The Best Single-Player Games For Nintendo Switch
If you're looking for the best single-player games that the Nintendo Switch has to offer, then you've come to the right place. Nintendo has always provided a great home for single-player games ever since the first release of the NES, but the Nintendo Switch has really upped the ante in delivering high-quality games you can play at home or on the go. Let's rank the best single-player games on Switch right now, with the help of your votes.
When it comes to one-player games, all the great Nintendo franchises are here: Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon. What's different about the Switch is the surprisingly strong lineup of older-skewing games like DOOM and Bayonetta 2, along with a solid showing of critically-acclaimed indie games such as Shovel Knight and Celeste. Single-player games for Nintendo Switch also include brilliant RPGs like Octopath Traveler and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which can occupy hundreds of hours if you so let them.
The ranked list below features all the best single-player Switch games that are hot right now - don't forget to vote up your favorites and even add games to the list if they're not already here!
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo, released for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U consoles on March 3, 2017. Breath of the Wild is ...more
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is an action-adventure game for the Wii console and the sixteenth entry in the Legend of Zelda series. Developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, ...more
- The Falconeer is an aerial combat game developed by Tomas Sala and published by Wired Productions. The game was released for Xbox X/S, Xbox One, and PC in 2020 and for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, ...more
- Sonic Colors, titled Sonic Colours in European and Australian markets, is a 2010 platforming game developed and published by Sega. The game was released for Nintendo Ds, and Wii in 2010, and for ...more
- Fuga: Melodies of Steel is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by CyberConnect2. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One ...more
- I Am Dead is an adventure indie puzzle game developed by Hollow Ponds and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game was released for Nintendo Switch and PC in 2020 and PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, ...more
- Eastward is an adventure role-playing indie game developed by Pixpil and published by Chucklefish. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2021. The game tasks players to escape the ...more
- Hot Wheels Unleashed is an arcade racing game developed and published by Milestone. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2021. ...more
- Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 3D platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. An installment in the Super Mario series, the story follows Mario and Cappy, a spirit ...more
- Exophobia is a first-person metroidvania sci-fi shooter developed by Zarc Attack and published by PM Studios. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, ...more
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is a semi open-world action role-playing game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, based on the Dragon Ball franchise. The game was released ...more
- Melty Blood: Type Lumina is a visual novel fighting game developed by French Bread and published by Delightworks. The game serves as a prequel to the Tsukihime titles, and a reboot of the Melty Blood ...more
- Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is a boxing game developed and published by Survios. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2021. The game tasks players to ...more
- Metallic Child is an action sci-fi hack & slash game developed by Studio HG and published Crest. The game was released for Nintendo Switch and PC in 2021. Taking place in a space laboratory in the ...more
- Diablo II: Resurrected is an action role-playing video game co-developed by Blizzard Entertainment and Vicarious Visions and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The game was released for PlayStation ...more
- Hades is a roguelike action role-playing video game developed and published by Supergiant Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch on September 17, 2020. Players ...more
- Luigi's Mansion 3 is an action-adventure video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the sequel to Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and the third ...more
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo Switch. The game is the sixteenth main title in the Fire Emblem series and the first on a home console since 2007's ...more
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, known in Japan as Susume! Kinopio-taichō, is an action puzzle video game developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game is a ...more
- Tetris Effect is a tile-matching puzzle video game developed by Monstars and Resonair studios and published by Enhance Games. The game was released for PlayStation 4 in 2018, PC in 2019, Xbox One and ...more
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a platform party game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, ...more
- Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian studio Team Cherry. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2017, and later for macOS and Linux in ...more
- Minecraft is a sandbox independent video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. The creative and ...more
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is an action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch video game console. The game is part of the Xeno series, serving as ...more
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action ...more