Upcoming Switch games for 2024 (and beyond)

Upcoming Nintendo Switch games for 2024 and beyond featuring screenshots from various games
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Now that we are well and truly into 2024, there are plenty of upcoming Switch games to start getting excited about. While there's no doubt that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4 were obviously high marks last year, there is still plenty more to come to Nintendo's console beyond first-party releases. 

Among the new games of 2024, we have (hopefully) Hollow Knight: Silksong in good company alongside plenty of Mario favorites. Princess Peach is finally getting her first mainline game in decades, and a recent Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase gave us a look at a whole mess of upcoming titles. We've also listed some long-awaited Switch ports and upcoming indie games to get hyped for, if you're not really into any of the best Mario games.

Still set to come this year, we have (hopefully) Hollow Knight: Silksong in good company alongside plenty of Mario favorites. Princess Peach is finally getting her first mainline game in decades, and a recent Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase gave us a look at a whole mess of upcoming games. We've also listed some long-awaited Switch ports as well as newly announced ones. There's genuinely something for everyone in our roundup of upcoming Switch games.

Recent updates

This living list of upcoming Switch games was updated on March 11, 2024, adding the various announcements made on Pokemon Day and MAR10 Day.


Upcoming Switch games 2024

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection

Star Wars Battlefront Kit Fisto

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Release date: March 14, 2024

The original Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefront 2, complete with their campaigns and local and online multiplayer that can have up to 64 players, are... well, classics. And the new collection adds further playable characters like Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress. What more could you possibly ask for?

Princess Peach Showtime

Princess Peach: Showtime!

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Release date: March 22, 2024

Finally, the leading lady of Mario is getting her own game after a very long time. We last saw her in a starring role back on the Nintendo DS's Super Princess Peach, but Princess Peach Showtime shows the regal heroine as we've never seen her before. Costume changes are just one feature of this upcoming 3D platformer, which will see Peach exploring a theatre to rescue its patrons and performers from Grape and the Sour Bunch.

Grounded

Grounded key art

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Release date: April 16, 2024

After many leaks and reports and finally acknowledgement, it's official: Grounded, a first-party Xbox title, is heading to Nintendo Switch. The co-op survival-adventure games lets players roam around on their own or with up to three players online in order to explore their backyard while the size of an ant. Players will need to craft tool and build bases to avoid defeat at the hands of actual ants and the like.

Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Tales of Kenzera: Zau

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Release date: April 23, 2024

This stunning upcoming Switch game is a touching Metroidvania about dealing with grief. The stunning reveal trailer shown at The Game Awards 2023 introduces us to a beautiful world of Tales of Kenzera: Tau, a sidelong 3D platformer from EA Originals that incorporates ancient magic in both its combat and traversal systems. We can expect this gorgeous action-adventure to on the Nintendo Switch launch in April.

Endless Ocean Luminous

Endless Ocean Luminous

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Release date: May 2, 2024

A new Endless Ocean? From Nintendo itself? With the ability to explore around under the Veiled Sea with up to 30 players online? With over 500 species of marine life to encounter? Including some described as "extinct" and "mythical" as well? Do I really need to say more?

Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door remaster

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

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Release date: May 23, 2024

A 2D GameCube classic is being given a modern makeover in the upcoming Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remaster. Peach and Mario will be teaming up once more, with Peach's kidnap by the X-Nauts spurring our mustachioed plumber into action as he chases after her.

Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance

Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance key art

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Release date: June 21, 2024

Described as the "definitive version" of Shin Megami Tensei 5 by developer Atlus, there's an all-new path available in Vengeance that adds something like 80 hours to the popular JRPG. That includes new locations, new demons, and new decisions to make; it's SMT 5 but just more, what's not to like?

Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble

Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble key art

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Release date: June 25, 2024

There's an all-new Super Monkey Ball game on the way with more tilting, bouncing, rolling, and so on to do. But perhaps even better is the fact that the new title will feature online play with up to 16 players across various modes. Combine that with 200 new stages, and it sounds like there'll be plenty to monkey around with come June.

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

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Release date: June 27, 2024

Return to Evershade Valley in Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, an upgraded version of the classic Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. The most recent Luigi's Mansion installment arrived in 2019, but with LM2 being a remaster of the 2013 Nintendo 3DS hit, we're about to venture back into familiar territory. What's more, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD will have multiplayer potential, whether you want to play online with friends or via local co-op.

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

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Release date: October 10, 2024

A new game in the Fantasy Life series is set to come to Switch. The last instalment was released on the 3DS and offered up various different job roles with their own set of quests. Fantasy Life i looks set to build on this by letting you create your own city on a ruined island and once again take up an occupation of your choice. With returning characters and the promise of plenty of mystery, it will be interesting to see how this entry shapes up. 

TBC 2024

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

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Release date: TBC 2024

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is a remake of the classic title by Purple Lamp. As in the original, Mickey Mouse goes on a dangerous journey through the Wasteland with a magical paintbrush. It's unclear just how much has been changed from the original, but it does seem like Mickey will have new moves and even the ability to sprint.

Hollow Knight Silksong

Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Release date: TBC 2024

We know that it's coming, we just don't know when. The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong has been brutal, but Team Cherry is finally ready to deliver its sequel to one of the best metroidvania games of all-time. The Hollow Knight sequel was first unveiled in 2019, with development reportedly spiralling out of control as the Silksong idea evolved in scope from DLC to full-fledged experience. Here's hoping we get our hands on Hollow Knight: Silksong sooner rather than later. 

Metroid Prime 4

Metroid Prime

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Release date: TBC

Metroid Prime 4 has been a long time coming. Announced back in 2017, we've seen nothing more of the sequel to Metroid Prime 3: Corruption since. That's largely because development was rebooted in 2019, with production shifting to Retro Studios – the team responsible for the original Prime trilogy. Still, it's good to know that this game is out there, and set to let us step back into the role of Samus after her journey into hyperspace a decade ago. Expect to be waiting for this one a little while longer. 

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam  

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam

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Release date: TBC 

During the February 2023 Nintendo Direct, we got a very brief tease of a new Professor Layton game, which at long last signalled the return of the series. While we don't know too much about the new entry coming to the Switch, we do know that we're set to experience a fresh story filled with puzzles in the new setting of Steam Bison, which is home to advanced steam engines. A mysterious incident is said to draw Layton and Luke there for a new adventure.  

Yokai Watch 4

Release date: TBC

If you're a Pokemon fan, you probably already know about the Yo-Kai Watch series. It follows a similar format in that you collect critters that also function as your companions as a young kid. In terms of new gameplay features, it introduces a brand new item, called the Yokai Ark, which will let players travel between three worlds that are all set in different time periods, and feature their own protagonist. While it released in Japan back in 2019, there's still no concrete word on a Western release date. We still have our fingers crossed for this one.  

Pokemon Legends: Z-A

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Release date: TBC 2025

While not terribly much is known about Pokemon Legends: Z-A at this point, it has been announced that it will release for the Nintendo Switch in 2025. Additionally, it's known that it will take place entirely within Lumiose City, which is in the Kalos region, during a major urban redevelopment plan to bring together people and Pokemon in the same place.

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