Nintendo Switch 2 Games and Compatibility – Every Confirmed Switch 2 Game and Compatibility Guide

The Nintendo Switch 2 is the next generation of Nintendo's hybrid console, and there are already a slew of games available exclusively for the new device. But with the original Nintendo Switch closing in on a decade since its release, and the OG hybrid console being one of the best-selling consoles ever made, there are still millions of players who haven't made the upgrade yet.

That's why this guide will aim to be a boon to new Nintendo Switch 2 owners, featuring a list of every major game currently confirmed for the Switch 2, while also including backwards compatibility details for players who have yet to make the upgrade.

NOTE: This article is accurate as of April 2, 2026. We will regularly update it as new games released and announced for the Nintendo Switch 2.

Nintendo Switch 2 Games (Out Now + Upcoming Releases)

The following is a list of games (first-party Nintendo titles and third-party games) that, between both Nintendo consoles, are only available on the Nintendo Switch 2, and are confirmed at the time of this writing to only be on Nintendo Switch 2. We will continue to update this list as new games are announced and released.

• 007 First Light
• Apex Legends (as of August 4, 2026)
• Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Aurascope
• Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
• Blue Prince
• Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster
• Chillin' by the Fire
• ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
• Citadelum
• Cronos: The New Dawn
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
• Darwin's Paradox!
• Deadzone: Rogue
• Denshattack!
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Drag x Drive
• Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined
• Draw King
• Dread Delusion
• Dream Shogi 4K
• Dynasty Warriors: Origins
• EA Sports Madden NFL 26
• eFootball Kick-Off!
• Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition
• Enter the Gungeon 2
• Exit Lab ~15 Rooms~
• Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition
• Farming Simulator: Signature Edition
• Fast Fusion
• Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
• Full Metal Schoolgirl
• FZ: Formation Z
• Gear.Club Unlimited 3
• Glaciered
• GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition
• Handy Hockey
• Haste
• High on Life 2
• Hitman World of Assassination - Signature Edition
• Hoa 2
• Human Fall Flat 2
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Kirby Air Riders
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Mario Kart World
• Mario Tennis Fever
• Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
• MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
• Out of Words
• Over the Hill
• People of Note
• PGA Tour 2K25
• Pokémon Pokopia
• Pokémon Winds & Waves
• Pool Room Billiard
• PowerWash Simulator 2
• Pragmata
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
• Reanimal
• Relayer Advanced Definitive Edition
• Resident Evil VII Biohazard
• Resident Evil Requiem
• Resident Evil Village Gold Edition
• RippleIsland Kyle and Cal's Restaurant
• Rotwood
• Royal Revolt Survivors
• Rushing Beat X: Return of Brawl Brothers
• Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice
• Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
• Skate Story
• South of Midnight
• Split Fiction
• Splatoon Raiders
• Squirrel with a Gun
• Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
• Star Wars: Outlaws
• Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
• Street Fighter 6
• Super Meat Boy 3D
• Survival Kids
• Sushi Bar Moebius for Nintendo Switch 2
• The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
• The Duskbloods
• The Midnight Walk
• They are Billions
• Tokyo Scramble
• Turok: Origins
• Two Point Museum
• Under Par Golf Architect
• Underward: Lastboss, Genius Gyaru Doctor
• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• Wild Hearts S
• WWE 2K25
• WWE 2K26
• Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
• Yooka-Replaylee
• Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Nintendo Switch 1 Games With Nintendo Switch 2 Editions

The following is a list of Switch 1 games that have official Switch 2 Editions that are available either through just updating your game when you play it on your Switch 2, or, as is the case with the first-party Nintendo titles, are available through a small upgrade fee.

These are games that have a dedicated 'Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.'

