The reason why Fight'n Rage isn't my favourite Beat Em Up is because my fingers tur into ground meat after I finish the game. My poor fingers 😭 Streets of Rage 4 is more gentle.
I've been trying to figure it out, who's the girl in the thumbnail which game is she from? This was a great video as always of course, it reminded me that I need to pre-order Sword of the Vagrant physical.
@@HallowedBeThyGame Oh, there's nothing to be sorry about. One of my favourite parts of this hobby is discovering new games that I missed out on. Since it feels that I've seen it all after 40+ years of gaming, discovering new gems is something I enjoy immensely. :)
Have you played Labyrinth of Zangetsu? If so, how does it compare? Similar vibe but with traditional Japanese 'Yokai' monsters - which is of huge appeal to me.
Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is great because it combines a couple styles of gameplay and IMO does all of them well. No one portion is the greatest of it's genre but it combines a good merchant sim-shop with good to great dungeon crawling and good to great RPG elements and it's balanced extremely well. I've picked it up and put it down for bigger games releases, but I'm always able to slip back into it really well. Great choice IMO. Won't be your favorite game, but a great pick for a hidden gem.
I got Remilore physical and it felt throwback in the best way. It came with a fully colored guide book and remilore-themes lens wipe for glasses. Glad to see it getting a shoutout, I had a lot of fun with that one.
Interesting how experiences vary from person to person: Smelter's strategy portion of the game did not grab me at all so I stopped playing. (They should've stick to side-scroll platforming only.) Sword of the Vagrant and Fighting Rage on the other hand 🤩
Nice! Finally someone showing actually hidden gems. I’ve never heard of most of these and they all look great. Crazy. All these Nintendo tubers just repeating the same games Over and over.
This was great as always, Fight'N Rage and Dead or School are in my backlog. I'd like to give a shout out to Legend of Dark Witch! The HD version is on the Switch, it's a side-scrolling platformer with Gradius power up mechanics, the bosses are Touhou style anime girls, you get their powers like Mega Man, and like Mega Man there' a Boss Rush at the end! It's chibi goodness. You can even unlock a new playable character, a gallery, built-in achievements, a poker game, a Breakout clone, short manga comic strips, and animated shorts!! Legend of Dark Witch on the Switch really, REALLY needs more love.
Sweet I'm looking forward to it. That developer Inside System/NAN-A needs some clout. I heard it started as a Touhou fan game but then it became its own thing, you can still see the Touhou influence in the character designs and the bullet hell patterns in some boss fights. The platform-shooting in general works a bit like Gradius, as you shoot enemies your meter builds and you press the equip button to add more shots (spreadshot), speed to your character, a gliding meter, and even a shield. So here's some (nerdy) info, a small rabbit hole if you will. There's a trilogy on 3ds....or was as it was eShop only. The first game is also on Steam, I was wishing the other two were ported to Switch and somewhere else. The catgirl boss in the second game got her own rhythm game spin-off on Switch called Rudymical. Al, a busty blue-haired ice user wielding a deathsythe, got her own addictive RPG called Brave Dungeon on 3ds and Switch. And....this is not important but Blad looks like a chibi Ryuko Matoi from Kill la Kill. Okay if you made it this far, thank you! Feel free to use any of my words in any videos or whatever if you feel like it, I just want more Gradius/Mega Man fans to give this game a try, I feel it's just that good. Ok I'm done gushing about this series, for now.
@feeamerie5011 YOOO! 🤜 IKR! I can't believe they dropped the trailer to Brave Dungeon 2 a few days ago out of nowhere, and the demo, and the GAME! I'm glad there's more Dark Witch fans out there.
I bought Sword of the Vagrant, Evil Tonight, Dead or School, Undernauts and Blacksmith off the back of this. Loving them all so far and all reasonably priced with discounts! Thanks for this, never would've found these at all 😊
Just bought Fight N Rage. I love beat em ups but never heard of this one. Thank you for the recommendation, and your content is quickly becoming some of my favorite for hearing about games.
Nice finds! These are the kind of games I would usually ignore on the eshop, no advertising, no "word of mouth" and generic video game names. I've wish listed a bunch (Remilore, Evil tonight, Fight N Rage and Sword ot Vagrant)! Appreciated!
Very nice list. I think I’d also like to shout out Star Ocean: First Departure R as another hidden gem. It’s a remake of a snes RPG that never came to the west. I’m surprised I don’t hear anybody talk about it considering Star Ocean The Divine Force brought more attention to this series.
Yup. It's mostly just a slightly messed up version of the PSP remake. But with new character portraits (that I don't like). The only other thing the Switch port dose well over the PSP version is the one secret character doesn't corrupt your save game if they are the lead party member in the near the end boss fight save point. (Most people keep Rod in party lead anyway.) 😢 I am annoyed that Second Evolution on PSP didn't get the same treatment. Even though I would prefer a direct port of the PSP game and not a slightly redone version like First Departure R got.
