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Nintendo Switch: Upcoming Blockbuster Game Launches

Author : Chloe Jan 10,2025

Nintendo Switch Game Releases: 2025 and Beyond

The Nintendo Switch continues its reign as a gaming powerhouse, boasting a diverse library of first-party titles, AAA third-party releases, and a vast selection of indie games. Building on the success of titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Wonder, 2025 promises a strong lineup of new and remastered games. This list focuses on North American release dates where available. Note that this information is current as of January 9th, 2025 and is subject to change.

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Major 2025 Releases (No Date or Post-April)
Upcoming Releases (No Year)

January 2025 Nintendo Switch Games

January 2025 offers a surprisingly robust selection, including RPGs, platformers, and even a Star Wars title. Highlights include the highly anticipated Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and the remastered Tales of Graces f.

January 1: The Legend of Cyber Cowboy (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO), Life or Reach (Switch)
January 2: Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos (PS5, PS4, Switch)
January 3: Parking Tycoon: Business Simulator (Switch)
January 4: Critical Strike Shooter: SWAT Rescue Missions (Switch)
January 7: Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana (PS5, PS4, Switch)
January 8: Rivenaar's Grove (Switch)
January 9: Crowd Run (PS5, PS4, Switch), The Fox's Way Home (Switch), The Golden Eagle (Switch), Gravity Escape (Switch), Kosmo Skirmish (Switch), Windborn: Journey to the South (Switch)
January 10: Battle Royal - Battlegrounds Call (Switch), Beyond Memories - Darkness of the Soul (Switch), Boti: Byteland Overclocked (Switch), Chained Climb Together (Switch), Freedom Wars Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch), Super Onion Boy+ (Switch)
January 14: Still Joking: Visual Novel (Switch)
January 15: Runny Bunny (Switch)
January 16: Backrooms Inside the Escape (Switch), Blade Chimera (PC, Switch), Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch), DreadOut: Remastered Collection (PS5, Switch), Godsvivors (Switch), Hynpytol (Switch), The Last Light (Switch), Neratte! Wanage (Switch), Professor Doctor Jetpack (Switch), Shadows of Steam (Switch), Starlair (Switch), Things Too Ugly (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S, XBO), Trading Card Shop Simulator (Switch), Ultimate Rock Climbing Challenge (Switch), Valhalla Mountain (Switch), YOBARAI Detective: Miasma Breaker (Switch)
January 17: Final Zone (Switch), Tales of Graces f Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S)
January 18: Isolation Instinct: Farming, Craft, Survival (Switch)
January 21: The Tale of Bistun (Switch)
January 22: ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist (PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO), Shalnor: Silverwind Saga (Switch)
January 23: Dance of Cards (Switch), The Exit Project: Backstreets (Switch), Freddy Farmer (Switch), Guilty Gear -Strive- Nintendo Switch Edition (Switch), Gravitators (Switch), Infernitos (Switch), Ravenswatch (Switch), Save The Doge (Switch), Seifuku Kanojo 1 + 2 + Mayoigo Set (Switch), Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Remaster (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO), Superstore (Switch), Sweet Cafe Collection ~Chocolat Parfait Sucre~ (Switch), Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
January 24: Vermitron (Switch)
January 28: Cuisineer (Switch), The Stone of Madness (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S), Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
January 30: Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2 (PC, Switch), Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero (PC, PS5, PS4, XBX/S)
January 31: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S), ReSetna (PC, PS5, Switch)

February 2025 Nintendo Switch Games

February's lineup is less extensive than January's, but still features some noteworthy titles, including Sid Meier's Civilization 7 and the Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered collection.

February 2025: Morsels (Switch), On Your Trail (Switch)
February 4: Rogue Waters (Switch)
February 6: Jumping Ninja (Switch), Moons Of Darsalon (Switch)
February 11: Sid Meier's Civilization 7 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
February 13: Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (Switch), Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO), SIMPLE Series for Nintendo Switch Vol.4 THE Misshitsu kara no Dasshutsu Yo ni mo Kimyou na Yottsu no Hanashi (Switch), Slime Heroes (PC, Switch, XBX/S), Urban Myth Dissolution Center (PC, PS5, Switch)
February 14: Afterlove EP (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S), Date Everything (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S), Kaleidoscope of Phantom Prison II (Switch), The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch), Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
February 19: Cosmic Fantasy Memorial Collection (PC)
February 20: Godzilla Voxel Wars (Switch), Marron's Day (Switch), Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch)
February 21: Secret Neighbor and Hello Engineer - The Neighborhood Bundle (Switch)
February 27: Cladun X3 (PS5, PS4, Switch), Freddy Farmer (Switch), Kemco RPG Select Vol. 1 (Switch), Re;quartz Reido (Switch), Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection (PC, Switch)
February 28: OMEGA 6: The Triangle Stars (PC, Switch)

March 2025 Nintendo Switch Games

March features a strong showing of JRPGs, including the Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition and the Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster.

