New Indie World Showcase ushers in indie video games galore for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 – Information

Today, Nintendo showcased video games with motion, journey, thriller, livestock on bikes and extra throughout its newest Indie World presentation. These upcoming titles from impartial publishing and growth companions will launch for the Nintendo Switch or the Nintendo Switch 2 programs – with a number of additionally launching for each platforms – all through 2025 and past.

Among the various highlights, the presentation featured a variety of distinct sport experiences, together with a free content material replace for extra feline mischief-making in Little Kitty, Big City obtainable this 12 months; Mina the Hollower, a brand-new sport from the builders of Shovel Knight, launching on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch Oct. 31 with a free demo obtainable to play at the moment; the nippiness, quirky puzzle sport Is This Seat Taken?, launching later at the moment; Herdling, the place gamers can traverse gorgeous mountains and expertise a grand alpine expedition that launches on Nintendo Switch Aug. 21; UFO 50, the place gamers can choose from 50 completely different video games throughout numerous genres, obtainable later at the moment; and the darkish fairy story journey Well Dweller launching on Nintendo Switch in 2026.

To view the entire Indie World presentation in its entirety, go to https://www.nintendo.com/us/indie-world/. See under for extra detailed info relating to the featured video games:

• Little Kitty, Big City, The Picture Purrfect Update from Double Dagger Studio: Kitty now has complete new elements of the neighborhood to discover on this free content material replace to the primary sport! Meet new characters, attempt on new hats, be taught to do your finest canine impression, paw via new picture mode options and extra. Plus, you possibly can customise your individual kitty with new choices to regulate fur coloration, patterns, eyes and extra. Cause extra ruckus in type on this bite-sized open-world playground full of surprises. This free replace for Little Kitty, Big City launches on Nintendo Switch this 12 months.

• Mina The Hollower from Yacht Club Games: Descend right into a frightful world of action-adventure as Mina, a famend Hollower, on a determined mission to rescue a cursed island. Burrow beneath hazards and monsters, whip foes into oblivion, and kit up with an arsenal of sidearms and trinkets. Explore an unlimited world full of pixel-perfect graphics, masterful gameplay, beastly bosses and infectious music. Encounter a forged of weird characters, get your hands on secrets and techniques and illuminate the omnipresent darkness on this brand-new sport from the builders who introduced you Shovel Knight. Start your journey with a free demo of the sport, obtainable on Nintendo eShop at the moment, then resume your journey the place you left off when Mina the Hollower launches on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch Oct. 31.

• Is This Seat Taken? from Poti Poti Studio and Wholesome Games Presents: Window seat or aisle? Booth or desk? Lone wolf or lifetime of the get together? Is This Seat Taken? is a comfy, no-pressure puzzle sport the place you’re accountable for who sits the place. Whether it’s the cinema, a crowded bus, a marriage reception or a cramped taxicab, each setting introduces new characters with particular tastes to account for. Play seating matchmaker to please choosy characters who’ve a wide range of traits – it’s all about studying the room to puzzle out the proper spot for everybody. Is This Seat Taken? launches as a timed console unique on Nintendo Switch … at the moment!

• Herdling from Panic and Okomotive: Head out on a grand alpine expedition with a herd of loveable beasts referred to as Calicorns, as you ascend a mountain path, encounter eerie risks and shocking obstacles, and forge your technique to the thriller on the summit within the brand-new journey, Herdling. From Okomotive, the creators of the atmospheric and acclaimed FAR video games, and Panic, publishers of Firewatch, comes an emotional journey of survival, companionship and belief. Embark on this journey when Herdling launches for Nintendo Switch Aug. 21. Pre-orders can be found later at the moment on Nintendo eShop.

• Well Dweller from Kyle Thompson and Top Hat Studios: Deep throughout the forest, on the backside of a effectively, lives the one creature courageous sufficient to oppose the queen. Play as Glimmer, a tiny chook armed with a matchstick who should burn the depraved queen to avoid wasting his household. Journey right into a whimsical however morbid fairy story panorama of charming characters and harmful foes. Collect trinkets to improve your talents and battle terrifying beasts with the help of your matchstick as you forge a path to reunite your siblings. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets and techniques and unravel the mysteries that lie on this rotted kingdom. An unlikely little hero spreads his wings when Well Dweller launches on Nintendo Switch in 2026.

• Ultimate Sheep Raccoon from Clever Endeavour Games: Build essentially the most chaotic bike-racing programs with buddies as a forged of foolish barnyard animals in Ultimate Sheep Raccoon – the religious successor to the wild get together platformer Ultimate Chicken Horse. In this get together sport, you possibly can add obstacles, ramps and harmful traps, then crash your technique to the end line whereas accumulating power-ups, dodging hazards and pulling off sick methods. Choose from returning critters like Chicken, Horse, Sheep and Raccoon, or meet a brand new crew of barnyard buddies, and have interaction in races for as much as eight gamers domestically* and on-line**. You may even construct your individual ranges, share them on-line and put collectively customized playlists. Ultimate Sheep Raccoon launches on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch this winter.

