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The Nindies Spring Showcase this morning gave us all a sneak peek at the hot indie titles coming to the Switch in 2018. Bomb Chickenand West of Loathingare the top of my must-buy list, but will they be popular enough to dethrone the best selling indie games on the Switch?
At GDC in San Francisco today, Nintendo held a Nindies panel where it made a few announcements about indie games on the system. In addition to announcing it is revamping the eShop, Nintendo let it be known which indie games on the Switch are the best selling titles globally. In no particular order — because Nintendo didn’t give one — those games are:
- Golf Story
- Steamworld Dig 2
- Stardew Valley
- Enter the Gungeon
- Kamiko
- Fast RMX
- Overcooked Special Edition
- NBA Playgrounds
- Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
- Celeste
It was pretty obvious a few of those games would be in the top 10. I don’t think I’ve logged into the eShop since I got my Switch without seeing Stardew Valleynear the top. Celesteand Enter the Gungeonare two of the most recent titles to make the top 10, but given the successes we’ve heard about from both those games, their inclusion also isn’t that big of a surprise. Hell, even Blossom Talessold well enough on Switch to save the developer.
Of those games, I only own two on Switch —Golf Storyand NBA Playgrounds — but I have spent many hours with Stardew Valleyon my Mac. Clearly, I’m lagging behind. Maybe I should put down Rocket Leagueand finally pick up Steamworld Dig 2.
Nintendo Hits Milestone as Download Sales Exceed Packaged Goods, eShop Improvements Incoming [USGamer]