Best Switch Games
Guide Best Nintendo Switch RPGs
The finest trad-style Switch RPGs available to humanity
Nintendo Switch has amassed a huge number of quality titles across almost every category since launching back in 2017, but that may be more true with RPGs than any other genre. Switch RPG fans are spoilt for choice, with a veritable glut of retro re-releases and ports, indie gems, and the...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch FPS Games
Lock and load with Switch's first-person finest
Switch's bulging catalogue of games covers practically every genre, and First-Person Shooters are no exception. Nintendo systems may have historically lagged behind other consoles in this department, yet classics like GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark helped define the console FPS, and the Metroid Prime...
Guide The Best Nintendo Switch Games (2025)
The very best Switch games to play right now
Nintendo Switch has amassed a huge amount of great games since the console launched back in 2017. But what are the best games for Nintendo Switch available in 2025? Which Switch games are must-haves? What should you play first on Switch? To answer those questions, we've compiled this ranked list of the...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online NES Game Ranked
Now with more Ninja Gaiden, and much more Battletoads
Updated with Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos from the November update. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you'd like to see the rankings below change. Enjoy!
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Games For Kids
The best Switch games for your little ones
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Open World Games
Everything the light touches
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy (Color) Game Ranked
All the GB and GBC games on NSO
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Strategy Games
What are the best Strategy games on Switch?
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Horror Games
Pack a spare pair of underpants
All NES, SNES, GB(C), N64, GBA, Genesis/MD, GC 'Nintendo Classics' available
Best Games Of All Time
Guide Best Pokémon Games Of All Time
Where does Legends: Z-A rank?
Updated with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the latest mainline entry. Enjoy! Ranking the best Pokémon games is no easy feat given that many of them are considered among the best games of their particular hardware generation. Then you have to consider just how many spin-off Pokémon games have come out over the last 30 years...
Guide Best Metroid Games Of All Time
Update: Where does Beyond slot in?
Updated with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Remember, this ranking is based on the games' User Ratings in our database and is subject to real-time change even now. If you haven't rated your Metroid collection, feel free to add your scores and potentially influence the order below. Enjoy! The reveal and release in...
Guide Best Zelda Games Of All Time
Every Zelda game, ranked
Updated with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Enjoy! What are the best Zelda games? Following decades of adventures across Nintendo consoles, ranking The Legend of Zelda series is one heck of an undertaking. Most stand among the very best games on their respective consoles, so assembling a ranked Zelda list is no...
Guide Top 100 Best Nintendo Games Of All Time
Over 40 years of Nintendo games, as ranked by you
The Famicom launched in 1983. Time, huh? That's four whole decades of 8-bit Nintendo games, many of which defined entire genres and birthed enduring characters and series that would go forth and flourish in future console generations. In honour of 40 years of quality from our video game purveyors of...
Guide Best Fire Emblem Games Of All Time
Fancy a game of Swords-Axes-Lances?
Guide Best Super Mario Games Of All Time
From Superfluous to Superlative - every Mario game, ranked
Guide Best Mario Party Games Of All Time
Where does Jamboree rank?
Guide Best Mega Man Games Of All Time
Every Nintendo Mega Man game, ranked by you (yes, ALL of them)
Guide Best Tomb Raider Games, Ranked - Lara Croft On Switch & Nintendo Systems
Where does Tomb Raider (2013) rank?
Guide Best Dragon Quest Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Where does Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake rank?
Nintendo Life's eShop Selects
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (November 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in November!
At last, we're almost at the end of 2025. Snow might be settling in where you are, temperature's dropping — or perhaps you're lucky to be reading from somewherein the southern hemisphere. But there's one thing that remains the same wherever you're reading from; it's eShop...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (October 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in October!
Hello, hello, hello! you know what time of the month it is? Oh yes, it's eShop Selects. And we've got some fireworks in here. Spooky season has passed and many of us are now looking ahead to the 'H' season (or perhaps there's some Turkey in the near future for you for those of...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects - The Best Digital-Only Games On Switch
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If you're drowning in Switch games and you're looking for only the very best the eShop has to offer, well done - welcome to the Nintendo Life eShop Selects guide. Here you'll find our archives of the best Switch eShop games, as voted by Nintendo Life staff almost every month since 2017. Nintendo Life eShop Selects Archive: We've published...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (September 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in September!
Phew. What a month, hey? It's time for eShop Selects, and it's a doozy. As we approach the holiday season, we're practically drowning in games, with two of the biggest indies of the year hitting within weeks of each other. A Nintendo Direct ensured we'd be swimming in more...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (May 2025)
Our favourite Switch 1 eShop games released in May
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (August 2025)
Our top eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in August!
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (June 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (July 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in July!
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects & Readers' Choice (January 2024)
The best eShop games of January, chosen by you and us!
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (October 2023)
Our favourite Switch eShop games in October
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (February 2025)
Our picks for the best eShop games of February
