Nintendo Life Most Anticipated Switch Games 2024
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We've given this list a good old spring clean following the February 2024 Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. There are tons of new games coming to Switch in 2024, so if we have to wait until 2025 for the Switch 2, this list should keep you pretty happy. Also, take that '35' with a pinch of salt, it's 35-ish...


Looking for the best new Nintendo Switch games releasing soon? 2023 was a banner year for the now-ageing hybrid console, and even if it looks like the Switch is winding down as it approaches its eighth year on the market, there are still plenty of beauties to pick up in 2024.

In terms of first-party offerings, Another Code is making its grand return, as is Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Princess Peach is taking centre stage in a brand-new game. And remasters of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon are on the way. The third-party slate is looking pretty healthy too — maybe 2024 is the year we finally get Silksong, as well?

Which upcoming Switch games have us saving up our Nintendo eShop Gold Points? Below we've rounded up 35 (ish... come on, you know we can't just have 35!) of the biggest new Nintendo Switch games coming soon. They run the gamut from AAA first-party offerings to DLC to promising-looking indies. We'll be adding to (and subtracting from) this list as the weeks and months go by.

Let's take a look at our most anticipated Switch games for the months ahead...

Nintendo Switch Upcoming Games

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (Switch eShop)

Llamasoft's Jeff Minter is one of the video game industry's most enduring figures, with a history of software spanning decades, all the way back to Sinclair ZX81. This next entry in Digital Eclipse's Gold Master Series serves up 42 of the psychedelic creator's games from eight platforms, including a system that never made it to market.

Digital Eclipse has proved with the excellent Atari 50 and The Making of Karateka that video games themselves are the best medium through which to explore the history of interactive entertainment. And Llamasoft's story is just as excellent as Digital Eclipse's previous efforts:

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection (Switch eShop)

The retro collection Star Wars fans have wanted for ages is real, and it's coming to Switch very soon. Aspyr's Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection bundles the original Star Wars Battlefront and its 2005 sequel Battlefront II and allows you to play alone, in local multiplayer matches, or online with up to 64 players. All additional characters will be available right from the get-go, too, along with every single bonus map released. Head to a galaxy far, far away on Switch on 14th March 2024.

Princess Peach: Showtime! (Switch)

We've been begging for a new Princess Peach game for years, and the Switch has given the Mushroom Kingdom's ruler her due. Princess Peach: Showtime! lets the pink princess don a number of outfits that give her different abilities, and she must use these to save the Sparkle Theatre from Grape and the Sour Bunch. Peach pops open the parasol — and the curtains — on 22nd March 2024 on Switch.

Pepper Grinder (Switch eShop)

In later 2022, an Indie World Showcase gave us Pepper Grinder, a pixel art side-scrolling platformer that screams Drill Dozer to us. We haven't seen too much of the Devolver Digital-published title since apart from a delay into 2024, but the drilling pirate should be digging down for some good old retro-style adventuring on 28th March 2024.

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland (Switch eShop)

There are a lot of games on this list that make us pinch ourselves and ask "Wait, what year is this?" But none more than Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland. Inspired by licensed NES platformers, this new Rugrats game can be played in either HD visuals (which look like episodes straight from the cartoon) or in 8-bit visuals. All of your favourites are back, and you can swap between them to utilise their unique abilities. Limited Run Games is bringing this one to Switch in March 2024.

Sociable Soccer 24 (Switch)

After years of waiting, Sociable Soccer 24 is finally kicking off on Switch. First seen in 2017 and eagerly anticipated by those who grew up playing Sensible Soccer, Switch owners will have to wait until sometime in "early" 2024 before kicking off on the pitch.

Slave Zero X (Switch)

Who remembers 199's Slave Zero? Well, developer Poppy Works has decided to revisit this world with a stunning-looking 2D action game in Slave Zero X. Taking place in the same world, we were originally expecting to be slicing our way through gorgeous pixel art enemies in February 2024; now we've got to wait until Spring 2024.

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Freedom Planet 2 (Switch eShop)

The original Freedom Planet is a genuinely brilliant speed-based platformer, inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, and we're so excited to check out the sequel, Freedom Planet 2. Launching 18 months after its PC release, the sequel introduces brand new mechanics such as guarding and the ability to revive characters, while improving level and boss design, we'll be giving this one a go when it lands on 5th April 2024.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Switch eShop)

The title isn't lying — there are at least 100 playable characters in this epic Suikoden-inspired RPG. After absolutely smashing its Kickstarter goal at the end of 2022 and raising $3.5 million, we can confidently say that each of these Hundred Heroes will be worth at least $35,000. That's how that works, right?

Developed by Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama, who sadly passed away earlier this year, this spiritual successor will be launching on 23rd April 2024.

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (Switch eShop)

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU is a brand new EA Originals title that we think stole the show at The Game Awards 2023. Developed by Surgent Studios, which was founded by actor and performer Abubakar Salim (known for Raised by Wolves and for playing Bayek of Siwa in Assassin's Creed Origins), this is a stunning-looking Metroidvania inspired by Bantu myth which explores loss and grief. It launches on Switch on 23rd April 2024.