Day-One Releases and Upcoming Games for Nintendo Switch 2

The Nintendo Switch 2 is available from today, 5 June 2025. But which first- and third-party games will be available, and which will be released in the coming months?

Although Nintendo itself does not have many games available for the Switch 2 launch, there is strong support for the new console from third-party manufacturers. Numerous games have already been announced for release after the launch of the console.

Day-One Releases on Switch 2

First Party Games

• Mario Kart World
• Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics: F-Zero GX, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Soulcalibur II
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

Third Party Games

• Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer (Hamster)
• Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster (Square Enix)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (CD Projekt Red / Bandai Namco)
• Deltarune (tobyfox)
• Fantasy Life i The Girl Who Steals Time - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Level-5)
• Fast Fusion (Shin'en Multimedia)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Hitman World of Assassination - Signature Edition (IO Interactive)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros.)
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
• No Man's Sky - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Hello Games)
• Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition (Koei Tecmo)
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S (Sega)
• Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Marvelous)
• Sid Meier's Civilization VII - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (2K Games)
• Sonic X Generations (Sega)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight/EA)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
• Suikoden I & II HD Remaster (Konami)
• Survival Kids (Konami)
• Yakuza 0 Director's Cut (Sega)

Switch Games That Receive Free Updates

• 51 Worldwide Games (GameShare)
• Arms (Visuals, Frame Rate, HDR)
• Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (GameShare)
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Visuals, HDR, GameShare)
• Game Builder Garage (Visuals, Mouse)
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Visuals)
• Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet (Visuals, Frame Rate)
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Visuals, Frame Rate, HDR, GameShare)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Visuals, HDR, GameShare)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Visuals, HDR)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Visuals, HDR)

These Games are on the way ... (not a complete list)

First Party Games

• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo) - 17.07.2025
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World (Nintendo) - 24.07.2025
• Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV (Nintendo) - 24.07.2025
• Drag X Drive (Nintendo) - Summer 2025
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Game Freak/Nintendo) - 16.10.2025
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Koei Tecmo/Nintendo) - Winter 2025
• Kirby Air Riders (Sora/Bandai/HAL/Nintendo) 2025
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo) - 2025

Third Party Games

• Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army (Atlus/Sega) - 19.06.2025
• Tamagotchi Plaza (Bandai Namco) - 27.06.2025
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Iron Galaxy Studios/Activision) - Summer 2025
• Shadow Labyrinth (Bandai Namco) - 18.07.2025
• No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files (Spike Chunsoft) - 25.07.2025
• Wild Hearts S (Koei Tecmo) - 25.07.2025
• Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (Level-5) - 21.08.2025
• Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (Marvelous) - 27.08.2025
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive/Ubisoft) - 04.09.2025
• Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion (First Studio/Marvelous) - 05.09.2025
• Farming Simulator: Signature Edition (Giants Software) - Winter 2025
• Witchbrook (Robotality/Chucklefish) - Winter 2025
• Borderlands 4 (Gearbox/2K Games) - 2025
• Elden Ring Tarnished Edition (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) - 2025
• Goodnight Universe (Nice Dream/Skybound Games) - 2025
• Hades II (Supergiant Games) - 2025
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry) -2025
• Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Tribute Games/Dotemu) - 2025
• Professor Layton and The New World of Steam (Level-5) - 2025
• Reanimal (Tarsier Studios/THQ Nordic) - 2025
• Enter the Gungeon 2 /Dodge Roll/Devolver Digital) - 2026
• Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions (System Era/Devolver Digital) - 2026
• The Duskbloods (FromSoftware) - 2026
• EA Sports Madden NFL 26 (Electronic Arts) -TBA
• EA Sports FC (Electronic Arts) - TBA
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Square Enix) - TBA
• Human Fall Flat 2 (No Brakes/Devolver) - TBA
• 007 First Light (IO Interactive) - TBA
• Two Point Museum (Two Point Studios/Sega) - TBA
• NBA 2K (2K Games) - TBA
• WWE 2K (2K Games) - TBA

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