The Best Nintendo Switch Games (For All Ages)

Fast-Paced Fun

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Defeat Your Enemies—And Friends

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate offers fun for up to eight fighters who want to win it all! With awesome new characters thrown in the mix, this game will grow on any and every gamer.

Super Smash Bros. is a beloved multiplayer fighting game that should be on every Switch owner's radar. In the latest version of this classic, you'll see familiar faces and plenty of new ones as well, like Isabelle from Animal Crossing, Incineroar from Pokémon, and Simon from Castlevania.

This game offers faster combat, plus new items, attacks, and defensive options. There's more now than ever to get you hyped up about dueling your favorite—or least favorite—video game characters!

Gamers will start with eight original characters from the very first Smash Bros. game. As you defeat difficult opponents, you'll unlock tons of other characters, each unique and awesome in their own way.

The game has over 900 music compositions to motivate your epic duels, and there's a game mode for just about any occasion. You can play solo, 1-on-1, tourney style, or engage in a perfectly chaotic 8-player fight!

Key Features

  • Up to 8 players can play
  • 900 music compositions
  • Variety of stages to fight on
  • Includes every Super Smash Bros. fighter ever, plus many more
Full Family Fun

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

A Thrilling Race To The Finish

What's there not to love about Mario Kart? Thanks to new characters and courses, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a blast for every player regardless of age or skill level.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, there's everything we already know and love about Mario Kart—the amazing variety of courses, for starters. This version includes every track from the Wii U version, and if you're aching for even more, there are some fabulous downloadable (DLC) courses that are a blast to play every time. There are also challenging new courses like Urchin Underpass and Battle Stadium.

In addition to classic characters we're used to like King Boo and Dry Bones, Nintendo threw in some new ones like the Inklings.

If you're playing locally, you can race in a 4-player game with video quality up to 1080p on TV mode, which is pretty neat!

Key Features

  • Up to 4 players if played locally
  • 1080p resolution on TV mode
  • Every track from the Wii U version is available plus new tracks
  • Characters both new and old
A Spooky Adventure

Luigi's Mansion 3

Slay Some Ghosts

Join Luigi and Gooigi as they venture through a haunted hotel in hopes of saving Mario and other friends. Up to 8 players can join in to rescue Luigi's pals using awesome ghost-hunting tools.

In the newest version of Luigi Mansion, you'll play as Luigi and explore the Last Resort—a spooky haunted hotel holding Mario, Princess Peach, and others captive. You'll move from room to room, floor to floor, defeating beasts every step you take. Mildly spooky fun awaits you in every room.

Up to 8 players can join in on the fun, but if you're playing solo, you can mix things up by switching to Professor E. Gadd's latest invention Gooigi, Luigi's slinky green doppelgänger. Gooigi can slip through small spaces, walk on sharp objects, and maneuver through seemingly impossible situations with ease!

Best of all, Luigi has some cool new equipment with him this time, like a contraption called the Poltergust G-00 that's the perfect ghost-hunting tool. With it, you can use slam, suction, and burst features to defeat even the most pesky supernatural beings.

Join Luigi and his green doppelgänger Gooigi as they venture through a haunted hotel in hopes of saving Mario, Princess Peach, and other friends. Up to 8 players can join in to rescue Luigi's pals, using awesome ghost-hunting tools.

Key Features

  • Up to 8 players can play
  • Slay ghosts and get out alive with Luigi
  • Meet Luigi's green doppleganger Gooigi
  • New and improved version
Get Creative

Super Mario Maker 2

Build Your Own World

If you like to be creative even when you're gaming, Super Mario Maker 2 will bring your imagination to life. You'll get to navigate over 100 built-in courses plus build your very own!

Calling all builders and creatives! Super Mario Maker 2 is a dream come true for you.

With tons of parts, tools, and customization options, you can create the side-scrolling Super Mario courses of your wildest dreams! You can build just about anything—all you need is your thinking cap and some creativity to make some pretty neat courses. This world is yours to build!

You can also rebuild Princess Peach's castle in single-player story mode. If you get a Nintendo Switch online membership, you can share courses and explore the multitude of other courses created by gamers just like you.

The world is your oyster with this game. Get creative and have fun with it!

Key Features

  • Navigate 100 built-in courses and then build your own
  • Single player story mode
  • Rebuild Princess Peach's castle
Alaina Strollo

Alaina is a writer and editor for the TravelAwaits team. Between her love for delicious food, hidden gems and niche destinations, and binge-watching travel series on Netflix, Alaina loves writing most of all. She is a storyteller at heart with a passion for sharing stories with the world.