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Games - Nintendo Switch 2

Every Game Confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 So Far, Sorted by Release Window

Nintendo, Sony's former exclusives, Capcom, Atlus and dozens of other publishers have confirmed well over a hundred games for Switch 2 since its June 2025 launch. Announcement order doesn't tell you when something is actually playable, so this list is organized by release window instead.

Short Version

This is a list of every game confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2, sorted by release window rather than announcement date.

By Gustavo Henrique · About the author

UPDATED · SEP 19, 2026 ~7 MIN READ

Every Nintendo Direct adds another dozen titles to the pile, and it gets harder by the month to keep straight what's actually out, what's locked to a specific date and what's still sitting on a "2027" placeholder. This list is the answer to that problem: a single reference organized by when each game is realistically playable.

Quick Rundown

Switch 2 launched June 5, 2025 with Mario Kart World as its flagship exclusive, and the console's library has grown every month since through a mix of first-party exclusives, "Switch 2 Edition" upgrades of older games, and day-and-date third-party ports.
The next twelve months bring two genuinely new Nintendo franchises — Metroid Ravenous (January 28, 2027) and Kirby and the World Beyond (spring 2027) — alongside a wave of third-party heavyweights previously seen as PlayStation-first, including Persona 6, a Persona 4 remake, and Final Fantasy VII Revelation.
This page is a reference, not a single news story — dates move, and publishers add titles between Directs.

Available now: launch day through today's eShop

Switch 2 launched on June 5, 2025 at $449.99, and its day-one lineup leaned heavily on ports and upgraded editions rather than new exclusives — a pattern that's held for most of the console's first year. The system's own exclusive at launch was Mario Kart World; everything else that day was either a "Switch 2 Edition" upgrade of an existing game (Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Hogwarts Legacy, Street Fighter 6, Hitman World of Assassination) or a straightforward new release like Deltarune's first chapters and Survival Kids.

In the months since, the exclusive side of the library filled in with Donkey Kong Bananza (July 2025), Metroid Prime 4: Beyond in its Switch 2 Edition, Kirby Air Riders, Drag x Drive, and The Duskbloods, while the third-party side kept adding day-and-date heavyweights: Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, EA Sports FC 27, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and Star Fox Adventures joined the Switch Online library the same week as September's Nintendo Directs, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity — Definitive Edition arrives February 25, 2027 with every existing DLC pack rolled in.

Confirmed for the rest of 2026

Most of what's left on the 2026 calendar is ports and re-releases. Three dates to mark: September 29 for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered (free for existing Switch owners, with mouse, gyro and touchscreen support on the Switch 2 edition), November 12 for Pikmin 4's Switch 2 Edition (a new Dandori Academy mode plus voice commands), and December 10 for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, which launches on both Switch and Switch 2.

Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition all landed on Switch 2 this fall as part of Capcom's biggest single commitment yet to the platform, alongside Fatal Fury from SNK and a Switch 2 edition of LEGO Batman from Warner Bros. Monster Hunter Wilds' Switch 2 port arrives December 4 with local co-op and the Ascendance expansion built in.

Confirmed for 2027 and beyond

2027 is where Switch 2's second year actually starts to look distinct from its first, headlined by two genuinely new Nintendo franchises instead of ports. Metroid Ravenous, a 2D side-scrolling adventure that strands Samus Aran on a moon after an ambush and has her survive by draining energy from the creatures hunting her, launches January 28, 2027. Kirby and the World Beyond follows in spring 2027, reimagining Kirby in full 3D with a sword strapped to his side while keeping his signature copy ability intact — timed deliberately to land during the character's 35th-anniversary year.

The third-party side of 2027 is where the console's growing install base really shows up in the numbers. Persona 6 is confirmed for Switch 2, alongside a separate remake, Persona 4 Revival, dated for May 20, 2027 — three months after its PlayStation 5, Xbox and PC launch, but still the first time a mainline Persona entry has ever been confirmed for Nintendo hardware at all. Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third and final chapter of Square Enix's remake trilogy, arrives April 8, 2027, the same day as every other platform. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and a new Mega Man crossover fighting title, Mega Man: Dual Override, round out the year's confirmed third-party slate, alongside earlier-stage announcements for Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember and Resident Evil Veronica.

More on the Nintendo Directs

If you're trying to track a specific game that isn't listed here yet, our full recap of September's back-to-back Nintendo Directs has additional detail on the two headline reveals and the rest of that broadcast's third-party lineup.

Analysis: Gustavo Henrique

Compiling this list, the split between the two halves stands out. Every confirmed title for the rest of 2026 is a game that has already been playable elsewhere, in some cases for years, while the genuinely new releases only begin in January 2027. That makes the console's first stretch something of a holding pattern, and whether Switch 2 develops an identity of its own is a question Metroid Ravenous will answer before anything on the 2026 calendar does.

If you know of a confirmed release we're missing, the contact page is the fastest way to get it added.

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