Nintendo’s newest console has been out for a less than a year but it already boasts an impressive catalogue of excellent new games, as well as a variety of enhanced Switch greats. Here’s our selection of the 15 best titles currently on offer, ranging from family favourites to grittier, more adult challenges.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch 2 edition
The beloved ape teams up with his previous kidnap victim Pauline (no hard feelings, obviously) in this literally smashing subterranean adventure. The rules of the platform genre are cast aside as walls and floors are pulverised by Kong’s massive fists.
Why we love it: “I can see Bananza having a second life as an executive stress reliever; a virtual rage room where you heave exploding boulders at cliffs to reduce them to pockmarked swiss cheese.”
Originally released in 1997,
The sequel to 2020’s brilliant mythological action game brings us new lead character Melinoë, a witch who must defeat the god of time and his retinue of sexy, chaotic boss characters. As before, dying returns you to the beginning, but you always reanimate and begin again, lessons learned and experience gained.
Why we love it: “[Jen] Zee’s new character illustrations are, if anything, likely to inspire even more aggressively thirsty fan art and fanfic. And writer Greg Kasavin’s wonderful script is wittier, wiser and flirtier than ever.”
One of the biggest hits of 2025, this platform adventure sequel drags insectoid princess Hornet into the haunted realm of Pharloom, where relentless enemies and fiendishly tough puzzles await. Nightmarishly difficult and compelling, it’s up there with the greatest Metroidvania titles of all time.
Why we love it: “I’m captivated by Silksong. I’ve spent 15 hours on it in three days, and it has made my thumbs hurt.”
The first 3D platforming adventure for Hal Laboratory’s long-running hero sees Kirby wake up in a magical world terrorised by a gang of animals known as the Beast Pack. The Switch 2 edition updates the visuals and adds a whole new story.
Why we love it: “From scaling overgrown tower blocks to navigating ghost-ridden haunted house rides in a creature-infested theme park, it feels endlessly inventive.”
The follow-up to 2017’s
A new beginning for Nintendo’s beloved karting series sees a vast open world to race in, alongside gorgeous circuits, cars, characters and abilities. Implementation of the Switch 2’s GameChat system makes online play more sociable – and the music is incredible.
Why we love it: “It really is an impressively welcoming game, this, generous and detailed and unfailingly fun, different but with the same spirit.”
Arguably one of the greatest first-person sci-fi shooters ever made, Metroid Prime was a huge hit on the GameCube in 2002 before receiving a wonderful remaster on the Switch. Series hero Samus Aran finds herself on the poisoned planet of Tallon IV, exploring its haunted biomes and fighting hideous space creatures. Inspired by Ridley Scott’s Alien, it is tense, complex and often scary – things we rarely expect from a Nintendo title.
Why we love it: “Sometimes, you play a game from a decades ago and think, this might actually hit better now. Metroid Prime Remastered is one of those games.”
In the sprawling, Paris-esque Lumiose City, a team of young trainers set out to climb the ranks of the biggest
In the early days of the Apple App Store, Swedish studio Simogo made some of the most fascinating, beautifully designed touchscreen games of all time, from rhythm action platformers to folk horror adventures. This collection brings them all together with extra features, including early prototypes of the games.
Why we love it: “These games, in all their varied playfulness, are full of longing: for a lover, for meaning, for a chance to write your own ending. Play them and dream about a world where it all went differently.”
Imagine Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, but set in a demonic underworld that you must escape by rolling through bizarre crystalline hellscapes while pulling off bodacious moves. A surreal and spiritual take on the skating sim.
Why we love it: “Beyond the ravishing visuals, what’s most striking is the exquisite fluidity, the delicious ‘gamefeel’ of the actual skateboarding.”
Two authors – one writing sci-fi, the other fantasy – are sucked into their own stories when a virtual reality machine goes awry. From the makers of the award-winning
The warriors return for another showdown, featuring classic combatants and new fighters, such as drunken boxer Jamie and graffiti ninja Kimberly. The special moves are eye-popping and the gorgeous, hyper-colourful visuals hit you harder than Ryu’s hadouken.
Why we love it: “It’s bursting at the seams with things to do, assured in its gameplay, and wrapped in a stylish, colourful, confident swagger that the game can absolutely back up.”
Design the perfect museum then send out explorers to discover artefacts in the latest management game from the makers of the equally great Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus. The simulation is complex and demanding but it’s softened by lovely comic touches.
Why we love it: “Takes all the lessons from the previous games and builds on them to make a thoughtful and hugely entertaining contribution to the management sim genre.” Read the full review.
