The Best Building Games for Nintendo Switch

Update, : The Hero We Need added at rank #34.
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TerraTech (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.

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Pros:
  • Fun and intuitive gameplay
  • Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
  • Enticing game with interesting mechanics
  • Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
  • Provides a unique and addictive experience
Cons:
  • Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
  • Lack of big updates
  • Multiplayer needs a lot of work

  • sandbox
  • building
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • survival
  • robots
  • physics
  • early-access
  • exploration
  • funny-looking
  • online
  • vehicles

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Lego Bricktales (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux Xbox Series X/s

In this puzzle-adventure, use an intuitive brick-by-brick building mechanic to solve puzzles and bring your creations to life! Experience a charming story as you explore beautiful LEGO® dioramas and help the people inhabiting them.


  • park
  • puzzle
  • building
  • brick-by-brick
  • sandbox
  • construction
  • lego
  • amusement
  • physics
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • medieval
  • controller-support
  • exploration
  • platform

3

Megaquarium (2018)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS

The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.

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  • building
  • simulation
  • business
  • management
  • park
  • tanks
  • strategy
  • sandbox
  • zoo

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Aquarist (2022)

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early access Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

Get the best aquarium store in town! Create, renew, manage, observe. See if you can create an aquarium empire.


  • fishing
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • nature
  • underwater
  • education
  • building
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • life
  • naval
  • collector
  • creature
  • first-person
  • casual

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Constructor Plus (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Constructor Plus is a building simulation game where you design cities, manage tenants, and sabotage other developers. With 147 buildings, 65 city scenarios, and a humorous British atmosphere, this game offers plenty of content and entertainment. The game combines RTS and city-building genres, adding fun gameplay hours. Although the game has steep learning curves and limited freedom in missions, Constructor Plus is a well-constructed sim that's worth the entry price.

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Pros:
  • Plenty of content and gameplay hours
  • Campaign mode with narration and additional missions added
  • Fun and unique mix of RTS and city-building genres
  • Humorous and charming British cultural atmosphere
  • The game has been improved and polished in Constructor Plus release
Cons:
  • Buildings are difficult to build and a lot of micro-management is needed
  • Missions have strict time limits and limited player freedom

  • simulation
  • building
  • management
  • construction
  • city-building
  • city-dwelling
  • strategy
  • well-constructed
  • classic
  • buildings
  • space
  • online
  • comedy

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Bunny Park (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Choose from a range of different decorations and toys to create a charming park! Expand your park and increase its rating to attract new bunnies. Be sure to pet your bunnies to keep them happy, but don't wake them up! Bring all the bunnies home, each with their own pattern and personality.Features:- Build and decorate your own nature park - Care for your bunnies with snacks and pets - Create a popular, cozy and cute park - Complete your bunny collection


  • park
  • building
  • cute
  • simulation
  • agriculture
  • clicker
  • relaxing
  • colony
  • sandbox
  • city-building
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • cartoony
  • nature
  • management

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Broken Universe - Tower Defense (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone

Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.


  • tower-defense
  • deckbuilder
  • base-building
  • pve
  • building
  • space
  • attack
  • score
  • hand-drawn
  • logic
  • strategy
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • survival

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Scrapnaut (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

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  • survival
  • building
  • crafting
  • cooperative
  • open-world
  • steampunk
  • top-down
  • sandbox
  • base-building
  • exploration
  • inventory-management
  • robots
  • multiplayer
  • post-apocalyptic

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My Fantastic Ranch (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Train dragons and unicorns in your fantastic ranch. Take care of them and build relationships between them and students through riding lessons. Become the most famous ranch in the enchanted kingdom!

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  • horses
  • management
  • colourful
  • building
  • simulation
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • dragon
  • fantasy
  • relaxing
  • resource-management
  • 3d
  • city-building
  • economy
  • casual

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Project Highrise: Architect's Edition (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...


  • building
  • simulation
  • management
  • open
  • sandbox
  • tower
  • construction
  • economy
  • real

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