My TOP 10 MOST Played Games on the Nintendo Switch in 2023! 

I'm obsessed with Wylde Flowers since you first reviewed it so thank you so much for introducing me to one of my favorite switch games. I have over 200 hours in DDV and it's only going up. I'm so glad I started following you this year. Thank you for all the cozy game recommendations. You introduced me to a whole new world of games I adore and I never would've found without you. Thank you Iona. Can't wait for Fae Farm.

I am amazed how dominant the switch became in terms of sales numbers, more than double PS5 and Xbox combined... that is until I consider how many absolute banger games have launched on it, that you can then pick up and take with you anywhere.

My time in Portia is amazing and I don’t know why nobody speaks about it! I played on it for 6 hours straight yesterday 🤦‍♀️I’d say I’m only 1 percent through the game aswell!

Animal Crossing dropped at such a perfect time for me too. I took that day off work and joked with my co-teachers about needing a month off the enjoy it long before lockdown. I wish they had done more long term with the game but I enjoyed it anyway.

I got my Switch in May and my most played games so far are I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (35h) and Hades (30h). I really hope Coral Island will come out on the Switch soon, it looks so cool!

I never checked my time played. Not since I got my oled when they came out and I jumped from a lite. And boy am I surprised looking at it! 😂😂 I have DDLV at 820, ACNH at 710, Stardew at 540, and Ooblets at 120. I think I need more Ooblets! 😍

I REALLY REALLY hope they make another game like Wylde Flowers (or a sequel?)!! I love it soooo soooo much!!!

The Zelda games are actually the only games that I can reliably pick up and have fun in after not playing them for a bit. I can fast travel anywhere and then quickly familiarize myself with the buttons and fighting mechanics and then I’m right back in.

I loved Dreamlight Valley at first but I've honestly become so resentful towards it because I got so disappointed in several elements of it, and unfortunately Palia is still in Beta and I already feel the same toward it. Dev teams that call themselves small when they're not and that say that they care about their community when they only actually care about continuing to shake us down for every penny we have for an incomplete game, I'm sick of it.

Potential unpopular opinion: I don’t like live service games because to me, they always end up feeling like a cash grab with content hidden behind pay walls. ACNH is one of my favorite games ever & my most played behind BOTW & TotK. I will ALWAYS choose the game that gives you a full & complete game up front (minus a DLC pack), versus a game that makes false promises in order to make as much money as possible. Don’t get me wrong, I would be so happy if nintendo added more content to ACNH, but I am content knowing how many hours I was able to put into a $60 game. Enjoyed every second. I’m not saying every live service game these days is a cash grab, but right now we are in “the age of broken video games” where companies are releasing game after game that is unfinished, promising players content down the road, that half of the time never comes. It’s really sad. I see so many people fully addicted to the phone games where you have to pay to progress. Many devs are creating games that will psychologically get people addicted so they must keep spending money to progress. Sorry for going off on a tangent here, and I’m definitely not judging if anyone likes these type of games. I enjoyed DLV. I just hope people are aware of what’s going on in the video game industry right now. I have a ton of respect for game companies that are not stooping down to that level for money.

Animal Crossing: 1700+ (Can't see total hours, but that's the last I remember.) Tears of the Kingdom: 365+ (I beat Ganondorf, but there's still lots more I wanna do.) Pokemon Scarlet: 275 Disney Dreamlight Valley: 220 (I uninstalled after the last update when I still couldn't play the Fairy Godmother update.) Pokemon Let's Go Eevee: 250+ (I can't see my hours, but this game was the reason I got my Switch.) LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga: 155 Breath of the Wild: 145+ (I bought it 2 weeks before TotK released and just went back to it after defeating Ganondorf in TotK.)

i need coral island on the switch ugh

My top games are Animal Crossing 730÷ Disney Dreamlight Valley 400÷ My Time at Portia 185÷ and Wylde Flowers 155÷.

