget twin-stick shooter delivers a novel main game, but the magic is in 4 twin-stick takes on arcade classics
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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...

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Galacticon

As a big fan of retro arcade games, and someone who has sunk innumerable hours to continuing to enjoy them over the y...

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Hello Goodboy
If you’re into dogs and feel-good vibes, even if there’s not a load of compelling gameplay to match it, this is a soothing and touching adventure
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Hyper Shapes
Feeling like a mix of Flat Heroes and Just Shapes and Beats, Hyper Shapes keeps it simple but challenging
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Aspire: Ina's Tale

From an “elevator pitch” angle there’s something great about being able to cite popular and success...

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A Juggler's Tale

With its marionette characters and associated string-based challenges, rhyming narration, and a healthy dose of charm...

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Piczle Lines DX

Piczle Lines DX is one of those games where, with the nature of its puzzle challenge, you’re either already int...

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Poosh XL
Sometimes one-button play, when done right, can be a compelling challenge despite the simplicity
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Before We Leave
Smart strategic city-building and a pro-environment vibe help this sim stand out as something enjoyable
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TEN
Ah, challenging games… they’re a love them or hate them affair depending on how much you like having a compulsion to lau...
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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 ...
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Lacuna
I’ll admit that I tend to always be excited to check out an adventure with a noir sort of flavor, even if in the case of...
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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...
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Dojoran
It’s always great to run into humble and inexpensive indies on the eShop, and if you’re into precision platforming that’...
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King of Seas
Whenever you embark on a journey while raising your Jolly Roger on the high seas, pretty well everyone out there is goin...
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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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Say No! More
The thing about “weird games” is that they can be very hard to define or describe by typical genre rules or through comp...
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Going Under
As an enormous fan of anything roguelike Going Under has been on my radar since I first saw it announced, billing itself...
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Nowhere Prophet
In the last generation I’ve been surprised to see the deck-building strategy genre not only move from the fringes into t...
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Destrobots
With loads of local multiplayer titles out there on Switch it’s a tough business to find a way to stand out in the crowd...
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Fury Unleashed
With a comic book-inspired look, a pretty wide array of over-the-top weapons, and challenges aplenty Fury Unleashed is a...
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Curious Expedition
If you were to try to give The Curious Expedition an elevator pitch it would best be described as the love child of clas...
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Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Puzzle fans have both a blessing and a curse when it comes to the Switch. Let’s just say that there’s an abundance of ri...
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FAR: Lone Sails
This is one of those titles where I walked into the experience not really knowing much about it, being surprised by it b...
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Devious Dungeon 2
There’s always a tricky element in sequels when you understand that they’re relatively more of the same, just with some ...
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X-Morph: Defense
I’m really impressed by everything the folks behind this game have put together. The campaign is challenging and at a sa...

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