As always, a new week means a new selection of games making their way to Nintendo’s hybrid console. Of particular interest is the arrival of Diablo 2: Resurrected and Diablo Prime Evil Collection. Are you ready to face hell on your trusty Nintendo Switch?
Check out the list below for a selection of the hottest titles hitting the platform this week. You can find the last week’s list here.
Cube Samurai: Run Squared
- Single-player action-platformer
- Release date: September 22
The Cube Samurai is back in an all new endless runner! Eliminate the Conetrooper threat once and for all. Run, Jump, Slash and Slam your way across distant planets to become the hero our universe needs.
A great game for kids, but don’t worry, the whole family can get in on the action with this fun running game.
Crisis Wing
- Action-arcade for up to 2 players
- Release date: September 22
Push your shoot’em up skills to the limit in nostalgic pixel art style as you launch into Crisis Wing, lovingly crafted to recall the frantic action of arcade classics! Featuring 7 vertical scrolling stages, upgradeable weapons and cooperative multiplayer, Crisis Wing combines modern gameplay advancements with nostalgic presentation, enriched by a ricking FM soundtrack and CRT filters for a genuine old-school vibe.
From enemy swarms to screen-filling boss battles, Crisis Wing offers a daunting challenge while remaining accessible to newcomers. Practice mode lets you replay stages with infinite lives. Score Attack and Boss Rush bonus games further extend the experience with unique levels and bosses. Are you ready for takeoff?
The Plane Effect
- Single-player adventure/puzzle
- Release date: September 23
A time-and-mind bending adventure game…
It’s your final day at the office, it is time to clock out and return home – loomed over by a cosmic anomaly with an oppressive, otherworldly force. Helpless over the
cosmos, all you know is that you must return to your family, as soon as you can.
Find your way home by any means…
As you progress through the dystopic cityscape, you quickly you realise all is not as it should be. Did it always take this long? Were the streets always a labyrinth?
Where even is “home”? All you know is that you must keep pushing ever onwards, you must keep going.
Suzerain
- Single-player strategy/RPG
- Release date: September 23
As President Anton Rayne, lead Sordland during your first term. Navigate a political drama, driven by conversations with your cabinet members and other significant figures in a country with its own complicated history. With looming border conflicts, entrenched corruption, economic crisis and people desperate for reform, as leader the difficult choices fall on your shoulders as you strive to uphold your election promises.
As President, you have the final say but every choice you make has an impact. Your colleagues, the opposition, corporations; everyone has a point of view. Think and act carefully: once enacted your choices can not be reversed.
Good luck, Mr. President.
Diablo II: Resurrected
- RPG for up to 4 players
- Release date: September 23
Diablo II: Resurrected is the definitive remastering of Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction expansion—two hallmark entries in Blizzard Entertainment’s genre-defining action role-playing series. Veteran players, as well as those who missed out when the original game was first released on PC twenty years ago, can now experience Diablo® II’s timeless gameplay with modern visuals and audio that take advantage of today’s gaming hardware.
Ascend the Forgotten Tower, blaze a trail through the jungles of Kurast, and storm the gates of Hell to defeat Diablo himself. Then, scale the peak of Mount Arreat to face Baal, the Lord of Destruction, in Worldstone Keep. Seven of Sanctuary’s greatest champions await at the iconic campfire screen—the Amazon, Assassin, Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Paladin, and Sorceress. Each is highly customizable with countless build and gear options for players to explore.
Diablo II: Resurrected can be played as a solo experience, or grab some friends on your preferred platform and enjoy multiplayer co-op. Then blow off some steam and claim a few ears by engaging in thrilling PvP duels outside of town.
Beast Breaker
- Single-player arcade/strategy
- Release date: September 23
Beast Breaker is a new turn-based action adventure from the creator of Threes. You play as a tiny warrior named Skipper, tasked with defending innocents from giant mosaic Beasts that threaten to destroy everything.
The game combines satisfying pinball physics with tactical decision making. Pick a style of attack, line up the best angle, and launch! Watch Skip careen around the screen and break the giant Beasts to pieces.
Along the way, you will meet a vibrant cast of characters who will help you on your journey, and maybe even help you discover the origin of the Beasts…
Embr
- Action/puzzle for up to 4 players
- Release date: September 23
Join Embr, THE Emergency Services Revolution, and become an Embr Respondr today! Fight fires and save lives while climbing the ladder of success, all within the comfort of flexible working hours. Embr’s mission is simple; bring über firefighting to everyone, everywhere.
