Despite its troubled history, it's heartening that players are being given the chance to revisit Los Angeles on Nintendo Switch.

Noire's troubled development resulted in accusations of poor management at Team Bondi, the fallout of which was enough to effectively sink the studio. If, however, you've yet to give your personal score for some (or all) of the games below, clicking on each game's rating will enable you to cast your vote and affect the list. If you've previously rated your favourite Switch games (the ones released in 2017, we mean), just sit back and enjoy. This means that the list is fluid and the rank can change according to the rating.

Now, before you tell us this top 50 is terrible, you should know that the order here is taken from the user ratings associated with Switch games on Nintendo Life's database. Quite a year! Of course, there were many more great games released in 2017 on the Switch, and we've taken the liberty of rounding them up for you below. July 2017 saw the colourful splatfest Splatoon 2 land on Switch and it would soon be joined in October 2017 by the amazing Super Mario Odyssey. The portable powerhouse would hit the ground running with the wonderful The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild upon its March 2017 launch. Remember 2017? While it might be something of a hazy memory now, that was the fateful year when Nintendo released the Switch to the world.

What are the best games of 2017