The NEW MOST ADDICTIVE Top Nintendo Switch Games We Can't Stop Playing!
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Man i remember playing Star Ocean 2 on the psp back in the days, the game was one of the first JRPG i played through completion and it was an absolute blast. Glad to see the remake on switch feels and looks both new and classic!
Had a remodeling job get postponed on me. And would love a copy of Kingdom Deliverance to Switch out the days in between the wait for work.
My problem isn’t the addictive games, it’s the addiction to the eshop sales and just owning the games.. I can’t help it
You’re not alone bro
Same… I keep telling myself I won’t buy another title until I start playing some of the games I’ve bought…. “That games only $9.99??” *purchases* 🤦
Feel the same way bro 😂 just Open the eshop and i'm like oh no here i go again
😂@@travelinpenguin5151
You can help it but you just don't want to, accept responsibility for your actions and be a man.
My pick is Unicorn Overlord. It not only takes me back with its 90's homage, but it also brings me forward. I also want to play it every night!
My favourite is Balatro. Watching the numbers climb as your score with your totally broken deck is stupidly addictive.
The engine building in Balatro is sooooo satisfying when you see it play out. Sure, it's easier to build a flush machine, but deciding to just blow everything up mid-run and go with the 'madness' joker or something like that is a lot more fun. What a game!
Nah my Nanna plays card games
You know what's odd? I keep hearing how flushes are the easiest win, but I've yet to win with a flush build. Every time I try to build one, I never get the right jokers / arcane cards / etc to support it. Every single one of my wins have been done with a full house build (bar one, which I thik was a "three of a kind" build). I'm working on unlocking the checkered deck, which should make flush wins even easier, and I totally see why in theory flush builds should be easy even with the starter deck, but I just never get the jokers to support them due to what is apparently some unusual RNG. Love this game.
@@nicked_fenyxAs you said, unlocking the checkered deck makes all the difference in flush builds. Once you unlock that, the Blackboard and the wrathful joker can be quite helpful. I think you can build a 'flusher' without the checkered deck though, if you use the Smeared joker (makes all red 1 suit and all black another). My favorite build is actually based on two pairs and almost always includes the hiker, space joker, baseball card and the trousers which give you the sense of progress during a run. Also, I've found the Hologram and the Constellation to be pretty strong if you want to have a build that is upgradeable.
@@ThaCyNiQyour Nanna sounds cooler than you 😅
@@clockworkfrustration Nice. Thanks for the tips!
That's an easy one. Spent over 100 hours in Kingdom Come : Deliverance on Xbox One X back then, but I am thrilled to play it again on switch 🤩
I’ve been having blast with Unicorn Overlord. Vanillaware continues to be the Studio Ghibli of videos games, it’s a feast for the eyes and the voice cast is totally cracking as well. Many people have complained about the English translation, but it’s such a cool interpretation of the fantasy setting.
Balatro is a masterpiece. 95% as addictive and quintessential as tetris. One of the top 5 best games on switch and I do not toss around top 5's lightly.
Balatro is at the top of my wishlist! Its the kind of game you didn't know you wanted until it arrives, and i hear its fantasticly addictive!
Lately I've been addicted Balatro, well since it came out on switch... Kingdom Come would probably be a new addiction if I end up getting it, never got a chance to play that one!
Vampire survivors is so addictive that you will need rehab after or you will start seeing treasure chest opening in when you close your eyes!
My favorite from this list is definitely Vampire Survivor and Star Ocean.
I needed a good co-op game, saw Colt Canyon and I knew my friend would like it, He loves spaghetti westerns, got him hooked.
Oh you'll love it in co-op mate, great game. Mark
I need to buy it for my nephew. He and I are western fiends and we could absolutely lose a lot of time with it together
@@SDinOZ85 I’d say, buy it. We always play on fridays after school and it really strengthened our friendship. I do suggest that you make an American eshop account. It’s 75% off right now and i’ve never seen it go on sale in The Netherlands. I got my eshop credit using the site G2A and I bought the North American eshop card.
I am loving Balatro at the moment :) so much more addictive than I thought. Trying to get the highest scores per hand, find joker synergies and so on
My favourite is Vampire Survivors, 170 hours, love it in single player and co-op with my mates! I have so much fun with it, no 4K, no ultrarealistic textures, only fun fun fun. I love my Switch❤
Oh wow you're a pro! Mark
@@SwitchUpYt 1720 hours of Splatoon 3, THERE im a Pro 😆
Boring old looking game
I love Vampire Survivors too! I also play Brotato which is very similar but with different art style. You may like that one too, it’s also very popular
@@cerra74Really!? Whoa!!! I got it for my kids and the dlc. Starting to really get into it. @cerra74
Snowrunner was a massive timesink for me. I know it's had a fair few mentions on the channel, but there's just something very relaxing about transporting a trailer of metal beams from point A to B within the scenic locations it puts you in 👌
I play it with my trucker hat on, country music playing and a six pack of reebs
@@jackottmar Snowrunner 🤝 Country music, the perfect combination 😀
Star ocean 2nd Story R looks to be my favourite and I haven't even played it yet, that's mainly down to you guys and your review, from the beautiful contrasting artwork to the addictive looking combat this looks like a game that demands replaying!
