Like the title says, I want to collect games here that make good use of the Switch's touch screen. This means, that the touch controls are integrated into the gameplay in a way that makes sense and is fun / intuitive to use. It is not necessary for the game to only use touch controls, only that it does have (optional) touch controls that are well executed.
I will update this list on the fly:
Rayman Legends (Murphy's Touch levels)
Super Mario Maker 2
Club House Games
Brain Training
The World Ends With You
Sushi Striker
Big Brain Academy
Loop Hero
Deemo
VOEZ
EDIT:
The touch controls have to be integrated into the actual gameplay. Menu selection, etc. is not enough to be counted here.
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You can also contact Nintendo Support and they can also give info to this as well. Because not everyone has the same game to update this correctly besides coming from Nintendo itself.
I was quite annoyed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons barely incorporated touchscreen use when the DS/3DS instalments were playable mostly if not entirely with the touchscreen.
Even navigating the catalogue is a pain as it only allows you to use the touchscreen to type using the in-game keyboard, but forces you to use buttons for everything else. Almost pointless.
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Harvest Moon Light of Hope, Farming Simulator 20, and any game in the Piczle series… Those can be played entirely with the touch screen.
I would really like if games like those allowed you play without any controllers connected, most of them get stuck asking for a controller, even though you don’t really need one.
Fortunately, Brain Training can be played without any controllers attached, but that is in the extreme minority.
Big Brain Academy, however, forces you to have Joy-Con connected at all times even though the entirety of the game can be played with only the touch-screen. Ugh.
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The Scribblenauts Collection is really good and I played through the first game touch screen only by typing on the on-screen keyboard.
Unfortunately it's one of those ones that @Eel mentioned where it forces you to have the Joy Cons attached. Makes the Switch a bit hard to hold and type two-thumbed like you would on a phone. Better to rest it on your lap and type on it like a keyboard
Pianista is another that has touch screen controls but I think the buttons are better implemented controls on that game. Another rhythm series Fredric 1, 2 and 3 have quite good touch controls though
I’m late but I just have to add one game to this that works amazingly well with touch screen: Unpacking. Short and sweet game where you unpack and decorate places, with a short story tied to it.
Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon. The latter even uses multi-touch controls, such as using two fingers to scroll through lists and the pinch gesture to zoom in/out on the map.
Off the top of my head; SteamWorld Heist, Ring of Pain and Into the Breach are my honourable mentions.
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