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The best Nintendo Switch games of 2022

The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: Chained Echoes · Persona 5 Royal · Neon White. (Updated Oct 4, 2026.)

The 20 best-reviewed Nintendo Switch games released in 2022, according to Metacritic's critic scores. No DLC, expansions or compilations.

gangnamcontroller · · 22 items · 6 votes · 1 comment · updated Oct 4, 2026

Automatically translated (original in 한국어). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    Chained Echoes

    Released December 2022. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  2. 2

    Persona 5 Royal

    Released October 2022. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Neon White

    Released June 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    Bayonetta 3

    Released October 2022. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Return to Monkey Island

    Released September 2022. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Xenoblade Chronicles 3

    Released July 2022. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  7. 7

    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

    Released November 2022. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  8. 8

    Tunic

    Released September 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  9. 9

    Cuphead in the Delicious Last Course

    Released June 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

    Released April 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

    Released April 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Inscryption

    Released December 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Tinykin

    Released August 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

    Released June 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    Two Point Campus

    Released August 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

Candidates

They don't make it into the top 15… yet. Vote for them to move them up.

  1. 16

    OlliOlli World

    Released February 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  2. 17

    The Last Friend

    Released April 2022. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  3. 18

    Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

    Released October 2022. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  4. 19

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

    Released September 2022. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  5. 20

    Easy Come Easy Golf

    Released September 2022. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  6. 21

    Kirby and the Forgotten Land

    Kirby's first full-scale 3D action game, released in 2022.

    Added by Seunghyun Kang · ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  7. 22

    Splatoon 3

    Nintendo's third ink shooting game released in 2022.

    Added by Seunghyun Kang · ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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Seunghyun Kang · 한국어

별의 커비 디스커버리와 스플래툰 3이 빠졌네요!

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