A set of new games is landing on Nintendo Switch this week, spanning multiple genres and settings. Check out the list below or the official site to see if anything catches your attention!
Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
- Racing for up to 8 players
- Developer: Bamtang Games
- Publisher: Game Mill
- Release date: October 6
Nickelodeon Kart Racers is back and we’re kicking it into overdrive! In Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix, you can select from 30 playable racers and 70 team members to assemble your ultimate pit crew. Choose your favorites from Nickelodeon’s hall of fame, including JoJo Siwa, SpongeBob SquarePants, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the babies from Rugrats, the cool kids from Hey Arnold!, Ren and Stimpy, Lincoln Loud and his sisters, and more!
Charterstone: Digital Edition
- Sim/Board Game for up to 6 players
- Developer: Acram Digital, Mobo Studio
- Publisher: Acram
- Release date: October 6
The official digital adaptation of Jamey Stegmaier’s board game –
Charterstone!
It’s a campaign strategy game with high replayability, where players build the new Eternal City! The campaign is divided into a series of separate games. Each game will have its own unique rule and bonus objective. Each game will build upon the previous one and add something new! Your decisions and play style will affect the progress and the end of the campaign. What’s more, there are no negative interactions between players. In other words, you score points on the back of your own strategy, not by undermining your opponents. It’s especially important when playing against your friends or family in online or hot-seats multiplayer!
Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders
- Single-player Adventure
- Publisher: Microids
- Release date: October 6
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. The player embodies the famous Hercule Poirot in a 3rd person perspective adventure game packed with mysteries. Once again, the private detective will find himself up against a mysterious opponent who goes by the name of “ABC”. Your intelligence will never have been so challenged!
You will have to explore many crime scenes in various cities set in beautiful surroundings across the United Kingdom. Leave no stone unturned when it comes to cross examinations and deadly puzzles!
Observe, question and explore everything possible in order to make the smartest deductions and understand the murderer’s plans!
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Ghost of a Tale
- Single-player Adventure RPG
- Publisher: Plug In Digital
- Release date: October 8
Ghost of a Tale follows a courageous minstrel Mouse named Tilo on a perilous quest to escape the dungeons of Dwindling Heights Keep and discover the fate of his true love, Merra. Set in a medieval world where Rats rule over all other creatures, Ghost of a Tale weaves an epic, yet intimate story combining elements of classic adventure, action-RPG, and exploration with a rich and highly immersive visual style.
Tacticool Champs
- Action/Arcade for up to 4 players
- Publisher: AwesomeIndustries
- Release date: October 8
Tacticool Champs combines the best features of shooter and arcade game, where up to four players fight with each other in a closed arena.
Quick matches, wide variety of weapons and unlimited ways to eliminate the opponents are waiting for you!
Choose your hero from ten available characters, fight in one of ten unique environments, select from sixty pre-defined scenes or create your own with an in game scene creator!
WarriOrb
- Single-player Adventure/Platformer
- Developer: Not Yet
- Publisher: NotYetEntertainment
- Release date: October 8
WarriOrb is an action platformer where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. You will have to make your way through the ravaged world to regain your freedom and sanity. Along the way you will meet demons, giants, mutants and all sort of magical and crazy creatures.
I Am Dead
- Single-player Adventure/Puzzle
- Developer: Hollow Ponds
- Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
- Release date: October 8
Morris Lupton is the recently-deceased museum curator of the tiny island of Shelmerston who is reunited with the ghost of his dog Sparky, only to discover that a disaster is about to destroy his beloved island.
Together, they must uncover Shelmerston’s ancient mysteries, prevent the island’s volcano from erupting, and save the place they call home.
Adventures of Chris
- Single-player Adventure/Platformer
- Developer: Guin Entertainment
- Publisher: Graffiti Games
- Release date: October 8
Embark on a global adventure in this ‘90s-inspired platformer about a chubby underdog kid with wacky superpowers.
Torn Tales: Rebound Edition
- Single-player Adventure RPG
- Developer: Chilled Mouse
- Publisher: Silesia Games
- Release date: October 8
Evil has destroyed the tales you love. Hack monsters and slash enemies throughout the Torn Tales in this real time squad based RPG.