Thank you for the vampire survivors recommendation! Sooo good! Awesome to have a channel like yours highlight awesome games without any bias!
I’ve played vampire survivors quite a bit. Such a simple, good game. Very well built. There’s also strategy involved as you go deeper into your run with how you build your upgrades. Currently playing KOTOR. Trying a gunslinger light side build. Definitely one of my all time favorites. Wasn’t able to have an Xbox growing up, actually used to rent one from Family Video for twenty bucks on a weekend lol. So it feels so cool playing now all these years later on my Switch. Great video guys.
So glad to see Balatro getting some love. I've been addicted to that game since launch. It's a great "loading game," or one to put on when I only have a few minutes to play (so long as I can force myself to stop, haha). Balatro is so easy to learn, yet the amount of depth and replayability with the numerous jokers and different starting packs is through the roof. This is a game that could easily steal hundreds - if not thousands - of hours of my time. It's just. so. good. I've also sunk a fair bit of hours into Mudrunner: Expeditions. I don't personally plan to make use of multiplayer, so its absence doesn't bother me much - though I can see why it would be fun to play with friends. There are still some bugs and quality of life features I'd like to see addressed, but nothing game breaking. It's so relaxing to just boot up the game and either knock out a few expeditions or hop into free roam and search for upgrades and tasks to do that way. I recently unlocked the "Tatra Force" by towing it back to base, and holy crap is that truck good. *By far* the best vehicle in game. I use it for scouting, hauling stuff... literally everything. It turns some of the hardest missions into a cakewalk. Getting it was a huge PITA (due the difficult tow that was almost thwarted by a bug at the very end), but man... I love that truck. Great game, with tremendous potential.
I can't remember if you mentioned it in one of the previous addictive games videos, but I just started Loop Hero and I can feel the hooks digging in already. Scarily addictive game!
I’ve dreamed of kingdom come deliverance on hand held for years!!! Praying that someday we are blessed with a switch port of metro exodus🤌
I bought it years ago for my Xbox. Wasn''t happy as it only performs not so great at 30 fps on the Xbox series X. I bought the game again for my SteamDeck a month ago, oh boy it's been so great playing it on handheld
There is a port of Metro exodus 🤔
@@mabaker6123 Only the first two metros
Not on switch. The first 2 games are on there tho. I got the first one in my back log rn. I played exedous first tho (never beat it sadly) @mabaker6123
Buy a steam deck and your wish is granted.
I have been playing Vampire Survivors on Android and I have been addicted to these kind of games ever since. I think I just might pick it up on the Switch to play with my friends. Thanks for the amazing videos 😁
I'm actually afraid to buy Vampire Survivors because I won't play anything else and won't see sunlight for the next few weeks. Great video as always, you're all awesome! Update: Today I saw it's available as a Game Trial and suddenly 5 hours had passed. Definitely an addictive game!
hahaha it will eat your time that's for sure - Mark
My favorite is definitely Unicorn Overlord. Fire Emblem is one of my favorite series of all time, and this game captures a lot of that same essence that made me love the series. It really reminds me of auto-battler games as well. Forming different team comps and adjusting tactics to strategize, and it makes you feel so smart when you see your team destroy the enemy without taking much damage. The overworld also has a lot of fun objectives. And seeing your territory grow from each battle is so satisfying. It might be one of my favorite games of all time. 10/10 for me.
Love vampire survivors, I have it on my mobile phone and it is so addicting once you build up to those super flashy skills and the whole screen goes craz
Vampire Survivors is a brilliant game, insanely deep but conveniently wrapped in 20 minute (just one more) runs 😁
I remember playing Star Ocean on the PS1. It was great. But at the end the story went over my head. I didn't know if it was my poor english skills, or a poor translation being the main culprit. Anyway, great to see that it has been re-released! I'm honestly thinking of picking it up, giving it another go now when I am 41 and have hopefully improved those language skills xD oh man, when it comes to addictive games, for me it wasn't the Switch, but HL: Alyx on PCVR. The game is about 15 hours long. I played it in two days. an have totally played it for 120hours. But yeah, except re-playing the campaign three times, I have also played mods and custom campaigns. It's just very addictive to immerse yourself in a completely different world!