• BALL x PIT from Kenny Sun & Friends and Devolver Digital: Get able to batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and collect riches in BALL x PIT – a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Expand your homestead, generate assets and recruit distinctive heroes to help you in your perilous quest for riches. With over 60 randomized balls to equip and mix throughout your journey, you possibly can uncover highly effective mixtures to help you in your quest to rebuild the fallen Ballbylon. BALL x PIT rolls onto Nintendo Switch on Oct. 15 and Nintendo Switch 2 later this fall.

• Content Warning from Landfall: It’s time to get well-known or die attempting! In Content Warning, a co-op horror sport for 2 to 4 gamers**, you’ll discover the monster-filled depths of the Old World, with the purpose of attempting to movie sufficient scary stuff to grow to be well-known. Every run takes place throughout three days and the extra scary footage you seize, the extra you’ll go viral. Manage to flee along with your content material (and buddies) intact and prepare to rake within the advert income! Content Warning creeps onto Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch in 2026.

• Glaciered from Studio Snowblind and PLAYISM: Earth, 65 million years sooner or later. The Everwinter has remodeled the planet’s floor into a huge sheet of ice and a brand new species prospers on this age of glacier-covered seas. They are the Tuai, descended from birds and successors of the dinosaurs. Play as a Tuai on this futuristic aquatic motion sport the place you’ll discover a mysterious underwater world and combat ferocious marine creatures with real-time, dynamic fight. Unleash the facility of the Tuai’s avian and dinosaur bloodlines to guard this unusual, new Ice Age. Soar the seas on the finish of time when Glaciered launches as a timed console unique on Nintendo Switch 2 this winter.

• Neverway from Coldblood Inc. and Outersloth: After Fiona quits her job, she begins over on a farm … and turns into the immortal herald of a useless deity. Keep your life from falling aside in Neverway, a nightmarish life sim RPG, co-directed by the pixel artist from Celeste, with music by Disasterpeace. Fight in fast-paced fight as you discover this post-apocalyptic world full of harmful creatures and charming characters to befriend, romance or deceive. Farm, fish and prepare dinner as you rebuild your life. Just keep in mind to repay your debt in any respect prices when Neverway launches on Nintendo Switch in 2026.

In addition to the titles listed above, the presentation included a montage of much more indie video games within the pipeline for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, together with:

• UFO 50 from Mossmouth, an out-of-this-world assortment of fifty single participant and multiplayer video games that span a wide range of genres – from platformers and shoot ’em ups to puzzle video games, roguelites and extra – launching on Nintendo Switch as a timed platform unique … at the moment!

• Tiny Bookshop from neoludic video games and Skystone Games, a comfy administration sport the place you’ll arrange a second-hand e book store in scenic places whereas attending to know the locals, launching on Nintendo Switch … at the moment!

• Strange Antiquities from Bad Viking and Iceberg Interactive, the place unusual goings-on and darkish mysteries abound as you grow to be the caretaker of a retailer dealing in occult antiquities on this sequel to Strange Horticulture, launching on Nintendo Switch Sept 17. Pre-orders will likely be obtainable later at the moment on Nintendo eShop.

• OPUS: Prism Peak from SIGONO and SHUEISHA GAMES, a story picture journey sport the place gamers meet an enigmatic lady in a mysterious dreamlike world and should uncover hidden truths via the viewfinder of their digicam; launching as a timed platform unique on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch this fall.

• Go-Go-Town! from Prideful Sloth and CULT Games, the place you’re the mayor, tasked with constructing, fixing and reworking a rundown vacationer city right into a bustling and practical metropolis, launching on Nintendo Switch as a timed console unique spring 2026.

• Caves of Qud from Freehold Games and Kitfox Games, a 2D turn-based roguelike set in a biologically numerous world the place it’s essential to survive the deeply simulated world of sentient vegetation and mutant kindred, launching for Nintendo Switch as a system unique this winter.

• Undusted: Letters from the Past from 5minlab Corp. and Toge Productions, a comfy, heartfelt cleansing sport that uncovers a touching household previous as you come numerous objects to their pristine situation, launching on Nintendo Switch this October.

• Winter Burrow from Pine Creek Games and Noodlecake, a woodland survival sport a few mouse returning house to revive their childhood burrow, knit heat sweaters, bake pies and extra, launching on Nintendo Switch this vacation.

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