Rift of the NecroDancer (Switch eShop)

Nearly a year after it was first revealed, Rift of the NecroDancer is reportedly coming to Switch. This gorgeous rhythm spin-off of Crypt of the NecroDancer combines Guitar Hero, Rhythm Heaven, and gorgeous visuals to create a fun, goofy, lovely little thing. We'll be taking to the stage hopefully sometime in 2024.

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution (Switch eShop)

Shantae's long-lost GBA sequel is being finished, remastered, and released, 20 years after development was initially halted. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is coming to Switch in 2024. There will be a single-player, four-player local Battle Mode, and swappable HD or GBA pixel art portraits and HUD elements. This will be a must-have for Shantae fans and platforming enthusiasts. Plus, you can also snap up a GBA cartridge for this when the game releases this year.

Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (Switch)

Konami continues its string of rereleases with Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars, which contains the first two titles in Konami's beloved Suikoden series, remastered and retranslated. Dropping the same year (presumably) as its spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle, this has been delayed to an unannounced date. Perhaps summer 2024 is when we'll see these classics...

Yars Rising (Switch eShop)

Atari's dive into its retro catalogue continues, this time with the help of Shantae developer WayForward. Yars Rising takes the bug-focused rail shooter and turns it into... a Metroidvania? It looks very different from the previous games in this series, but it looks to play to WayForward's strengths. Yars Rising is coming to Switch later in 2024.

Hollow Knight: Silksong (Switch eShop)

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry's highly anticipated follow-up to the hugely successful 2D Metroidvania Hollow Knight, was first announced in February 2019. The developers have been relatively quiet ever since, although we've seen some teases. Most recently, Team Cherry has since delayed the game, pushing it out of its "first half of 2023" window. But with no word since then, it looks like we'll be playing this sometime in 2024. We hope.

Mina The Hollower (Switch eShop)

It's not yet 100% clear if Shovel Knight devs Yacht Club Games will bring this old-school top-down GBC-style game to Switch. But with all the Nintendo inspiration visible in the game's aesthetic, Mina the Hollower has to come to the Nintendo console du jour, right?

Metroid Prime 4 (Switch)

Metroid Prime 4 is on a slate somewhere with 'TBA' forever etched beside it, but no one outside Nintendo and Retro Studios knows when it'll finally materialise thanks to a lot of development-related issues.

Having been scrapped and restarted at the beginning of 2019, with veteran Metroid Prime team Retro now steering the ship, there's still a way to go with this one. As recently as July 2023, Retro Studios was hiring for multiple new roles potentially related to this long-awaited follow-up should clue you in that Metroid Prime 4 needs more time in the oven — perhaps a lot more time. Still, we're four years on from that course correction, and an announcement has to come at some point.

2024 is looking possible. Who knows, it may even be a cross-gen title for 'Switch 2'. At least we got Metroid Prime Remastered to keep us going in the meantime...

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Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (Switch)

Level-5 cemented its grand return in the February 2023 Nintendo Direct with multiple new titles, including a brand new Professor Layton game. Hershel Layton and his assistant Luke Triton are back and their adventures take them to the United States, where Luke now lives. Now it's Layton who's a fish out of water. While teased during that 2023 Direct, a later Level-5 Showcase revealed we'd need to wait until 2025 to reunite with our favourite detective duo.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch)

Yes yes, we know this one's coming in 2025, but a new Pokémon Legends game? Sign us up. Pokémon Legends: Z-A is set to take place in Lumiose City, the central city of Kalos and Pokémon X & Y. We know very little about this yet, but with a focus on an "urban redevelopment plan", we're definitely intrigued.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are games still being made for Switch?

Er, yes! You see all the games above and the ones on the preceding pages? Those ones.

And a load more that we're not looking forward to quite as much, but might be very good. Plus all the unannounced Switch games. So yes, they are still making games for the Switch.

Rumours persist concerning Nintendo's next console, the fabled 'Switch 2', but right now Switch is Nintendo's only hardware platform. With over 139 million of Switch systems sold since March 2017, publishers will be releasing new Switch games for a long time to come.

Is Mario Odyssey 2 confirmed?

Not yet. Although the development team behind Super Mario Odyssey is rumoured to be working on a new game — possibly a Donkey Kong game, and very likely for Nintendo's next console — there has been no official confirmation that Super Mario Odyssey 2 exists or is in development.

What is the new Mario party game in 2024?

There hasn't been any announcement regarding another Mario Party game at the time of writing. There are already two Mario Party games on Nintendo Switch, mind — Super Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars.

Is it possible there'll be a third Mario Party on Switch? Sure, although at this point we'd hope Nintendo will save it for 'Switch 2' or whatever its next console will be called.

Any more slightly off-the-wall questions?...

Last one. Can you play Sims on Nintendo Switch?

Unfortunately, no — you can't play The Sims on Switch.

Electronic Arts, the publisher of The Sims, was slow to support Nintendo Switch with software following the relative commercial disappointment of Nintendo's previous console, the Wii U. Consequently, several of EA's flagship series haven't come to Switch, The Sims being one of them.

We'll be updating this list throughout 2024 as we get more announcements. Is there something on your radar that you think we've missed? Let us know with a comment below and tell us which of the games above you're most looking forward to.