Nintendo Life Most Anticipated Switch Games 2025
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Looking for the best new Nintendo Switch games releasing soon? Even in its twilight years, Nintendo's hybrid console is delivering, and with the Switch 2 (and good backwards compatibility), that doesn't mean the Switch is being left behind in 2025, though.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD kicked off the year, and a Wii U favourite in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition followed shortly after. 2025 has also given us Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. And while there's a few later releases here, you'll notice we're creeping into 2026 more and more...

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Below, we've rounded up the biggest new Nintendo Switch games coming soon. And, of course, 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 coming out soon.

Nintendo Switch Upcoming Games

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Switch)

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond looks fantastic, but it's taken a long time to get here. In the very first trailer, the game looks like it's running at 60fps, and contains the same mechanics we're all familiar with: the morph ball, missiles, the visor, scanning, etc. We've seen a lot more since, as well as a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and a flippin' bike.

We can't wait to find out what else the game will bring when it finally launches on 4th December 2025.

Octopath Traveler 0 (Switch)

HD-2D just keeps on coming, and so does Octopath Traveler. Coming to both Switch 1 and 2 on 4th December 2025, Octopath Traveler 0 is based on the mobile game, Champions of the Continent, but fleshed out to play like a full-fledged console RPG.

You can create your own protagonist and explore the world of Orsterra (that's the world from the first game, fyi) with more fantastic break and boost turn-based combat. Rebuild your town and use those Path Actions this holiday season; it'll be worth the wait.

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Terminator 2D: NO FATE (Switch)

Retro revivals have gone way past being retro rereleases and games inspired by the classics — Terminator 2D: NO FATE is a complete reimagining of the Terminator 2 movie, but in the style of a 2D action game, like it's straight out of the SNES / Genesis era.

It looks absolutely phenomenal in our eyes, and it gives us something to look forward to late in the year, as it launches on 12th December 2025.

Mina The Hollower (Switch eShop)

Of course, we knew we could count on Yacht Club games to bring its Zelda-inspired adventure, Mina The Hollower, to Switch.

Originally coming on Halloween, but now coming "sometime soon", this spooky top-down adventure looks like a long-lost Game Boy Color gem. Complete with fantastic music and a range of weapons for this cute little mouse, we cannot wait to finally get our hands on this.

Moth Kubit (Switch eShop)

There are a dime a dozen pixel art RPGs, but how many of them have you playing as an office-working bug?

Bringing a little Kafkaesque energy to the genre, Moth Kubit is a turn-based RPG with a story focusing on the "Final Process" which will apparently change everything. We actually don't know too much about this one yet, and it's already missed its Q2 2025 release date. Hopefully we'll see it sometime in 2025, but it's looking unlikely.

Mouthwashing (Switch eShop)

One of the biggest indie hits of last year, horror adventure Mouthwashing is coming to Switch. A damning critique of capitalism and corporations, Mouthwashing is one of those games you should go into knowing as little as possible.

With fantastic PS1-esque visuals and excellent writing, if the Switch port is solid, this could be one of the best games on the system. It was meant to land in 2025, but there's been radio silence since its announcement.

System Shock (Switch)

We'd given up on seeing Nightdive's System Shock remake on Switch, but hey, that'll teach us never to doubt the masters of retro ports. It's coming to Switch 2 as well, but we're kind of amazing to just how the team got this to run on the older console.

This is a ground-up remake of the critically acclaimed first-person RPG, but the bones are still the same as the '90s original. This is a visual glow-up and a UI-overhaul first and foremost. But Nightdive has done such phenomenal work on Nintendo's consoles that we have no concerns. It's coming "soon", so sometime in 2025 maybe?

Tanuki: Pon's Summer (Switch eShop)

Meet Pon, a lazy, well-meaning tanuki and worker at the local post office. His job is to deliver mail on a little BMX. But he also has to help restore the village shrine ahead of the Tanuki Festival.

Tanuki: Pon's Summer looks absolutely delightful. Part life-sim, part mail delivery game, part BMX sim, this one gets delivered to Switch at some point. 2026, perhaps?.

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