Community: 24 Switch Games We Missed, As Recommended By You

Glad to see Over the Alps getting some more love and publicity. I always appreciate these lists to help discover new titles.

some of these look fantastic!
there are mind-boggling numbers of original, imaginative and creative indie games on the switch, but it's nigh on impossible to find them by browsing the e-shop.
so, i really appreciate articles like this

petal crash is a game i've been waiting to go on sale since it came out. did not know webbed came out on switch already!

With the exception of about 3 games this list has a very "part 5" feel to it

Still no mention of Fuga: Melodies of Steel?

Anodyne and Webbed definitely look like my kind of game. Not that I have a surplus to spend or anything.😂

only reason anyone likes speed dating for ghosts is because that one youtuber played it

Thank you all so much for sharing my Petal Crash recommendation 🥹

And big thanks for the Mythic Ocean recommendation, that looks really good!

Tails Of Iron is soooooooo good. This game actually made me want to try out Souls-like games. Play it, it is so cool, from the art style to the bosses to the combat

Thank you for featuring Tales of Iron and my Comments. I hope you didn't have to edit it too much!

Several I'm going to look into, but I especially want to try Anodyne 2. Don't know how I missed that one.
I own Tails of Iron but need to go back to finish it. The visuals are fantastic, but I kind of burned out for some reason. Don't know why because I was enjoying it.
Pico Park I can't recommend enough, as long as you have a lot of people to play with.

I love these articles. Really great for discovering new games. Thanks!

Iron Crypticle is a brilliant twin-stick shooter with endless and a sort of rpg rogue lite mode also. Excellent risk-reward combo item collection system too.

I loved Mutazione. The atmosphere and soundtrack are amazing.

I love the concept of this article. Great indie recommendations and so much variety. I often take interest in games when they're announced or whatever, and then forget about them. Thanks for reminding me about Goblin Sword and Over the Alps.

Undernauts amd Tails of Iron have been on my watchlist from the moment I first saw anything about them, but I want the physical price to go down first, or I'll give up waiting for physical when digital goes below 5€, that's when physical is no longer worth the extra money (unless it's about 10 to maybe 20€ or so, depending on what game and how nice the physical release is).

I'm a fan of dungeon crawlers like Labirynth of Refrain, which I got physical for less than 10€, so Undernauts I'm very sure I'd like.

Forgone, looks sweet!!

Undernauts has been on my radar for a while. I love the aesthetics.

Fatum Betula looks interesting as well.

I haven't played any of those, but Foregone, Destropolis and Polyroll all look great!

Monster Train! 🙄
The coverup continues.

Whenever a game is compared to Dark Souls, I immediately pass them up these days. I haven’t played a game to date that has been remotely similar, especially the 2D offerings. It’s ok to let these things stand on their own.

Hey, cool. Glad most of my suggestions made it in. I've been tacking my own lists on in the comments of list pages for a while, so it's nice to be able to contribute more directly.

WEBBED has been on my wishlist since it came out. Just waiting for a discount; but honestly it's getting to the point where I just need to buy it already!

@BloodNinja I've only put a few hours into it, so I can't vouch for the overall quality, but Ashen tries pretty hard to mimic the tone and mechanics of the Souls series.

I'll give a +1 to Polyroll - bought it super cheap, and was pleasantly surprised by it.

@Anachronism Thats the thing though. I don’t want that. Look at Mario vs Sonic. Yes, Sonic was clearly inspired by Mario, but it did everything so wildly different that it was able to set itself apart. Inspiration certainly is one thing, but I don’t want every game I play to be Dark Souls.

@BloodNinja Wait, I'm confused. You said none of the Souls-likes you've tried have been similar enough, but this one that is trying to be similar is too similar? Also, which 2D ones have you tried? Because I'd say Hollow Knight and Blasphemous both do a great job of blending Souls and Metroidvania elements.

@Anachronism I would argue that Hollow Knight and Blasphemous are nothing like Dark Souls, which is great. Don't labor too hard on this. I'm saying that I prefer it when games try to do their own thing, as opposed to copy each element of Dark Souls or any other game, for that matter. If they are compared to Dark Souls, I skip them because I know they are just trying to copy-cat a unique experience. The reason I enjoy the games I play is because there are no other experiences like them. Like I said, no need to labor over this point.

@BloodNinja It was definitely annoying when things were getting called the Dark Souls of "insert genre here" for a decade straight, but I think it's died down to the point where most things that get that label now actually deserve it. Pretty much any game that's unusually hard, has a bonfire-like checkpoint system, and forces you to go pick up your resources from where you died can be fairly conclusively said to be inspired by Dark Souls. I wouldn't quite call it its own genre, but there are enough of them where it's not surprising there's a name for it.

Nice list,will check out some of those games for sure.

I still highly recommend Skul: The Hero Slayer
It is a great Dead Cell like game where you swap out heads that give you different buffs.
It has some wonderful pixel art and I loved the tight gameplay loop.
There are heaps of heads to swap out and it always feels like you are upgrading something.
Great fun.

Another game I highly recommend is 8 Doors: Arums Afterlife Adventure
A great Metroidvania game that has some tight controls and amazing hand drawn artwork.
Think Hollow Knight and you're on the right track.
Some awesome boss battles that are punishing but beatable top it off for one of the best hidden gems on the system.

