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Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects (July 2026)
Nintendo Life has published its July 2026 eShop Selects, a monthly feature ranking the best digitally-exclusive Switch games its team reviewed during the month, restricted to titles scoring 7/10 or higher with no physical release. Five games qualified this time, with the site's writers and contributors voting to award medals to the top three, while games such as Moss: The Forgotten Relic and Turnip Mountain received honourable mentions for narrowly missing out.
Train-grinding action game Denshattack! took first place by a wide margin, praised as an effective homage to Sega's Dreamcast era. Detective Grimoire sequel The Mermaid Mask claimed silver for its blend of deduction and point-and-click gameplay, while city-builder Go-Go Town! took bronze for its mix of cosy and frantic mechanics reminiscent of Animal Crossing and SimCity. The eShop-only Jurassic World Evolution 2 missed the deadline for consideration and will be assessed in a future round.
In short
- Nintendo Life ranks July 2026's best digital-only Switch eShop games.
- Denshattack! wins gold, ahead of The Mermaid Mask and Go-Go Town!.
- Jurassic World Evolution 2 arrived too late for this month's list.
Explained simply
Nintendo is the name of the company behind the Switch, a games console that can be used at home or on the go. Its eShop is the digital store where players can buy and download games, including some that are not sold as physical copies.
Nintendo Life is an independent website covering Nintendo games and hardware. Its monthly eShop Selects feature compares eligible digital-only games reviewed by its team, using a minimum score requirement and votes from writers and contributors to choose medal winners.
The feature gives readers a guide to games they may otherwise find among a large digital catalogue. Its focus is limited to games that meet the site’s review and release criteria, so it does not represent every new game available on the eShop.