Introducing the Best of the Best! (April 2026)

Whether you’ve gone all in on the Nintendo Switch 2 or are staying loyal to the original Nintendo Switch, here is an extensive look at the 9 biggest titles releasing on both platforms in April 2026:

The Biggest Games Releasing on Nintendo Switch & Nintendo Switch 2: (April 2026)

#1) Goat Simulator 3 (April 1, 2026)

Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: Coffee Stain

File Size: 7.8 GB

Price: $29.99

No. of Players: 1 – 2 (Single System) | 1 – 2 (Online)

Take life by the horns in Goat Simulator 3! A sandbox game with one main goal: cause as much chaos as possible as a goat.

Venture forth into Goat Simulator 3, the baa-rilliant sequel to 2014’s Goat Simulator that puts you back into the hooves of Pilgor the Goat.

Begin your whirlwind adventure on the sandbox island of San Angora. Lick, headbutt, and crash your way through an open world full of quests to solve, secrets to uncover, and NPCs to terrorise. We won’t tell you how to play (except in the tutorial), but provide the means to be the goat of your dreams.

If your dreams contain more than one goat, then we have good news! In Goat Simulator 3 on Nintendo Switch™ 2, you can invite a friend in local or online co-op to explore the island as a duo, create carnage, and compete in mini-games. And don’t worry, there are plenty of customisation options to make sure you don’t wear clashing outfits.

Goat Simulator 3 first launched in November 2022, and since then has added a host of seasonal content, which is all included on Nintendo Switch™ 2!

KEY FEATURES:

You can be a goat
You can be a goat… on Nintendo Switch™ 2!
One of your friends can be a goat too, and join you in local or online co-op
Customisation! If you want to be fancy you can wear the skins of tall goats, stripey goats, and many more. There’s a goat for everyone!
Dress up your goat in all kinds of nonsense, from toilet rolls and tea trays, to jetpacks and firework launchers
More events, collectibles, mini-games, easter eggs and secrets than you can shake a goat at

#2) Darwin’s Paradox (April 2, 2026)

Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: KONAMI

File Size: 6.2 GB

Price: $24.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System)

Embark on a grand adventure worthy of a true animated movie with Darwin, an octopus as charming as he is clever, ripped from the ocean and trapped in a massive and mysterious industrial complex. With his extraordinary intelligence and incredible abilities – swimming, camouflage, and many other fascinating skills – help him overcome the most formidable traps and dangers in this captivating platformer, adventure, and puzzle game.

In the peaceful vastness of the ocean, Darwin, a young octopus, explores the deep sea… until a strange beam of light pierces the abyss and pulls him toward the surface. Thrust out of his aquatic world, he wakes up disoriented in the middle of a gigantic junkyard, backed by a foreboding factory.

But something is wrong. Between the threatening machines, strange holding tanks, and the mysterious and dangerous creatures and characters that inhabit the place, Darwin realizes he is in danger. To return to the ocean, Darwin will have to outsmart, evolve, and reveal to the players through his journey the mysteries of a conspiracy that goes beyond anything one could have imagined… and which could very well seal the fate of humanity!

Main Gameplay Features:

A grand adventure worthy of an animated movie: With rich artistic direction and a vibrant world, Darwin’s Paradox immerses you in a visual and emotional epic where every detail reveals more of its incredible story.

Original gameplay: The game offers a perfect balance between platforming sequences and moments of puzzle-solving: Swim, hide, infiltrate, jump, and use the extraordinary abilities of an octopus to advance in your adventure, escape perilous situations, or solve the many puzzles in the game.

A living and interactive world: Discover sprawling levels with a unique and polished artistic direction, filled with puzzles, dangers, and surprising creatures and characters.

An immersive and poignant narrative: Between humor, emotion, and suspense, Darwin takes you on a memorable odyssey.

#3) THE NEW DENPA MEN (April 5, 2026)

Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: Genius Sorority

File Size: 447 MB

Price: $00.00

No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 2 – 4 (Local Wireless)

Denpa Men, a mysterious creature that floats around radio waves. Form a party with them and go on an adventure!

“THE NEW DENPA MEN” is a free-to-play, consumer-operated RPG in which you catch the mysterious creatures “Denpa Men” that fly around you, make them your companions, and go on an adventure.

What are Denpa Men?: Denpa Men are mysterious creatures born from the radio waves that fly around you.

Each radio wave carries different information, so each Denpa Men is unique (one of a kind).

You can’t find them with the naked eye, but you can find and catch them using THE NEW DENPA MEN.

THE NEW DENPA MEN is an RPG in which you make them your companions and go on an adventure.

Let’s go on an adventure: Add the Denpa Men you want to go on an adventure with to your party.

Each Denpa Men has its own characteristics, and each stage you adventure on has its own characteristics, so we recommend that you form a party that suits the stage.

In addition to the main stage that you can enjoy at any time, there are also event stages that are open for a limited time and extra stages that open when certain conditions are met.

