Worthwhile Switch games you feel are getting lost and hidden in the numerous releases

[Ernest]

This one is pretty great too - fun, but worth it just for it's visual style...

 

[electricmastro]

Bought this game last week. Such an amazing game 😍😍 DKC game

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Nice. I should mention that Soedesco also published Teslagrad, which is more like a magnetic based Zelda game.

 

[electricmastro]

For anyone wanting to get lost in exploring a 3D Adventure game: ABZU

 

[Fer]

Poison Control
I haven´t played this but I think it looks interesting.
It looks like a cross between Qix and a 3rd person shooter. It looks cool. I'm waiting for a sale.

 

[electricmastro]

Recommendations of Switch games by publisher:

Nintendo - Good Job!, Part Time UFO, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido

Square Enix - SaGa: Scarlet Grace - Ambitions, Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!, Forgotton Anne

XSEED Games - Freedom Planet, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - Ultimate Edition, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Playism - Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, Kero Blaster, Gnosia

Chucklefish - Wargroove, Eastward, Timespinner

Bandai Namco Games - Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!, Doraemon: Story of Seasons, Mr. Driller: Drill Land

NIS America - R-Type Final 2, The Alliance Alive HD Remastered, The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince

Supergiant Games - Hades, Bastion, Transistor

DotEmu - Streets of Rage 4, Another World, Ys Origin

tinyBuild - The Final Station, Phantom Trigger, Mr. Shifty

DANGEN Entertainment - Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, The TakeOver, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Devolver Digital - The Messenger, Katana ZERO, Enter the Gungeon

ININ Games - The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors, Cotton Reboot!, Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World

Shin'en - Art of Balance, The Touryst, Fast RMX

Nicalis - Cave Story +, Ittle Dew 2+, Tiny Barbarian DX

Team17 - Monster Sanctuary, Worms W.M.D, Overcooked!: Special Edition

PQube - Nexomon: Extinction, Cat Quest, Aggelos

Flyhigh Works - Implosion - Never Lose Hope, OPUS: The Day We Found Earth, Kamiko

Inti Creates - Blaster Master Zero, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Annapurna Interactive - Gorogoa, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Donut County

FDG Entertainment - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

505 Games - Indivisible, ABZU, Portal Knights

Humble Games - Wandersong, Forager, Wizard of Legend

Rising Star Games - Deadly Premonition Origins, Lumo, SUPERBEAT: XONiC

Tomorrow Corporation - Little Inferno, Human Resource Machine, World of Goo

 

[electricmastro]

Poison Control
I haven´t played this but I think it looks interesting.
It looks like a cross between Qix and a 3rd person shooter. It looks cool. I'm waiting for a sale.

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Looks colorful too!

 

[Flink]

 

[electricmastro]

50 more Switch recommendations by publisher:

Thomas Moon Kang - One Step From Eden

Crazy Monkey Studios - Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Tozai Games - Lode Runner Legacy

DECK13 Spotlight - CrossCode

Terrible Toybox - Thimbleweed Park

Wired Productions - Vostok Inc.

Adult Swim - Battle Chef Brigade

Doragon Entertainment - Danmaku Unlimited 3

Capcom - Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

Rainy Frog - Star Ghost

GameMill Entertainment - Cruis'n Blast

Thunder Lotus Games - Spiritfarer

Dufgames - Black Hole

Finji - Night in the Woods

Tribute Games - Flinthook

Aquiris Game Studio - Horizon Chase Turbo

Subset Games - Into the Breach

The Arcade Crew - Blazing Chrome

Bad Habit Productions - Marble It Up!

Matt Makes Games Inc. - TowerFall

DrinkBox Studios - Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Plug In Digital - NeuroVoider

Vblank Entertainment Inc. - Shakedown Hawaii

Whippoorwill Limited - A Short Hike

Chorus Worldwide - The VideoKid

Vertex Pop - Graceful Explosion Machine

Binary Haze Interactive - ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

Asteroid Base - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

FuturLab - Velocity 2X

Curve Digital - The Flame in the Flood

Zoink! - Flipping Death

Kitfox Games - Moon Hunters

THQ Nordic - Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Villa Gorilla - Yoku's Island Express

Infinite Dreams - Sky Force Reloaded

11 bit studios - Children of Morta

Bifrost Entertainment - Iconoclasts

The Voxel Agents - The Gardens Between

Playful Corp. - New Super Lucky's Tale

Mike Bithell - Subsurface Circular

Night School Studio - Oxenfree

Taito Corporation - Bubble Bobble 4 Friends

UKIYO PUBLISHING LIMITED - Death Road to Canada

Ysbryd Games - VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

SMG Studio - Death Squared

Wales Interactive - The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Aurelien Regard - The Next Penelope

Atooi LLC - Xeodrifter

Perfect World Entertainment - Hob: The Definitive Edition

WayForward - The Mummy Demastered

 

[electricmastro]

Would Lumines be considered a well-known game these days?