My personal hidden gem list: (no order) ✓"Streets of Rouge" (800 hours played) Top down, mission based real time rouge-like shooter. Lots of unlocks, and very laid back customizable difficulty options/cheats that still allow you to unlock stuff if used, but still allows nails hard options too. ✓"Finding Teddy 2" (45 hours played two runs) Love letter to Zelda 2, Vania-lite with NPC villages, musical puzzles and generally a lot of fun. (Same game as Chronicles of Teddy on PS3) ✓"ASTALON Tears of the Earth" (60 hours both normal and extra quest beaten.) Take the core concept of Three Vikings and Trine, slap that into a NeS style Castlevania setting but focus on the puzzles and platforming. Death resets your location, but with the discovery of warp points and secrets it's never too much to backtrack, plus by buying abilities it only gets easier. ✓"Wunderling DX" (39 hours to get 100%) Staged based puzzle platformer that starts off too simple and gives meh vibes. The demo only covers the first world. But the rest of the game is absolutely fantastic, and I wasn't certain I should even buy it, except a friend told me it's worth it 100%. And I agree. ✓"Human Resource Machine" & "7 billion humans" Learn to machine level code, in these mind bending programming games. ✓"CLANNAD" (84 hours 100% with guide for five routes) High tier classic Visual Novel. Watch the first season of the anime as a demo of sorts. Stop there and then play the game to 100%, Then and only then watch the second season.
Lol had to cheat and look on my Switch: ✓"Wuppo Definitive edition" (45 hours of fun and messing around) You play a lazy slob of a Wum, who only after getting kicked out of his home, discovers the long buried truth about the world and it's impending destruction, meh big whoop. But when you get back home, you find out your room was filled! So you have to travel to the big city, where the knowledge you gained meets reality. That or you can run off to a far away island and blow bubbles forever. Lol ✓"Iconoclasts" (30 hours 100%?) Story based Platform shooter, somewhat linier but lots of fun. ✓"Minesweeper Genius" (58 hours ~23 runs) Picross meets Minesweeper in this procedurally generated puzzle game. (But once you understand the formula logic it's not as interesting as purely Picross puzzles have recently become, but I hold the second fastest speedrun of the game, of six people who submitted times.😂)
Dude, AWESOME list. Fight N Rage is easily better than Streets of Rage 4 and Undernauts is SO good! And Evil Tonight looks so good--thanks for recommending it!
Fight N’ Rage!!!! Such an outstanding game that deserves more praise! Also, I REALLY need to still get Sword of the Vagrant, and Dead or School! Great video as always man!
I got an email notification recently that Evil Tonight was on sale in the eShop, and I wondered what the hell was Evil Tonight and why was it on my wishlist? Now I realize I saw it in one of your earlier videos. Might pick it up this week. I expect to be busy with Advance Wars 1+2.
Nice list! Remi Lore is fun, but it's a challenging one! I have more challenges in it than pretty much any Diablo clones out there! Of course, Sword of the Vagrant had to be in there! The art style alone is phenomenal! I'm intrigued by Labyrinth of Yomi, so I'll have to check it out! Great video and keep up the good work!
Dude, I thought I had already scoured the entire switch catalog, and I easily have over 300 digital downloads... I missed most of your picks other than Smelter and Dead or School. Nice job, man!
@@HallowedBeThyGame still working through Souldiers, Blacksmith in the Desert, and The Hero Must Die Again from older lists 😅 Oh and Maglam Lord is in there too...ya find some truly remarkable games and this list is just gonna make my game library grow.
I can see me easily picking seven (trilogy included) of these gems someday!!! I don't know if is really hidden, but enjoying a lot Yuppie Psycho, the ambient and story is not something we see everyday
I watched alot of these "switch hidden gems" videos, and they always seem to have games I have heard about dozens of times before. Your content, I have not heard about any before. Bravo. Also, great presentation and concise facts. Keep up the Awesome work!
True story, Fight ‘n Rage beat me up and stole my lunch money on my first play through. I tried my hand at the training mode and my thumbs and aging joints were pulp by the time i gave in. Now the game sits in a terrifying corner of my backlog daring me to come try again, but I think I’ll wait until i can find a more talented co-op partner.
Ughh, I'm trying to save money after overspending so far this year! But, Undernauts is readily available physically and not overpriced. Thanks Ren, appreciate the double upload, hope you're doing well
I actually got to play Evil Tonight and the Diabolical Mind Trilogy because of one of your older videos about hidden gems and nice to see them in the list. Thanks for the fun recommendations!
You mentioned Forgotten Anne in one of your other videos and I'm almost done with that one (it's so beautiful!!!) so once I am I'll finally pick up Evil Tonight which has been on my wishlist for like a year :P
I downloaded the demo for Forgotten Anne, but haven't had time to get to it yet. I'm blasting through a bunch of smaller games before the Kingdom Tear apocalypse hits next month. Lol
I haven't played the Switch versions, but I've got Lost Ruins, Dead or School, and Fight 'n' Rage on PC and they're great. I've been wanting to get a physical version of Dead or School recently and I'll have to see if physicals are available for Lost Ruins and Fight 'n' Rage as well or if there is at least a prospect for them in the future. Undernauts and Sword of the Vagrant are excellent and I also try to spread the word about them as often as possible. I just introduced my brother to Undernauts and he is now hooked on it as well and I'm looking forward to the physical release of Sword of the Vagrant coming out later this year. I'm now going to have to write a note to leave on my monitor to make Evil Tonight the next game I purchase, it looks right up my alley and every time I see footage from it the game keeps looking even better. I'll also have to keep an eye out for Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, Remilore, Diabolical Mind Trilogy, and Smelter as well. I think I saw something about a physical release of Smelter being available, I'll have to check and see if any copies are still available at an affordable price.