You may find treasure chests and secret passages during your adventure.

Monsters await you inside the stages.

Battles are quick and easy with simple controls (you can also give individual instructions).

There are many other elements besides adventure: In addition to RPG elements such as adventure and character development, there is also a wide range of content, including decoration elements for your own island and the island, fishing, battles with other players’ parties, “Together Catch” with up to four players playing nearby, and “Voucher Collection” to collect “Vouchers” dropped by monsters at the end of battle.

#4) Pokémon Champions (April 8, 2026)

Platforms: Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: Nintendo

File Size: NSW: 1.9 GB | NS2: 2.1 GB

Price: $00.00

No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 2 (Online)

Battle for the title of Pokémon Champion in the city of Frontier!

Battle with Pokémon, including with Mega-Evolved Pokémon like Mega Dragonite, against other players in the Pokémon™ Champions game—the same game used for official Pokémon Video Game Championship events! These single and double battles use familiar mechanics from previous Pokémon series games such as Pokémon types, Abilities, and moves, enabling the rich and varied battle strategies you may already know and love.

Compete online* in Ranked Battles against players from near and far, or try Casual Battles for some easygoing fun. You can also have Private Battles with just your friends and family**.

Recruit Pokémon to join your team and train them to hone their skills: Before you venture into the world of Pokémon battles, try finding Pokémon to fight alongside you! Once per day, you can recruit Pokémon on a trial basis and use them in battle to see if they’re a good fit for your style. Once you’ve found a match, use your in-game Victory Points (VP) to bring Pokémon on to your team permanently.

You can also use your VP to train the permanent members of your Pokémon squad. Hone their Attack, Defense, and other stats, and even alter their Abilities and moves to try out different strategies in battle!

Team up with partner Pokémon from other Pokémon series games with Pokémon HOME: Pokémon Champions will be compatible with Pokémon HOME***, the cloud service for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 and Nintendo Switch systems, and compatible mobile devices. That means, in addition to the Pokémon partners available in Pokémon Champions, you can also team up with certain Pokémon brought over from Pokémon GO and other Pokémon series RPGs. In fact, by storing a Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, or Eternal Flower Floette you befriended during the Pokémon Legends: Z-A game in Pokémon HOME and bringing them to Pokémon Champions as visitors, you can obtain their corresponding Mega Stones from your in-game mailbox in Pokémon Champions!

Download a free update for improved graphics on the Nintendo Switch 2 system

Get a free update with visual improvements for Pokémon Champions on Nintendo Switch 2! An internet connection is required to download the update.

#5) Hello, Yoshi! (April 9, 2026)

Platforms: Android | iOS | Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: Nintendo

File Size: NSW: 160 MB | NS2: 174 MB

Price: $00.00

No. of Players: 1 (Single System)

Make silly faces with Yoshi!

“Hello, Yoshi!” Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Yoshi’s face and delight in all his various expressions.

Make Silly Faces: Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Yoshi can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Yoshi.
Peekaboo!: Invite Yoshi to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance!
Built-In Breaks: Good night, Yoshi! Yoshi gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child’s screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts.
Play Offline: There’s no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you’re good to go!

#6) Overwatch (April 14, 2026)

Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

File Size: 34.2 GB

Price: $00.00

No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 1 – 12 (Online)

OVERWATCH®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future.

Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based hero shooter game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl featuring new heroes and maps, different ways to play, and unique cosmetics! Lead the charge, ambush your enemies, or aid your allies as one of Overwatch’s 40+ distinct heroes. Team up with friends, take them into battle across 25+ futuristic maps inspired by real-world locations, and master multiple unique game modes.

Reign of Talon – Season 2: Summit

Reach Heroic New Heights: The climb continues as a new Hero rises and the fight for a better future pushes higher than ever!

The story resumes in Reign of Talon – Season 2: Summit, raising the stakes as new DPS Hero Sierra joins the Overwatch ranks, and letting you stand with her in an Operation: Grand Mesa defensive event. Then celebrate your squad with the return of Post Match Accolades and explore a reworked Antarctica map. Plus, overclock justice as Mythic Volted Overdrive Solder: 76 and wield the Sumi-ichimonji Genji Mythic weapon to cut down your foes in style. Ramattra steps into Stadium alongside a new Lijiang Night Market map to expand experimentation and test your skills. And Spring has sprung in the Battle Pass and Shop, with Spring Fairy and Sakura looks for you to truly bloom on the battlefield. The climb is on, find out what lies beyond the summit!

#7) Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (April 16, 2026)

Platforms: Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: Nintendo

File Size: NSW: 6.2 GB | NS2: 6.2 GB

Price: $59.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System) | 2 (Local Wireless)

Become the caretaker of an island full of silliness, drama, love, and other surprises!

Absurd situations await as you populate your island with Mii™ characters based on yourself, family, friends, or original creations. Get to know them, design a world for them to explore, and watch them come to life in the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream game for the Nintendo Switch™ system.

