
Best Switch Games of 2013
30 Nintendo Switch games from 2013 ranked by critic score
The highest-rated Nintendo Switch games released in 2013, ranked by critics on CriticDB. Scores are aggregated from leading gaming publications worldwide.
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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
915 critic reviews·Apr 23, 2013·Majesco EntertainmentPCXbox 360SwitchMonaco: What's Yours Is Mine (or simply Monaco') is a video game made by indie developers at Pocketwatch Games. They are best known for winning the 2010 IGF Award in 2010 for their work on Monaco.…
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Gone Home
919 critic reviews·Aug 14, 2013·FullbrightPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchA first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from…
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
867 critic reviews·Nov 14, 2013·Atari, Inc.PCPS4Xbox OneSwitchKidnapped. Imprisoned. Tortured. The wizard Irenicus holds you captive in his stronghold, attempting to strip you of the powers that are your birthright. Can you resist the evil within you, forge a…
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Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
8616 critic reviews·Oct 28, 2013·Ubisoft EntertainmentPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag begins in 1715, when pirates established a lawless republic in the Caribbean and ruled the land and seas. These outlaws paralyzed navies, halted international trade,…
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Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
8620 critic reviews·Dec 25, 2013·Square EnixPCPS3PS4Xbox One +1Based on the international versions of the games that were previously only released in Japan and Europe, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster brings these timeless classics forward to the current…
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SteamWorld Dig
849 critic reviews·Aug 6, 2013·Image & FormPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchSteamWorld Dig is 2D a platform game that revolves around mining for resources and ores. The objective of the game is to investigate the mines underneath the old Western town Tumbleton in order to…
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Rogue Legacy
8310 critic reviews·Jun 26, 2013·Cellar Door GamesPCPS3PS4Xbox One +1You control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a…
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
8314 critic reviews·Sep 29, 2013·WB GamesPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Lego Marvel Super Heroes is a 2013 Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game features gameplay similar…
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
8312 critic reviews·Apr 22, 2013·CapcomPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen contains all the content from the original Dragon’s Dogma plus the additional content from its sequel, including the Bitterblack Isle area, filled with challenging new…
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
8312 critic reviews·Aug 6, 2013·505 GamesPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Brothers is presented from a third-person view overlooking the two brothers. The brothers are moved individually by two thumbsticks on the controller. The controller triggers also cause the…
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
8126 critic reviews·Nov 27, 2013·SegaPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +1Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is a fighting video game developed by Arc System Works and Atlus. It is the direct sequel to Persona 4 Arena, which is itself a follow-up to the role-playing game Persona 4.…
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Risk of Rain
806 critic reviews·Nov 7, 2013·Chucklefish GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchRisk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet…
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LEGO City Undercover
7916 critic reviews·Mar 16, 2013·WB GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchAs Chase McCain, you'll become an expert at hand-to-hand combat, fighting your foes and wrestling them to the ground until you can slap the cuffs on 'em. The best officers are also pros at free…
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
7811 critic reviews·May 21, 2013·Ubisoft EntertainmentPCPS3Xbox 360SwitchFrom the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of…
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
778 critic reviews·Sep 9, 2013·Frictional GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchFrom the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs…
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Teslagrad
7710 critic reviews·Dec 12, 2013·Flyhigh WorksPCPS3PS4Xbox One +1Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle platformer with action elements, where magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are the key to go throughout the game, and thereby discover the secrets kept in the long…
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Outlast
757 critic reviews·Sep 3, 2013·Red BarrelsPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchHell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles…
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Shadowrun Returns
748 critic reviews·Jul 24, 2013·Harebrained SchemesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2The year is 2054. Magic has returned to the world, awakening powerful creatures of myth and legend. Technology merges with flesh and consciousness. Elves, trolls, orks and dwarves walk among us,…
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Payday 2
7412 critic reviews·Aug 12, 2013·Starbreeze StudiosPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic…
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Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence
749 critic reviews·Dec 11, 2013·Koei Tecmo EuropePCPS3PS4SwitchHailed as one of the best instalments in the franchise’s history, this extremely intricate, deep, and meticulous strategy game is set against a backdrop of a fragmented nation and asks the player to…
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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
737 critic reviews·Dec 3, 2013·Deep SilverPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchBroken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a classical point & click adventure. It abandons 3D graphics and direct control which were used in the two predecessors and returns to the style of the first…
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Resident Evil: Revelations
7312 critic reviews·May 19, 2013·CapcomPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Resident Evil: Revelations is a remaster of the 3DS game with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
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140
726 critic reviews·Oct 15, 2013·Double Fine ProductionsPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch140 is an indie 2D rhythm puzzle-platformer. The game features high interactivity between the soundtrack and the environment around the player, and how the player must traverse this unwieldy…
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CastleStorm
728 critic reviews·May 28, 2013·Microsoft StudiosPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2CastleStorm is a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mixed with tower defense brawler! The clouds bring rumors of war... It's Knights vs. Vikings in CastleStorm, where medieval warfare meets…
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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
7117 critic reviews·Dec 19, 2013·Flashbulb GamesPCXbox 360PS4Xbox One +1In its core Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a physics-based puzzle/platformer and set in a 2.5D environment with a free and cinematic camera. The game has 7 chapters and 20 levels in total All…
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Mugen Souls Z
697 critic reviews·Apr 24, 2013·NIS AmericaPCPS3SwitchMugen Souls Z is a role-playing video game developed by Compile Heart as the second installment in the Mugen Souls series. The game plays very similar to the previous title but with a lot of fixes…
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Gas Guzzlers Extreme
686 critic reviews·Oct 7, 2013·Iceberg InteractivePCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +1Gas Guzzlers Extreme is fast, furious and armed to the teeth: lead-foot-trigger-happy shooter shifted into the 5th gear! It’s a fast-paced addictive combat racing game that features many different…
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Croixleur Sigma
666 critic reviews·Dec 29, 2013·PLAYISMPCPS4SwitchTonight, in the Queen's realm of Ilance, two prodigies representing the Knight and Aristocrat factions will do battle in ‘the Adjuvant Trial’. This ritual, which has been held since the founding of…
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Battle Worlds: Kronos
577 critic reviews·Nov 3, 2013·THQ NordicPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchHave you ever asked yourself what a classic turn-based strategy game like „Battle Isle“ or „Panzer General“ would look like today? What modern technology and graphics would add to such a game? Well,…
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Slender: The Arrival
557 critic reviews·Mar 25, 2013·Blue Isle StudiosPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +2Slender: The Arrival is the official continuation of the series from the original game creator Mark Hadley, teamed up with the writers behind the Marble Hornets series and the development team at…