A top shelf brother move getting yours hooked on Undernaughts! Excellent and I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts on Evil Tonight if you take the plunge on it. There's a whole list I still need to get to like There is no Light which you hooked me up with!
Thanks for all of the recommendations. I only got a Switch recently and I'm just starting to build a library, so it's great to get some lesser known suggestions. I think I'm picking up a few this weekend.
First off amazing video. You added a few to my want list with this one. Secondly want to thank you for introducing me to Smelter some videos back. It truly is an overlooked masterpiece. Picked up the physical from PlayAsia and can't put it down.
me and my son finish so many times Fight N Rage its one of our favorite side scrolling beat en ups, thanks for the recommendation of sword of the vagrant because I pre-ordered it on amazon after watching your video, the quality of your videos is very high and I rarely miss one.
What a fantastic game to share with your son! That's so cool and I'm stoked you preordered Sword of the Vagrant! That game is so excellent to me, thanks for all the support!
Kemco Got started making a lot of mobile JRPG games. I played a couple of their games and the general feel was that they were kind of like fast food JRPGs. Not a ton of substance, but it did an alright job and could be satisfying. The Blacksmith game looks like they upped their game a little bit though for the switch.
It's because Kemco only publish these games they're made by different studios, some of them are extremely low quality (and i mean baaad) while others are so good you wonder why they're stuck in the same list.
Kemcos been around as a publisher for a while. The published some games on the NES, and SNES, (two that come to mind are Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle and Phalanx.) Then the seemingly vanished to then re-emerge as a mobile publisher.
It's also great that most of these games can be found on different platforms, which is always a nice touch. I really liked Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, reminded me of Recettear. I swear, economy games always give me a good impression, like Merchant of the Skies.
Big thumbs up and a sub. There were several AWESOME games I'd never heard of on this list and I spend (waste?) a ridiculous amount of time on the UA-cams watching videos like this. Kudos.
I just randomly ran into your channel and these are some great picks some of them I have heard like smelter and lost ruins (which I already have) but considering you only mentioned one game I own and the rest were new to me this was such a great list. Keep up the good work
Great list, but it took until “fight n rage” for you to catch me out with a game I don’t have. So that was awesome- I love beat em ups! I have a possible contribution or two for your volume 2 video (hint) - “Castle of the Underdogs” (hilarious jrpg with 3d dot heroes style graphics) “Chroma Squad” (Basically Power Rangers - the stuntmen, the SRPG. As awesome as that sounds). “The World Next Door” (Which answers the question what if Forspoken but isometric and with a great story and likeable protagonist) and finally my ace in the hole: “Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan” (Stunningly beautiful 3D platformer classic world going from black and white to colour. Just like we were GC generation all over again. Great content as always Wren 🫶
Thank you so much for this great video. I finally found someone talking about amazing games that are not zelda or mario or these traditional games. Keep it up.
My Personal favorite by far from this list is Evil tonight and eiyuden chronicles should have get at least a honrourable mention its seems pretty good xD Nice one half of them i own since Release ^^
I know your new to this but one of the best at it! Many of your selections are truly accurate which makes you extremely trustworthy source for recommendations. You have exquisite taste for unique fine gaming seriously!
Really enjoy your list of games! I love sword of the vagrant and dead or school. A little late perhaps and it might have already been mentioned but currently lost ruins is on pre-order physical on red art games! Thank you for your work! I subscribed ❤
a lot of these are on sale right now too. Have no fear , no shame Ren, we still love you. Do you know the background music playing at the smelter portion of your vid?
Thanks for the video. I would like to suggest that you put the title of the game on screen while talking about it. It'll help the game stand out more in memory.
Remi Lore was definitely made aware to me by Reggie. We call that #TheReggieEffect lol! Several months ago I got a physical copy of Dead or School due to you putting that game over so well though I have not started it it looks fun! Great collection of games as always!
Fantastic video bud. SE great titles. I've been playing some funny odd ball games on my PlayStation 4 I think would be cool to cover. Nice to see our Demon's Tire release make the cut. It's truly a banger title. Keep up the great work brother much love. ❤️
@@HallowedBeThyGame Well we hope you're ready for our next upcoming batch of games Super Dungeon Maker (The Zelda maker we been begging for I had early access to it on switch it's great) and Wife Quest we putting out the physical switch copies of both these games.
Love to see lists like this. I've got some new games to look into now lol. I will definitely vouch for Smelter and Sword of the Vagrant. Both are truly phenomenal.
Very good selection/recommendation, i own most of the games but 2-3 were also "new" to me like smelter. Thank you, love your vids. Btw Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is on sale in the german/eu eshop for 10€
This just happened I found a Switch case in a trash can at a airport. My first thought is cool free case I opened it up and found 11 games in the case.
Yea, your constant praising of Sword of the Vagrant got me to buy the game… twice 😅. Can’t wait for my physical version to come in! I also keep saying that one day I’ll get Fight’n’Rage and Dead or School, but I’m not sure when that’ll be.
Just wanted to add the comment that this list is useful beyond the Switch. All of these titles except Sword of the Vagrant is available on steam, so good for PC hidden gems also including the Steam Deck in which most of the games here are Verified if not Native and the rest are reported as playable with minor tweaking. Pretty sweet list. Caught a few I would not mind trying.