It’s time to redefine the firefighting service paradigm and give the power to you – the people – and we’ll take care of the pesky paperwork. Everyone should have the opportunity to be a hero, and that’s why with just one simple payment, you can become a Respondr today!
As an Embr Respondr you’ll answer clients’ calls for help, and bring firefighting directly to their door! Break down doors, clear gas leaks and put out fires – no job is too much for an Embr Respondr.
Staxel
- Sim/RPG for up to 4 players
- Release date: September 23
Welcome to Staxel, a quaint island full of charming characters, with bugs and fish to catch, fossils to excavate and quests to complete! Settle into your new home on the farm, fix it up, fill it with crops and animals, then change it up across the seasons of the year. When you’re not farming, take up a range of hobbies to earn some extra cash, or spend some time befriending the locals!
By befriending villagers, you’ll visit far-off islands across the ocean, with new resources to collect, crops to grow, animals to raise and friends to make! Or check out the portals that frequent the festival grounds. These allow you to visit special resource islands that reset every season, allowing you to gather resources without needing to dig up your village!
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
- Single-player action-adventure
- Release date: September 23
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster.
Take part in the research expedition and be one of the first people to get inside the S.W.A.N. Institute since the reactor failure. You’ll discover the place kept secret by ZSRR authorities, omitted during the evacuation after the Chernobyl disaster.
Experience things that go far beyond the limit of human imagination. Face the danger locked behind the facility door. Find another expedition participant and discover the inhumane secrets of professor Kaydanovskiy – the founder of the facility.
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Fisti-Fluffs
- Indie arcade for up to 4 players
- Release date: September 23
With no humans in sight, the cats are bored—and you know what that means? That’s right. It’s time to tussle! Pounce, hiss, flail, and claw your way through the kitty kingdom to prove your wobbly cat “is best cat.”
Fisti-Fluffs is an adorable (and yes, ridiculous) physics-based party game where you tussle with other cats and destroy the environments in frenetic, over-the-top battles. Of course, you can play alone, but it’s even better with friends. So get your claws out and prepare for some kitty carnage.
- Fast-paced, physics-based, cat-tussling fun while the owners are away
- Up to 4 players can duke it out in smooth and hilarious brawls
- Game modes: Tussle, Crown Control, Destruction, Party, and Kibble Defense
- In Kibble Defense, you and up to 3 of your best friends fend off rats and other critters from stealing your kibble in this endless wave-based game mode
- 6 fully destructible, fun, exciting, and colorful stages to bust up + the largest and most comprehensive house stage in Kibble Defense
- Smack various objects in the room to launch them at your opponents
- Ready your paws and play as adorable digitized cats inspired by real pets. Try not to ooh and aah at all of the lovable kitties and charming levels
- Create and customize your kitty with unique styles, hats, and outfits
- Snap shareable screenshots overflowing with cuteness using the built-in camera mode
- Rock out with the cats in Metal Mode.
Chef’s Tail
- Single-player adventure/arcade
- Release date: September 23
On the distant shores of a certain river, a cute but macabre procession is climbing the stairs.
Weary travelers of this underworld domain, exhausted by their long journey, are going to take the next step on their journey…
But before that, why not take the bite out of that tasty steaming hot apple pie, just like your nana used to make!
You are a ferocious beast, a guardian of the underworld, the untamed and wild cooking cat!
As the master chef of the underworld, let the traveling souls a taste of mortal food, to rejuvenate them on their long journey.
MageQuit
- Action for up to 10 players
- Release date: September 23
A wizard brawler about spell drafting and beard envy, MageQuit allows up to 10 mages to battle it out online or 8 locally. Beards grow longer with each kill; the wizard with the longest beard after 9 rounds wins!
Diablo Prime Evil Collection
- RPG for up to 4 players
- Release date: September 23
The Diablo Prime Evil Collection includes:
- Diablo III: Eternal Collection game
- Diablo II: Resurrected game
- Diablo III: Hatred’s Grasp Wings DLC
- Diablo III: Mephisto Pet DLC
Diablo II: Resurrected is the definitive remastering of Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction expansion—two hallmark entries in Blizzard Entertainment’s genre-defining action role-playing series. Veteran players, as well as those who missed out when the original game was first released on PC twenty years ago, can now experience Diablo II’s timeless gameplay with modern visuals and audio that take advantage of today’s gaming hardware.
