11. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2019
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Turn-Based RPG)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Synopsis: The long-awaited 11the entry in the popular Dragon Quest series returns featuring a hunted hero in a vast, beautifully-detailed world. The game is brought to live by a combination of stylistic cel-shading with photorealistic detail along with the unique art style of famed manga artist Akira Toriyama. Join up with a group of endearing, unique characters, each with their own stories. Explore cities, quaint villages and deep dungeons. Enjoy a turn-based battle systems that is easy for new-comers to pick up but deep enough for hardcore fans. An epic mystery and riveting story as you can only find in a Dragon Quest title awaits.
12. Journey to the Savage Planet
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2020
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Typhoon Games
Publisher: 505 Games
Synopsis: Kindred Aerospace is looking for new recruits in their Pioneer Program. Lucky for you, they're not too picky. Thus you find yourself the bare minimum of equipment and training, with a vague notion of a plan - but no shortage of pluck and spirit. Your goal, explore your strange new surroundings, catalogue the flora and fauna and determine if this is a suitable planet for human habitation. Oh, and it seems you may not have been the first ones to explore this planet... The colorful, upbeat game feature co-op as well.
13. Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2020
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure, Sandbox)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Synopsis: A grand, mythological adventure awaits as you plays as Fenyx - a new, winged demigod on a mission to save the other Greek gods with nothing less than the fate of the world at stake. Dynamic battles take place on the Earth and in the sky as you wield the weapons of the gods themselves as you face mythical enemies like the cyclops and Medusa. Seven unique regions await, customize your character, solve devious puzzles and rise to the challenge of the gods themselves.
14. Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2021
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Turn-Based RPG)
ESRB Rating: E
Publisher: DANGEN Entertainment
15. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2021
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure)
ESRB Rating: E10+
Developer: Snoozy Kazoo
Publisher: Graffiti
Synopsis: Join an adorable turnip with few moral scruples as he gets evicted for failure to pay taxes by Mayor Onion and goes on an epic adventure full of puzzles, creatures and fellow veg and fruit-based community members to help. Aside from finding treasures and battles creatures great and small, our Turnip will get to the root of the rot in the community - and maybe topple the government in the process.
16. Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2022
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Tactical RPG)
ESRB Rating: E10+
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Synopsis: Save the Sparks scattered across the galaxy as you choose your favorite three-player team from a roster of nine characters across the Mario and Rabbid franchises. Each Spark grants you new abilities to take down foes new and familiar while you can team-up with your chosen character to pull off multi-team moves as you take on Cursa and his minions.
17. It Takes Two
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2022
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (Action/Adventure)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Hazelight
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Synopsis: It's an adventure built specifically for two! Cody and May are a bickering couple who find their fractured relationship truly tested when they are transformed into dolls via magic. Finding themselves in a fantastical world with surprises around every corner, the two will have to learn to work together to get back to normal. From gangster squirrels to mad love gurus, a buzzing nightclub or a snow globe sleigh ride - a new experience is just around the corner. But you can't go it alone so invite a friend via Friends Pass and get going.
18. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2024
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer), Compilation
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
19. Overcooked! 2
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2018
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Casual (Party), Action
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Ghost Town Games
Publisher: Team 17
Synopsis: The cooking chaos returns as you battle against friends, local or online in frentic, frantic cooking action. New locations - a sushi restaurant, mines and even a magic school. New strategy including teleporters, ever-changing dynamic levels that shift and evolve and, of course, plenty of new recipes for your enjoyment.
20. Dead Cells
Platform: Nintendo Switch
US Release Year: 2018
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: Motion Twin
Publisher: Merge Games
Synopsis: You take on the role of a failed alchemical experiment, one who awakens on a seemingly curse island - one that is ever-changing and highly dangerous. A 2D platformer that combines classic with rogue-lite elements, including permadeth and no checkpoints. It's tough but fair - and never forget, the dodge roll is your friend. With 90 plus weapons and spells, plenty of secrets to uncover and a non-linear path to explore - Dead Cells is as unforgiving as it is rewarding.
