Nintendo shocks fans by announcing 18 games coming to Switch – and one is 93-rated

NINTENDO just launched a new showcase featuring 18 new games coming to the Switch.

All of the games were featured in the November showcase, including a number of surprises. 

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The Nintendo Indie World Showcase featured 18 games that will launch on Switch, with four releasing the day they were announced.

There are a number of excellent games included, such as the 93-rated Braid, and the 85-rated Outer Wilds.

Here’s everything announced at the Nintendo Indie World Showcase and their release dates.

Nintendo Indie World Showcase

Out now

• Howl – A turn-based tactical melee game.
• Backpack Hero – An inventory management-style, dungeon-crawling roguelike.
• Enjoy the Diner – A point-and-click adventure game.
• Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist – A game where you draw and sell your art.

Out in 2023

• A Highland Song – A narrative platformer set in the Scottish highlands, launching December 5.
• Outer Wilds: Archaeology Edition – An exploration-based RPG landing on December 7.

Out early to mid-2024

• Heavenly Bodies – A wacky space explorer flies out in February 2024.
• Braid: Anniversary Edition – An upgrade on the popular puzzle platformer will launch on April 30. 
• The Star Named EOS – A narrative adventure puzzle game launching in early 2024.
• Blade Chimera – A Castlevania-style side-scroller that launches in early 2024.
• Moonstone Island – Mixes roguelike deck-building with life sim genre, launching early 2024.
• Planet of Lana – An atmospheric platformer that comes in early 2024.
• The Gecko Gods – A cute adventure with Gecko adventure launches in early 2024.
• Core Keeper – A multiplayer survival game that comes out in mid-2024.

Other 2024 releases

• Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution – An unreleased game in the Shantae series finally launches in 2024.
• On Your Tail – An animal-based detective game will be released in 2024.
• Death Trick: Double Blind – An investigative visual novel coming to Nintendo Switch in 2024 but with a free demo out now.
• Urban Myth Dissolution Center – A murder mystery adventure launching in 2024.

If you want to find out just how well Nintendo has done this year, check out The Game Awards 2023 round up.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.

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