• 4PG
• A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
• Amnesia: Rebirth
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Another Eden Begins
• Asphalt Legends
• Ball x Pit
• Balatro
• Bang! Bang! Bandits
• Beyblade X Evobattle
• Braid, Anniversary Edition
• Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
• Brotato
• Card-en-Ciel
• Cast n Chill
• Castle of Heart: Retold
• Core Keeper
• Cozy Grove
• Culdcept Begins
• Dave the Diver
• Disney Dreamlight Valley
• Dispatch
• Divinity: Original Sin 2
• Factorio
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicle
• Hades 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure
• High on Life
• Hollow Knight
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Human Fall Flat
• Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
• Isekai Rondo
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World
• Kuukiyomi 4: Consider It
• Little Rocket Lab
• Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Lynked: Banner of the Spark
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Minishoot' Adventures
• Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru
• No Man's Sky
• Novel Rogue
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
• Overcooked 2
• Overrogue
• Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf
• Pokémon Legends Z-A
• Pritto Prisoner
• Red Dead Redemption
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
• Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
• Sail Forth
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Shadow Labyrinth
• Shuten Order
• Sid Meier's Civilization VII
• Simogo Legacy Collection
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Starbites
• Stardew Valley
• Storm Lancers
• Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
• Subnautica
• Subnautica: Below Zero
• Super Bomberman Collection
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup in Bellabel Park
• Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV
• Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game
• Tamagotchi Plaza
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
• The Exit 8
• The Fox's Way Home
• The Legends of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• The Rumble Fish 2
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

Nintendo Switch 1 Games That Require Joy-Con 1 Controllers on Nintendo Switch 2

You might even be surprised to learn there are some Nintendo Switch 1 games that are almost unplayable on Nintendo Switch 2, but there is a selection of titles that did not make a seamless jump, and it is directly due to hardware issues.

Not hardware issues in terms of the Switch 2 being unable to run these games, but hardware issues in the sense that these titles were all made to be compatible with the original Joy-Con controllers, and are not compatible with the new Joy-Con 2 design. That means for the following games, you'll still be able to play them on Switch 2, but you'll need to have your Joy-Con 1 controllers from your Switch 1. If you traded in your Switch 1 to get a Switch 2, and you own some of these titles, then you'll either need to pick up a pair of Joy-Con 1 controllers, or you hopefully kept a spare around.

• Ring-Fit Adventure
• 1-2-Switch
• Everybody 1-2-Switch
• Game Builder Garage
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• WarioWare: Move It!
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit

One thing to note, which we're just noting here since it ties in with the other Nintendo Labo products, is that Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit is entirely unplayable on Nintendo Switch 2. This is because the Switch 2 console has to fit inside the Toy-Con VR Goggles, which it is too big for.

Backwards Compatible Nintendo Switch 1 Games With Issues on Nintendo Switch 2

If you're wondering why we don't have a list of every single backwards compatible game from Nintendo Switch 1 on Nintendo Switch 2, that's because pretty much every game is backwards compatible. It would just be a list of practically everything already available on the Nintendo eShop.

So to make things simpler, this list will instead be games that are known to have issues on Nintendo Switch 2, though that doesn't make them unplayable. It just means you should expect some bugs or even some progressions issues, the latter of which is obviously more serious because losing progress could be someone's equivalent of a game-breaking bug.

It's also worth noting that, while we'll do our best to keep this list updated, if you want to double-check a specific title yourself, you can go to Nintendo's official compatibility website. Just type the name of the game you want to check into the search bar, and it'll tell you what the issues are, if any exist. It'll also tell you if a game previously had issues that have been solved in an update.

• 3 out of 10: Season One
• A Long Way Down
• Aeterna Noctis
• Aidan in Danger
• Bloodshore
• Boot Hill Heroes
• Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition
• Chicken Madness
• Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
• Dreamwalker
• fig.
• Forgotten Memories
• Gang Beasts
• Happy Hotel
• House Builder
• In My Shadow
• KILL la KILL - IF
• Laboratory Rat Escape Simulator Pro
• Layer Section™ & Galactic Attack™ S Tribute
• Manticore - Galaxy on Fire
• Megaton Rainfall
• Nascar Rivals
• Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
• Ninja Five-O
• OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes
• Overdriven Reloaded: Special Edition
• Raiden III X Mikado Maniax
• Raiden IV x MIKADO Remix
• Retro Classix 2in1 pack: Bad Dudes & Two Crude Dudes
• RICO
• Soul Dog TD
• South of the Circle
• Strania -The Stella Machina- EX
• The Wild Case
• This War of Mine: Complete Edition
• Tiny Lands
• Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ～ Sunken Fossil World
• Trove
• Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
• Warface: Clutch
• What the Dub?!
• Where the Bees Make Honey
• Wildfire
• YouTube
• ZikSquare

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