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Alteric Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 3.30.2018 Indie puzzle platformer Alteric for Nintendo Switch is a stylish but fairly standard example of its genre. The object of the game is…
Continue readingShadow Bug Nintendo Switch Developed By: Muro Studios Published By: Muro Studios Category: Action Platformer Puzzle Release Date: 3.30.2018 Shadow Bug for Nintendo Switch is a charming puzzle platformer which allows the player to choose between touch- and motion-based controls….
Continue readingToki Tori Nintendo Switch Developed By: Two Tribes Published By: Two Tribes Publishing Category: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 3.30.18 Toki Tori for the Nintendo Switch is a puzzle platformer from Two Tribes. The object of the game is to help…
Continue readingSpiral Splatter Sometimes You Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Release Date: 3.13.2018 Spiral Splatter for Nintendo Switch is a cross between the classic ball maze and the board game Operation. The object of the game…
Continue readingMidnight Deluxe Nintendo Switch Developed By: Petite Games/Ratalaika Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Casual Physics-Based Puzzle Release Date: 03.08.18 Video games are a copycat industry; first there was Doom (OK, first there was Wolfenstein 3D, but stick with me),…
Continue readingToki Tori 2+ Nintendo Switch Developer: Two Tribes Publisher: Two Tribes Category: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 02.28.2018 Toki Tori 2+ from Two Tribes is one of the latest additions to the growing library of puzzle platformers that have come over to the Nintendo Switch…
Continue readingTurtle Pop: Journey to Freedom Nintendo Switch Developed By : Zengami Published By : Digipen Game Studios Category : Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date : March 9, 2018 Rookie studio Zengami, out of SIngapore, looks to make a bit splash…
Continue readingTwin Robots: Ultimate Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Thinice Games Published By : Ratalaika Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer Release Date : Feb 23, 2018 Initially released a few years ago on the Playstation 4/Vita, Steam and the…
Continue readingAre you a fan of (n)indies titles on the Nintendo Switch? Do you wish some of those digital-only titles made their way to the physical format? Well are you in luck as a new player has entered the market to…
Continue readingTypoman Nintendo Switch Developed By : Brainseed Factory Published By : Wales Interactive Ltd. Category : Puzzle/Platformer Release Date : Feb 22, 2018 When the world needs hope, and is surrounded by a seemingly endless battle between good and evil,…
Continue readingPuzzle Puppers Nintendo Switch Developed By : Cardboard Keep Published By : Cardboard Keep Category : Puzzle / Strategy Release Date : Feb 20, 2018 No matter what’s going on, stop what you’re doing right now. No I mean it,…
Continue readingOld Man’s Journey Nintendo Switch Developer: Broken Rules Publisher: Broken Rules Category: Puzzle Release Date: 02.20.2018 Old Man’s Journey for Nintendo Switch is best described as an interactive storybook. It isn’t really a visual novel, as there is no reading. A beautifully illustrated world…
Continue readingSubsurface Circular Nintendo Switch A Mike Bithell Short Developer: Bithell Games Publisher: Ant Workshop Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 03.01.2018 DeTektive Driven Story Telling Subsuface Circular is a game that doesn’t require you to do a whole lot of gaming, its a text adventure…
Continue readingSteamworld Dig Nintendo Switch Developer: Image and Form Publisher: Image and Form Category: Platformer, Action, Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 02.01.2018 Steamworld Dig started to become a household name when it first released in 2013. When Steamworld Dig 2 came out, it solidified its…
Continue readingBridge Constructor Portal Nintendo Switch Developer: Clockstone Publisher: Headup Games Category: Simulation, Puzzle Release Date: 02.28.2018 The Bridge is a Lie! Portal found its beginning in popularity in 2007 when it released the first Portal game in its series. A fun puzzle game, chalk…
Continue readingDarkside Detective Nintendo Switch Developer: Spooky Doorway Publisher: Isometric Dreams Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 02.07.2018 Darkside Detective for Nintendo Switch is another great entry in the point and click adventure genre that seems to have found new life on the Nintendo Switch. It…
Continue readingEnergy Invasion Nintendo Switch Developed By : Sometimes You Published By : Evgeniy Kolpakov Category : Arcade, Puzzle, Music, Other Release Date : 01.11.2018 When is a game not a game? Why, when its already been a game before, of course,…
Continue readingGunhouse Nintendo Switch Developer: Necrosoft Games Publisher: Other Ocean Interactive Category: Puzzle, Strategy Release Date: 01.15.2018 “Oh great, another Tower Defense game,” you may be saying to yourself. Well stop it! Stop that right now! This isn’t just another Tower Defense game. No, Gunhouse is quirky…
Continue readingEnergy Balance Nintendo Switch Developed By : Sometimes You Published By : Evgeniy Kolpakov Category : Puzzle, Board Game Release Date : Jan 16, 2018 How often can a video game make you feel like you’re back in school? I…
Continue readingShiftlings – Enhanced Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Rock Pocket Games Published By : Rock Pocket Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer, Multiplayer Release Date : Feb 1, 2018 I can’t remember the last time, before I even started playing…
Continue readingToday on Industry Interviews, The Switch Effect is joined by Aaron Dintino, Lead Game Designer from Rock Pocket Games, a Norway-based indie game studio. Formed in 2008, Rock Pocket Games not only develops its own titles, but also helps game…
Continue readingSling Ming Nintendo Switch Good Night Brave Warrior is excited to announce that on-rails puzzle adventure Sling Ming is coming to Nintendo Switch™! This brand new game will launch digitally on Nintendo eShop in spring 2018. We have prepared a…
Continue readingSteamworld Dig 2 Nintendo Switch Developer: Image and Form International AB Publisher: Image and Form International AB Category: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzles Release Date: 09.21.2018 What began as a DSiWare tower defense game (Steamworld Tower Defense) quickly grew in popularity when they released Steamworld Dig for…
Continue readingJoining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interviews is SMG Studio, an indie video game company founded in July 2013 and based in Sydney, Australia. With a plethora of incredibly fun and creative games over multiple platforms, it seemed only…
Continue readingPiczle Lines DX Developer: Score Studios Publisher: Rainy Frog Category: Puzzles, Board Games, Action Release Date: 08.24.2017 Piczle Lines DX is a game in a long line of Pixel Puzzle games, a series of games that has become almost necessary on consoles now-a-days. There’s…
Continue readingDeveloper: Press Play and Flashbulb Games Publisher: Stage Clear Studios Category: Platformer, Adventure, Puzzles Release Date: 12.21.17 If you’re not an only child, I’m sure that at some point you have wished your brother or sister away; whether they be annoying you or…
Continue readingDeveloper: 10Tons Publisher: 10Tons Category: Puzzle, Role Playing, Education Release Date: 11.09.17 Spellspire brings whole new meaning to the phrase “Knowledge is power”, because in this game, it’s essentially your only form of attack. There’s 100 levels in the Spellspire, the titular in-game…
Continue readingMom Hid my Game! Developer: KEMCO Publisher: KEMCO Category: Puzzle, Simulation, Board Games, Adventure Release Date: 12.21.17 I was once a young gamer, hiding my game boy under the covers with a flashlight after bed time so that I could get just a little more gaming…
Continue readingDeveloper: iFun4all Publisher: iFun4all Category: Arcade, Puzzles Release Date: 11.17.17 Unfortunately, I have yet to experience this games predecessor, Red Game Without a Great Name. However, after playing Green Game, I won’t be waiting long to go back to the first game. Green…
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