The Best Nintendo Switch And Switch 2 Exclusives Of 2025

It’s always a big year when a new console launches, and 2025 saw a much-anticipated one: Nintendo Switch 2. After bouncing around between radically different concept launches through its last few generations, Nintendo delivered a more iterative follow-up with the Switch 2, but that’s because it had a formula that worked.Many of 2025’s best Switch games are available on both Switch and Switch 2, so in choosing the year’s best exclusives for the platforms, we considered games from both generations. What you’ll find below are the five best games released in 2025 that aren’t currently available on any other console (PC is okay). That resulted in several games produced by Nintendo itself, along with a pair that were not: one a phenomenal sequel to a brilliant game, and the other a bold experiment that is well worth your time.Be sure to also check out our choices for the 10 best games of 2025, and if you’re interested in more recommendations, you can check out our running lists of the b