September came and went, which means it’s time to look back over the bounty it brought and place three of the Switch (2) eShop games we’ve reviewed last month on a podium. (You’ll have to excuse the tardiness, we’re a couple of days late this month.)
We’ve got six games that scored at least 7/10 in time for our monthly face-off. As a reminder, these are Switch eShop games that don’t have physical releases (including Game-Key Cards) at the time of writing.
We asked our writers and contributors to vote for their top three eShop games of September 2026 and tallied the votes. So let’s take a look at the games Team NL thought the most of…
Honourable Mentions
Before we get to Top 3, let’s mention a handful of right honourable efforts:
Now, it’s podium time.
Scott adored Edmund McMillen’s (Binding of Isaac) latest game so much that he awarded it the second Nintendo Life 10/10 ever for a new release on Switch 2 (the first being Silksong).
“Mewgenics is an extremely special kind of game that only comes around once in a blue moon,” he said in his review, “even if it is filled to the brim with cat turds.”
That makes it sound unsavoury…which it is. This cat-based tactical epic is addictive as they come, though, and well worth a dig through the kitty litter.
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In a first for eShop Selects, here we have a game for which we haven’t published our review quite yet (it’s in the pipeline – keep an eye out!), but it’s a port we know hits our 7/10 criteria and enough of the team have played it to make the podium.
We were wondering how the vaunted Nemesis system would hold up in 2026, and thankfully it’s still good. Where might this hang with all the other LotR games on Switch and Nintendo systems, we wonder…
Valheim may not look like much on Switch 2, but she’s got it where it counts (kid). Enough to get joint silver in our monthly awards, in any case.
“An epic survival-crafting game with solid fantasy worldbuilding, it’s a fascinating hybrid,” said Ken in his review. “Performance issues and uneven crossplay blight the release experience, so let’s hope Iron Gate keeps an eye on this version with future updates.”
Let’s hope, indeed. Feels like they could have taken the top spot if the port had been an unequivocal winner. However, first place this month belongs to…
Was there ever any doubt? It feels like only some form of physical release could have knocked Geralt out of the running for this particular eShop award.
This game “remains one of the best RPGs out there,” said George. “Sure, the combat still isn’t the best […] and there are some performance problems lingering. But the fact that it’s easy to overlook these is a testament to how amazing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is.”
Best of all, anybody who owns the Switch 1 already owns this version if they’ve got a Switch 2. You can’t say fairer than that.
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Do you agree with our ranking? Tell us about your favourite eShop releases of last month by voting in our poll and sharing your thoughts in the comments.
How we decide our eShop Selects top three: As we reach the end of every month, the Nintendo Life staff vote on their favourite titles from a list of games selected by the editorial team. To qualify for this list, these games must have been released as a digital-only Nintendo Switch eShop title in that particular month, and must have been reviewed on Nintendo Life; we select the qualifying games based on their review scores.
Staff are then asked to vote for three games that they think deserve to sit right at the very top of that list; first choice gets three points, second choice gets two points, and third choice gets one point. These votes are then tallied to create a top-three list, with the overall winner taking that month’s top prize.
