There's over 30 games coming to the Nintendo Switch this week, including Inkulinati and Quadroids.
🛍 Monday, February 19 — Sunday, February 25
Last week saw the revamped Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and the refreshed Tomb Raider trilogy arrive on Nintendo's hybrid, and this week welcomes another slew of games to the eShop.
There's just over 30 games coming to the Switch over the next week, and as ever, I've gone through the full list, and have it here for you look over. The list below shares details on what games are coming out on which days, along with a short description of each, and a link out to where you can find more information — such as a trailer, price, etc.
There's two games that stand out for me this week, the first is unique turn-based strategy game Inkulinati (trailer below), and the other is Quadroids — a curious puzzle platformer that I tried back at Gamescom last summer — it challenges you with controlling four players at once, all of whom are working towards a collective goal. It's mind bending stuff.
Right, let's get to the full list!
🗓 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games:
Tuesday, February 20
- Balatro — An interesting looking poker-inspired roguelike deck builder.
- Hopping Bunny — A budget 2D platformer.
- qomp2 — This is from Atari, and is described as an "artful reimagining of Pong".
Wednesday, February 21
- A Time Traveller's Guide to Past Delicacies — A quirky, short game about a time traveling sock puppet stealing recipes.
- Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story — This is a crafting RPG that's set on an island "obsessed with all things knitting".
- Froggie: A Retro Platformer — A minimalist black and white 2D platformer featuring a frog.
- Geometry Survivor — Rogue-lite auto-shooter. I'm a huge Geometry Wars fan, so I'm pretty keen to check this one out.
- Metro Simulator 2 — Drive underground trains.
- Quadroids — I tried this neat platformer last year at Gamescom and it melted my brain. You control four characters at once trying to solve a collective puzzle.
- Tenderfoot Tactics — An open-world tactical RPG.
Thursday, February 22
- 502's Arcade — This is an anthology of arcade games where you are trying to top the leaderboard of each.
- Aery: Stone Age — A bird flight sim set in a time long long ago.
- Apex Heroines — A 3D hack and slash meets beat 'em up.
- Egg Console Hydlide 3 PC-8801 mkIISR — This is the third instalment of this Japanese Action RPG, it was first released in 1987.
- Geometric Sniper Z — A stylized 2D isometric shooter.
- Inkulinati — An 'ink-based' strategy game where you grab your quill and play out your tactics on medieval manuscripts.
- Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild — A 'kinetic' visual novel.
- Make it! Taiyaki — Budget arcade party game about making this Japanese sweet.
- Squirrel Stapler — A cursed looking 'horror hunting' sim that satirizes low budget edutainment games.
- Toy Rider — Small scale open-world racing.
- 📦🎮 Yohane the Parhelion: Numazu in the Mirage — Deck-building roguelite. (Physical release)
Friday, February 23
- Dino Race: Dinosaur Ride Ranch — Cavemen race dinosaurs in this 'prehistoric racing adventure'. Sidebar: I'm seeing a lot more games using what looks like AI to generate key promo art.
- Kings Odyssey — A branching path adventure.
- 🎮 Promenade — Quite a cute looking 2D platformer — worth a look if that's your bag.
- The Jump Guys — Physics-based arcade party game. Has online.
- Truck Sim 2024 — Haul goods trucking.
- Unlife — A dystopian 2D platformer set in a post-apocalyptic world.
- Wira and Taksa: Against the Master of Gravity — Arcade platformer meets puzzler.
Saturday, February 24
- Kings Odyssey: Dwarves Tale — Fantasy text-based adventure.
- The Bike: Moto Ride Simulator — A motorcycle street racing sim set on the "UK's most dangerous" streets, apparently.
Sunday, February 25
- Kings Odyssey: Rise of the Necromancer — Another fantasy text-based adventure.
- Lion Simulator Survival — You get to see the circle of life play out in this 'animal battle' sim.
All dates listed above are EU & US unless noted.
A 📦 box emoji means a physical release is also available. A 🎮 controller emoji means there is a demo available on the eShop.
Release data is sourced in collaboration with Switch Scores.
This list of upcoming Nintendo Switch games first appeared in Issue 370 of Switch Weekly — Chris Brandrick's free Nintendo newsletter.