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The Nintendo Switch is a video game console released in 2017. It combines handheld and console features. You can use it on a large TV screen, or remove it from its "dock" to play in handheld mode like a Nintendo 3DS.Following on from Nintendo's Wii and Wii U console, it offers small wireless controllers that are motion sensitive. It also has a touch screen that can be used in handheld mode.Although it's not backwards compatible with Wii U or Wii games, many of these are being re-released on the system. It is also a good machined to access lots of smaller games made by independent developers.
As part of our Accessibility Report, this page lists games that have been flagged with Communication - Player-to-Player Online Communication accessibility (how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction) for the following:
Text Chat: Chat to other players by typing text.
Among Us is a strategy game where crew-mates prepare their spaceship for launch by completing tasks.
Among Us is a strategy game where crew-mates prepare their spaceship for launch by completing tasks. However, one of the players is an impostor intent on sabotaging the ship and killing the crew.
Out Now: Android, PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a role-play collecting game where you live on a small island teeming with life.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a role-play collecting game where you live on a small island teeming with life. Insects, fish, trees, vegetation and fossils are represented with cute cartoon visuals.
Out Now: Switch
Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator.
Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator. That’s partly what it is, but you also develop relationships with the other townsfolk and delve deep into the mines.
Out Now: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Rocket League is a sports action game where you drive futuristic cars to score goals with an oversized football.
Rocket League is a sports action game where you drive futuristic cars to score goals with an oversized football. It's a game that sounds ridiculous but is actually a huge amount of fun to play and requires a lot of expertise.
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items.
Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build.
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
BedWars is a game played on Minecraft (since 2017) or Roblox servers (since 2021).
BedWars is a game played on Minecraft (since 2017) or Roblox servers (since 2021). It's a team game where you start on an island and must protect your bed and build bridges to attack other teams' beds.
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure simulation game that offers hunting-and-harvesting gameplay in a primal setting.
Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure simulation game that offers hunting-and-harvesting gameplay in a primal setting. Although not as polished or streamlined as a game like Horizon Zero Dawn, this is a more ambitiously open world where you can choose your own way to survive.
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Overwatch 2 is a shooting game where the focus is on teamwork and skill rather than violence.
Overwatch 2 is a shooting game where the focus is on teamwork and skill rather than violence. In teams of five, you communicate and work together to take out the other team and complete your objective.
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Apex Legends is a shooting game where you team up with a few other players to survive the longest on the island.
Apex Legends is a shooting game where you team up with a few other players to survive the longest on the island. Play is.
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
FIFA, now superseded by EA Sports FC 24, was one of the two main football video games (the other being Pro Evolution).
FIFA, now superseded by EA Sports FC 24, was one of the two main football video games (the other being Pro Evolution). Each year its released with improved visuals, more realistic physics and enhanced competitive play.
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, Mac, Megadrive, PC, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS
Skyblock is a game played on Minecraft servers where you start on a bare island floating in the sky and must gather resources to thrive and reach other players.
Skyblock is a game played on Minecraft servers where you start on a bare island floating in the sky and must gather resources to thrive and reach other players. It's the Minecraft equivalent to being washed up on a desert island and is hugely popular.
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS
Grounded is a survival game where you are tiny and find yourself in someone’s back garden.
Grounded is a survival game where you are tiny and find yourself in someone’s back garden. It’s like Honey I Shrunk The Kids meets Fortnite.
Dead by Daylight is a survival horror game where one player takes on the role of a killer and another other four try and work together to survive.
Dead by Daylight is a survival horror game where one player takes on the role of a killer and another other four try and work together to survive. It's unusual because of this asynchronous play and its cross-over with different franchise-inspired themes.
Out Now: Android, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS
Knockout City is a futuristic sports game where rival crews take on dodgeball style battles.
Knockout City is a futuristic sports game where rival crews take on dodgeball style battles. It combines arena battles with projectile combat.
Monster Hunter is a series of action role-playing games where you hunt, kill and trap large monsters through wide-ranging landscapes.
Monster Hunter is a series of action role-playing games where you hunt, kill and trap large monsters through wide-ranging landscapes. Each successful hunt rewards you with materials that accrue to slowly upgrade equipment that in turn enables you to face more powerful monsters.
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, PS2, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, Wii U and Xbox One
For The King is a strategy game where you play an adventurer bringing peace to the kingdom of Fahrul.
For The King is a strategy game where you play an adventurer bringing peace to the kingdom of Fahrul. It's like a tabletop board game, with rewards and hits determined by dice rolls, but combines this with more traditional video game fights.
Quantum League is a shooting game where you go back in time when you die, to play through the same loop of the battle.
Quantum League is a shooting game where you go back in time when you die, to play through the same loop of the battle. You have three lives and so play through the same short gun-fight three times.
Staxel is a strategy farming game.
Staxel is a strategy farming game. It looks like Minecraft and has block building tools that are similar.
Out Now: PC and Switch
Quake II is one of the first fast-paced shooting games, where you rush through dungeons collecting guns and killing enemies.
Quake II is one of the first fast-paced shooting games, where you rush through dungeons collecting guns and killing enemies. Play involves finding your way through mission levels while dealing with enemies.
Out Now: Amiga, PC, PS1, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Stick Fight: The Game is a vicious fighting game depicted with stick men.
Stick Fight: The Game is a vicious fighting game depicted with stick men. You play by controlling small coloured stick men, who mimic real-world physics and bodily movement.
Out Now: Android, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS
Super Animal Royale is a 64-player online battle where murderous animals fight to be the last one standing.
Super Animal Royale is a 64-player online battle where murderous animals fight to be the last one standing. You explore and track down other animal players, using the environment and line-of-sight to your advantage.
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Diablo 2 Resurrected is an action role-playing game, following the events of the original game.
Diablo 2 Resurrected is an action role-playing game, following the events of the original game. Through 5 acts you must attempt to stop Diablo's return and related destruction.
Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Paper Animal RPG is a simple adventure game in a colourful world.
Paper Animal RPG is a simple adventure game in a colourful world. You create a band of animal heroes to fight enemies and collect equipment and power-ups.
Coming Soon: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Warframe is a role-playing and shooting game with a focus on narrative-driven adventures and fast-paced, skill-based combat.
Warframe is a role-playing and shooting game with a focus on narrative-driven adventures and fast-paced, skill-based combat. It offers the fighting and shooting from games like Halo, but in a galaxy on a par with No Man's Sky.