A busy week on the Nintendo Switch, with over 50 games arriving on the eShop.
🛍 Monday, September 9 — Sunday, September 15
Sure, the Nintendo Switch has games — any typical week will see the eShop add some 20 to 30 new titles. This week however? Over 50.
Yep, it's a busy one on the Switch digital storefront with a huge swathe of new games landing on the platform. We've gone through all of them, and have a list here of all the upcoming Nintendo Switch releases arriving in the next seven days.
Highlights this week include the likes of Lollipop Chainsaw RePop, Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines, and a naughty take on the Jackbox party game.
The full list below features a short description of each game, along with a link out to more information (such as screenshots, trailers, etc). You're bound to find something worth wishlisting or picking up — I've placed a star ⭐️ emoji next to titles that I liked the look of. Let's get to it!
🗓 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games:
Monday, September 9
- Hard Time III — A 3D prison sim. M for mature.
- ⭐️ Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland — This is a new platformer in which you crawl around the Pickles house. You can switch between a modern or retro NES-style look.
Tuesday, September 10
- Customers From Hell — A wave-survival game where you have to defend a store from hordes of rather deranged customers.
- ⭐️ Elsie — A "technicolour, hyperkinetic" roguelike action-platformer.
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York — This visual novel, part of The Masquerade series, tackles themes of "personal and political" horror. M for mature.
- ⭐️ Yars Rising — WayForward (that's the team behind Shantae, and the Advance Wars remake) reimagine Atari's classic Yars.
Wednesday, September 11
- Alian Planet — Budget 2D sci-fi horror. That name isn't a typo.
- ⭐️ Crossy Road Castle — A fun looking, wacky arcade platformer for four players, with online play.
- ⭐️ Eden Genesis — Fast-paced platformer set in a cyberpunk world. Neat visuals. M for mature.
- ⭐️ Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines — The first Grapple Dog game was a true delight (with strong GBA-era platforming vibes), and this follow-up is looking no different. Probably my highlight this week.
- Kiki: A Vibrant 3D Platformer — A fast-paced first-person 3D obstacle course platformer.
- ⭐️ Nubla — A curious little puzzle adventure told through the paintings found at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid. The second game is also arriving on Switch this week.
Thursday, September 12
- ⭐️ 10-Second Ghost — An interesting 2D single-screen puzzle game about a bomb, with a timer and ghost mechanic.
- Aidan in Danger — 2D platformer.
- ⭐️ Beneath Oresa — A fantasy fighting roguelike deckbuilder.
- ⭐️ Besiege — Physics builder where you construct medieval siege engines to smash castles. Boom!
- Brain Training!! Hiragana and Katakana Search — Basic educational puzzler.
- ⭐️ Caravan SandWitch — A chill sci-fi adventure about driving a van, and solving a mystery. No combat. Looks nice!
- 📦 Celestia: Chain of Fate — A romance-fantasy visual novel . (Physical release)
- Doomsday Paradise — A goofy, multiplayer dating sim about finding love before the apocalypse. Up to four players, has online. M for mature.
- Downfall — Budget-friendly, stylised roguelike hack-and-slash.
- Egg Console Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes PC-8801 mkIISR— The sixth installment in this 'command-type' RPG from 1989.
- ⭐️ Fabledom — A laidback city builder set in a wholesome fairytale world.
- Garden Witch Life — Cute, magical sim. The physical release comes later, next month. (Physical release)
- GoobnBalloonsDX — An arcade shoot 'em up about balloon popping.
- ⭐️ Jackbox Naughty Pack — This is the usual Jackbox party nonsense, but with mature themes and explicit content. M for mature.
- Just 1 Minute! Memory Test with Masterpieces — A way to test your fine art knowledge.
- 🎮 Line Time — Strategy puzzler where you move a ball to its destination through a grid.
- ⭐️ Lollipop Chainsaw RePop — Zombie hunter Juliet returns in this over-the-top action game. M for mature.
- Make it! Crepe — It's an arcade game about making crepes.
- ⭐️📦 Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics — Seven crossover beat em ups in one big collection, with online play too. Ryu smacking Spider-man in the face? You got it. (Physical release)
- Metro Quester: Osaka — Hack and slash dungeon exploration RPG based in an alternative reality Osaka.
- NanoApostle — A dark, sci-fi boss rush action game.
- Next of Kin — An emotional 2D game about a man's lost wife. M for mature.
- Pixel Game Maker Series: The Willow Man — 2D horror adventure.
- ⭐️ Road Defense: Outsiders — A budget-friednly roguelike meets tower defense, has a unique kinda low-fi look about it.
- ⭐️ Selfloss — An emotional 3D adventure game set in a Slavic-inspired 'whale-worshiping' fantasy land.
- Spot the Difference: Ukiyo-e Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji — One for the Hokusai fans. 🌊
- Supermarket Simulator Pro
- 📦 The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case: The Okhotsk Disappearance — A police detective graphic adventure. Fans of Phoenix Wright may wanna take a look. (Physical release)
- ⭐️ Wild Bastards — Hybrid FPS/strategy game from the makers of Void Bastards.
Friday, September 13
- Absolute Fear: Aooni — First-person, 3D horror stealth action.
- Deep Beyond — First-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father's disappearance..
- Edge of Sanity — Psychological 2D horror adventure inspired by the Cthulhu-Mythos.
- Moe Waifu H Genius — Memory puzzle game.
- Nimbusfall — 2D boss rush game with 25 challenges.
- Real Cake Maker
- Samurai Kento — 2D mini action RPG set in feudal Japan.
- Supermarket Manager Empire 2024
- Warzone Chronicles 2: Warfare Shooter Zombie — FPS set in an large city. M for mature.
Saturday, September 14
- Mech Wars — 3D mech battle action.
Sunday, September 15
- Dare to Spread: Army Turn Based Strategy — A turn-based war strategy game.
All of the dates found above are EU & US releases unless noted.
A 📦 box emoji means a physical release is also available. A 🎮 controller emoji means a demo is available on the eShop.
The release data is sourced via Switch Scores.
This list of upcoming Nintendo Switch games first appeared in Issue 398 of Switch Weekly — Chris Brandrick's free Nintendo newsletter.