Best Switch Games
Guide Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
Get your Switch GOTYs here
2025 was filled with brilliant games, large and small, launching every single month. It's the year that both Switch 2 and Silksong finally came out. Wowzers. The quality has been exceptionally high for both the original Switch and the newer console. Below we present the top 50 best games of the year for Switch 1 and 2...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch RPGs
The finest trad-style Switch RPGs available to humanity
Nintendo Switch has amassed a huge number of quality titles across almost every category since launching back in 2017, but that may be more true with RPGs than any other genre. Switch RPG fans are spoilt for choice, with a veritable glut of retro re-releases and ports, indie gems, and the...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch FPS Games
Lock and load with Switch's first-person finest
Switch's bulging catalogue of games covers practically every genre, and First-Person Shooters are no exception. Nintendo systems may have historically lagged behind other consoles in this department, yet classics like GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark helped define the console FPS, and the Metroid Prime...
Guide The Best Nintendo Switch Games (2026)
The very best Switch games to play right now
Nintendo Switch has amassed a huge amount of great games since the console launched back in 2017. But what are the best games for Nintendo Switch available in 2026? Which Switch games are must-haves? What should you play first on Switch? To answer those questions, we've compiled this ranked list of the...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Marvel Games
All Switch games burdened with glorious purpose
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Open World Games
Everything the light touches
Guide Best LEGO Nintendo Switch Games
Every Switch LEGO game, ranked
Best Games Of All Time
Guide Best Pokémon Games Of All Time
Where does Legends: Z-A rank?
Updated with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the latest mainline entry. Enjoy! Ranking the best Pokémon games is no easy feat given that many of them are considered among the best games of their particular hardware generation. Then you have to consider just how many spin-off Pokémon games have come out over the last 30 years...
Guide Best Metroid Games Of All Time
Update: Where does Beyond slot in?
Remember, this ranking is based on the games' User Ratings in our database and is subject to real-time change even now. If you haven't rated your Metroid collection, feel free to add your scores and potentially influence the order below. Enjoy! The reveal and release in 2021 of 'Metroid 5', better known as...
Guide Top 100 Best Nintendo Games Of All Time
Over 40 years of Nintendo games, as ranked by you
The Famicom launched in 1983. Time, huh? That's four whole decades of 8-bit Nintendo games, many of which defined entire genres and birthed enduring characters and series that would go forth and flourish in future console generations. In honour of 40 years of quality from our video game purveyors of...
Guide Best Mega Man Games Of All Time
Every Nintendo Mega Man game, ranked by you (yes, ALL of them)
The little blue guy known as Mega Man (along with his various associates and related robots) has had a very long and storied career in video games. Since the NES days, he's starred in some absolute classics of the run-and-gun genre, although for every incredible game or spin-off...
Guide Best Fire Emblem Games Of All Time
Fancy a game of Swords-Axes-Lances?
Guide Best Mario Party Games Of All Time
Where does Jamboree rank?
Guide Best Harvest Moon / Story Of Seasons Games Of All Time
Harvested (and ranked) by you
Guide Best Super Mario Games Of All Time
From Superfluous to Superlative - every Mario game, ranked
Guide Best Dragon Quest Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Where does Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake rank?
Nintendo Life's eShop Selects
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (November 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in November!
At last, we're almost at the end of 2025. Snow might be settling in where you are, temperature's dropping — or perhaps you're lucky to be reading from somewhere in the southern hemisphere. But there's one thing that remains the same wherever you're reading from; it's eShop...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects - The Best Digital-Only Games On Switch
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If you're drowning in Switch games and you're looking for only the very best the eShop has to offer, well done - welcome to the Nintendo Life eShop Selects guide. Here you'll find our archives of the best Switch eShop games, as voted by Nintendo Life staff almost every month since 2017. Nintendo Life eShop Selects Archive: We've published...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (October 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in October!
Hello, hello, hello! you know what time of the month it is? Oh yes, it's eShop Selects. And we've got some fireworks in here. Spooky season has passed and many of us are now looking ahead to the 'H' season (or perhaps there's some Turkey in the near future for you for those of...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (September 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in September!
Phew. What a month, hey? It's time for eShop Selects, and it's a doozy. As we approach the holiday season, we're practically drowning in games, with two of the biggest indies of the year hitting within weeks of each other. A Nintendo Direct ensured we'd be swimming in more...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (June 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (July 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in July!
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (August 2025)
Our top eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in August!
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (May 2025)
Our favourite Switch 1 eShop games released in May
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (January 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games for the first month of 2025
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (February 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games of February
