Nintendo: the 35 best Switch games in 2020

 Metacritic has finally closed its list of ratings to shape the best games for the Nintendo Switch of 2020. Check out the titles here.

2020 was a turbulent year for everyone. But one of our healthiest and safest havens was arguably video games. Regardless of the platform or company of our choice. Whether it was Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony, each had great alternatives .

Not only did we have the launch of a new generation of consoles in that period, but we were also able to enjoy great titles.Some of these games can be considered some of the best that we have played in the last decade.But it is also possible that there are great experiences that perhaps we missed. For situations like these Metacritic is a very supportive site.

The 35 best games of 2020 for the Nintendo Switch according to Metacritic

It turns out that the evaluation platform has just closed its list of qualifications for 2020. Thus giving shape to the definitive list of best-reviewed titles of all 2020.

This works as a perfect guide to potential purchases. Which is vital on the Switch, where its catalog sometimes seems limited when in reality there are multiple options thanks to cross-platform games.

Without further ado, here are the 35 best-rated games on Metacritic for the Switch:

Game		Study that publishes	Metascore
1	Hades	Supergiant games	93
2	Ori and the Will of the Wisps	Microsoft Game Studios	93
3	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	90
4	Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition	Nintendo	89
5	A Short Hike	Whippoorwill Limited	88
6	Super Mega Baseball 3	Metalhead Software	87
7	Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition	Annapurna Interactive	87
8	Streets of Rage 4	DotEmu	87
9	Huntdown	Coffee stain studios	86
10	Heroes of Hammerwatch - Ultimate Edition	BlitWorks	85
11	Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling	DANGEN Entertainment	85
12	Two Point Hospital	Sega	85
13	Pikmin 3 Deluxe	Nintendo	85
14	Grindstone	Capy games	85
15	Lonely Mountains: Downhill	Image & Form	84
16	Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales	CD Projekt Red Studio	84
17	WHAT THE GOLF?	Triband	84
18	BioShock: The Collection	2K Games	84
19	Sega Ages: Fantasy Zone	Sega	84
20	To the Moon	Freebird / XD Network	84
21	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III	NIS America	84
22	Knights and Bikes	Double Fine Productions	83
23	Mega Man Zero / ZX Legacy Collection	Capcom	83
24	No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle	XSEED Games	83
25	Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sega	83
26	Horace	505 Games	83
27	Code: Realize - Guardian of Rebirth	Aksys Games	83
28	Spiritfarer	Thunder Lotus Games	82
29	CrossCode	Radical Fish / DECK13 Spotlight	82
30	Ruiner	Return Digital	82
31	Super Mario 3D All-Stars	Nintendo	82
32	Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2	Inti Creates	82
33	No more heroes	XSEED Games	82
34	Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late [cl-r]	Aksys Games	82
35	Ys Origin	DotEmu / Limited Run	82

 As we can see there is an unexpected surprise, Animal Crossing: New Horizons already occupies the third position on the list. Being surpassed by  Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Hades.

Those two titles are available on other platforms and are quite worth a try. But Animal Crossing, in the context of the confinement during the pandemic, will always have a special place in our hearts.