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Best Indie games on Nintendo Switch
The 250 best Indie games on Nintendo Switch, ranked from 20,622 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 20,622 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
102
Nuclear Throne
84
/100
103
ICEY
84
/100
104
Guacamelee! 2
84
/100
105
Ikaruga
84
/100
106
Manifold Garden
84
/100
107
Severed
84
/100
108
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
84
/100
109
Axiom Verge
84
/100
110
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
111
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
83
/100
112
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
83
/100
113
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
114
Duck Game
83
/100
115
Darkest Dungeon
83
/100
116
S
Minecraft
83
/100
117
A
Subnautica
83
/100
118
Transistor
83
/100
119
D
Don't Starve Together
83
/100
120
Broforce
83
/100
121
This War of Mine
83
/100
122
ABZU
83
/100
123
Prison Architect
83
/100
124
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
83
/100
125
The Banner Saga 3
83
/100
126
Door Kickers
83
/100
127
Wargroove
83
/100
128
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
129
Children of Morta
83
/100
130
Detention
83
/100
131
Road 96
83
/100
132
Cave Story
83
/100
133
The End Is Nigh
83
/100
134
ibb & obb
83
/100
135
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
83
/100
136
To the Moon
83
/100
137
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
83
/100
138
Atom RPG
83
/100
139
Cat Quest
83
/100
140
Streets of Rage 4
83
/100
141
OMORI
82
/100
142
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
82
/100
143
C
Enter the Gungeon
82
/100
144
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
145
Inscryption
82
/100
146
Untitled Goose Game
82
/100
147
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
82
/100
148
Gorogoa
82
/100
149
The Banner Saga 2
82
/100
150
Legend of Grimrock
82
/100
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
102
Nuclear Throne
84
/100
103
ICEY
84
/100
104
Guacamelee! 2
84
/100
105
Ikaruga
84
/100
106
Manifold Garden
84
/100
107
Severed
84
/100
108
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
84
/100
109
Axiom Verge
84
/100
110
S
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
83
/100
111
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
83
/100
112
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
83
/100
113
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
114
Duck Game
83
/100
115
Darkest Dungeon
83
/100
116
S
Minecraft
83
/100
117
A
Subnautica
83
/100
118
Transistor
83
/100
119
D
Don't Starve Together
83
/100
120
Broforce
83
/100
121
This War of Mine
83
/100
122
ABZU
83
/100
123
Prison Architect
83
/100
124
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
83
/100
125
The Banner Saga 3
83
/100
126
Door Kickers
83
/100
127
Wargroove
83
/100
128
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
129
Children of Morta
83
/100
130
Detention
83
/100
131
Road 96
83
/100
132
Cave Story
83
/100
133
The End Is Nigh
83
/100
134
ibb & obb
83
/100
135
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
83
/100
136
To the Moon
83
/100
137
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
83
/100
138
Atom RPG
83
/100
139
Cat Quest
83
/100
140
Streets of Rage 4
83
/100
141
OMORI
82
/100
142
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
82
/100
143
C
Enter the Gungeon
82
/100
144
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
145
Inscryption
82
/100
146
Untitled Goose Game
82
/100
147
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
82
/100
148
Gorogoa
82
/100
149
The Banner Saga 2
82
/100
150
Legend of Grimrock
82
/100