I totally agree with you, Iona, on having to restart some games you haven’t played in a while because you forget what you were doing and how to do certain things in the game.😊 That happens to me much more often than I’d like to admit.😂 Too many games, and not enough time, sadly.❤ Ty so much for another amazing video, Iona! Love you!❤❤❤

My most played game is Spiritfarer with 285 hours or more, according to my switch. Clearly I love being sad and moody lol

Thanks for sharing! I have about 1500 hours on ACNH between two switches too 😂

Yeah AC for me is also most played, and it's crazy looking at the number, but keep in mind I played the game daily since April 2020 to June 2022- over 3,050 hours omg lol. Here's the others- Miitopia- 375 BotW- 365 Tetris 99- 205 Spiritfarer- 150 MK8 Deluxe- 130 Mario Odyssey- 125 Luigi's Mansion 3- 110 Rune Factory 5- 95 (still unfinished and in first year) Smash Ultimate- 40 Pokemon Snap- 20 (still unfinished main story wise) Smushi Come Home- 5 NES- 3 I might as well mention the games you brought that I've played too on Steam- Coral Island- 129 (I am only in my 2nd year and it's early Summer, so this number will skyrocket. I am just going to stick with steam since I am use to the controllers, they're similar to Stardew Valley). Games I plan on picking up for the Switch (I am like 100% sure I am getting them)- Rain Code Story of Seasons: It's a Wonderful Life Wylde Flowers (You've convinced me to get this one lol) Palia Tears of the Kingdom used to be on this list, but I don't think I'll be getting it now. I replayed BotW recently and I wasn't the biggest fan of the gameplay changes and it didn't feel like a Zelda game to me. The only pro about BotW was the story and while I think Story is important, gameplay always trumps story for me, so I won't be getting the game, especially with how much games cost and I'd rather get a game now I KNOW I am going to love.

I have similar emotions about Animal Crossing New Horizons

I love Wylde Flowers so much, it had me hooked from the start 🥰 I've got 80+ hours in it, & still not finished all the quests 🙈 it is so underrated x

Thank you for showing that you can have short play times and still enjoy a game. I all ways feel bad when i see other people have hundreds of hours in a game conpared to my 60 hours and it makes me feel like im not appreciating the game enough. But seeing you have short play times makes me feel better.

I am waiting for Fae farm at the moment… but should I buy Wylde flower ?? I can’t decide …. Help me !!! Hehehe 😅

My top 3 are 165 hours in Pokémon sword, 150 in rune factory 5 and 120 in my time at Portia (which was so buggy but I loved it)

If Animal Crossing:New leaf was tracked… I’d have a full YEAR of time on it since it was the only AC for 6 years straight and it’s the reason I GOT a switch. I was playing my 3DS faithfully until 2020 😅

I have over 2000 in stardew 😅 but only 1225 of that is on the switch. I have 905 in new horizons, 370 in pokemon shield, 305 in pokemon violet, 260 in pokemon shining pearl, and only 225 in legends arceus 😭 And as much as I've adored light of hope, I've only got 105 hours in it and still haven't married the wizard smh

TotK and Botw suffer from the same thing Skyrim did back in the day where you load an old save and have no idea what's going on

Super jealous of the pastel joycons! I really want to purple and green ones but of course finances have been just super frustrating since they released. Fingers crossed I can snag them soon! I'm sad how quickly ACNH became boring though. After playing all AC games since the GCN version it was a bit disappointing. Farm Together has my highest but, that's also because I'd leave my game up while I was at work for others during events lol Wylde Flowers and DDV definitely have my highest hours other than Farm Together though. Once Palia makes it to Switch, I'm sure it'll be up there too heh

My most played games: -Breath of the Wild (170 hours), Mario 3D All Stars Collection (115 Hours) and Persona 5 Royal over 80 hours

My Most Played By Hours 5. Pokémon Violet 55 Hours 4. Super Mario Maker 65 Hours 3. Animal Crossing 95 Hours 2. BOTW 135 Hours 1. TOTK 200 Hours

ac was a comfort in a "special" time

omg i jst discovered ur channel and i LOVE it . Ive been lately diving into cozy gaming and the community and jst find it also refreshin to see girls like u who enjoy making content bout some nice comfy cozy games. Keep doin what ur doin 👏👏👏

You are the reason I tried Wylde Flowers and for that I thank you! haha. Also, I play a lot of games like zelda where if I don't pick it up for awhile it makes me want to pick it up less because I know I am going to be lost and possibly have to start over. I actually have a gaming journal now, and whenever I finish playing a quest intense type of game I will actually document what I was doing and what I need to be doing, so, when I pick it up again I know exactly what I was in the middle of. It's simple and works really well!

My top games are Animal Crossing at 500+ hours, Dreamlight Valley at 200+ hours, Stardew Valley at 100 hours, and Pokémon Violet at 90 hours.