Dang it, then you dropped Balatro and now I can’t decide between that and vampire survivors. Both worth the $$$, get em both, people!
I really appreciate your Palia mention a while back. I needed a chill game to play with my kids a few weekends ago. Downloaded it and played it all weekend.
Kingdom Come Deliverance looks like Skyrim !! I would love to try this game out. I am currently playing Borderlands 1: Game of the Year Edition.. This game is very addictive !! All the games I have been introduced to were through your channel, like Disco Elysium, Snow Runner, Blasphemous, Catherine Fullbody, Celeste, Cross Code, Death's Door, Dying Light, Dragon's Dogma, Hades, Inside, Limbo, Little Nightmares 1 & 2, Metro Redux, Morbid, Ori games, Red Faction, SIFU, Eastward, Strange Brigade, & More !!! Thank you for all your awesome videos !!
I neglected VS for way too long because the idea of auto-attack just sounded so simplistic, but it really does work. And it’s so very satisfying.
Love these videos because I love how different the suggestions are between Mark and Glen. I tend to agree with Mark more often than not, but Glen really broadens my gaming horizons and gets me thinking about trying games normally I would not!
Colt Canyon 😊 great game , i thought i was the only 1 that played that ... i hope more people play it !!!!! Cheers
Just started Diablo 3 and no clue why I waited this long, games taken over my life + it’s still getting seasons
I think that rogue like games are by default the most addictive games. It is kind of baked into the formula of just one more run, small gains and improvements after each one making your chances of success ever so slightly greater with each play. It's like digital crack. Vampire survivors is one of the best at this for sure.
Great list! Still so hyped for Kingdom come! It's probably in my top three of all time, and to have it on handheld means I don't have to fight my kids for the tv! Alas I must wait til payday come. But Star Ocean and Unicorn Overlord are on my wishlists now! And Baltro already stole a weekend of my life lol
Agree with star ocean, never played it previously and never played an rpg apart from pokemon, picked it up as a blind buy and was instantly hooked loved the art style, story, characters, gameplay and levelling system, cant recommend it enough
Excellent video! Unicorn overload looks promising, think that may be my next purchase if I can ever finish Dave the diver (another very addictive game!)
Vampire survivors is such an incredibly good game, couldn’t stop playing for several weeks, it’s the loop it all goes through that gets me the most, and the dlcs keep it all surprisingly fresh! Keep it coming! ❤️
Star Ocean Second Story is a classic and a game I sunk well over 100 hours into even as a kid. Most addictive recent game for me has to be Hades. I'm ready to drop 200+ hours into Hades 2 once that one comes out as well.
My Favourite is definitely Vampire Survivors. One of the most addictive games that I still play everyday 😊
Such a good game, nice choice! Mark
I think Star Ocean is a great game! Im a lover of RPG games, especially ones with a good story line. Kingdom Come looks like one I will need to mab as well! Great video!
Vampire Survivors was so addictive for me. It was also so relaxing. I don’t know how many nights I was cozily playing in the dark in bed and just nodded right off.
Love the simplistic look of Colt Canyon. Serpiatone coloured artwork is great for this! 🤠
Duuude! Vampire survivor was one of the biggest surprises for my family! We actually started using strategy together to decide, who got what, to evolve items. It's such an amazing game y'all! 10/10
Favourite? Ooh gotta be that Hello Fresh game, looks delicious! For real - I'm a sucker for colorful platforms, so Penny's Big Breakaway gets my vote.
Oooh excited about Star Ocean 2nd Story. These videos are great by the way! I’ve found some good games through these - thanks!
Vampire Survivors is my pick. There is so much value in it and it is so easy to come back to regardless of how many runs you go through. It's quite the gem.
Definitely Unicorn Overlord for me - your review utterly sold it to me and I've been playing it ever since! At some point I'll remember to go and eat...😂
Not a big fan of ads within videos, but I do understand the necessity and was honestly actually happy to see you guys got a non-game company sponsor! Hitting the big time!! Left it playing for the stats for you 😊
Star ocean is in my backlog and looks like I’ll have to bump it up. Bought the physical. The sci-fi and fantasy mix attracted me too. Looks like I can get engrossed in this one.
Love these videos Mark. I really want to play Kingdom Come Deliverance and dodge lions and bandits mate. Thanks for all you're hard work. Loving Unicorn Overlord so much as well.
I got Star Ocean The Second Story R at the end of last year on your recommendation! Pretty quickly became my game of the year. I need to go back and do my second playthrough if I ever get time that is!