March 2025: Football Manager 25 Touch (Switch)
March 4: Carmen Sandiego (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
March 6: Eldrador Creatures Shadowfall (PC, Switch), Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity (PC, PS4, Switch), MainFrames (PC, Switch), Morkull Ragast's Rage (Switch), Never 7 - The End of Infinity (PC, PS4, Switch), Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
March 10: Warside (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
March 11: Maliki: Poison Of The Past (PC, Switch)
March 13: Beyond The Ice Palace 2 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
March 20: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch)
March 21: Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S), The Courier (Switch)
March 25: Tales of the Shire: A Lord of The Rings Game (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S)
March 27: Bubble Ghost Remake (Switch), Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (PS5, PS4, Switch), Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S), Winning Post 10 2025 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch)
March 31: Bullet Hell Collection: Volume 1 (Switch)

April 2025 Nintendo Switch Games

April's releases are still developing, but Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and Mandragora are among the titles currently slated for release.

April 2025: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (Switch)
April 1: Space Battle (Switch)
April 3: Poppy's Playtime Triple Pack (Switch)
April 8: Battlefield Waltz (Switch)
April 9: All in Abyss: Judge the Fake (PC, PS5, Switch)
April 10: ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 3 (Switch), ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 4 (Switch), Star Overdrive (Switch)
April 17: Mandragora (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
April 24: 100 in 1 Game Collection (Switch), Atama (Switch), The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (PC, Switch), Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (Switch), Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (Switch), Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen (Switch), Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)

Major 2025 Nintendo Switch Games (No Date or Post-April)

Several significant titles are planned for 2025 but lack specific release dates or are slated for release after April. This includes highly anticipated games like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Little Nightmares 3.

May 29, 2025: Sonic Wings Reunion (Switch)
7'scarlet (Switch)
Agatha Christine: Death On The Nile (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Automate It (PC, Switch)
Big Helmet Heroes (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Biped 2 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Bittersweet Birthday (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Bye Sweet Carole (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Calico: Neat Things (Switch)
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (PC, PS4, Switch)
Coffee Talk Tokyo (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Demonschool (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Despelote (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Earnest Evans Collection (Switch)
Ed & Edda: Grand Prix - Racing Champions (PC, Switch)
Elements Destiny (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Everdeep Aurora (PC, Switch)
Fatal Run 2089 (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Fate/EXTRA Record (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch)
Fomography (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (PC, Switch)
Hunter X Hunter: Nen Impact (PC, PS5, Switch)
INAYAH: Life After Gods (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st (Switch)
Little Nightmares 3 (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Switch)
MIO: Memories in Orbit (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Morsels (PC, PS5, Switch)
Moth Kubit (Switch)
Mouse: PI For Hire (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
No Longer Human (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch)
Old Skies (Switch)
The Red Bell's Lament (Switch)
Rendering Ranger: R2 [Rewind] (Switch)
Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered International (PS5, PS4, Switch)
R-Type Tactics I & II Cosmos (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Ruffy and the Riverside (PC, Switch)
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (PC, Switch)
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX (Switch)
Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Sulfur (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
ToHeart (Switch)
XOut: Resurfaced (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall (PC, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
The Zebra-Man! (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)

Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games (No Year)

A number of titles have been announced for the Switch but currently lack a release year. These include highly anticipated games like Pokemon Legends: Z-A and Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Sequel (Platforms TBA)
Buramato (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Captain Blood (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Cattle Country (PS5, Switch)
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remastered (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Demon Throttle (Switch)
The Eternal Life of Goldman (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Farlands (PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Front Mission 3 (Switch)
The Gecko Gods (Switch)
Gex Trilogy (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S)
Hollow Knight: Silksong (PC, Switch)
Holy Horror Mansion (Switch)
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Switch)
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch)
Iron Corbo: Kung Fu Janitor (Switch)
Kage: Shadow of The Ninja (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
King of Meat (PC, PS5, Switch, XBX/S)
Kitsune Tails (PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
The Knightling (Switch)
Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Little Devil Inside (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBO)
Lunar Remastered Collection (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Montezuma's Revenge - 40th Anniversary Edition (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Odencat’s Paradise Collection (PS5, PS4, Switch)
Paraside: Duality Unbound (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S)
Pixelshire (PC, PS5, Switch)
Pokemon Legends: Z-A (Switch)
Professor Layton and The New World of Steam (Switch)
Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay (Switch)
SacriFire (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
She Dreams Elsewhere (Switch)
Silt (PC, Switch)
Simon The Sorcerer Origins (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
New Skate Game (Platforms TBA)
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
Spindle (PC, Switch)
Spy Drops (PC, Switch)
Threads of Time (Switch)
Tron: Catalyst (PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, XBX/S, XBO)
XEL (PC, Switch)

This list represents a snapshot in time. Check back for updates as more release dates are announced.