Between May 19 and May 22, Nintendo Switch will receive a number of various additions that might interest you! Check out the official site for the full list of games arriving this week and in the near future, or scroll through the list below to see if there is anything you like.
Outbreak: Endless Nightmares
- Action-adventure for up to 2 players
- Developer: Dead Drop Studios
- Publisher: Dead Drop Studios
- Release date: May 19
Outbreak: Endless Nightmares twists the series’ survival horror gameplay by adding elements of roguelike gameplay. You’ll need to explore, hunt for supplies, uncover clues, and fight your way through each anomaly – each consisting of semi-procedurally generated instances where both the environment, and the undead, are out to kill you!
Just Die Already
- Adventure for up to 2 players
- Developer: Double Moose
- Publisher: Curve Digital
- Release date: May 20
Just Die Already is an old people mayhem sandbox game created by the designers of Goat Simulator.
You are an old retired person in the near future where people aren’t having any children. There isn’t anyone to pay for pensions due to those ungrateful millennials who prefer playing video games instead of doing actual work. With no one to cover your living costs, you – just like all other old people in this world – have no other choice but to survive on your own. How will you survive in a world that wants you to Just Die Already?
Rise of the Slime
- Single-player adventure/strategy
- Developer: Bunkovsky Games
- Release date: May 20
You are the hero that no one saw coming. Help Slime defy the odds by playing insanely powerful cards in this charming and strategic deckbuilding adventure.
Rise of the Slime is a roguelite like no other, mixing deep and tactical deckbuilder gameplay with the chill vibes of a side-scrolling adventure.
Alchemist Adventure
- Action-adventure for up to 2 players
- Developer: Bad Minions
- Publisher: Super.com
- Release date: May 20
You awaken in a strange and unknown place, with no memories, alone in a world you know nothing about. Now you must explore the dangerous and abandoned region of Isur and discover its secrets — as they are tightly connected to your own story.
To explore the world you will need to use the power gained by combining nature’s four elements — fire, water, air, earth — with various ingredients. By crafting different potions, you will be able to explore the regions of Isur, solve alchemical puzzles, and fight dreadful enemies.
Fate of the Pharaoh
- Single-player sim/strategy
- Developer: Cateia Games
- Publisher: Ocean Media
- Release date: May 20
The greedy enemy wanted the treasures of Egypt. Long time attacks exhausted the magnificent realm of Pharaoh. Days of glory are far behind now, wrapped in dust of endless deserts. But, there’s hope! The enemy finally fled!
Take the role of brave young Pharaoh’s adviser and raise the golden cities of Egypt once again in this fun and beautiful strategy/management game.
Construct homes for your people, set-up production, trade, please gods, fight crocodiles and dangerous cobras while build monuments and famous wonders of Egyptian realm. And, be visited by aliens from space that will teach you secrets of how to build the mighty pyramids! All this, and much more in Fate of the Pharaoh!
Backworlds
- Single-player platformer/puzzle
- Publisher: Skymap Games
- Release date: May 20
Backworlds is a multi-dimensional puzzle platform game in which you explore by painting. Move between two parallel worlds, each with its own unique set of properties, using your brush to flow seamlessly from one to the other. Solve environmental conundrums by using each world’s physical properties to your advantage, and use your own creativity to craft original solutions to the game’s puzzles.
Tiger Trio’s Tasy Travels
- Single-player puzzle
- Publisher: Oink Games
- Release date: May 20
Solve puzzles with a cute, sushi-serving animal crew! Join our three tiger siblings as they take on the world with their sushi food truck. It’s super delicious, but orders always tend to get mixed up. With the help of their talented friends, solve puzzles by adding, subtracting, and moving sushi between conveyor belts, fixing orders before they reach the customer! You’ll come across places like the land of ghosts and even venture into outer space! This new puzzle game will challenge your wit across a total of 60 stages. Includes a hint function, so players of any age can travel with the Tiger Trio and their friends. On your trip you may even find yourself starting to think like a programmer!
Rising Hell
- Single-player action-RPG
- Developer: Toge Productions, Thaoe Games
- Publisher: Chorus Worldwide Games
- Release date: May 20
Rising Hell is a vertical platformer rogue-lite filled with adrenaline-pumping action and tons of heavy gothic metal shreds. Climb out from the ever-changing hell while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons.
Heavy-metal riffs and pixelated madness will accompany you as you fight your way out from the depths of fiery hell, facing the bugs-ridden Beelzebub’s Lair, and other pits of hell with different creatures, bosses, and living traps lurking around. Chaining combos, jumping maneuvers, and talent building will be your key to help you climb your way out of hell in this adrenaline-pumping vertical platformer.