You will wield the powers of Robin Hood, Snow White and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde as they fight together in the dark landscape assembled by the evil Bookbinder. He has bound enemies from across the fabled lands to stop you, so be ready for the unexpected.
Ikenfell
- Single-player Adventure RPG
- Developer: Happy Ray Games
- Publisher: Humble Games
- Release date: October 8
A turn based-tactical RPG about a group of troublesome magic students. Use timing mechanics to power your spells and block attacks, explore the twisted halls of a vast magic school, fight challenging monsters and bosses, find tons of hidden treasure, and uncover dark secrets never meant to be found.
Falcon Age
- Single-player Action RPG
- Developer: Outerloop Games
- Publisher: Outerloop Games
- Release date: October 8
Bond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure. Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure where you’ll play as Ara in her fight to reclaim her cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon hunting against a force of automated colonizers.
Neighbours back From Hell
- Single-player Puzzle
- Developer: MIG
- Publisher: THQ Nordic
- Release date: October 8
The neighbours from hell return! In this HD Remaster of the beloved childhood gems Neighbours From Hell 1 and 2, you play the star of a cheeky TV Show who is constantly pranking his nasty neighbour in the most creative and hilarious ways. You want to replace a candle with a firework? What about replacing the shaving cream with the whipped cream? Go for it!
Aery – Sky Castle
- Single-player Adventure/Puzzle
- Developer: EpiXR Games
- Publisher: EpiXR
- Release date: October 8
Aery – Sky Castle is a very unique flight game featuring a little bird that discovers an unknown world full of beauty and dreamy landscapes, little environmental riddles, and other surprises. It’s a story-driven adventure to discover and rescue a broken world.
The game has relatively slow pacing as it is meant to help people to enjoy and relax after a day full of hassle.
Filament
- Single-player Puzzle
- Developer: Beard Envy
- Publisher: Kalypso Media
- Release date: October 8
An abandoned spaceship, missing crew and a lone mysterious voice. Solve challenging puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster.
The truth is out there. Somewhere.
Board The Alabaster, one of The Filament Corporation’s flagship research vessels, and try to wrestle control back from a mysterious complication which left the ship locked down and the crew missing.
FIFA 21 Switch Legacy Edition
- Sports Sim for up to 8 players
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release date: October 9
EA SPORTS FIFA 21 Legacy Edition on Nintendo Switch featuring the latest kits, clubs, and squads from some of top leagues around the world. It will also feature some of the world’s most famous stadiums, including some brand new to FIFA 21. Gameplay features and modes will have parity with FIFA 20 on Nintendo Switch.
FIFA 21 Legacy Edition will feature the same gameplay innovation from FIFA 20 without any new development or significant enhancements.
FIFA 21 Legacy Edition will feature an updated visual identity with a newly design in-game front end and menu screens. Broadcast overlay packages will be refreshed across all modes.
The Survivalists
- Adventure for up to 4 players
- Developer: Team17
- Publisher: Team17
- Release date: October 9
A World of Adventure and Possibilities Awaits! The island is alive! Your newfound home will change with day/night cycles as you explore and uncover its secrets.
Hunt (or be hunted by!) animals for food and an array of mythical enemies, who aren’t necessarily pleased to see you. Get quests from a Mysterious Stranger or find them washed up on the shore. Prepare to trek into a procedurally generated wilderness, with a variety of biomes, for an adventure that’s unique to every player.
Ben 10: Power Trip!
- Adventure/Action for up to 2 players
- Developer: PHL Collective
- Publisher: Outright Games
- Release date: October 9
Ben Tennyson and his family are all set for a relaxing European vacation – until evil Hex awakens four mysterious crystals and summons monstrous visitors from the Void. Now it’s up to you to help Ben stop the master magician’s Hex-tremely fiendish plans!
With Gwen and Grandpa Max on your side, all the humor and rivalry from the Cartoon Network show is here. And since four arms are better than two, Kevin Levin is along for the adventure in local split-screen co-op. This is one Power Trip you’ll want to take again and again.
It’s hero time!