Another game for recommendation is Treasures of the Aegean
It uses comic book panels to tell its story.
You have a limited amount of time before the loop restarts, at the start it is about 15 minutes but increases as you find more artifacts.
You have to use the parkour movement throughout the landscape which makes it great fun to run around, and run you will as the more you uncover with each run the better.
The ancient city is huge, filled with secrets and the platforming is tight and very good. Every time you explore the city and uncover new areas, your GPS map will be updated to show those areas as your character drops her phone every time she escapes just before the time loop starts over.

Goblin Sword is excellent, for what it is. Simple but satisfying action platformer. It’s the only one of these I’ve played so far - though Tails of Iron has been in my wish list since day one. I need a smaller backlog! Great list, though. Anodyne 2 looks like a real standout.

Goblin Sword and Polyroll are shockingly good, given their pricing.

@Anachronism I'm not even talking about naming them their own genre. I'm saying, I enjoyed the unique experience that Dark Souls gave me. No other game will be able to replicate it, even if they just use a bonfire and a "pick up your stuff" mechanic. They're missing the "soul" of Dark Souls, to be cliché. Why are you arguing about my own personal preference? lol

Where's The Spirit & The Mouse? That game deserves a review.

@BloodNinja Sorry, didn't mean to come off as hostile. When someone disagrees with me on something, I like to talk it out just to make sure I'm not entirely wrong. The "Nothing can be as good as X, so anything that tries isn't worth my time" viewpoint is a weird one for me.

I can recommend Undernauts. Great game, if you like old fashion Dungeon Crawlers.

WEBBED looks INCREDIBLE!!

And how they’ve managed to render such scary kind of spider CUTE with those animations… dang there’s a lot of talent sat display in that trailer. Gonna buy it for sure, thanks to @danmonse for the mention!

If you’re not playing anodyne 2 right now what are you even doing

@BloodNinja I only compared the combat to add context that most people could visualise Tales of Iron is very much it's own thing. I agree it should stand in it's own

I love these articles. Thank you for putting them together. Found quite a few gems thanks to them

Mutazione is such a gem. Please check it out if you enjoyed Spiritfarer

Foregone would be an otherwise cool Metroidvania-style action game, but it suffers from a notable graphical issue: when you move around, the background doesn't scroll smoothly rather it keeps stuttering in an irritating manner. I haven't tried the game on other platforms, so I don't know if it's a Switch optimization issue, but considering it's a 2D game with fairly simple pixel graphics, there should be no reason for that kind of issue to exist. You might still enjoy the game if stuttering like that doesn't bother you, but for me it was a dealbreaker.

The launch trailer seen in the article is also misleading, as it doesn't show this stutter effect, and the scrolling looks much smoother than it is when actually played on Switch. The gameplay footage in the trailer probably comes from some other platform.

Added a few of these to my wish list and just downloaded the demo for Foregone on the back of this. Really enjoying it so far and it’s looking like a definite purchase, so thanks!

@DashKappei I was gladly surprised by it, too. Hope you enjoy it!!

@Polvasti Really? Never noticed that, though I'll admit that I'm rarely bothered by graphical issues in general. The only complaints I have on that front are that the pixelation filter they use looks a bit odd on characters and the framerate will occasionally see some brief but heavy dips, though that mostly only happened immediately after beating a boss. I'd guess all of those can be traced back to how a lot if not all of the game actually seems to be filtered 3D models.

@BloodNinja

you let the fact that someone on the internet compared a game to another game keep you from enjoying or even trying that game? interesting approach. 🤨

edit - lol I should've kept reading.

@Anachronism I'm not usually that bothered by graphical issues either, but stuttery movement is a special case, especially in fast-paced games like Foregone, as it just make my eyes hurt. So it's a shame the game has suffers from it, otherwise I it would be right up my alley.

Just to be sure, I tried to play Foregone today to see if they've patched it, but no, the stutter is still there. If they're indeed using filtered 3D models like you say, that might explain the issue. Like I said, there's no reason to have such stuttering in a 2D pixel game.

I really like when you guys highlight some hidden gems as the Switch Eshop is overloaded and horrible/tedious to browse and sift through the swath of titles on there.

Of these the selections that intrigued we were:

• Anodyne 2: Return To Dust
• Super Sami Roll
• Goblin Sword
  Honourable Mention: Petal Crash (Not the game, but that trailer music was my type of trancey funky Sonic R vibe)

I'll probably wishlist these and perhaps pickup on sale sometime to add to the never fully addressed backlog.

... Wun can only hope.

Already have:

• Tails of Iron
• Sumire
• Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
• Röki
• Griftlands

Added to wishlist:

• Death's Gambit: Afterlife and DLC

I really enjoyed Roki and have had Tales of Iron on my wishlist for a while now. PicoPark looks lovely but getting enoguh people together to play is the issue there.
Going to check out bonfire Peaks though, always like a chill puzzle game.

Thanks for sharing my suggestion but yall messed up my name lol :/

Old School Musical is a B-tier rhythm game with A-tier presentation. It's also very, very European. For the pittance that it usually sells for it's definitely worth a look, especially if you've even a passing interest in chiptunes. Just try not to act too surprised when a pixelated render of a half-naked dancing man shows up shaking his booty mid-song.