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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Nintendo recently shared a list via the Switch news channel featuring the system's 'most played' games in Europe last year. This same list has also been on the Switch's Australia and New Zealand news feeds.

As you might have already guessed, a lot of major first-party releases are included along with some of the biggest third-party and free-to-play titles. This includes games like Zelda, Super Mario, Fortnite, Pokémon and Minecraft.

Below is the full list. Nintendo Everything notes how it is "not necessarily in chronological order". The amount of time these games were played wasn't revealed, either.

• Fortnite
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Minecraft
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Pokémon Scarlet
• Pokémon Violet
• Rocket League
• Fall Guys
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Hogwarts Legacy
• EA Sports FC 24
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
• Pokémon Unite
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Splatoon 3
• Mario Party Superstars
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
• Disney Dreamlight Valley

Nintendo Shares 'Most Played' Switch Games In 2023 (Europe)

The usual suspects

www.nintendolife.com

 

[Robb]

Pretty impressive for Hogwarts Legacy to even be here considering it launched mid November.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Pretty impressive for Hogwarts Legacy to even be here considering it launched mid November.

That immediately caught my eye as well. Probably moved a ton of units over the Holidays.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Looking at this list it's pretty clear why Nintendo is the only company that can get by without third parties.

 

[Hudo]

I honestly did not know that Fortnite is a thing on Switch.

 

[Saber]

Its really impressive that Hogwarts is there. It launched way too late of 2023.

Mario Kart is popular as ever I see. And TotK still on top too.

 

[acm2000]

same old Nintendo console tale, amazing for them tho but bad for third parties.

EPIC: 3
MS: 1
Nintendo: 14
Gameloft: 1
EA: 1
Warner Bros: 1

 

[Bernoulli]

Fortnite on switch is 20 fps 144p
They better bring 60 fps 1080p with the switch 2

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Bro I played Fortnite on Switch in 2018. It looked like a low poly Sega Saturn game.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Nintendo warming up to concept of engagement I see.

Only way to free Japan from shackles of mobile games.

All thanks to some visionaries elsewhere.

 

[ADiTAR]

same old Nintendo console tale, amazing for them tho but bad for third parties.

Other than those listed, and maybe Mortal Kombat 1, what other third party game did you expect to see?

 

[Lupin3]

Wouldn't be surprised if it actually was in order. At least top 3 looks legit.

 

[acm2000]

Other than those listed, and maybe Mortal Kombat 1, what other third party game did you expect to see?

none because its not worth publishers time investing on the platform as in the nintendo way

 

[Woopah]

none because its not worth publishers time investing on the platform as in the nintendo way

There's been over 500 million third party games sold on Switch (not including download only titles).

It's absolutely worth third parties investing (depending on the game of course).

 

[MayauMiao]

Nintendo warming up to concept of engagement I see.

Only way to free Japan from shackles of mobile games.

All thanks to some visionaries elsewhere.

Its more like console games are the ones that shackles gamers due to its inability to be mobile.

Switch gives the best of both worlds, and I'm looking forward to Switch 2.

 

[Marvel14]

none because its not worth publishers time investing on the platform as in the nintendo way

You seem to be unaware of the concept of relativity. A 3rd party game doesn't have to match Mario Kart to be worth putting on the Switch.

The cost of porting it needs to be less than its sales by a certain amount ( each company might have a different break even point)

Sure Nintendo's 1st party lineup is a source of competition and it's not negligible but it's also not "match Nintendo or it ain't worth it"