Animal Crossing (325), Mario Kart (185), Mario Party Superstars (115), Super Mario 3D World (95). I'm very much a Mario player when it comes to Switch. 😂 I put a decent amount of hours into Pokémon Shield, as well. But it was long enough ago that I'm not sure how to check the number. My most played game of all time is definitely The Sims 2, though. That must be in the tens of thousands of hours by now. 😂

Fae farm is coming the day before my bday and I cannot waittttt! 😊

Pokémon Legends Arceus is the ONLY Pokémon game that I have ever played all the way through to the end. I ADORE that game SO MUCH. I love it so much that I even bought Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and am currently playing through that just so I can get all pokemon in PLA. I love Pokémon as a franchise and collecting the Pokémon in the games, but I HATE battling. Pokémon battles are what ruin it for me. They are SO BORING and TEDIOUS! I was so happy when PLA allowed you to catch all the Pokémon without ever having to battle a single time! It's PERFECT! I hope they continue the Pokémon Legends franchise with similar games!!! I want a Legends game in all the regions!!!

My most played game is zelda breath of the wild. I put 160 hours into it. I wanted to do all the sidequests and shrines aswell as just chill horseriding and doing random things. I think tears of the kingdom can beat that, but i haven't picked it up that much because of the holidays.

I do feel like i enjoy shiny hunting much more in SV now. It feels more rewarding to spot a shiny without help from the sound. Just my eyes. It always seemed weird to me that they made a sparkle sound anyways. The game explains them like they are just genetic differences, and purley a color thing. So the sound thing is nice and all, but i feel much more satisfied after a day of shiny hunting using my eyes. Plus they made it easy. For the auto battle feature, your pokemon won't attack shinies.

we're the same with totk. i haven't played the game in so many months, i even forgot the controls when i decided to play it back LOL 🤣

You have to try stardew valley if you haven’t 🥹 by far my favorite farming simulator

Fun fact Eeowna has never finished an island ! She rested it so many times 😂😂😂

Animal Crossing New Horizons - 200 hours Story Of Seasons A Wonderful Life - 75 hours Splatoon 2 - 65 hours Splatoon 3 is still on my hit list of games to get. Definitely liking Splatoon 2 though~ 🥰💕 Wondering if Splatoon 3 will be as good or just skip it~ 🤷‍♀️ As for Story Of Seasons A Wonderful Life I really enjoy the game. Never played the GameCube or PS2 version's but heard of both year's ago in high school when the gamecube & PS2 were out & popular~ 🤷‍♀️ I like Animal Crossing on nintendo switch but it got very repetitive for me very quickly. I refuse to go back on Animal Crossing community website because of how rude people were on there. I went on there when Animal Crossing New Leaf 3DS came out & was so upset with people criticizing my grammar instead of actually playing Animal crossing games (which I thought was the whole point of there website) I up & left & never looked back... 🤷‍♀️✌️🤙

Recently started Wylde Flowers based on your opinions. Loving it!

nice! your videos are relaxing to look at, you have a nice voice and good looking :) keep on going!

I have the same remotes as you! So cute. And I found some of my fav games from this vid

I started Persona 5 Royal several months ago after you mentioned it in a video, I’m now about 110 hours in and approaching the end of the game and it’s a new all-time favorite!!

Yeah, ACNH is my most played game, lol. ❤ Hoping Fae Farm might be next? 😂

How about Stardew Valley?..

this made me go check what game has most my hours. its fire emblem three houses with 440 hours followed by fire emblem engage with 285. i must like fire emblem or something

My top 3 are Pokemon games. Shield with 150 hours (still playing crown tundra so this will go up), Scarlet with 135 hours and Brilliant Diamond with 110 hours. I still haven't played Legends of Arceus yet but I have that planned after I complete Crown Tundra, and for sure I'll have over 100 hours in that too by the time I'm done. If this was nds, ps2 or gamecube, I'd have thousands of hours in several games ahaha. Edit: I do recommend getting the Teal Mask DLC for Scarlet and Violet, in my opinion it is better than the main game although it is quite short. I do like Teal Mask in Scarlet more than I liked Isle of Armor in Shield. I hope the next DLC is as good as Crown Tundra is for Scarlet though :)

My top games are: ACNH The Ace Attorney Trilogy Hades Disco Elysium My Time at Portia Wylde Flowers

I’m obsessed with tears of the kingdom! And I so did the same thing with my save files lol I upgraded to the tears of the kingdom OLED and didn’t back up my save data and I had 145 hours in tears and 185 in Skyrim

My most played is definitely Animal Crossing! I love(d) that game. Although I don't pick it up as much anymore, I still do some. My 2nd most is a game called Farm Together. My friends were like Why ya always playing that farming game? Hahaha cause I love it! I'm with you though, PLA is my favorite Pokémon game! I hope they do another like it!

