The Best Switch Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic

Between the launch of a new console and multiple first-party releases, 2025 was a pretty big year for Nintendo. The Switch 2 got off to a roaring start, but the original Switch family of consoles wasn’t forgotten about this year, as Nintendo ensured several of its biggest releases were also playable on it. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokemon Legends: Z-A were playable on the older hardware, while other legacy games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were upgraded for the Switch 2.Between those new releases and expanded versions of old favorites, we also saw third-party games launch for the Switch 2. Developers like Ubisoft and CD Projekt Red delivered high-quality versions of Star Wars Outlaws and Cyberpunk 2077 to the hybrid console, while indie studios focused on gameplay over raw visual horsepower to stand out from the pack. More of a transitional year than a revolutionary one when compared to the launch of Nintendo consoles like the Wii, Wii U