Iām one of the few on the forum whoās not gaga for Breath of the Wild, but I choose to believe this just enables me to pimp novel games at you :-D
Hades (stylish roguelike action/combat game with a storyline that evolves as you replay it and amazing music, characters, and ambience) and Slay the Spire (roguelike card battler wherein you ascend multiple boss-topped levels, building up thematic decks for one of four fantasy character classes along with artifacts and consumables to bolster your abilities) have consumed a ton of my gaming time on the Switch; both are a ton of fun to take on the go or play on TV. Itās worth noting that Hades does slow down in really busy rooms in a way that more twitch-oriented gamers find maddening. My reflexes, which are like those of a dead cat, appreciate the extra time to think when the fireballs are flying, hah. Theyāre both on PC, of course, but I find Hades in particular to be a great couch game.
Animal Crossing is probably closing in on 1,000 hours between my partner and I. Itās slow-paced, cutesy, and defiantly chill, with several very iconoclastic UI elements and subsystems that are very much an acquired taste, and yet, somehow, itās closing in on my ābest game of all timeā ranking. I donāt know that it fits into any of your preferred categories, but I feel the need to recommend it just because of how much Iāve played it :). A simple game of sculpting a deserted island into a friendly town of animal villagers and a handful of stores, with light resource harvesting, a pretty massive set of craftable furniture, and tons of outfits and seasonal goodies from the in-game holidays. Because, oh yeah, it progresses in real-time. Sometimes, you just gotta wait till tomorrow for the museum to open after you gather the materials to build it. Befriend the villagers you invite to your new abode, fly to randomly generated islands to harvest more resources, tend your perfect flower garden, swim around to catch ocean critters, fish in the river, catch bugs, and custom-design new clothes and furniture skins.
For JRPGs, Tales of Vesperia is in the same series as Graces and shares a lot of the same quasi-action third-person party-based combat DNA, although itās ājustā a port from the X360/PS3, albeit of the better version of the game. Dragon Quest XI got an excellent, improved port on the Switch (whose features were later ported to PC and new consoles), and itās a super chill, classic-style game from the long-running series with a surprisingly long and twisting story to back it up. Octopath Traveler is a 2.5D love letter to classic JRPGs with 8 interwoven stories and solid tactical combat. Final Fantaxy X/X-2 HD Remaster and XII Zodiac Age, two feature-stuffed remakes of the excellent (and wildly different) PS2-era titles, are also there and in great shape. Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes the venerable tactical RPG series forward with a branching storyline, deeper characters, and fancied up graphics. The Xenoblade games and Trails of Cold Steel titles also get a lot of love, though I havenāt tried these.
Mario Odyssey is an excellent and tightly designed platformer with an absurd amount of miniature challenges built into its big, explorable levels. The new port of the Wii-U title Super Mario 3D World with the new Bowserās Fury add-on is also getting a lot of rave reviews, though I havenāt tried it out yet. Paper Mario: Origami King is a cool fusion of Mario aesthetics with JRPG gameplay, though definitely watch a video on the combat+advancement mechanics before you buy; some people really dislike it. The Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxy 3-pack they just put out is also great to catch up on the classic platformerās notable 3D entries from the last 25 years. Luigiās Mansion 3 doesnāt technically count as survival horror, but man, itās just doofy good fun, hah.
