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With the launch of a new console and a slew of its own releases, 2025 is a pretty big year for Nintendo. Switch 2 gets off to a roaring startBut the original Switch family of consoles hasn't been forgotten this year, as Nintendo has made sure it can also play some of its biggest releases. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokemon Legends: ZA were playable on older hardware, while other legacy games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were updated for the Switch 2.
Between these new releases and expanded versions of old favorites, we've also seen third-party games launch for the Switch 2. Developers like Ubisoft and CD Projekt Red have released high-quality versions of Star Wars Outlaws and Cyberpunk 2077 for the hybrid console, while indie studios have focused on gameplay rather than pure visual power to stand out from the crowd. Compared to the release of Nintendo consoles such as the Wii, Wii U and the original Switch, 2025 was more transitional than revolutionary, and the company began to tread carefully in 2025, building on the successes of the previous generation of consoles.
To find out which of the hundreds of Switch and Switch 2 games made it to the top, you can check out the list below. Our sister site Metacritic crunched the numbers below, and the final list, at the time of writing, represents an impressively diverse selection of games. To learn more about these features, you can view our galleries dedicated to best role playing games, cooperative gamesAnd arrows year. We also have our own list The Best Switch Exclusive Games of 2025and also best switch And Switch 2 games play right now.
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