Nintendo Switch 2 Games and Compatibility – Every Confirmed Switch 2 Game and Compatibility Guide

The Nintendo Switch 2 is the next generation of Nintendo’s hybrid console, and there are already a slew of games available exclusively for the new device. But with the original Nintendo Switch closing in on a decade since its release, and the OG hybrid console being one of the best-selling consoles ever made, there are still millions of players who haven’t made the upgrade yet.

That’s why this guide will aim to be a boon to new Nintendo Switch 2 owners, featuring a list of every major game currently confirmed for the Switch 2, while also including backwards compatibility details for players who have yet to make the upgrade.

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NOTE: This article is accurate as of April 2, 2026. We will regularly update it as new games released and announced for the Nintendo Switch 2.

Nintendo Switch 2 Games (Out Now + Upcoming Releases)
Nintendo Switch 1 Games With Nintendo Switch 2 Editions
Nintendo Switch 1 Games That Require Joy-Con 1 Controllers on Nintendo Switch 2
Backwards Compatible Nintendo Switch 1 Games With Issues on Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 Games (Out Now + Upcoming Releases)

The following is a list of games (first-party Nintendo titles and third-party games) that, between both Nintendo consoles, are only available on the Nintendo Switch 2, and are confirmed at the time of this writing to only be on Nintendo Switch 2. We will continue to update this list as new games are announced and released.

The following is a list of Switch 1 games that have official Switch 2 Editions that are available either through just updating your game when you play it on your Switch 2, or, as is the case with the first-party Nintendo titles, are available through a small upgrade fee.

These are games that have a dedicated ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.’

You might even be surprised to learn there are some Nintendo Switch 1 games that are almost unplayable on Nintendo Switch 2, but there is a selection of titles that did not make a seamless jump, and it is directly due to hardware issues.

Not hardware issues in terms of the Switch 2 being unable to run these games, but hardware issues in the sense that these titles were all made to be compatible with the original Joy-Con controllers, and are not compatible with the new Joy-Con 2 design. That means for the following games, you’ll still be able to play them on Switch 2, but you’ll need to have your Joy-Con 1 controllers from your Switch 1. If you traded in your Switch 1 to get a Switch 2, and you own some of these titles, then you’ll either need to pick up a pair of Joy-Con 1 controllers, or you hopefully kept a spare around.

If you’re wondering why we don’t have a list of every single backwards compatible game from Nintendo Switch 1 on Nintendo Switch 2, that’s because pretty much every game is backwards compatible. It would just be a list of practically everything already available on the Nintendo eShop.

So to make things simpler, this list will instead be games that are known to have issues on Nintendo Switch 2, though that doesn’t make them unplayable. It just means you should expect some bugs or even some progressions issues, the latter of which is obviously more serious because losing progress could be someone’s equivalent of a game-breaking bug.