👨‍👩‍👧 The Best Family Games on Switch

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The Switch is the family console, but "for everyone" gets printed on a lot of boxes. These are the highest-rated Switch games actually tagged family-friendly in the games database — the ones you can start on a rainy afternoon without previewing them first.

How selective is this list?

12 of 33 games meet the criteria

Release span
2012–2025
Median year
2021
from 2015 or later
97%
Median rating
77/100

Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.

  1. 1Cover of Super Mario Bros. Wonder

    Super Mario Bros. Wonder2023

    91 / 100Platform
  2. 2Cover of It Takes Two

    It Takes Two2021

    89 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  3. 3Cover of Tunic

    Tunic2022

    87 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
  4. 4Cover of Wingspan

    Wingspan2020

    87 / 100StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Indie
  5. 5Cover of Planet of Lana

    Planet of Lana2023

    85 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure
  6. 6Cover of Is This Seat Taken?

    Is This Seat Taken?2025

    83 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleSimulator
  7. 7Cover of Unpacking

    Unpacking2021

    82 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleSimulator
  8. 8Cover of Hogwarts Legacy

    Hogwarts Legacy2023

    82 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  9. 9Cover of Two Point Hospital

    Two Point Hospital2018

    82 / 100SimulatorStrategyIndie
  10. 10Cover of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

    Alba: A Wildlife Adventure2020

    81 / 100AdventureIndie
  11. 11Cover of Untitled Goose Game

    Untitled Goose Game2019

    81 / 100PuzzleSimulatorAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  12. 12Cover of Little Kitty, Big City

    Little Kitty, Big City2024

    79 / 100AdventureIndie

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