 

[Zool]

Would Lumines be considered a well-known game these days?

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Yes it is, but it is a great game!

 

[electricmastro]

A much older game, but still a notable one since it's an unconventional RPG which was released in Japan in 1997, but wasn't released in America until 2020:

 

[electricmastro]

40 recommendations. One in particular that stood out to me is Valfaris, which has a lot of great atmosphere and energy which is great to navigate through:

Terry Cavanagh - Dicey Dungeons

Sega - Two Point Hospital

Merj Media - Floor Kids

CyberConnect2 - Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Drageus Games - Event Horizon: Space Defense

Dispatch Games - Penguin Wars

SVC Games - Debris Infinity

Soedesco - Teslagrad

ZA/UM - Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Zen Studios - CastleStorm

Fractal Phase - Sky Rogue

Impact Gameworks - Tangledeep

Big Sugar - Valfaris

Coffee Stain Studios - Huntdown

Ripstone - Ironcast

SmashGames - Littlewood

BySamb - BlobCat

Double Eleven - Songbringer

Serenity Forge - Death's Gambit: Afterlife

Mebius - Rolling Gunner

Hopoo Games - Risk of Rain

Other Ocean Interactive - Gunhouse

Snowhydra llc - Zarvot

DYA Games - Bot Vice

7Levels - Golf Peaks

GungHo - Puzzle & Dragons Nintendo Switch Edition

Focus Home Interactive - Masters of Anima

Mode4 - Bombslinger

Arc System Works - Of Mice and Sand: Revised

Fabraz - SpiritSphere DX

Tikipod Limited - Aqua Kitty UDX

Outright Games - Crayola Scoot

Cypronia - Color Zen

Graffiti Games - Blue Fire

10tons - Sparkle Unleashed

Two Tribes - Toki Tori 2 +

BlitWorks - Hammerwatch

MidBoss - 2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL

Springloaded - Nuclien

Rainbite - Reverie: Sweet As Edition

 

[Gunnerluigi]

Honestly the Grandia collection needs more love

 

[Ramsiege]

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I watched a bit of the game and it looks good, but please tell me it doesn't randomly turn into a metroidvania halfway through like.... Another game did... Completely killed that game's momentum for me.

 

[Liam Allen-Miller]

Apologies ahead of time for just whining at this thread, but I feel like a lot of posters are kind of lacking perspective? Like people saying A Short Hike (a game that sold over 100k units on Steam and the dev said sales were "much stronger on Switch") is lost or hidden. Or any given indie game featured in a Nintendo Direct, or even some people taking titles like The Messenger of Enter the Gungeon. These are hugely popular and successful indie games!

Honestly just feels like this image is the vast, vast majority of posts in the thread:

 

[electricmastro]

I watched a bit of the game and it looks good, but please tell me it doesn't randomly turn into a metroidvania halfway through like.... Another game did... Completely killed that game's momentum for me.

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Not really, nah. It's a pretty straightforward platformer.

 

[hydruxo]

I thought Going Under was a really fun little roguelike that unfortunately came out around the same time as Hades on the Switch and got overshadowed (understandably since Hades is amazing, but it's a shame nonetheless). I don't see many people talk about it but it's got some really clever humor and fun gameplay.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaqOee5Xl8

 

[Kuribo’s Shoe]

Probably the best obscurity published by Nintendo on the system:

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Right on. Still playing this and still improving.

 

[electricmastro]

Cool puzzle game where you combine blocks together to create bigger buildings (SubaraCity).

 

[teletrong1]

Is there anything like Meteos?

 

[Leafshield]

Pocky and Rocky Reshrined seemed to release then disappear. Which is a shame, as it's a lot of fun.

Infernax will make my GOTY list, excellent game in the style of Zelda 2/Castlevania 2. I made a thread about it here:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/wh...you're-a-fan-of-zelda-2-castlevania-2.571084/

 

[Zephy]

Maybe not hidden but definitely forgotten : Astral Chain. Still my favourite Switch exclusive and I long for a more open sequel that I fear will never be made.

 

[jefklak]

We explored Dexter Stardust yesterday and finished the first episode in an hour or so. It was a laid-back and lovely classic point & click adventure that's perhaps a bit too easy but I didn't mind.

About — Dexter Stardust

www.dexterstardust.com

What's amazing is that this game is made using Adventure Maker, a plugin for Unity, by a single person! The animation/art is a bit rough, but I'm very impressed so far by it being a one-man team!

 

[electricmastro]

Is there anything like Meteos?

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Lumines would prob come closest. Would you be interested in seeing puzzle matching games in general?