And this is why I love this channel! If I saw Belatro described in words… or even just watched the trailer alone, I would probably totally dismiss it as ‘not my sort of thing’. Listening to a more grounded description however is what makes me curious to give something a try! Think I’ll give it a go, and probably pick up the Mudrunner expeditions game 👍👍👍
I actually got Colt Canyon based on y'all's recommendation and it's my go-to travel game whenever I have to hop on a short flight for work. Great time killer.
That vampire game looks extremely fun. Also that Kingdom Come game is something i didnt even know existed on the Switch. It looks very very cool & Im glad theres people out there putting very cool games like that on the Switch. Look forward to trying that some day.
The art of the Star Ocean 2 remake is absolutely gorgeous. Definitely my pick from this list. Though I am very intrigued by Colt Canyon after you shone some light on it! Nice minimalistic look.
On this list TerraFormer is my jam ,but thanks to your sales videos I’m currently really enjoying The Wild at heart ! You guys just give me a huge wish list and backlog
Lots of great games on this list! My wife and I love playing Vampire Survivors though. We bring it on vacation to play after the kids asleep. 😁
Vampire Survivors is definetly my "one more run game". Of course one more run could last 30 minutes and I'm finally falling asleep after being in bed for 2 hours and made just "one more run".
In my opinion colt canyon, its like if red dead redemption was realeased on atari 2600, realy good game.
I picked it up on a ridiculous sale once as I had some change... wasn't expecting it to take ovwr my life for the next month 😅
I have been playing the free trial of Vampire Survivors through Nintendo Online and while I found it tedious at the start, I kept coming back for some unfathomable reason and yep can confirm it deserves a place in this list 😅. With the DLC and being on sale in the AU, I am struggling to not hit the purchase button and losing the battle not to add to my already mountainous backlog. Thanks for your hard work Gents! Hope this video continues to be glitch free.
Thank you mate we really appreciate your time and comment. Mark
@@SwitchUpYt All good mate, just happy to support you and the channel, it deserves more views and subs. Catch you in the next one!
Vampire survivor is indeed very addicting. Now that im 6 hours or so into Star Ocean 2, i agree. It is a very good game. Worth it!
Brilliant game mate - glad you're enjoying it as well, we value your opinion. Mark
Addicting? You mean addictive right?
@@jacktheripper4517 ah yes. That's what i meant. Me not clever. Me english no good.
@@jacktheripper4517settle down
Sorry mate did I offend you? Do you say addicting as well?@@jonj9352
KCD honestly I never thought I'd be saying I need to wishlist it. On the Switch!! like ..whaaa, how. What sorcery is this.
Haha it's crazy isn't it
It's crazy that the load times are somehow better than the ps4/xbone versions. I dunno how they managed it cause even with all the downgrades it looks amazing
Ive been really enjoying kingdom come deliverance. I never played it before but i knew of it and I'm really glad i got it on switch. So much fun.
My pick is kingdom come!!! I know most these games are good, but the sheer amount of effort for voice acting and the story, the randomness and the flexibility of the game takes it all away. I've always wanted one! But my potato of a Laptop can't even run anything haha. It would be great to win❤❤❤
Theatrhythm final bar line!
Glad to know I hadn't imagined getting a notification for this video. I got worried when I went to watch it and it was gone!😅
Sorry Jess - yeah I was messing up KZhead again! Mark
@@SwitchUpYt No harm done, video is up again and I'm back here excited to watch!
I'm back again :D Star Ocean is sooo awesome. If you love this genre then you can't be disappointed! I'd love to try Kingdom Come, your review made it look so fun! 😊🎉
Thank you mate sorry to make you comment twice. Mark
KCD I’ve put hundreds of hours on the Xbox version. Being ambushed by bandits/soldiers and coming out on top despite being outnumbered feels amazing. It’s a hard game (at first), but a very rewarding game to learn.
Really like that you put the “hours played” in there. I’m new to switch, and I have been wondering why there aren’t achievements on Nintendo switch
My easy favourite is Unicorn Overlord. It was a pre-order for me, and I love it. But I’m also playing Star Ocean right now, and I have to say, it’s really great too.
I haven't played any to state my favorite but thanks to this video, much like most of your videos - I now have new favorite ideas Thank you :)
After hearing both reviews from you guys at SwitchUp, I'm excited to try Penny's Big Breakaway and Kingdom Come. Since I got back into gaming in 2017 with a purchase of the Switch, I'm only now playing games that were critical and popular successes on older platforms so games remastered or adjusted to work on the Switch like Kingdom Come, its satisfying to play what I had missed out for several years. Best part about Switch Up which always sells me on games in my ever growing backlog is the candid honesty of simply stating that its not as bad or garbage as other reviewers says and never have been steered wrong!