Find your way back to New Tristram in Diablo III: Eternal Collection, 20 years following the events in Diablo II: Resurrected. Return to where it all began and investigate rumors of a fallen star: the first sign of evil’s rebirth, and an omen that the End Times have begun. Harness the might of your heroic birthright as one of seven playable classes.
Haustoria
- Single-player puzzle/adventure
- Release date: September 24
Play as a young boy and travel across a weird forest, explore a cursed house, creep around in pitch black caves, and avoid dangerous traps in an old dungeon.
Use the magical thumbtack to pin and unpin various game objects, cross paths, overcome obstacles and solve puzzles to advance through the game.
Forest Dwellers are there to help you along your difficult journey through Haustoria’s unique world. Some of them can be spotted and collected. Some, when combined with the magical thumbtack, will help clear your path of monstrous creatures.
Spacebase Startopia
- Single-player sim/strategy
- Release date: September 24
SPACEBASE STARTOPIA captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor. And as if maintaining the three Space Station Decks, entertaining the eight Alien races and defending against enemy invaders were not enough of a challenge, the dynamic narrator AI is not going to mince matters and commentates the events in a lovely but sharp-tongued manner.
Monster Truck Arena
- Single-player sim/racing
- Release date: September 24
Use ramps as an excuse for amazing jumps, drive your Monster Truck across cars that look like toys compared to you, do loop-the-loops… Most importantly, do all of it with style. The game’s controls are designed in a way that makes pulling off mind-blowing tricks easy and effortless. 50 different missions will not only test your driving skills, but allow you to show off your inventiveness and imagination.
The game features 10 different variations of Monster Trucks. Select the biggest available Pickup, Van, Sports Car, Army Truck… there’s even place for a Monster Truck version of a classic Fuel Truck and a School Bus. As long as it’s larger than life and looks unbelievably cool – we have it!
The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem
- Action for up to 4 players
- Release date: September 24
Family game night is about to get terrifyingly exciting! Only you and your friends can help Wednesday, Pugsley, Gomez, and Morticia Addams save the Addams Family Mansion in this hilarious new 3D platforming adventure for up to four players.
Explore the mansion’s darkest depths and magical mysteries like never before, to discover secrets and save the legendary house. Use each iconic character’s special abilities, like Gomez’s Mazurka Saber or Wednesday’s pet octopus Socrates, to solve puzzles and find relics that reveal the mansion’s hair-raising history. Play with and against friends in competitive multiplayer minigames that will have you bumping and jumping over each other to win.
It’s hideous, it’s horrible, it’s home – so get together and save the Addams Family Mansion for a frighteningly good time!
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT + A NEW POWER AWAKENS SET
- Single-player action/RPG
- Release date: September 24
Experience the story of DRAGON BALL Z from epic events to light-hearted side quests, including never-before-seen story moments that answer some burning questions of DRAGON BALL lore for the first time!
Play through iconic DRAGON BALL Z battles on a scale unlike any other. Fight across vast battlefields with destructible environments and experience epic boss battles against the most iconic foes (Raditz, Frieza, Cell etc.). Increase your power level through RPG mechanics and rise to the challenge!
Don’t just fight as Z Fighters. Live like them! Fish, fly, eat, train, and battle your way through the DRAGON BALL Z sagas, making friends and building relationships with a massive cast of DRAGON BALL characters.
Go beyond the history of DRAGON BALL Z and experience 2 additional boss battles, with the New Power Awakens set! Master the power of the gods to challenge Lord Beerus and go even beyond to fight Golden Frieza with the power of Super Saiyan Blue!
In My Shadow
- Single-player puzzle/adventure
- Release date: September 25
In My Shadow takes you on a wonderous journey through the mind of Bella in pursuit of reconciliation with her past. The game features 4 rooms with a total of more than 50 puzzles to solve. Each room offers a different glimpse into her memories, exploring the changing relationships in her family. The shadows within each level must be manipulated via objects to progress and there is often more than one solution to a challenge.
In My Shadow is more than a cleverly designed puzzle platformer; it is a heart-warming story into the mind of a young woman looking for answers to questions in her past. Her childhood memories come to life as shadows on the wall of her house, and you must use those shadows to solve unique puzzles and help Bella try to let go of her past.
