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Looking for a Switch game thats fun but requires little commitment
So I have very little free time and have been on a gaming hiatus for the past four-ish years, but I've been wanting to bust my Switch out again and fit some time in when I can. I'm looking for recommendations for a game that can be played for less than 20 minutes daily with an easy learning curve. Any recommendations?
Four years? Sounds like you missed Animal Crossing: New Horizons. If Animal Crossing is your style of game, it starts off essentially ten minutes worth of "stuff" to do each day and gradually opens up from there. Plus, about 98% of the time you can just quit whenever.
There are plenty of low commitment, low learning-curve games on the Switch, but without knowing your tastes it's kinda hard to narrow it down. What sort of games do you enjoy?
p.s. Random rec in the mean time: World of Goo 2 just came out. I haven't had a chance to play it yet myself, although I intend to since I loved the original. But I've watched a few people stream it, and it seemed solid, and easily playable in short spurts.
Peglin run based Roguelike, very low commitment. A full run takes about an hour, give or take and decisions are very limited and very easy.
Have you played Peggle? It's that, but a run based Roguelike. Easy to pick up and understand, some skill involved, but randomness plays a big factor; you can do a quick battle, which will take about 5 minutes, then it'll save and you can play something else or it's easy enough to suspend and come back to later. Very low commitment.
Give a look at Superluminal. I didn't play it on switch, but it's available there. It only takes a few sit-downs to play through. It's a puzzle game in a 3d world. I really recommend trying it. Great little story, too. It definitely has an indie vibe.
I've gotten really into Balatro, a game where you're making poker hands from a standard deck of playing cards, and in between rounds, you can get Jokers, Tarot, and other modifiers that can alter your score and help you build a better deck. You can pick up and put down a run in the middle of 20 minutes as runs are generally a little longer than that, and the game is pretty easy to pick up and go with.
I'm going to suggest Super Smash Bros playing bots (starting at low level) or World of Light. You can get a couple of matches in each day with that level of time ability, and while you can spend a lot of time honing your abilities and getting really good at the game the basic idea is simple and it doesn't take long to get good enough to play casually. You can also play humans and the system should adjust to give you opponents at similar skill level - I'm just suggesting bot opponents to maximise your ability to just turn off and walk away when you need to.
Any gaming history of what you enjoyed? Like my immediate thought would be 1st party Nintendo IPs as I feel Nintendo is the king of "fun for any skill level" game play. Something fun and charming like "Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker" or "Kirby and the Forgotten Land" which have short levels with easy learning curves. A step up in difficulty would be something like "Super Mario Bros Wonder" or "Super Mario 3D World" and even "Pikmin 4". If you want something chill, then Animal Crossing is great for that.
However, if you're OK with a higher difficulty ceiling (in terms of mechanics) but not a steep learning curve, Super Mario Odyssey is great as you don't need to master all the mechanics to enjoy the game but doing so does make the game more satisfying.
Non Nintendo games would be the like indie titles that have been ported over. A Short Hike, Inside, Limbo and arguably, GRIS.