Really wish there was an easier way to access your game time rather than just “Play Activity”. Regardless my top 5 most players are 1. Animal Crossing New Horizons. Not a shock as I got it near the beginning of the pandemic. While I haven’t touched it in a while I still have fond memories of it 2. Pokémon Sword. While not my favorite Pokémon games they’re still very decent and get way too much hate imo. Absolutely love just running around the Wild Areas, exploring, and catching Pokémon 3. Pokémon Scarlet. Absolutely love these as well especially how the three stories come together. The 7-Star raids keep me coming back since it’s ‘new’ Pokémon too add to my collection. Depending on how long the DLCs are it might beat out SwSh, we’ll have to wait and see 4. Sky: Children of the Light. There’s always some sort of event happening that keeps me coming back and even if there is none, it’s just fun to fly around and explore 5. Fire Emblem Three Houses. Kinda surprised since I’ve only done one route so far, which also happened to be the shortest (Crimson Flower). Love Fire Emblem though could use without the “teacher” aspect of it here. I’ve heard Engage goes back to more traditional FE gameplay though I wanna do all the routes of 3H first Honorable Mention: Pokémon Legends Arceus. Haven’t even finished the story yet cause of the Pokédex. I love to collect Pokémon and started a Living Dex (where you have one of each Pokémon, all their evos, forms, etc.) so this games been right up my ally. Hard to get back into since the controls are just so different from your traditional Pokémon game

I have also played Animal Crossing more than 1,000 hours. I love Pokémon Sword & Shield and Violet and Scarlet. I love your Lechonk shirt!

The Xenoblade Series is just the best JRPG series. My heart belongs to 2, because it was the first I picked up. Storywise 1 is the best. Wondering if you played it. For me personally, 3 was the worst. As a Xenoblade Fangirl it took be 20 hours or so to be in the game. Where in 1 and 2 I was in immediately. I still need to play the DLC, too. Can’t wait to do so, but wanna save it for autumn/winter, so I can sink in ❤

HELP HELP My Nintendo e shop isn’t working :( I never had this issue😢 there’s this credit card error issue it’s been like this for couple days now - no matter how many times I restarted

My most played games: The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Northgard Ys Viii Lacrimosa of Dana Civilization 6 . I did played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 the tutorial is incredibly annoying but I pushed through to get to the story which was great. Ys Viii Lacrimosa of Dana does not has the same tutorial issue as Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Don't have my Switch on me, so I can't check, but ACNH is my top game, I am sure!!! After that, it's probably Pokemon Sword, followed then by either Ooblets, Pokemon Violet (first time I've ever completed my Pokedex!), and PLA. And then I'm guessing HM:OW. BTW...love your shirt!

How much do you have in Cozy Grove, how about stardew? I have been obsessed with both since seeing your recommendations! I'm currently at 20hrs in cozy grove and 70hrs in stardew but I think I'll easily double that in both before I'm done 😍

Pokemon DLC should be illegal if it's almost the same amount as the game As well as shiny Pokemon not making a noise when appearing I've had fun spotting them but I've come close to missing one or two

I am so pleased I found your channel because I am obsessed with playing wlyde flowers. I wouldn't have found it without you. Thanks ❤

Mine 2 most played games are Witcher 3 followed by ACNH followed by a back log 😭😂

Animal Crossing was my lockdown game too. I will always love it even though I don’t play it much anymore. I find myself irritated lately with Dreamlight Valley.

I got my switch last year and have 500 hours in animal crossing and 80 hours in breath of the wild. other than that, I’ve played a few shorter indie games

I'm still upset over the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 lol. That game was an emotional gut punch for sure!

I am so sad about Animal Crossing. I don’t understand why Nintendo stop to do new DLC and updates, because there so many fan of this game.

