Nintendo's latest scuba diving adventure arrives on the eShop this week, along with over 30 other games.
🛍 Monday, April 29 — Sunday, May 5
Deep sea diving in Endless Ocean Luminous is the biggest game arriving on the Nintendo Switch this week, but there are over 30 other games also making their way to Nintendo's hybrid over the course of the next seven days.
We gone through all of the upcoming releases, and have got the full list for you here. You'll find a list below, along with a brief description of each, along with a link out to more information should you want to learn more.
The highlight is Nintendo's own chill underwater exploration game Endless Ocean Luminous — this is the third game in the scuba diving adventure series which started out back in 2007 on the Wii.
In addition to Endless Ocean, the Switch also plays host to Playdate-port 'The Fall of Elena Temple', a quirky mountain climbing platformer, and a new MotoGP racer for 2024. Let's get to the full list:
🗓 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games:
Tuesday, April 30
- Before the Green Moon — This is a sci-fi farming sim set on a space elevator.
- Space Routine — A goofy, almost Jetsons-like sci-fi life sim.
- Tales from Candleforth — A curious looking folk horror 2D point-and-click puzzle adventure.
- The Fall of Elena Temple — An old school puzzle platformer, with retro monochrome pixel art. Yes, this is also on the Playdate.
Wednesday, May 1
- Full Metal Sergeant — War strategy.
- Space Mercenary Defense Force — A tactical sci-fi action shooter.
Thursday, May 2
- Armed and Gelatinous: Couch Edition — This is a fast-paced 'intergalactic' couch-based party game for four players.
- Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess from Another World — Platformer from 1992 returns, this time with modern touches, such as rewind features.
- 📦 Endless Ocean Luminous — Nintendo's scuba exploration series returns. (Physical release)
- Freddi Fish 2: The Case of The Haunted Schoolhouse — A underwater point and click edutainment title.
- Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove — Another fishy bit of edutainment for kids.
- Hentai Tales Vol. 3 — A visual novel with some basic anime-themed puzzles.
- Matsutake Game — Another high-score chasing Suika-like, but with a mushroom theme.
- MotoGP 24 — Official motorbike racing sim.
- Ninja Flip — Budget arcade-style platformer.
- Sclash — Tense 2D samurai fighting game.
- Slot and Learn Kanji — Japanese 'fill-in-the-blank' puzzler.
- Sowon: The Toy Wonderland — Adventure game set in a 'world of toys'.
- Surmount — Quirky looking mountain climbing physics platformer, with a co-op mode too.
- 📦 Touhou Mystia's Izakaya — Sim game about running your own business. (Physical release)
- Train Your Brain! Spot the Difference with Dog Photos — Really basic mobile port.
- 📦 TriggerHeart Exelica — 2006 arcade vertical shooter comes to Switch. (Physical release)
Friday, May 3
- All Noobs must die: Craft, Survival, Mine — Sure looks like Minecraft. 😬
- Bomb Cat — Yet another Suika-like, but this time with cats.
- Exit Slum 11 — A really odd, eerie observation game.
- Knight Sim Life — A fantasy-themed farm/city builder sim.
- Outbreak: The Fedora Files - What Lydia Knows — Visual novel meets JRPG adventure. M for mature.
- Tractor Farming Simulator 3D — Plow, grow, harvest, sell.
Saturday, May 4
- Corgi's Travel — Budget adventure featuring a shrunken pooch.
- DungeonSmash: Medieval Dungeons — Classic arcade block-breaking but with a dungeon mechanic twist.
Sunday, May 5
- Adventure Field Remake — Turn-based JRPG.
- Ninja Shuriken Master — Basic action game.
Ok, so that's all for this week — do any of these upcoming Nintendo Switch games catch your eye?
All of the dates listed above are EU & US unless noted.
A 📦 box emoji means a physical release is also available.
The release data is sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores.
This list of upcoming Nintendo Switch games first appeared in Issue 380 of Switch Weekly — Chris Brandrick's free Nintendo newsletter.
