The Best Nintendo Switch Games of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 31, 2022

Which Nintendo Switch games impressed professional reviewers the most during the past year? We rank the best-reviewed Switch games released between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 by Metascore. Games must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible for inclusion. (All scores listed here are from December 29, 2022.)

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96 Portal Companion Collection

Metacritic's #1 Switch Game of 2022.

(#1) Switch owners can finally have their cake. Considered two of the best videogames ever made thanks to a terrific sense of humor and nifty puzzle-platform gameplay, Portal and Portal 2 were first released in 2007 and 2011, respectively. The Portal Companion Collection includes both of those games in full, with each appearing for the first time on the Switch (and running at 60 fps, unlike some of the other Switch ports we've previously mentioned here).

“The Portal Companion Collection simply offers two of the best games from the last twenty years at an affordable price on Switch. While they have been offered on multiple platforms, it’s great to finally have both Portal games on a Nintendo console. The ports run flawlessly on Switch and make for an excellent overall experience. If you’ve played them countless times before or are jumping through a portal for the very first time, Portal 1 and 2 make a fantastic addition to the Nintendo Switch line-up.” —NintendoWorldReport

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