Here's what games are arriving on the Nintendo eShop over the next seven days.
🛍 Monday, January 29 — Sunday, February 4
The Apollo Justice trilogy along with the 'Reprisal' port of Hitman: Blood Money arrived on the Nintendo Switch last week. This week sees just under 30 new games land on the eShop — and we've got the full list here.
Not many standout releases this week, but I like the look of UDO and Project Downfall. The full list below has a short description of each upcoming game, along with a link out to more information.
🗓 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games:
Tuesday, January 30
- Zombie Football Simulator — A low-poly 3D footy with 'zombie athletes'. (Already available in U.S.)
Wednesday, January 31
- Big Watermelon Match — This is another Suika clone, this time with a jungle theme.
- Kubic — Looks kinda like a 3D 'tubular' take on Tetris.
- Miniland Adventure — Kinda like a 2D take on Minecraft — looks alright.
- Piggy Gambit — A chess puzzle adventure featuring a pig. (February 1 in U.S.)
- Seven — A number tile puzzle game.
- Turret Rampage — You have to defeat waves of "subterranean invaders" in this strategy tower defence meets shoot’ em up game.
Thursday, February 1
- Candy Shake Cup — A mobile port of an arcade matching puzzler.
- Ceiba — A 'biopunk' sci-fi visual novel adventure.
- Defense Master — 2D 'transport convoy' roguelite.
- Downhill Driver: Extreme Racing Simulator — Basic 3D downhill car racing game. (Already available in U.S.)
- Harpoon Shooter! Nozomi — Arcade side-scrolling shooter.
- Japanese Escape Games The Police Office — Escape room mystery set in a police HQ.
- Knights of Braveland — Action RPG for four players.
- Speed or Death — A crazy 3D racing game aross a city infested with enormous monsters, dragons, aliens, etc.
- Teppo and the Secret Ancient City — An Indiana Jones style 2D platforming action adventure.
- UDO — That's Unidentified Drilling Object, an arcade down-scroller roguelike.
Friday, February 2
- Dreamcutter — A side-scrolling action platformer that blends in visual novel CG scenes with 'macabre' themes. M for mature.
- Farm Day Simulator 2024 — A basic farming sim.
- 📦 Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash — Fighter based on the series from Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. (Physical release)
- Postal: Brain Damaged — A 'twisted' 3D first-person shooter. M for mature.
- Project Downfall — A "dirty retro-styled tactical FPS" with a John Wick style protagonist. M for mature.
- The Pigeon: Simulator — Open world game with a 'bird gangster'.
Saturday, February 3
- Morto: Chapter 2 — Dark psychological horror.
- Snow Moto: Racing Adventure — Snowmobile racing through the mountains.
- Torn Away — World War II interactive story with adventure, side-scrolling, and cinematic first-person levels.
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 367 of Switch Weekly — Chris Brandrick's free Nintendo newsletter.