Pikmin 4 (Switch)

Pikmin 4 is a sumptuous strategy adventure that serves up tons of fun for returning fans of the franchise whilst also adding lots to entice new players into giving it a try. It's also incredible to look at, and is easily one of the prettiest games you can play on Switch today. The water alone is worth the price of admission, but every single environment is bright, colourful, and incredibly detailed. And don't lie to us and that the fruit doesn't look amazing, because it just does. You can see the fuzz on the peach...

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Mario Party Superstars (Switch)

What a way to look back at this franchise's history. Mario Party Superstars is the best-looking party game on Switch by a mile — updating some of our favourite boards and minigames with fantastic detail and stunning character models. The colours explode on your screen, and everything looks really shiny and polished. Even two years after its release, it's hard to argue that Mario Party Superstars is the most colourful game on the Switch, and it still looks stunning today.

Spiritfarer (Switch eShop)

Spiritfarer's beautiful visuals are evocative of the game's gorgeous, heartbreaking, and emotional story. Fantastical environments and lovely hand-drawn character models draw you into an enchanting world where you must grant the dying their very last wish before sending them to the afterlife. Even through tears, you'll be marvelling at the visuals — they might make you well up alone.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch)

What a delight Kirby's first true foray into 3D turned out to be — and we're not just talking about the game itself. Kirby and the Forgotten Land throughs wonderful visual variety at you, along with some adorable-looking enemies and delectable-looking food. You can see every single blade of grass and every fibre of fur and fluff as you explore the kaleidoscopic world of the Forgotten Land.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Switch)

With Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft Milan has gone one giant leap ahead visually. Moving the action to space means an explosion of unusual biomes and colours. You'll visit watery lands where the sea cascades off the side of the planet, while tundra-covered plains await in another location. Kingdom Battle still looks phenomenal, but the variety in Sparks of Hope cannot be understated.

Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch)

Now this is how you do a remaster. Metroid Prime was already one of the best-looking games on the GameCube, and Retro Studios has somehow managed to make a 20-year-old game look as though it hasn't aged a day. New lighting technology, redone textures, and more visible details are immediately apparent, but as you get to explore Tallon IV, and when you see the rain falling around Samus, it really starts to sink in. It's an incredibly faithful remaster, but also an incredible one — Metroid Prime Remastered is easily one of the best-looking games on the Switch.

Unicorn Overlord (Switch)

Vanillaware's signature watercolour style, present in both Unicorn Overlord and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, looks absolutely phenomenal on Switch. Consider this an entry for both games, but for our money, Unicorn Overlord just edges out the sci-fi adventure because of the beautiful maps and intricate armour and character designs. It's silky smooth on the hybrid, too.

Sea of Stars (Switch eShop)

Sabotage's incredible follow-up to The Messenger is an absolute stunner and a masterclass in how to use pixel art. From its fluid character animations to the beautiful backgrounds, Sea of Stars looks like it was ripped right out of your Super Nintendo-fuelled childhood and is a dream to look at. The environments are bursting with colour, and playing it on an OLED only serves to enhance the magic. As cliche as it is to say, it looks just like you remember SNES games looking as a kid, and it fuels our nostalgic hearts. Sea of Stars is one of the best-looking pixel art games of the generation, and it runs beautifully on Switch, too.

LEGO Horizon Adventures (Switch)

No one expected LEGO Horizon Adventures to come to Switch, but even more than that, no one expected it to look as good as it does. The LEGO aesthetic matches with the beautiful lighting and environments perfectly, blocky foliage letting the light crack through and illuminate the ruined world of Horizon. It might not be the best platform to play the game on, but Aloy's Switch debut still looks utterly fantastic.

Neva (Switch eShop)

As you'd expect from Nomada Studio, Neva is a masterclass in colour, visuals, and animation. Diverging slightly from the equally stunning GRIS, Neva's Ghibli-esque style matches each season perfectly, using colours and lighting exquisitely. The colds of the watery areas and winter tundras fade into soft, glowing springs perfectly. Plus, that little wolf looks adorable.

Yeah, but come on, we all know gameplay>grafx! Where's the gameplay list? Well, that's pretty much every other list, so give us this one to drool over some lovely visuals, hmm? It's odd how the word 'visuals' has eclipsed the old-school term 'graphics' - you don't see the latter much any more, perhaps because it recalls embarrassing arguments and comments we've made in the dim and distant past that we'd rather forget?

Let us know your theories as to why 'visuals' usurped 'graphics', and tell us which Switch games you think are really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking with a comment in the usual place. This is a fluid list and we're more than happy to add worthy candidates if there's something we've overlooked.

This article is one of our Switch Essentials guides which cover a wide variety of genres, including the Best Switch FPS Games, the Best Switch RPGs, the Best Switch Games For Kids, the Best Switch Couch Co-Op Games and the Best Switch Fitness and Exercise Games. We can also help out hunting down the Best Switch Horror Games, the Best Switch Racing Games, the Best Switch Action-RPGs, the Best Nintendo Switch Roguelikes, Roguelites and Run-Based Games, the Best Free Switch Games, the Best Remakes And Remasters, the Best Switch Music And Rhythm Games, Best Feel-Good Switch Games, Best Switch Open-World Games, Best Switch Soulslike Games, Best LGBTQ+ Switch Games, and even Games to Play After You've Finished Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Whatever your favourite genre, we've got you covered: Strategy Games, Metroidvanias, Puzzle Games, Party Games, Online Multiplayer Games, Local Wireless Multiplayer Games, Shmups, Twin-Stick Shooters, Visual Novels, Kart Racers, Fighting Games, Football Games, Funny Games, Golf Games, 'Walking Sims' And Narrative Games, Switch Games For Lovers And Lonely Hearts, Detective Games, Hidden Gems, 2D Platformers, 3D Platformers, Puzzle Platformers, Tabletop Mode Games, Run and Gun Games, LEGO Games, Sports Games, Survival Games, Beat 'Em Ups, Camera Games, Chill Games, Family Games, Retro-Inspired Games, Short Games, Card Games and Deck-Builders, and Life Sims And Farming Games.

Still hungry for more? Elsewhere we look at Wholesome Games, TATE Mode Games, Flight Sim and Space Combat, Point and Click Adventure Games, and the Best Switch Exclusives, as well as Every Arcade Archives Game, Every ACA Neo Geo Game, Every SEGA AGES Game On Switch, plus the Best Switch Ports, Best Wii U-To-Switch Ports, Best Switch Collections And Compilations, Best Cheap Switch Games, Best Switch Demos, Games That Are Better On Switch OLED, Switch Games Under $10, $20, $50, and Switch games with the Best Soundtracks and the Best Graphics. Phew!

If you're looking for the best Switch games regardless of genre, our reader-voted selection of the Best Nintendo Switch Games should help you out, and you can also find the Best Nintendo Switch Games of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. And finally, if you're interested in other Nintendo consoles and retro games, check out the Best Game Boy Games, Best GBC Games, Best GBA Games, Best Nintendo DS Games, Best Nintendo 3DS Games, Best NES Games, Best SNES Games, Best N64 Games, Best GameCube Games, and Best Wii Games, and Best Wii U Games, as well as Every Available Nintendo Switch Online Retro Game, and ranked lists of Every Nintendo Switch Online NES, SNES, N64 and Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Game.