Evil tonight seems my sort of game. I absolutely loved the og Corpse Party, which is closer to silent hill/project zero in pixel form. Not soo keen on the dungeon crawler style follow-up, and I really wish the 3rd game had gone back to the pixel based graphics. But yeah my type of game
Sword of the Vagrant: Good game that one. I feel obliged to let people know that it's been on pc (via steam) for a few years under the name 'The Vagrant', and costs less than £4 as standard (it's stupid cheap when on sale). So If you have a machine that can run it, you can save a few quid. I don't think there are any massive differences between the pc and Switch versions.
Odd that so many of these games I already played or were already on my wish list. Fight N Rage is definitely one of the best Beat'em Ups ever. I just added a few of these to my wish list that wasn't already. Smelter wasn't on there but Sword of the Vagrant is one I'll grab at the next sale.
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The reason why Fight'n Rage isn't my favourite Beat Em Up is because my fingers tur into ground meat after I finish the game.
My poor fingers 😭
Streets of Rage 4 is more gentle.
@@andregon4366 SoR 4 is right up there for me too. But those twins destroyed my fingers ☠️
“The anime fan service is through the roof. Hate me I don’t care anymore.” 😂 Alirght I’m subscribed lol
I've been trying to figure it out, who's the girl in the thumbnail which game is she from? This was a great video as always of course, it reminded me that I need to pre-order Sword of the Vagrant physical.
@@trevormcdermal she’s Wizard from Demon’s Tier + and thanks for the kind words!
You're costing me so much money with these videos and I absolutely love it! :D
Haha I am both sorry and happy you are enjoying them!
@@HallowedBeThyGame Oh, there's nothing to be sorry about. One of my favourite parts of this hobby is discovering new games that I missed out on. Since it feels that I've seen it all after 40+ years of gaming, discovering new gems is something I enjoy immensely. :)
Undernauts is arguably the best dungeon crawler I have played. Creepy setting, tons of QoL features, and a solid story with some great twists.
Completely agree 🔥🤘
@@HallowedBeThyGame if you haven't already I recommend Death Mark.
Have you played Labyrinth of Zangetsu? If so, how does it compare? Similar vibe but with traditional Japanese 'Yokai' monsters - which is of huge appeal to me.
@@martinde-serres8724 yeah the trailer looks good. Definitely looking forward to its release.
@@yarbles66 it has overtaken Undernauts as my new favourite
Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is great because it combines a couple styles of gameplay and IMO does all of them well. No one portion is the greatest of it's genre but it combines a good merchant sim-shop with good to great dungeon crawling and good to great RPG elements and it's balanced extremely well. I've picked it up and put it down for bigger games releases, but I'm always able to slip back into it really well. Great choice IMO. Won't be your favorite game, but a great pick for a hidden gem.
I knew Sword of the Vagrant was gonna be number 1. Have it preordered and can’t wait to own it physically.
Haha rock on! Enjoy it!
Quality content. I've never heard of half the games you mention, and many are the types i'm always on the lookout for. Keep em coming.
More on the way!
I got Remilore physical and it felt throwback in the best way. It came with a fully colored guide book and remilore-themes lens wipe for glasses.
Glad to see it getting a shoutout, I had a lot of fun with that one.
Hey another fan! Excellent 🤘🔥
Interesting how experiences vary from person to person: Smelter's strategy portion of the game did not grab me at all so I stopped playing. (They should've stick to side-scroll platforming only.) Sword of the Vagrant and Fighting Rage on the other hand 🤩
Nice! Finally someone showing actually hidden gems. I’ve never heard of most of these and they all look great. Crazy. All these Nintendo tubers just repeating the same games Over and over.
Have fun!
This was great as always, Fight'N Rage and Dead or School are in my backlog. I'd like to give a shout out to Legend of Dark Witch! The HD version is on the Switch, it's a side-scrolling platformer with Gradius power up mechanics, the bosses are Touhou style anime girls, you get their powers like Mega Man, and like Mega Man there' a Boss Rush at the end! It's chibi goodness. You can even unlock a new playable character, a gallery, built-in achievements, a poker game, a Breakout clone, short manga comic strips, and animated shorts!! Legend of Dark Witch on the Switch really, REALLY needs more love.
Woh snap! I hadn't heard of this one, thank you! Gonna absolutely check this out.
Sweet I'm looking forward to it. That developer Inside System/NAN-A needs some clout. I heard it started as a Touhou fan game but then it became its own thing, you can still see the Touhou influence in the character designs and the bullet hell patterns in some boss fights. The platform-shooting in general works a bit like Gradius, as you shoot enemies your meter builds and you press the equip button to add more shots (spreadshot), speed to your character, a gliding meter, and even a shield.
So here's some (nerdy) info, a small rabbit hole if you will. There's a trilogy on 3ds....or was as it was eShop only. The first game is also on Steam, I was wishing the other two were ported to Switch and somewhere else. The catgirl boss in the second game got her own rhythm game spin-off on Switch called Rudymical. Al, a busty blue-haired ice user wielding a deathsythe, got her own addictive RPG called Brave Dungeon on 3ds and Switch. And....this is not important but Blad looks like a chibi Ryuko Matoi from Kill la Kill.