Random thought but I wish they would bring those AMAZING transformers games to the Switch. WfC and FoC were incredible and would be awesome to play on the go!!
It's really impressive that they were able to make KCD work on the Switch. I remember when I bought it for my pc and it was killing my i5 2500K. It was the game that prompted me to upgrade my pc.
I keep forgetting about picking the Vampire Survivor game as it right up my ally, but now thanks to your reminder I now have it in my inventory and it was a blast! Probably picking up Mud Runner and Kingdom Come as well if they are on sale.
DANGIT. And now I’m about to buy Kingdom Come on the switch, seeing the fact you already have 65 hours speaks volumes that it’s a solid port to play on my OLED.
gonna pick up star ocean for sure! Loved Bravely Default 2. Dragon Quest Monsters The Dark Prince, is one of my favorit switch games.
My pick is Death Squared. Just such a quirky and fun little puzzle game that challenges you, gives you some good laughs, and also makes you want to try again on levels that you fail but know you can do!
What a tough choice ! I’d love to play star ocean or unicorn overlord, I haven’t played these kind of games so I can’t wait to be able to afford one of those :)
I never usually comment on your content but just wanted to say I LOVE the fact that you all coer so many types of genres' I woud never even give the time of day too but with the realistic reviews you give all on aspects of the game I then become SOLD and just have to have it!!! I have spent many a $$$ on games you recommended and just wanted to say thanks so much!!! Your channel does such rando games that I really look forward to the content each time. I never know what I am going like and that's what makes it so FUN!!! Thanks again!!! "O)
My favourite is Mudrunner : Expeditions for sure. Something about these games is so chill! And infuriating at the same time.
Expeditions is a watch for me. Picked up snow runner after watching your review on it. Great game and it's so addictive. Will probly get expeditions when it goes on sale.
I love me some Dragon Quest Monsters, so that's def my favorite on the list! On Spring break currently and having so much farming high rank monsters, it's hard to put down :)
My girlfriend and I have been enjoying Palia, just cozy and comfy, and for free! It's not without it's bugs, but it's got so much depth, and a really nice grid system for home building. At the low price of Free, you can't go wrong, especially if you have someone to do it with and just hang out together.
My favorite is Star Wars Battlefront because my favorite Star Wars character is the stormtrooper! Being able to play as the stormtrooper in a war is a lot of fun 😁
favorite game on the list would be vampire survivors for sure but im interested in that terraforming game seems kinda sweet. going to add it to my wishlist. and of course kingdom come looks so sweet i cant believe it works on the switch!
My favourite has got to be vampire survivors so addictive and so easy to just pick up and go! But also love balatro at the minute too!
I hadn’t realise you could play battlefront single player, so that brings it up my list for me. Really have my eye on kingdom come, I remember getting oblivion and getting really pissed off coz I’d battled my way stuck into a high level dungeon and had to restart. Hadn’t realise I had to level my character up. Have a feeling kingdom come will be something similar - happy days x
Vampire Survivors is, with BOTW, the game I spent most of my time on the switch. I always have been reluctant to buy it on PC but the release on switch and the addition of the co-op made me pull the trigger. I have been completely addicted, playing it every second of my free-time. And it was thanks to you that I heard about the release last year. So thanks guys, keep it up ❤
Unicorn overlord is rapidly becoming one of my favorite games of all time.
I've heard soo soo much great stuff about balatro, i just have to give it a go! OP deckbuilding in handheld mode? Hell yeahh
If you have not yet, check out the game Deathstate. It's like the proto Vampire Survivors - since it came out years before - and I'm having fun with the new things that continuously unlock!
Recently, Balatro has been king for me. I also want to shout out The World According to Girl. It's a raising sim with deck building elements about managing a post apocalyptic city in the hopes of raising up a single child to save humanity. It is incredibly difficult and there are a couple of rough translations but overall I have found it enormously compelling.
Balatro has been my addiction so good when you unlock a new joker and the risk reward of do skip the blind for what could be a powerful tag or play it safe a make money to hopefully buy a good joker from the shop
Love a driving game. I drive for my job, but it's very comforting to drive and not worry about wrecking the companies vehicle. Great stuff btw
Vampire Survivors by a long shot. Played 100+ hours on steam and haven't been hyped for DLC for another game like I have been for it. So simple yet I can't get enough...😵💫
Looking forward to Kingdom Come and Unicorn Overlord, but so far Star Ocean Second Story is my favorite of these. Great list, cheers.