Day-One Releases and Upcoming Games for Nintendo Switch 2
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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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