Okay if you made it this far, thank you! Feel free to use any of my words in any videos or whatever if you feel like it, I just want more Gradius/Mega Man fans to give this game a try, I feel it's just that good. Ok I'm done gushing about this series, for now.
Oh crap, Brave Dungeon 2 trailer!
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@@trevormcdermal just jumped in to mention Brave Dungeon 2 brand new sequel continues the companies fire run they’re on 🫶🫶🫶
@feeamerie5011 YOOO! 🤜
IKR! I can't believe they dropped the trailer to Brave Dungeon 2 a few days ago out of nowhere, and the demo, and the GAME! I'm glad there's more Dark Witch fans out there.
I bought Sword of the Vagrant, Evil Tonight, Dead or School, Undernauts and Blacksmith off the back of this. Loving them all so far and all reasonably priced with discounts! Thanks for this, never would've found these at all 😊
Just bought Fight N Rage. I love beat em ups but never heard of this one. Thank you for the recommendation, and your content is quickly becoming some of my favorite for hearing about games.
Nice finds! These are the kind of games I would usually ignore on the eshop, no advertising, no "word of mouth" and generic video game names. I've wish listed a bunch (Remilore, Evil tonight, Fight N Rage and Sword ot Vagrant)! Appreciated!
Heck ya! Hope ya have as much fun with them as I did!
Thanks to your list I ended up grabbing Fight'n Rage, now it's downloading, I watched some gameplay and it looks great. Thank you!
Heck yes! Have fun and glad you found a game!
Very nice list. I think I’d also like to shout out Star Ocean: First Departure R as another hidden gem. It’s a remake of a snes RPG that never came to the west. I’m surprised I don’t hear anybody talk about it considering Star Ocean The Divine Force brought more attention to this series.
Phenomenal shoutout, incredible game.
Yup. It's mostly just a slightly messed up version of the PSP remake. But with new character portraits (that I don't like). The only other thing the Switch port dose well over the PSP version is the one secret character doesn't corrupt your save game if they are the lead party member in the near the end boss fight save point. (Most people keep Rod in party lead anyway.)
😢 I am annoyed that Second Evolution on PSP didn't get the same treatment. Even though I would prefer a direct port of the PSP game and not a slightly redone version like First Departure R got.
My personal hidden gem list: (no order)
✓"Streets of Rouge" (800 hours played)
Top down, mission based real time rouge-like shooter. Lots of unlocks, and very laid back customizable difficulty options/cheats that still allow you to unlock stuff if used, but still allows nails hard options too.
✓"Finding Teddy 2" (45 hours played two runs)
Love letter to Zelda 2, Vania-lite with NPC villages, musical puzzles and generally a lot of fun. (Same game as Chronicles of Teddy on PS3)
✓"ASTALON Tears of the Earth" (60 hours both normal and extra quest beaten.)
Take the core concept of Three Vikings and Trine, slap that into a NeS style Castlevania setting but focus on the puzzles and platforming. Death resets your location, but with the discovery of warp points and secrets it's never too much to backtrack, plus by buying abilities it only gets easier.
✓"Wunderling DX" (39 hours to get 100%)
Staged based puzzle platformer that starts off too simple and gives meh vibes. The demo only covers the first world. But the rest of the game is absolutely fantastic, and I wasn't certain I should even buy it, except a friend told me it's worth it 100%. And I agree.
✓"Human Resource Machine" & "7 billion humans"
Learn to machine level code, in these mind bending programming games.
✓"CLANNAD" (84 hours 100% with guide for five routes)
High tier classic Visual Novel. Watch the first season of the anime as a demo of sorts. Stop there and then play the game to 100%, Then and only then watch the second season.
Lol had to cheat and look on my Switch:
✓"Wuppo Definitive edition" (45 hours of fun and messing around)
You play a lazy slob of a Wum, who only after getting kicked out of his home, discovers the long buried truth about the world and it's impending destruction, meh big whoop. But when you get back home, you find out your room was filled! So you have to travel to the big city, where the knowledge you gained meets reality. That or you can run off to a far away island and blow bubbles forever. Lol
✓"Iconoclasts" (30 hours 100%?)
Story based Platform shooter, somewhat linier but lots of fun.
✓"Minesweeper Genius" (58 hours ~23 runs)
Picross meets Minesweeper in this procedurally generated puzzle game. (But once you understand the formula logic it's not as interesting as purely Picross puzzles have recently become, but I hold the second fastest speedrun of the game, of six people who submitted times.😂)
It's nice to see a list of actual hidden gems! I'm gonna check out Evil Tonight, Dead or School, and Fight N Rage.
Dude, AWESOME list. Fight N Rage is easily better than Streets of Rage 4 and Undernauts is SO good! And Evil Tonight looks so good--thanks for recommending it!
They SLAP hard! Hope you enjoy Evil Tonight!
Majority of these literally deserve a steam spot this is unbelievably crazy how most of these are not
Aha. Finally! It only took like 6 months but I've finally heard of one single game on one of these lists before watching!
Haha 😂 it was a good run 🤘
i absolutely love your taste in games, always get new games to play from your vids
So happy you are enjoying the games! Have fun and thanks for watching!
I had A-blast plane dead in school I got it on my steam for my PC and I found A-blast plane so it was cool to see you mention it on this Video
Fight N’ Rage!!!! Such an outstanding game that deserves more praise! Also, I REALLY need to still get Sword of the Vagrant, and Dead or School! Great video as always man!
