Nintendo Switch Recommendations

The Nintendo Switch is the first console I bought in 20+ years. After a few years exploring many of the games it has to offer, I’ve assembled my favorites here.

Multi-Player Games

Heave Ho: A very fun collaborative puzzle game. Up to four players work together to walk our little characters to the goal using only our hands.

Clusterpuck: Air hockey meets Marble Madness. Fun competitive sports game for up to eight players.

Tricky Towers. Super fun reboot of the Tetris game with different gravity in the physics. Up to four players.

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. A multiplayer game that uses a printed manual. One group can only see the screen with the bomb. The other group can’t see the screen but can see the manual for the bomb. You work together to try and diffuse the bomb.

Cuphead: A very fast paced platform game (like Super Mario Bros) for one or two players. Gorgeous art reminiscent of the classic Disney-style.

Single-Player Games

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This game is an absolute masterwork. Building on the 30+ year history of the Zelda franchise, this massive world combines puzzles, exploration, great battle mechanics, a robust story, and so much more. Easily 200+ hours of play and you won’t want it to end.

Hades. Gorgeous Roguelike set in the worlds of the Greek gods. Learn a little mythology while you slay your way to the top!

Slay the Spire. This deck-building game is beautifully balanced. With each new character you unlock, new strategies emerge. Highly replayable.

Baba is you. Clever puzzle game. Subtly teaches some of the fundamental concepts of logic.

Good Job. A ridiculous job simulator that takes you from the mail room all the way up. Try not to break too much on your way.

Untitled Goose Game: Big award winner in 2020. You’re a goose in a town making everybody’s life harder. Pretty funny.