Nintendo Switch Game Rankings Compared To Previous Year
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Over 25 new games joined the top 100 highest rated Nintendo Switch games from 2021 to 2022, putting them shoulder-to-shoulder with many of the console’s best games.
Over 25 new games joined the top 100 highest rated Nintendo Switch games of all time
Some games–such as Dragon Quest Builders 2–had a steep decline in rankings and barely remains on the top 100 while games such as Hades and Tetris Effect: Connected join the top 10.
Article Directory
- Top 100 to 51 Highest Rated Games (Page 1)
- Top 51 to 1 Highest Rated Games (Page 2)
- Highest Rated Games Compared To Previous Year (Page 3)
Check out the full list of the highest rated Nintendo Switch games compared to the previous year.
| GAME | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Heroes of Hammerwatch Ultimate Edition | 100 | |
| Dragon Quest Builders 2 | 99 | 70 |
| Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! | 98 | |
| Pikmin 3 Deluxe | 97 | |
| Two Point Hospital | 96 | 69 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition | 95 | 67 |
| The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth + | 94 | 68 |
| Night in the Woods | 93 | 66 |
| Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling | 92 | |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | 91 | |
| Slay the Spire | 90 | 65 |
| Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age | 89 | 72 |
| Blaster Master Zero 2 | 88 | 64 |
| Disco Elysium: The Final Cut | 87 | |
| Thumper | 86 | 63 |
| Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer | 85 | 61 |
| Mini Metro | 84 | 62 |
| BlazBlue: Central Fiction | 83 | 59 |
| Huntdown | 82 | |
| Sumire | 81 | |
| Assault Android Cactus+ | 80 | 51 |
| Shin Megami Tensei V | 79 | |
| AI: The Somnium Files | 78 | 53 |
| Luigi’s Mansion 3 | 77 | 58 |
| Warframe | 76 | 57 |
| Crypt of the NecroDancer | 75 | 56 |
| Sid Meier’s Civilization VI | 74 | 55 |
| Star Wars Pinball | 73 | 54 |
| Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition | 72 | 52 |
| Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse | 71 | 50 |
| Minecraft | 70 | 49 |
| Transistor | 69 | 48 |
| Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | 68 | 47 |
| Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | 67 | 46 |
| The Messenger | 66 | 45 |
| Overboard! | 65 | |
| Rocket League | 64 | 44 |
| Bustafellows | 63 | |
| Iconoclasts | 62 | 43 |
| There is no game: Wrong dimension | 61 | |
| Streets of Rage 4 | 60 | |
| The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles | 59 | |
| Velocity 2X | 58 | 42 |
| OwlBoy | 57 | 41 |
| Katamari Damacy REROLL | 56 | 40 |
| Grindstone | 55 | |
| Axiom Verge | 54 | 39 |
| Unpacking | 53 | |
| Super Mega Baseball 3 | 52 | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening | 51 | 38 |
| Enter the Gungeon | 50 | 36 |
| Guacamelee! 2 | 49 | 35 |
| Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition | 48 | 37 |
| Dragon Ball FighterZ | 47 | 34 |
| Astral Chain | 46 | 33 |
| Cuphead | 45 | 32 |
| Quake (Remastered) | 44 | |
| Stardew Valley | 43 | 31 |
| Cave Story + | 42 | 30 |
| Ikaruga | 41 | 29 |
| SteamWorld Dig 2 | 40 | 28 |
| Diablo 3: Eternal Collection | 39 | 27 |
| Monster Hunter Rise | 38 | |
| Downwell | 37 | 26 |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | 36 | 25 |
| Metroid Dread | 35 | |
| Overcooked! All You Can Eat | 34 | |
| What Remains of Edith Finch | 33 | 24 |
| Hyper Light Drifter | 32 | 23 |
| Fez | 31 | |
| A Short Hike | 30 | |
| Okami HD | 29 | 22 |
| Fire Emblem: Three Houses | 28 | 21 |
| DUSK | 27 | |
| Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | 26 | |
| Into the Breach | 25 | 20 |
| Dead Cells | 24 | 19 |
| Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition | 23 | |
| Bayonetta (Plus Bayonetta 2 Double Pack) | 22 | |
| Hollow Knight | 21 | 16 |
| Bastion | 20 | 15 |
| Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition | 19 | 18 |
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 18 | 10 |
| Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove | 17 | 14 |
| SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition | 16 | 13 |
| Sonic Mania Plus | 15 | 11 |
| Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age | 14 | 12 |
| INSIDE | 13 | 9 |
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 12 | 8 |
| Bayonetta 2 | 11 | 7 |
| Celeste | 10 | 6 |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 9 | 5 |
| Undertale | 8 | 4 |
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | 7 | |
| Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition | 6 | 3 |
| Hades | 5 | |
| Tetris Effect: Connected | 4 | |
| The House in Fata Morgana | 3 | |
| Super Mario Odyssey | 2 | 2 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 1 | 1 |
This is a complete list comparing the top 100 highest Nintendo Switch game rankings for 20221 and 2022, showcasing all games ranked year-over-year along with their ranking position each year.
Any game without a ranking in the 2021 column are new additions to the top 100 list.
Here are the key takeaways from comparing Nintendo Switch’s highest rated games year-over-year:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remained the highest rated Nintendo Switch game of all time
- Super Mario Odyssey remained the second highest rated Nintendo Switch games of all time
- 69 games remained in the top 100 highest rated Nintendo Switch games from 2021
- 31 new games entered the top 100 highest rated Nintendo Switch games in 2022
- 22 games have an aggregate critic review score of 90+ out of 100
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