Dude it’s so good!!! That is one of the best best em ups. Thanks so much for watching man!
I got an email notification recently that Evil Tonight was on sale in the eShop, and I wondered what the hell was Evil Tonight and why was it on my wishlist? Now I realize I saw it in one of your earlier videos. Might pick it up this week. I expect to be busy with Advance Wars 1+2.
Oh nice! Enjoy Advance Wars!
Nice list! Remi Lore is fun, but it's a challenging one! I have more challenges in it than pretty much any Diablo clones out there! Of course, Sword of the Vagrant had to be in there! The art style alone is phenomenal! I'm intrigued by Labyrinth of Yomi, so I'll have to check it out! Great video and keep up the good work!
Thanks so much my friend and I’d love to hear what you think of Undernaughts if you pick it up!
Dude, I thought I had already scoured the entire switch catalog, and I easily have over 300 digital downloads... I missed most of your picks other than Smelter and Dead or School. Nice job, man!
Glad to help put some more on your radar! (Also epic collection)
@@HallowedBeThyGame Thanks man! I've got to also add that I didn't know two of these games offered co-op... they'll be fun to play with the wife!
@@thefatherfintanstack Oh excellent! Hope you both have an absolute blast with the games!
With Remilore you had me at "cute waifu material" 😅 Your lists have led to some amazing games I wouldn't have even known about.
Haha it's so good! And so happy to help ya find some bangin new games!
@@HallowedBeThyGame still working through Souldiers, Blacksmith in the Desert, and The Hero Must Die Again from older lists 😅 Oh and Maglam Lord is in there too...ya find some truly remarkable games and this list is just gonna make my game library grow.
Thanks for the video! Great list!
So happy you enjoyed!
I can see me easily picking seven (trilogy included) of these gems someday!!! I don't know if is really hidden, but enjoying a lot Yuppie Psycho, the ambient and story is not something we see everyday
I’m psyched you found some you liked! I need to play yuppie psycho, thanks for shouting it out!
I watched alot of these "switch hidden gems" videos, and they always seem to have games I have heard about dozens of times before. Your content, I have not heard about any before. Bravo. Also, great presentation and concise facts. Keep up the Awesome work!
So happy to hear!
True story, Fight ‘n Rage beat me up and stole my lunch money on my first play through. I tried my hand at the training mode and my thumbs and aging joints were pulp by the time i gave in. Now the game sits in a terrifying corner of my backlog daring me to come try again, but I think I’ll wait until i can find a more talented co-op partner.
Ughh, I'm trying to save money after overspending so far this year! But, Undernauts is readily available physically and not overpriced.
Thanks Ren, appreciate the double upload, hope you're doing well
I’m doing good! Thanks for asking and I hope you are as well! Really hope you enjoy Undernaughts if you snatch it up!
I actually got to play Evil Tonight and the Diabolical Mind Trilogy because of one of your older videos about hidden gems and nice to see them in the list. Thanks for the fun recommendations!
So happy you got those games!
You mentioned Forgotten Anne in one of your other videos and I'm almost done with that one (it's so beautiful!!!) so once I am I'll finally pick up Evil Tonight which has been on my wishlist for like a year :P
I downloaded the demo for Forgotten Anne, but haven't had time to get to it yet. I'm blasting through a bunch of smaller games before the Kingdom Tear apocalypse hits next month. Lol
I haven't played the Switch versions, but I've got Lost Ruins, Dead or School, and Fight 'n' Rage on PC and they're great. I've been wanting to get a physical version of Dead or School recently and I'll have to see if physicals are available for Lost Ruins and Fight 'n' Rage as well or if there is at least a prospect for them in the future. Undernauts and Sword of the Vagrant are excellent and I also try to spread the word about them as often as possible. I just introduced my brother to Undernauts and he is now hooked on it as well and I'm looking forward to the physical release of Sword of the Vagrant coming out later this year.
I'm now going to have to write a note to leave on my monitor to make Evil Tonight the next game I purchase, it looks right up my alley and every time I see footage from it the game keeps looking even better. I'll also have to keep an eye out for Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, Remilore, Diabolical Mind Trilogy, and Smelter as well. I think I saw something about a physical release of Smelter being available, I'll have to check and see if any copies are still available at an affordable price.
A top shelf brother move getting yours hooked on Undernaughts! Excellent and I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts on Evil Tonight if you take the plunge on it. There's a whole list I still need to get to like There is no Light which you hooked me up with!
Came into this video with an already bloated backlog and now I’m considering evil tonight…you got me again.
Hope you have fun!
Thanks for all of the recommendations. I only got a Switch recently and I'm just starting to build a library, so it's great to get some lesser known suggestions. I think I'm picking up a few this weekend.
Congrats! You’re at the start of a wonderful journey! Have fun!
Damn these are some deep cuts! I've never seen most of these they look amazing!
Psyched you enjoyed them!
But remember Hades is a hidden Gem...........according to Sony.
First off amazing video. You added a few to my want list with this one. Secondly want to thank you for introducing me to Smelter some videos back. It truly is an overlooked masterpiece. Picked up the physical from PlayAsia and can't put it down.
