It’s accessible enough though it’s easy to tell newbies and experienced players apart thanks to the nifty airborne/boosting tricks you can pull off. Despite the sheer simplicity of gameplay (hit ball into goal) Rocket League provides endless hours of free without needing to pay a penny. Rocket League is the sequel to one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time, albeit with a more marketable name, fuelled by a colossal fan base. It’s footie but instead of overpaid divas, you play as supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle cars. We challenge even the grumpiest of teenagers not to love Cake Bash. Even better, there’s a wide range of challenges to put a smile on every face: from swatting pesky picnic ruining wasps, to toasting the perfect marshmallow and smashing fortune cookies to smithereens. It’s also one of the more accessible game on this list, with simple controls that can be easily grasped by novice players. Cake Bash is wonderful fun from beginning to end. Whoever came up with the idea of a party game pitting battling cakes in a showdown to become the tastiest treat of them all is a genius. Thankfully, you don’t need two copies of the game either with a free guest edition demo allowing you to piggyback. Although designed primarily for two players, most games can enable up to 4 by connecting two Switch systems. As the name suggests, 51 Worldwide Games packs in plenty of activities, from classics such as chess and draughts, to more exotic inclusions like Shogi, and more interactive favourites such as bowling and darts.

A late contender for this list and a game that appears fairly conspicuous next to some of Nintendo’s mascot-lead Switch exclusives.

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