Layers of Fear 2
- Single-player adventure
- Developer: Bloober Team
- Publisher: Bloober Team
- Release date: May 20
A sequel to the critically acclaimed horror phenomenon, Layers of Fear 2 is a first-person psychological horror game that puts you in the shoes of a Hollywood actor aboard an ocean liner.
With an emphasis on exploration and storytelling, Layers of Fear 2 puts you in the center of the scene. You are not just in character, you are the character. The part you play is singularly yours. Written just for you. Beware, though, for all may not truly be what it seems.
Miitopia
- Single-player adventure
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Release date: May 21
Cast your friends, family, or anyone you choose in a comedy-filled adventure to bring down the face-stealing Dark Lord! Create and customize Mii characters, assign them roles, and watch them come to life. Laugh along as your best friend and dear old grandma team up in the fantasy adventure of a lifetime!
Have a blast with new features—including an adorable horse pal, wigs and makeup, and more—on the Nintendo Switch system.
Guards
- Single-player adventure/strategy
- Publisher: Grageus Games
- Release date: May 21
Play by the 4-heroes team. Defend against the hordes of monsters, plan your moves, improve your abilities. Defeat all the enemies on each level and join the deadly fight with the Boss!
The main feature of the game is a unique turn-based battle system. You command a team of 4 heroes, 3 of which are fighting on the front line, while the 4th is recovering health behind his teammates. To make a move you need to change the positions of any two heroes. If the hero moves from the backline to the front, he uses a super attack. For example, the knight is thrilling the land, stunning all the enemies on the line, while the huntress is charging a bow with energy, simultaneously firing arrows at all the enemies.
Wanna Survive
- Single-player strategy/RPG
- Publisher: Nicalis
- Release date: May 21
You’re still alive, but every day it’s getting harder to stay that way. You roam the countryside in a desperate yet methodical search for food, supplies and the rumored safe haven where the living may be protected from the walking dead. As you fight through the relentless zombie legions, you encounter and join forces with others who cling to their humanity. Many of them have different weapons and abilities, but you all have one thing in common: You Wanna Survive.
Set in an ongoing zombie apocalypse, Wanna Survive is a challenging strategy/tactics game with highly streamlined turn-based combat. The easy-to-read iconography and color-coding allows players to quickly assess each evolving battle scenario and evaluate the status and options of allies and enemies with ease. Follow multiple characters’ story arcs through a variety of unique combat scenarios and try to keep them alive until they reach their goal: the city of Borealis!
Knockout City
- Action for up to 8 players
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release date: May 21
Calling all brawlers: join us in Knockout City™ during our limited-time Block Party event for a FREE trial*! For ten days only, brawl on every map, with every ball, in every style, through every playlist—with no level cap, no microtransactions, and no barriers. Get your first taste of new content from Season 1, too!
Convert to the full game before the Block Party ends to keep your progress and unlock exclusive rewards.
Team up and duke it out with rival Crews in Knockout City, where you settle the score with EPIC DODGEBALL BATTLES. Brace yourself for outrageous fun and intense competition in an all-new take on team-based multiplayer games.
Customize your character and form a Crew with friends to start your Knockout City takeover. Knock out opponents with trick shots and coordinated teamwork while dodging and catching balls flying across the map. No ball? No problem! You can literally ball up, roll into a teammate’s hands, and become the ultimate weapon!
Driving World: Aspen
- Single-player racing
- Publisher: BoomBit Games
- Release date: May 21
Driving World: Aspen opens to you an authentic-looking, challenging location to drive around and prove your driving skills in. Start exploring it in your trusty SUV, getting the hang of navigating around the narrow, windy mountain roads. After a bit of practice you’ll be able to advance and try your luck in more demanding vehicles.
Visit the great, majestic winter resort, driving on ice-covered roads in a variety of exciting, challenging vehicles! Plow through snow, drift in a rally car, feel the winter air in a snowmobile or try to navigate a big, bulky bus! Plentiful exciting challenges await you!
RoboPhobik
- Single-player puzzle/action
- Developer: Haruneko Entertainment
- Publisher: Haruneko Entertainment
- Release date: May 22
During the early 70s, the government created a secret experimental robot city, controlled by a supercomputer called PAL 9000. One day, PAL 9000 went out of control, and rebelled against his creators. He captured the scientists, and started an evil plan to take over the world.
In order to regain control over PAL 9000 and its robots, a special team of highly skilled agents has been put together. Some have already entered the city, only to become trapped inside.
As Julie, a rookie agent, your goal is to find all your teammates and defeat the evil PAL 9000.
But… are you sure you’re on the right side? Are you sure robots are the aggressors?