Am I the only one who find the story progression in Wylde Flowers pretty slow with way to few quests and stuff to do? I like the game, but I feel like autumn is dragging on forever and it has thrown me off the game. I wanna finish the story but right now I find the game boring with nothing more to do while waiting for being able to shift the season to winther.

I find myself keep going back to mineral town, story of seasons. Something very nice n chill about that game ❤

I'd have to look to see what my most played games are. I'm sure Catherine full body is in my top 10 as I got a handful of the rin endings and got decently far.

The le chonk T-Shirt looks so cool 😎 Loved the video, was really interesting to see what you played on the switch 😊

I wish I could see how many hours I have in Palia - I’ve been playing every available moment since closed beta 😂

Shiny hunting was a pain in the butt in sword and shield! And I kind of refuse to buy the DLC it was to little to late when they offered it .

my top 3 games at the moment are animal crossing over 600/800 hours, 125 hours in tears of the kingdom ( i just love doing all the quests, my tip is to just jump in and just look around for things to and if u get stuck just go back to it later:), and number 3 is Omori with over 50 hours, its one of my absolute favourite games, i first played it on steam but with the switch u get customizable borders !

Hey! 🤗I’m obsessed with Wylde flowers at the moment can’t put the game down ❤ XC3 is amazing too. Can’t wait to play Faefarm so looking forward it. You are the only one got me into cozy games like farming sims 😆Zelda tears of the kingdoms is amazing not completed it yet tho 🤭x you are my favourite RU-vidr on game vlogs to watch on here ❤

The longest I ever spent on a game was 184 hours on Persona 5 Royal. I think I had 300 hours on Pokemon Sapphire when it was released on GBA years ago, but usually I get bored of games after around the 100-150 hour mark.

With Coral Island I'll probably wait for the merpeople update before I play any more - but I really do love the game!

Just picked up my switch and I have 1205 hrs in Animal Crossing, Zelda tears and Disney Dreamlight both weirdly at 55 hours, & powerwash sim for 45 hours - which is actually surprising to me LOL. I think when fae farm comes out I feel like thats where all my time is going to go lol

I love your Lechonk shirt! It’s so cute :)

Hello, I'm about to purchase my own Nintendo Switch and I have some questions... If I buy the Switch, do I have to buy games individually for $60 each or do I get every game for free on the console? I want to play the Zelda, Mario and Pokemon games. I have been researching a lot and haven't found any clear information about this. Any helpers?

I played a lot of Wylde flowers and boyfriend dungeon.

I LOVE your videos and recommendations. I’ve downloaded so many you’ve suggested. Wylde flowers?! Seriously filled the animal crossing shaped hole in my heart. Question. Hokko life keeps leaping out at me in my research as a cosy farming sim but I can’t find a video where you mention it. Have you tried it? Is it good? Thanks!

The thumbnail has had me giggling for a few minutes now 😭

Need to get back into wylde flowers do a new safe hoard lot of the stuff

Sincerity and enthousiasm is what I think when I look at your videos. Great job 😊

your shirt is so awesome!!! where did you get it?

How to play nintendo switch

Are festivals in Coral Island actually unique, or traditional egg hunting-spooky pumpkin themed? My most played on switch are: Stardew, Animal Crossing and Portia.

I think the only game I have played a lot of this year so far is Tears of the Kingdom. I had been playing mainly only this since May and I just beat it. Now, time for other games!

Agree 💯 about Zelda

Coral Island is pure joy! I love it

Have you tried TOTW

How many hours do you have in harvestella😳

is wylde flowers n fae farms multi player games

Best list ever! ❤❤❤

My most played ones are Animal Crossing (370h), Breath of the Wild (200h), Tears of the Kingdom (120), Persona 5 Royal (115h) and then I'm not exactly sure but probably Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3 (yes I cried for 30 minutes straight during that super long cut scene at the end of chapter 5/beginning of chapter 6). Other games I have quite a few hours in are Pokémon Legends Arceus, Pokémon Sword, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Octopath Traveler and Rune Factory 5..... Yeah, I guess these are my most played ones 😅😊

With out question it’s Animal Crossing new horizon. I put over 400 hours into and I haven’t pick it up in about a year. Currently right now my most played game is MLB The Show 23 with 75 hours.

Pokémon is such a baaaaddd game 😭😭😭😭

I own most of these because of you!

What an incredible shirt

Do you play Zelda games? I just started tears of the kingdom. Really enjoying it.