I’m so stoked you liked it! Thanks for letting me know!
me and my son finish so many times Fight N Rage its one of our favorite side scrolling beat en ups, thanks for the recommendation of sword of the vagrant because I pre-ordered it on amazon after watching your video, the quality of your videos is very high and I rarely miss one.
What a fantastic game to share with your son! That's so cool and I'm stoked you preordered Sword of the Vagrant! That game is so excellent to me, thanks for all the support!
Thanks for the list, just picked up Smelter on Playasia!
Been looking for a Megaman-like game since Megaman X9 or 12 aren't coming anytime soon.
Have fun!
Kemco Got started making a lot of mobile JRPG games. I played a couple of their games and the general feel was that they were kind of like fast food JRPGs. Not a ton of substance, but it did an alright job and could be satisfying. The Blacksmith game looks like they upped their game a little bit though for the switch.
It's because Kemco only publish these games they're made by different studios, some of them are extremely low quality (and i mean baaad) while others are so good you wonder why they're stuck in the same list.
@@franciscor390 That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
Kemcos been around as a publisher for a while.
The published some games on the NES, and SNES, (two that come to mind are Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle and Phalanx.) Then the seemingly vanished to then re-emerge as a mobile publisher.
Thanks a lot for this list. I haven't heard of most of these.
Glad to show ya some new games!
I watch these to save money…. Yet I end up adding MORE games to my wishlist every time 😂😂😂
Haha happy you found some more games!
It's also great that most of these games can be found on different platforms, which is always a nice touch.
I really liked Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, reminded me of Recettear. I swear, economy games always give me a good impression, like Merchant of the Skies.
I need to try out Recettear, thanks for shouting it out!
This is the type of hidden gem shit I’ve been looking for. Got me way hyped for Smelter as a huge Actraiser fan. Subbed!!
Big thumbs up and a sub. There were several AWESOME games I'd never heard of on this list and I spend (waste?) a ridiculous amount of time on the UA-cams watching videos like this. Kudos.
Thanks so much for letting me know, I'm really psyched to hear! Have a great weekend and thanks for the sub!
Rage feels like Turtles. I was torn on Vagrant, but you've pushed me.
I like this series, I would love to see more. I have to get Sword of the Vagrant and Smelter.
That’s awesome! Have fun!
Already pre-ordered SotV. I will be looking into "Evil Tonight". I think this has to sit on my shelf.
I just randomly ran into your channel and these are some great picks some of them I have heard like smelter and lost ruins (which I already have) but considering you only mentioned one game I own and the rest were new to me this was such a great list. Keep up the good work
Happy to show you some new games!
Great list, but it took until “fight n rage” for you to catch me out with a game I don’t have. So that was awesome- I love beat em ups!
I have a possible contribution or two for your volume 2 video (hint) -
“Castle of the Underdogs” (hilarious jrpg with 3d dot heroes style graphics)
“Chroma Squad” (Basically Power Rangers - the stuntmen, the SRPG. As awesome as that sounds).
“The World Next Door” (Which answers the question what if Forspoken but isometric and with a great story and likeable protagonist)
and finally my ace in the hole:
“Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan” (Stunningly beautiful 3D platformer classic world going from black and white to colour. Just like we were GC generation all over again.
Great content as always Wren
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Haha you know your stuff! And dang you put some games on my radar that I have to check out! Thanks so much!
@@HallowedBeThyGame more than happy for a fellow aficionado. Plenty more where they cane from hehe x
Great picks, gotta get all these. Enjoying all the content!
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you so much for this great video. I finally found someone talking about amazing games that are not zelda or mario or these traditional games. Keep it up.
Glad I could help!
My Personal favorite by far from this list is Evil tonight and eiyuden chronicles should have get at least a honrourable mention its seems pretty good xD
Nice one half of them i own since Release ^^
Evil Tonight is so good! And yeah Eiyuden Chronicle Rising is excellent.
“Road to Ballhalla” is the #1 hidden gem on the Switch. Highly recommended.
I’ll have to check this one out! Thanks!
I know your new to this but one of the best at it! Many of your selections are truly accurate which makes you extremely trustworthy source for recommendations. You have exquisite taste for unique fine gaming seriously!
Dang thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!
Really enjoy your list of games! I love sword of the vagrant and dead or school. A little late perhaps and it might have already been mentioned but currently lost ruins is on pre-order physical on red art games! Thank you for your work! I subscribed ❤
Thank you so much! And also thanks for the heads up!
a lot of these are on sale right now too. Have no fear , no shame Ren, we still love you. Do you know the background music playing at the smelter portion of your vid?
Haha I'm among friends! Thank you! Also the heavy guitar riff music is the theme track from FightN' Rage
@@HallowedBeThyGame thank you man. Very tempted to pick up smelter on eshop even though its digital
@@SophisticatedPerson Heck ya! The game rocks no matter which way ya play it. Have fun!
I own Undernaughts but haven't booted it up yet. Have you tried Operencia? Fantastic dungeon crawler, highly recommend it.
I haven’t sadly, gonna check it out. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. I would like to suggest that you put the title of the game on screen while talking about it. It'll help the game stand out more in memory.
Demons Tier Plus is so good. Played it on Vita. Highly recommend
Heck ya! Psyched you liked it!
What's crazy is that Fight N' Rage was made by like 3 people.
Awesome list!! I will definitely check them out! Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Fighting Rage IS the best beat em up game ever made, it's by far the most technical and intense.
