Bayonetta 3 leads witching season as nearly 50 games come to Nintendo Switch this week

Plenty of spooky games are coming to the Switch this week, including Bayonetta, Resident Evil Village, and Oddworld: Soulstorm.

🛍 Monday, October 24 — Sunday, October 30

You can tell it's nearly Halloween — with nearly 50 titles coming to the eShop over the next seven days, a good chunk of them are spooky (and rated 'M for mature').

I've gone over all them and listed each one for you below. You'll find a quick description of what every game is, plus a link to more information, where you'll find screenshots, a trailer, and more details.

As for highlights, last week saw Mario + Rabbids and Persona 5 Royal land on Nintendo's hybrid — and this week the long-awaited Bayonetta 3 lands, along with Factorio, Resident Evil Village Cloud, and Oddworld: Soulstorm.

The full list of games hitting the Nintendo Switch this week is below

🎃 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games:

Monday, October 24

• Howloween Hero — A trick-or-treat adventure about a puppy on a mission to score candy. (Already available in U.S.)
• 🎮 Pompom: The Great Space Rescue — Hamster side-scroller platformer. Looks good. (Oct 25 in U.S.)

Tuesday, October 25

• Ducky Quacky — Budget 3D platformer with 20 levels.
• 📦 Miraculous: Rise of the Sphinx — Ladybug and Cat Noir explore Paris in this adventure game.
• Super Mabus Mania — Collect retro games in this arcade platformer.

Wednesday, October 26

• Dire Vengeance — Heavy-metal 2D action platformer with tough demon boss fights.
• Escape String — Send input commands to a robot in this 2D puzzle game. (Oct 27 in U.S.)
• Hot Springs Story 2 — Hotel sim with hot springs aplenty. (Oct 27 in U.S.)
• Insomnis — First-person horror with focus on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying mansion. M for mature.
• Robotry — Physics-based platformer without a jump button.

Thursday, October 27

• A Winding Path — Hand-drawn adventure about finding the beauty of the world and enjoying the little things.
• Alterity Experience — A 'closed door' 'unexplained phenomena' first-person adventure based in northern California.
• Arkanoid - Eternal Battle — Brick breaking arcade action with online multiplayer.
• 📦 Asterix & Obelix XXXL – The Ram From Hibernia — 3D action adventure set in 50 B.C.
• Bones of Halloween — Budget first-person 3D shooter set in a creepy forest.
• Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator — A rather detailed looking craft beer sim. M for mature.
• Buddy Simulator 1984 — This looks to be an interesting retro styled text adventure. Described here as 'heartwarming horror meets Undertale'.
• Cubic Parking — A minimalist parking-based puzzle game. No cars though.
• 📦 Dariusburst CS Core + Taito/Sega Pack — Scrolling shooter. Physical version is a limited release.
• Delivery Driver: The Simulation — 3D sim, a real prime choice.
• Hidden Paws Mystery — Find 100 cats scattered across 20 islands.
• 📦 Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories — Show off your dressage skills, and other horse stuff.
• Isekai Harem Saver — Bishojo visual novel. M for mature.
• 📦 Oddworld: Soulstorm — 2.5D side-scrolling puzzle platformer.
• 📦 Paradigm Paradox — Otome visual novel.
• Pixel Artist — A chill pixel take on paint by numbers.
• Rule No. 1 — An arena-based FPS with a "dash of rogue-lite randomness". M for mature.
• Saturnalia — Third-person roguelite horror adventure. Play as four characters across an intergenerational storyline tied to the haunting traditions of an ancient village in Sardinia, Italy. M for mature.
• 📦 Signalis — Dystopian future survival horror. M for mature. Physical release is Japan only, for now.
• Solitaire: Classic Card Game — Yep.
• Temple of Horror — Escape dangerous beings in this scary action adventure game. M for mature.
• The Pinball Wizard — Fantasy adventure meets arcade pinball.
• The Table Game — A collection of board games, including hanfuda, blackjack, shogi, and others.
• Vereda: Escape Room Adventure — First-person 3D puzzle 'undercover agent' adventure.

Friday, October 28

• 📦 Bayonetta 3 — First announced in 2017, the Umbra Witch returns. M for mature. Physical release.
• 📦 Charon's Staircase — Bury the past of a 'tyrannical government' in this first-person horror mystery. M for mature.
• 📦 CoComelon: Play with JJ — The world's second most-subscribed YouTube channel, in videogame form.
• Factorio — Build and maintain factories and manage resources. Has online.
• Live by the Sword: Tactics — An "unashamedly old school" tactical RPG.
• 🎮 Resident Evil Village Cloud — You can download this demo now ahead of the full cloud release. M for mature.
• Silenced: The House — Visual novel with plenty of "horror and despair". M for mature.
• Sophstar — A "proper arcade" vertical shoot'em up inspired by genre bests of the 90s.
• 📦 Yomawari: Lost in the Dark — Explore a haunted town and search for missing memories in this puzzle adventure.

Saturday, October 29

• Halloween Shooter — Arcade shooter featuring zombies, mummies and scary aliens.

Sunday, October 30

• Midnight Remastered — A remastered version of the 2017 web horror game.