Games. Video games. Good video games.
There have been a lot of them this month — too many to play, in fact. So if you're looking for the cream of the crop, and specifically the good video games on eShop that you can't (yet) buy in any physical form, you've come to the right place.
We've got six games this month that scored at least 7/10 in time for this showdown (and a couple more reviews in the oven which may qualify but aren't quite past the finish line at the time of writing).
As a reminder, these are Switch eShop games that don't have physical releases — which includes Game-Key Cards or codes-in-boxes — at the time of writing.
Our writers and contributors have voted for their top three eShop games of October 2026 and this is the result.
Before we get to the trio of podium places, let's see the other contenders:
Kicking off our top trio of appropriately spooky releases, we've got Wrong Organ's Mouthwashing. Coming to consoles a couple of years after its PC debut, we had heard great things — great and disturbing things — and we weren't disappointed.
"Simply put, Mouthwashing is a game best played when you’re lost in its grim setting, feeling like you, too, are stuck on the Tulpar and living this nightmare," wrote Rhiannon. "Its rich horror is found in every corner of the game and through every tool at the devs’ disposal. So it stands to reason that making it even easier to get lost in Mouthwashing — without sitting at your PC — only helps the game sink its teeth into you."
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/nintendo-life-eshop-selects-october-2026
