BOKURA: planet (Swap 2)
Writer: KODANSHA / Developer: TokoronyoriRelease Date: seventh Aug 2025 (USA) / seventh Aug 2025 (UK/EU)£4.64 / $5.49 / €5.39
A follow-up to developer tokoronyori’s BOKURA from 2023, BOKURA: planet was a beautiful shock.
This two-player-only puzzle-platformer options an intriguing, diverging co-op narrative that creates rigidity beneath its novel puzzles with out fully jettisoning its cutesy vibes for pixel horror.
Should you’re in search of a reflective, grown-up journey with laughs, gasps, and even perhaps a tear or two — and one that actually showcases GameChat — this affecting little expedition will declare however just a few hours of your life and is value enlisting a pal for.
Solid n Chill – Nintendo Swap 2 Version (Swap 2)
Writer: Wombat Brawler / Developer: Wombat BrawlerRelease Date: 18th Dec 2025 (USA) / 18th Dec 2025 (UK/EU)£9.59 / $14.99 / €14.79
The title says all of it for this sedate little catch-’em-all fishing recreation. Additionally accessible on Swap 1, Solid n Chill is well one of many nicest-looking video games on both console, and probably the most efficient makes use of of this retro pixel artwork type we have but encountered.
The devs have nailed little particulars such because the plop and pull of your float, the mild rumble of your controller as you rake a spinner throughout a shoal of fish to draw them, and the load and heft of the whole lot, actually. Oh, and you have a canine with you to pet.
With solely two buttons controlling the whole lot you do (and even an idle mode, if that is your factor), there’s even an area co-op mode for a pal to affix you in the identical boat, so you possibly can forged and chill collectively. Blissful.
Core Keeper – Nintendo Swap 2 Version (Swap 2)
Writer: Fireshine Video games / Developer: PugstormRelease Date: twenty eighth Jan 2026 (USA) / twenty eighth Jan 2026 (UK/EU)£15.99 / $19.99 / €19.99
Core Keeper is a splendidly participating and mysterious survival sandbox that’s robust to place down as soon as it will get its hooks in you.
An expertly judged development curve, tons of secrets and techniques and unlockables, and wonderful presentation all come collectively to make this one a straightforward suggestion for anybody in search of a fantastic new survival recreation. Should you’ve had your fill of stalwarts like Minecraft or Terraria and are in search of the following nice recreation to scratch that itch, look no additional.
DAVE THE DIVER Nintendo Swap 2 Version (Swap 2)
Writer: MINTROCKETRelease Date: sixth Nov 2025 (USA) / sixth Nov 2025 (UK/EU)£16.99 / $19.99 / €19.99
In 2023, a yr dominated by titanic, big-budget releases like Tears of the Kingdom and Mario Surprise, off-the-wall roguelike Dave The Diver stepped as much as the plate and knocked the ball away from the park with a heaving swing.
Its charming animations and writing complement a mechanically dense expertise that by no means stops dangling a brand new carrot to chase. You owe it to your self to select up this outstandingly humorous, enthralling, and peculiar gem.
Expensive me, I used to be… (Swap 2)
Writer: Arc System Works / Developer: Arc System WorksRelease Date: thirty first Jul 2025 (USA) / thirty first Jul 2025 (UK/EU)£6.73 / $7.99 / €7.99
A wordless expertise that places an emphasis on the ‘visible’ in visible novel, it’s not daily {that a} recreation efficiently manages to craft a transferring narrative about artwork, life, and the passage of time solely on the advantage of its visible and musical storytelling.
However even when this brief recreation itself stays silent, Expensive me, I used to be… is totally value speaking about.
Deltarune (Swap 2)
Writer: 8-4 / Developer: tobyfoxRelease Date: fifth Jun 2025 (USA) / fifth Jun 2025 (UK/EU)£20.99 / $24.99 / €23.99
Deltarune is a recreation that may really feel odd to suggest, because it’s each troublesome to convey in phrases what makes this recreation really feel particular and… properly, with additional chapters but to affix the current 4, it nonetheless isn’t completed but.
Its goofy and subversive narrative, progressive battle mechanics, and killer soundtrack all mix to make this follow-up to Undertale from Toby Fox definitely worth the buy in its present state, even whether it is incomplete and the visuals really feel a tad underwhelming.
Quick Fusion (Swap 2)
Writer: Shin’en Multimedia / Developer: Shin’en MultimediaRelease Date: fifth Jun 2025 (USA) / fifth Jun 2025 (UK/EU)£13.49 / $14.99 / €14.99
Quick Fusion might not have probably the most complete assortment of tracks, but it surely’s simply probably the most achieved entry in Shin’en Multimedia’s collection thus far. The brand new bounce means provides a brand new layer of technique to the gameplay, whereas experimenting with the fusion mechanic to search out the proper automobile is a pleasure.
The occasional grinding to avoid wasting up cash is usually a momentary drag, however if you happen to’re after one thing a bit extra ‘hardcore’ than Mario Kart World, Quick Fusion is a no brainer, and an absolute must-buy.
Hole Knight – Nintendo Swap 2 Version (Swap 2)
Writer: Group Cherry / Developer: Group CherryRelease Date: fifth Feb 2026 (USA) / fifth Feb 2026 (UK/EU)£10.99 / $15.00 / €14.99
Hole Knight was already a fairly recreation, however on Swap 2 it is rather more according to the color and lighting of Silksong. There are such a lot of little issues within the improve that give Hallownest a brand new glow; it really has us itching to replay the entire thing once more, even perhaps for a Metal Soul run.
Lots of the upgrades are small. The sport was already 60fps on Swap, simply with a blurrier decision in handheld, and the bounce to 120fps is not as straightforward to note as 30 to 60. And the enter delay is barely actually noticeable if you happen to’ve performed the sport on different platforms or if you happen to’re a speedrunner.
So sure, Hole Knight – Nintendo Swap 2 Version won’t be a transformative improve, however it’s free if you happen to personal the Swap 1 recreation, and if you happen to’re paying consideration, you may discover and love the entire little tweaks and enhancements. Swap 2 is the place to play the sport now.
Hole Knight: Silksong – Nintendo Swap 2 Version (Swap 2)
Writer: Group Cherry / Developer: Group CherryRelease Date: 4th Sep 2025 (USA) / 4th Sep 2025 (UK/EU)£16.75 / $19.99 / €19.50
No, there is not any such factor as an excessive amount of Hole Knight!
Hole Knight: Silksong’s magnificence is beguiling, hiding an inside that’s intentionally harsh however endlessly rewarding. Every thing feels deliberate, pushing you to study, enhance, and ideal, or just simply discover just a little extra. And what a world it’s to dig into.
In some way, Group Cherry surpassed our expectations tenfold and delivered a mesmeric mix of balletic fight and motion with persistence, pleasure, and an extremely invigorating map on the centre. We’ve by no means felt higher surmounting the challenges put earlier than us.
KUUKIYOMI 4: Think about It Nintendo Swap 2 Version (Swap 2)
Writer: G-mode / Developer: G-modeRelease Date: 18th Sep 2025 (USA) / nineteenth Sep 2025 (UK/EU)£11.49 / $12.99 / €7.79
Kuukiyomi 4: Think about It! is a delightfully foolish little recreation that additionally supplies loads of darkish laughs, intelligent digs, and insufferable social rigidity because of a brilliantly executed assortment of situations.
Not each degree is gonna have you ever howling, and a few of them do not even actually make any sense, however we’ll be damned if we have not been well-entertained for our cash and made to chortle loads while additionally being reminded that, at finest, we’re deeply thoughtless.
