We have a full view of Nintendo Switch 2 games now the April 2 Direct has come and gone — including a number of exclusives and launch titles, and that all-important release date for the console itself.
It follows months of slim pickings following the console’s initial hardware-focused reveal in January, which also saw developers and publishers holding fire of their involvement until now.
The following Switch 2 games list explains the exclusives, third-party games, and confirmed developers and publishers for the console from the Switch 2’s release and beyond.
Update (April 2): Added all confirmed games following the April 2 Direct.
Switch 2 exclusive games list
First, let’s look at the exclusive games coming to the Switch 2, whether that’s from Nintendo itself, or third-parties:
- Mario Kart World — This exclusive launch title has one big titular twist — each course is set amongst one continuous open world that you can also go off-piste and freely explore. Combine that support for up to 24 racers at once, and this is literally the biggest Mario Kart yet.
- Drag x Drive — This three-on-three wheelchair basketball game uses both JoyCons for unique, tactile controls when it arrives summer 2025 as a download title.
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment — Koei Tecmo and Nintendo are joining forces once again to tell the story of the “Imprisoning War” — the events leading up to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — sometime in 2025.
- The Duskbloods — This FromSoftware-developed multiplayer exclusive is coming to Switch 2 sometime in 2026.
- Kirby Air Riders — Masahiro Sakurai and HAL Laboratory is prepping a sequel to Nintendo GameCube’s Kirby Air Ride sometime in 2025.
- Donkey Kong Banaza — This 3D Donkey Kong platformer is coming July 17 — just over a month after the Switch 2’s launch, giving us something to look forward to soon after the console’s summer rollout.
- Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour — Is it a tutorial? Is it a game? Whatever you want to class it as, it’s not free, and since it’s designed to showcase the many hardware features of the new system — such as new mouse-like controls – it’s as exclusive as you can get.
Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and GameCube Classics games
As well as the above full exclusives, there’s a series of “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition” titles, which are Switch 1 games “patched” to make the most out of the Switch 2 hardware. These are available as both “upgrade packs” if you own the Switch 1 version, or as standalone editions for the Switch 2:
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- The Legend of Zelda: Break of the Wild
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World
- Metroid Prime 4 Beyond
- Pokémon Legends ZA
- Civilization 7
- Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (August 28)
- Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (launch day)
- Shadow Labyrinth (July 18)
- Tamagotchi Plaza (June 27)
Elsewhere, those with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription will get the following “GameCube Classics” from launch day:
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
- Soulcalibur 2
- F-Zero GX
All other announced Switch 2 games
As well as the above list of exclusives and Switch 2-specific editions of Switch 1 games, here’s a breakdown of other games confirmed for the Switch 2 from third-parties that are either already on other systems, or are debuting on multiple platforms.
First, here’s the list of games confirmed as part of the April 2 Nintendo Direct:
- Elden Ring — FromSoftware’s 2022 open-world epic is making its Nintendo debut with the “Tarnished Edition” that bundles in Shadow of the Erdtree sometime in 2025.
- Hades 2 — The sequel to one of the most acclaimed action rogue-like in recent years will share more details about its Switch 2 edition later this year.
- Street Fighter 6 — Capcom’s fighter offers both a base game and a “Fighters Edition” with all 26 characters to date. And, for the amiibo fans out there, three new figures to collect and scan in-game.
- Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion (September 5)
- Split Fiction — Hazelight’s acclaimed split-screen couch co-op game is a confirmed launch title.
- Madden NFL — Though it’s not confirmed to be the 2026 edition, EA is bringing Madden NFL is coming to Switch 2.
- EA Sports FC — As with Madden, this is assumed (but not confirmed) to be the next FIFA entry.
- WWE2k — As with EA’s sports games, 2K is bringing — what we imagine to be — the next in its wrestling series to Switch 2.
- NBA2K — NBA is making its way over as well. Again, whether this is the next entry in the series remains to be seen.
- Hogwarts Legacy — New mouse controls “give you new ways to experience the adventure” on Switch 2 when it arrives at launch.
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 — The much-requested skate sequel double pack is also coming to Nintendo’s new console.
- Hitman: World of Assassination — IO Interactive’s collection of Hitman 1-3 will be a launch game.
- Project 007 — IO Interactive’s yet-to-be-fully-unveiled James Bond project is coming to a Nintendo platform thanks to Switch 2.
- Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster — This Square Enix RPG remake is a launch title.
- Yazuka 0 Director’s Cut — This edition comes with newly added cutscenes, and is a Switch 2 launch title.
- Deltarune Chapters 1-4 — Undertale’s parallel story is releasing in all four chapters on the platform’s launch.
- Borderlands 4 — Gearbox’s looter shooter is coming sometime in 2025.
- Survival Kids (launch)
- Enter the Gungeon 2 — This still-in-development sequel is coming to Switch 2 at an unconfirmed date.
- Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions — This Devolver published space game is coming 2026.
- Cyberpunk 2027: Ultimate Edition — CD Projekt’s open-world RPG will be making its first Nintendo appearance on Switch 2 launch day.
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade — The first in Square Enix’s trilogy of Final Fantasy 7 remakes its making its Nintendo debut.
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (launch)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)
- Goodnight Universe
- Two Point Museum (2025)
- Wild Hearts S (July 25)
- Witchbrook (winter 2025)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S (launch day)
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion (winter 2025)
- Star Wars Outlaws (2025)
- Nobubaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition (launch day)
- Fast Fusion (launch day)
- Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army (June 19)
- No Sleep For Kaname Date — From AI: The Somnium Files (July 25)
- Reanimal (2025)
- Fortnite (launch day)
- Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer (launch day)
- Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (2025)
- Human Fall Flat 2 (“coming soon”)
Prior to the April 2 Direct, the following games were also confirmed to be coming to Switch 2:
- Bestiario — A turn-based role-playing game inspired by classic PS1-era adventures, its Kickstarter page says it’s coming to current-gen consoles, the original Switch, and its “successor” — in other words, the Switch 2.
- Fur Squadron Phoenix — This sequel to 2023’s Star Fox-a-like Fur Squadron will be launching on both Windows PC and Switch 2 in 2025. If you want to an early taste, you can play a demo on Steam now.
- My Time at Evershine — The third entry in the My Time series, which started with My Time at Portia, is set for current-gen consoles and “next-gen Nintendo,” according to its Kickstarter page.
- Synth Beasts — A “monster taming action RPG” that has you use captured monsters on the scientists who created you is coming to both the original Switch and Switch 2, as well as all current and last generation PlayStation and Xbox consoles, according to a Kickstarter page.
- Yooka-Replaylee — The remaster of 2017 Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee is confirmed for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, as well as “Nintendo” — notably, not the Switch, implying it’s Switch 2.
