March was a yet another busy month on the Switch eShop, with plenty of seriously exciting titles popping up all over the place. As such, there's never been a better time to dig out the good old Nintendo Life eShop Select awards!
These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo's digital store, giving some love and attention to the games that could so easily be missed in the Switch's ever-growing library.
So, let's get started! Here are the best Switch eShop games of March 2020!
Honourable Mentions:
While these titles didn't quite make our top three this month, they're still certainly worth checking out.
- La-mulana 2 | Review: 9/10
- Afterparty | Review: 9/10
- Shinsekai: Into The Depths | Review: 8/10
- Operencia: The Stolen Sun | Review: 8/10
- SeaBed | Review: 8/10
- La-Mulana | Review: 8/10
- Wunderling | Review: 8/10
- Talisman: Digital Edition | Review: 8/10
- ibb & obb | Review: 8/10
- Half Past Fate | Review: 8/10
- Exit the Gungeon | Review: 7/10
3. Murder By Numbers (Switch eShop)
Taking third spot this month is Murder By Numbers, a game which somehow manages to successfully blend the likes of Picross and Ace Attorney to make one fine adventure-puzzler. With a brilliantly mad story, lots of great puzzles, and all for a bargain price, it was a no-brainer for us to plonk it on this list.
We called it a "genuinely delightful surprise" in our review, giving the game a very solid 8/10. Check it out!
2. Doom 64 (Switch eShop)
In second place this month is Doom 64 and yes, we imagine the nostalgia helped a little - sorry!
Nostalgia overload or not, though, the game remains a great example of what makes the DOOM series so great. For such an old title, it's surprising how refined the series' formula was even back then, and new touches like motion control support and the new DOOM Eternal-themed level make it absolutely worth revisiting. It's super cheap on Switch, too, which always helps.
1. Good Job! (Switch eShop)
Taking the gold this time around, though, is Good Job!, a quirky new puzzle game published by Nintendo.
When Nintendo takes on publishing duties for a title itself, that's normally a sign that you should take an interest, and this new game developed by Paladin Studios has had us laughing and loving every moment of its whacky gameplay. With its hilarious physics, seemingly menial workplace tasks have been transformed into something hugely enjoyable, leaving us with no choice but to award it a mighty 9/10 and sing its praises.
If you play one new game from last month's eShop offerings, make sure it's this.
< Nintendo Life eShop Selects - February 2020
How we decide our eShop Selects top three: As we reach the end of every month, the Nintendo Life staff vote on their favourite titles from a list of games selected by the editorial team. To qualify for this list, these games must have been released primarily as a digital Nintendo Switch eShop title in that particular month, and must have been reviewed on Nintendo Life; we select the qualifying games based on their review scores.
Staff are then asked to vote for three games that they think deserve to sit right at the very top of that list; first choice gets 3 points, second choice gets 2 points, and third choice gets 1 point. These votes are then tallied to create a top three list, with the overall winner taking that month's top prize.
Comments (22)
Doom 64 is just fantastic! Glad to see it get some recognition. It plays a good, slightly more puzzle-orientated version of Doom, and looks great on the Switch's screen. A steal at the asking price!
DooM baby. Such a fun and charming game
I can't recommend Doom 64 highly enough. I love the Doom series and have spent a ridiculous amount of time playing it on Switch but my 35 hours with Doom 64 was some of the best. The map design is superb. Probably the best £3.50 I've spent on Switch
I'm very interested in getting Murder By Numbers, Afterparty, and maybe Seabed, just not atm... I already have too much to play.
Quite a few pretty fun ones this month but my favourite of the lot is definitely One Step From Eden.
I've never played Doom 64 before, so it's a blast for me to discover such a great title on my little and beloved Lite model.
Plus, the price ! They really did check all the boxes here.
Great job, Bethesda !
Not a big FPS fan but can’t seem to get enough of the doom series. Love the level design and puzzles of 64 so that is my pick. Can’t wait for Eternal to hit the switch.
@h15c0r3r oh well, even the best games ever don’t resonate with everyone. It’s fine that you’re not interested. It’s only a problem if you complain in a way that annoys the people who are interested. So far, it would seem you haven’t done that, so good job. Hopefully next month will peak your interest...
And hey, if you ain’t interested, you dont have to buy them, and you save yourself money! So, don’t worry about not being interested.
I wanna grab Murder By Numbers and SeaBed.
Got Doom 64 and due to the sale Dynasty Warriors.
( as well as Jedi Academy and Pd REmake)
@h15c0r3r
Taste is a very subjective thing
You like what you like and nobody can make any difference about that.
And don't let them tell you otherwise.
Good Job, it's not even close.
I want to pick up a few of those actually- La Mulana 1&2, Murder by Numbers, and Good Job. Eventually when I play some of my backlog I will pick up some lol.
La-Mulana 1 & 2 are fantastic! And I'm really digging Good Job!
"ibb & obb" is an absolute TOP TIER co-op game... I played through the entire game with my wife, and again with my brother-in-law years ago on PS3.
I just re-bought it on Switch so that I could play it with my niece.
Playing with someone online, with video chat, would probably be pretty fun during this pandemic era.
I would absolutely love to see a sequel to this game...
good jobbie gets my vote and money this month
I'm really interested in Afterparty and somewhat interested in Good Job and Shinsekai. But I have a little backlog, plus I'm having a lot of fun with Dead Cells, so want to spend judiciously.
@ryancraddock Are you guys doing a weekly "best of the games on sale right now" story each week and I'm just missing it? I swore I saw that once or twice but haven't lately. Maybe a different site, but I tend to go to this one first.
Must admit I didn't like the look of Good Job to start with but now I'm interested.
@XCWarrior We have these guides which we regularly keep up to date: US / Europe
Not sure if this is what you saw, but we update these pages with the best picks from sales as they happen. Essentially, the idea is that you could bookmark that page and keep checking back rather than having to keep finding new articles. Hope it helps 🙂
Got myself Darksiders II on the spring sale, I bloody loved that game. Sadly the port isn't all that great
@ryancraddock Perfect, bookmarked. I wasn't going insane... yet. The quarantine era may still cause it though.
Absolutely Shinsekai personally, no question. The art direction, soundtrack, exploration, progression, and so on. It all deeply resonated with me. Super thankful that Capcom/Team Shinkai could bring it to Switch.
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