Best Nintendo Switch Games

(updated April 13, 2024)

Boost your gaming collection with our top picks for the Best Nintendo Switch Games, perfect for hours of entertainment and fun.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Hit the road with the definitive version of Mario Kart 8 and play anytime, anywhere! Race your friends or battle them in a revised battle mode on new and returning battle courses
Play locally in up to 4-player multiplayer in 1080p while playing in TV Mode. Every track from the Wii U version, including DLC, makes a glorious return
Plus, the Inklings appear as all-new guest characters, along with returning favorites, such as King Boo, Dry Bones, and Bowser Jr.
Players can choose a new Smart Steering feature which makes driving and staying on the track easy for novice players and kids even at 200cc

A variety of playable characters are available, some with unique attributes that affect gameplay and platforming physics.
Younger and less-experienced players will love playing as Toadette, who is brand new to both games, and Nabbit, who was formerly only playable in New Super Luigi U.
Multiplayer sessions are even more fun, frantic, and exciting thanks to entertaining character interactions. Need a boost? Try jumping off a teammate’s head or getting a teammate to throw you.
Three additional modes—Boost Rush, Challenges, and Coin Battle—mix up gameplay and add replayability, while also upping the difficulty for players who want to try something harder. Players can use their Mii characters in these modes.

Discover Hyrule as never before: by making your own path, choices, and consequences
Ingenuity is the key to survival: find multiple solutions to tons of dynamic puzzles
Surprises hide around every corner: scavenge weapons, armor, plants, animals, and more
Live off the land: find weapons and armor, cook food, and brew elixirs
Utilize special technology: the in-game Sheikah Slate controls, objects and enemies in fun ways

Explore 3D kingdoms filled with secrets and surprises, including costumes for Mario and several ways to interact with environments
Mario's new friend, Cappy, lets you master new moves like cap throw, cap jump and capture
Visit astonishing new locales, such as the skyscraper-packed New Donk City, and run into familiar friends and foes as you try to save Princess Peach from Bowser's clutches and foil his dastardly wedding plans
Hand a Joy-Con controller to a friend to enjoy simultaneous multiplayer: Player 1 controls Mario while Player 2 controls Mario’s new ally Cappy
Unlock even more features with the exclusive new amiibo figures – Mario, Princess Peach and Bowser dressed in their wedding outfits

Find wonder in the Flower Kingdom in the next side-scrolling Super Mario adventure
Collect Wonder Flowers for surprising, game-changing effects like pipes coming alive, an enemy stampede, and much, much more
Choose from the largest cast of characters in a side-scrolling Mario game, including Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy and other favorites
Ease into the action with four different-colored Yoshis and Nabbit who can’t take damage
Discover new power-ups like Elephant Fruit, which transforms Mario and friends into an elephant that can swing its trunk and spray water

Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures
Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles
Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs
Play on the go in handheld or tabletop modes
Includes Super Mario Mash-Up, Natural Texture Pack, Biome Settlers Skin Pack, Battle & Beasts Skin Pack, Campfire Tales Skin Pack; Compatible with Nintendo Switch only

New stages and fighters are joined by the combined rosters of every past Super Smash Bros. Game
Challenge others anytime, anywhere, whether you're on the couch or on the go
Play any way you want—locally, online, in TV mode, Tabletop mode, Handheld mode, or even with GameCube Controllers
Fight faster and smarter with new and returning techniques, like the perfect shield and directional air dodge
Face off in 2-4 player battles, or play against the computer