Nintendo’s newest console has been out for a less than a year but it already boasts an impressive catalogue of excellent new games, as well as a variety of enhanced Switch greats. Here’s our selection of the 15 best titles currently on offer, ranging from family favourites to grittier, more adult challenges.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch 2 edition
The beloved ape teams up with his previous kidnap victim Pauline (no hard feelings, obviously) in this literally smashing subterranean adventure. The rules of the platform genre are cast aside as walls and floors are pulverised by Kong’s massive fists.
Why we love it: “I can see Bananza having a second life as an executive stress reliever; a virtual rage room where you heave exploding boulders at cliffs to reduce them to pockmarked swiss cheese.”
Originally released in 1997,
The sequel to 2020’s brilliant mythological action game brings us new lead character Melinoë, a witch who must defeat the god of time and his retinue of sexy, chaotic boss characters. As before, dying returns you to the beginning, but you always reanimate and begin again, lessons learned and experience gained.
Why we love it: “[Jen] Zee’s new character illustrations are, if anything, likely to inspire even more aggressively thirsty fan art and fanfic. And writer Greg Kasavin’s wonderful script is wittier, wiser and flirtier than ever.”
One of the biggest hits of 2025, this platform adventure sequel drags insectoid princess Hornet into the haunted realm of Pharloom, where relentless enemies and fiendishly tough puzzles await. Nightmarishly difficult and compelling, it’s up there with the greatest Metroidvania titles of all time.
Why we love it: “I’m captivated by Silksong. I’ve spent 15 hours on it in three days, and it has made my thumbs hurt.”
The first 3D platforming adventure for Hal Laboratory’s long-running hero sees Kirby wake up in a magical world terrorised by a gang of animals known as the Beast Pack. The Switch 2 edition updates the visuals and adds a whole new story.
Why we love it: “From scaling overgrown tower blocks to navigating ghost-ridden haunted house rides in a creature-infested theme park, it feels endlessly inventive.”
The follow-up to 2017’s
A new beginning for Nintendo’s beloved karting series sees a vast open world to race in, alongside gorgeous circuits, cars, characters and abilities. Implementation of the Switch 2’s GameChat system makes online play more sociable – and the music is incredible.
Why we love it: “It really is an impressively welcoming game, this, generous and detailed and unfailingly fun, different but with the same spirit.”
Arguably one of the greatest first-person sci-fi shooters ever made, Metroid Prime was a huge hit on the GameCube in 2002 before receiving a wonderful remaster on the Switch. Series hero Samus Aran finds herself on the poisoned planet of Tallon IV, exploring its haunted biomes and fighting hideous space creatures. Inspired by Ridley Scott’s Alien, it is tense, complex and often scary – things we rarely expect from a Nintendo title.
Why we love it: “Sometimes, you play a game from a decades ago and think, this might actually hit better now. Metroid Prime Remastered is one of those games.”
In the sprawling, Paris-esque Lumiose City, a team of young trainers set out to climb the ranks of the biggest
In the early days of the Apple App Store, Swedish studio Simogo made some of the most fascinating, beautifully designed touchscreen games of all time, from rhythm action platformers to folk horror adventures. This collection brings them all together with extra features, including early prototypes of the games.
Why we love it: “These games, in all their varied playfulness, are full of longing: for a lover, for meaning, for a chance to write your own ending. Play them and dream about a world where it all went differently.”
Imagine Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, but set in a demonic underworld that you must escape by rolling through bizarre crystalline hellscapes while pulling off bodacious moves. A surreal and spiritual take on the skating sim.
Why we love it: “Beyond the ravishing visuals, what’s most striking is the exquisite fluidity, the delicious ‘gamefeel’ of the actual skateboarding.”
Two authors – one writing sci-fi, the other fantasy – are sucked into their own stories when a virtual reality machine goes awry. From the makers of the award-winning
The warriors return for another showdown, featuring classic combatants and new fighters, such as drunken boxer Jamie and graffiti ninja Kimberly. The special moves are eye-popping and the gorgeous, hyper-colourful visuals hit you harder than Ryu’s hadouken.
Why we love it: “It’s bursting at the seams with things to do, assured in its gameplay, and wrapped in a stylish, colourful, confident swagger that the game can absolutely back up.”
Design the perfect museum then send out explorers to discover artefacts in the latest management game from the makers of the equally great Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus. The simulation is complex and demanding but it’s softened by lovely comic touches.
Why we love it: “Takes all the lessons from the previous games and builds on them to make a thoughtful and hugely entertaining contribution to the management sim genre.” Read the full review.
