Topic: Top 10 digital-only games that need a physical release. (2022 Edition)

£36!! Jeez, that's expensive! I love the game, but that's steep.

Yeah, Super Rare Games releases were £29.99 when they first started, recently they have been £34.80. A Short Hike is their first £36 game, I'm assuming that's the new price for their standard releases...

As we head into November much of the games I listed in the OP have had physical releases.

How about we condense and update the list in preparation for a new thread in 2023?

Looking at aggregate online scores and the list we get is...

What Remains of Edith Finch
Fez
Bastion
Inside
Freshly Frosted
The Stanley Parable
Neon White
Spelunky
Retro Bowl
Everhood

@Magician I would want most of the games on your list, plus:-

Splatter Zombiecalypse Now
Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
islanders: Console Edition
Tunic
Cursed To Golf
Nobody Saves The World
Pumpkin Jack
From Space (released 3rd November)

I'm happy because my three favourite once-digital-only games (Azure Striker Gunvolt, Mighty Switch Force and Steamworld Heist) all now have physical versions on the Switch and sit proudly in my collection.

Looking at my eShop games, I can't think of any others where I'd kill for a physical version. I suppose if I had to pick one, maybe a fairly obscure one from the Switch's early days called The Next Penelope; a neat action/racer with a cool look and a cool futuristic Greek mythology vibe. But if no limited run publishers have picked it up by now then it would seem highly unlikely at this point.

Though also, I'm still super-annoyed that the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney trilogy was digital-only in the West (though at least Ace Attorney Chronicles got a Western physical release, so that's something).

1.Alien: Isolation
2.Sonic Origins
3.Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
4.Resident Evil REMake
5.Devil May Cry 3 Definitive Edition

@Mongunzoo REMake is a good shout, i think this would also sell well due to ongoing/growing love for the series in general

For now I am only waiting for the Shin Chan game. As far as I know a physical release for the west is planned.

Edit: No actually Kirby's Dream Buffet would be great too.

@Mongunzoo I would love a physical copy of Alien: Isolation, I completed it recently and it is now one of my favourite games on the Switch! A few people have pointed out that due to the developers/publishers involved and the size of the game on the cartridge, a physical release is highly unlikely unfortunately...

@MarioBrickLayer Unfortunate. Still doesn't stop me from wishing for one. But yeah, SEGA is the company that waited almost 5 years to port Persona 5 (AN RPG!!!) for no apparent reason other than SEGA/Atlus Weirdness. So I am not surprised.

@CJD87 Yeah. We need something more than the Origins "Double Pack" where they decided to put Zero instead of REMake on the disc. Nothing against Zero, but that was the wrong game to include guys.

Some good choices there. Unfortunately, Square-Enix, CDPR, and Bandai Namco have been the only publishers to use 32GB cartridges. Since the file size for Alien: Isolation, Hellblade, and REmake are larger than 16GB they'll most likely never be released physically. Although I hope LRG reach out to MS and make physical copies of Hellblade happen. I'd pay $50 for a copy in a heartbeat.

@Magician Here's Hoping. Also, just saw the topic was top 10, so here's some more!
6.Katana Zero
7.Bulletstorm
8.Sonic Origins
9.Steel Assault
10.Cyber Shadow

@Mongunzoo I know what you mean! I'd love an Alien Isolation Steelbook release from Limited Run Games (like Doom Eternal) or Super Rare Games (like Fast RMX) - it would be a day one purchase for me!!

Ok, not 2022, but we need Ace Attorny for the 3ds on physical copy. I'm too poor to afford it right now, but the eshop is gonna die in, like, a month.