Create Mii characters based on family, friends, or your own original ideas: Your experience in the game depends on the characters you create to live on your island. There are a few ways to build and collect Mii characters.

From Scratch: Build Mii characters from scratch using a robust profile system. Get every little detail right!
Get Help: Build Mii characters by answering some simple questions. It’s the quick-and-easy route!
Exchange with friends: Send your Mii and Palette House workshop creations to a friend’s system nearby via local wireless*.

Get to know Mii: Learn about your characters’ likes and dislikes, their relationships, and more as you participate in the melodrama that is their lives

Take care of Mii: Give your Mii characters food, clothes, treasures, and more to make their lives a little nicer. Sometimes they’ll love what they get! Other times…not so much. But don’t worry, they’ll always tell you what they do and do not like.
Level Mii up: A Mii will level up when their happiness gauge maxes out. Want to make them even happier? Reward them with gifts like quirks, expressions, and more.
Befriend Mii: Friendships between Mii characters can go in all sorts of directions. Characters might end up becoming best friends, living together, or having fights and holding grudges. Over time, their relationship may grow and blossom into something else.
Pick Mii up: If one of your Mii characters is sitting inside moping, you can simply pick them up and place them near another character so they can chat and hang out.
Pop in on Mii: Once your island is hopping, you can pop in on your creations as they chill at home. Decorate their homes and give them the opportunity to move in together and create their own community.

Customize their world and shape the landscape: Make your island a unique and fun place for your Mii characters to live! Design your island and place homes, stores, restaurants, and more to supply events and entertainment for your community

Buy stuff for your Miis: You can shop to your heart’s content at various stores on your island. Check out the shops regularly to see what’s available!

Explore your island facilities: Here are a few locations you’ll unlock as you progress through the game.

Wishing Fountain: Collect donations. Use in-game money to buy stuff. Give stuff to Miis to make them happy. Repeat daily.
Fresh Kingdom Food Mart: Load up a shopping basket with drinks, sweets, and other munchies to fill your Miis’ bellies.
Where & Wear Clothing: Clothing shop with a stylish selection of apparel and custom designs.
T&C Reno Home Supply: Revamp rooms with a little help from this home-supply store.
Quik Build Amenities: Sells all sorts of things that can be placed around the island.
Marketplace: From great finds to unique mystery bags, you might be surprised by what you discover.
Foto-Tomo Photography: Make memories with your residents via absurd photo ops.
Mii News Station: Your source for the latest island news.

Create fun stuff: Create pets, food, clothing, and items like books and video games to suit each Mii on your island! Anything you make in the game can be exchanged with other players on their devices via local wireless*.

Try the free demo and get an in-game Hamster Costume: Experience creating up to three Mii characters in the demo on Nintendo eShop! Your save data from the demo will carry over to the main game upon purchase, and if you complete the demo you’ll get a Hamster Costume that you can give to your Mii characters.

*The Hamster Costume is also available in the main game through regular play.

#8) PRAGMATA (April 17, 2026)

Platform: Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher: CAPCOM

File Size: 17 GB

Price: $59.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System)

An all-new Science Fiction action adventure with its own unique hacking twist!

PRAGMATA—An original IP from Capcom. It is the near future, and protagonists Hugh and his android companion Diana, must work together as they make their way through the cold lunar research station.

#9) Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta (April 28, 2026)

Platforms: Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Switch 2

Publisher:Marvelous, XSEED

File Size: NSW: 5.4 GB | NS2: 5.5 GB

Price: $29.99

No. of Players: 1 (Single System)

Re-awaken the spirit of adventure!

Experience a timeless chapter in the storied RPG franchise making its debut on Nintendo Switch™, filled with duplicitous schemes, treacherous geography, and secretive characters. As the adventure that immediately follows the events of Ys X, and which laid the groundwork for gameplay systems that would be seen in Ys VIII and beyond, Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta is a special opportunity to go deeper into the series history and see the evolution that continues to drive its remarkable longevity.

Explore and map out your way across a dangerous landscape, taking advantage of a unique tag-team party combat system that allows for creativity and strategy. Seek the truth of Adol’s past against the musical backdrop of a refreshed soundtrack. Re-awaken the spirit of adventure, exclusively on Nintendo Switch, in Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta.

Exhilarating Party-based Action: Strategic party battles challenge you to change your tactics on the fly, and allies can pick up new abilities in the midst of battle that can help you gain the advantage against powerful enemies.

Dynamic Exploration of a Dangerous Land: Celceta is a vast and mysterious land, filled with interesting people and thrilling adventures. Take advantage of a robust mapping system as you discover all the challenges and rewards that await.

Enhanced Musical Experience: The sweeping score guiding Adol’s journey through Celceta returns, along with a newly recorded, re-interpreted version, allowing players to choose their own auditory adventure.