Remi Lore was definitely made aware to me by Reggie. We call that #TheReggieEffect lol! Several months ago I got a physical copy of Dead or School due to you putting that game over so well though I have not started it it looks fun! Great collection of games as always!
Dude Reggie is the man, love that guy. And stoked you got Dead or School! Hope you have as much fun with it as I did!
Fantastic video bud. SE great titles. I've been playing some funny odd ball games on my PlayStation 4 I think would be cool to cover. Nice to see our Demon's Tire release make the cut. It's truly a banger title. Keep up the great work brother much love. ❤️
Flippin love that game! Thanks for watching!
@@HallowedBeThyGame Well we hope you're ready for our next upcoming batch of games Super Dungeon Maker (The Zelda maker we been begging for I had early access to it on switch it's great) and Wife Quest we putting out the physical switch copies of both these games.
Remilore was mentioned by Reggie or Metaljesus in a pickups, I think, at one point.
Video got me stoked. I love the passion so much. Picking up Fight'N Rage finally
Yah! Have a blast with it!
@@HallowedBeThyGame I still haven't picked up Smelter or Sword of the Vagrant. Considering those too. One at a time, though.
Really enjoying your content dude 👍
Dope video bro. I literally have never heard of any of these games but they all look great. Keep up the good work
I literally just bought Fight N Rage... IT'S ON SALE... Fantastic game...
It’s lit 🔥
dude, im gonna subscribe just for the name of the channel... Up The Irons! (great content tho)
Haha rock on, thanks!
I NEED more games that are like Sword of the Vagrant, the combat is top tier for a 2D action/platfrm
Dude I bought 3 of these games thanks to you, I’m about to finish Deedlit so I was looking around for something to play!
Hope you enjoy them!
Love to see lists like this. I've got some new games to look into now lol. I will definitely vouch for Smelter and Sword of the Vagrant. Both are truly phenomenal.
This video got me to sub to you and start bookmarking your other vides to watch later! awesome stuff!
So happy you liked it! Hope you enjoy the others!
Very good selection/recommendation, i own most of the games but 2-3 were also "new" to me like smelter. Thank you, love your vids.
Btw Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is on sale in the german/eu eshop for 10€
Hey that's excellent, thanks for letting everyone know! Also thanks so much for the support!
Just checked the us shop: Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, Lost Ruins and Smelter is also on sale. Very cool stuff, but damn Remilore is 40 bucks.
I loved Remilore it's awesome. Just play it with headphones the characters moaning is probably will cause people to stare. Great video as always.
Hahaha 🤣 glad you enjoyed the list!
Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is the one that caught my attention
Thanks for the list - love the enthusiasm!
So happy you enjoyed!
This was a great video. I always looked over dead or school because I thought it was a 1 v 1 fighter. I'll have to check it out!
Thanks! Hope ya have fun with it!
This just happened I found a Switch case in a trash can at a airport. My first thought is cool free case I opened it up and found 11 games in the case.
Yea, your constant praising of Sword of the Vagrant got me to buy the game… twice 😅. Can’t wait for my physical version to come in!
I also keep saying that one day I’ll get Fight’n’Rage and Dead or School, but I’m not sure when that’ll be.
I got it twice too haha! Psyched for us to get it too!
Hey man this is the first video I caught new. Picked up some new stuff and appreciate the suggestions.
Great! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey man, great energy and breakdowns. Love the video.
Thanks! Happy you enjoyed!
Just wanted to add the comment that this list is useful beyond the Switch. All of these titles except Sword of the Vagrant is available on steam, so good for PC hidden gems also including the Steam Deck in which most of the games here are Verified if not Native and the rest are reported as playable with minor tweaking. Pretty sweet list. Caught a few I would not mind trying.
Sword of the Vagrant is called The Vagrant on steam.
@@HallowedBeThyGame even better!
Evil tonight seems my sort of game. I absolutely loved the og Corpse Party, which is closer to silent hill/project zero in pixel form. Not soo keen on the dungeon crawler style follow-up, and I really wish the 3rd game had gone back to the pixel based graphics. But yeah my type of game
I could never hate you for your love of fanservice, otherwise I'd have to hate myself ❤.
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😮I forgot about some of these, Ty fora video like this
No problem! Have fun!
Fantastic video, you gained a new sub
Welcome! Psyched you enjoyed it!
Sword of the Vagrant: Good game that one. I feel obliged to let people know that it's been on pc (via steam) for a few years under the name 'The Vagrant', and costs less than £4 as standard (it's stupid cheap when on sale).
So If you have a machine that can run it, you can save a few quid.
I don't think there are any massive differences between the pc and Switch versions.
Killer list 👍 this is the type of content I keep saying gaming UA-camrs should be doing.
So happy you liked it!
Great vídeo dude !
Happy you enjoyed!
I got evil tonight, excited to check it out!
Heck yes!
Salt and Sanctuary still has my heart!
Definitely checking out Evil Tonight
I'd like to give a shout out to Aegis Defenders, Cross Code, and Ghost 1.0, masterpieces!
Odd that so many of these games I already played or were already on my wish list. Fight N Rage is definitely one of the best Beat'em Ups ever. I just added a few of these to my wish list that wasn't already. Smelter wasn't on there but Sword of the Vagrant is one I'll grab at the next sale.