side-scrollUpcoming Switch Video Games
Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
A list of Upcoming side-scroll video games for Switch sorted by popularity among gamers.
Nintendo Switch is the successor of Nintendo Wii and Wii U consoles and is widely considered to be the first hybrid console on the market. It allows users to play games either at home on a big TV screen or while travelling. This is possible thanks to its revolutionary design, which combines features of both stationary and handheld consoles. It is composed of two main parts: the console unit, which is a 6.2" screen tablet based on Nvidia technology, and the docking station necessary to connect the console to a TV set. Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on March 3, 2017.
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Mandragora
RPG October 2024
Mandragora is an action RPG with elements of a 2.5D platform game. The player chooses one of several character classes and sets out to explore the dark fantasy world.
Once Upon a Time... Life: Origins
Arcade 2024
Once Upon a Time... Life is a arcade puzzle game. It has also a certain educational element - which is not a coincidence, as it is based on the licence of a well-known animated series, telling about the secrets of human body.
Paper Trail
Puzzle 21 May 2024
Paper Trail is a puzzle game with a world made of double-sided pieces of paper. The protagonist, freshman Paige, has the power to fold them in such a way as to create a path for herself to places inaccessible to others.
Loco Motive
Adventure June 2024
A point & click adventure game in which we take the role of three passengers of Reuss Express train. In Loco Motive we investigate to discover identity of the murderer. The game is kept in light slapstick comedy style.
Bread & Fred
Arcade 23 May 2024
A pixelated indie platformer about two mountain-climbing penguins. The titular characters of Bread & Fred are connected with a rope, forcing them to cooperate to reach the peak. Though the game was created with co-op in mind, it also supports singleplayer.
Romancelvania
Arcade August 2024
Romancelvania is a hybrid of a platform game and a dating sim. The player, as a vampire, explores maps full of enemies and traps, while developing romances with NPCs, which helps him increase his skills.
Little Nightmares III
Arcade 2024
Little Nightmares III is the third installment in a series of horror platformers with adventure and stealth elements. The game features two playable characters, supporting singleplayer and two player co-op.
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
Action 2025
Platform action game enriched with RPG elements. In Gestalt: Steam & Cinder as Aletheia we discover the dark secrets of the steampunk city of Canaan, exploring various levels and facing mechanical opponents.
Arksync
Action 2025
A 2D platformer primarily focused on using weapons in combat, enriched with roguelike elements. Arksync offers a sci-fi setting and the action takes place on the Deimos moon. We have to face mechanical armies of opponents, controlling a fast moving battle droid.
Biomorph
Action 2025
A dark 2D metroidvania from Lucid Dreams Studio (authors of Legends of Ethernal). Biomorph offers an anthropomorphic cat as th main protagonist. The hero can copy the shapes and abilites of fallen enemies. It allows for them to be used both for combat and solving puzzles.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
Action June 2024
The remastered version of a 2013 brawler. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate tasks us with defeating the villainous Phantom. The game runs on the Unreal Engine 5, introduces new content and many improvements across the board.
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Arcade October 2024
The sixth installment of the platforming series Shantae. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is set between the first game and Shantae: Risky's Revenge.
Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
Action 18 July 2024
A crowdfunded indie game inspired by Japanese folklore. Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus is an action adventure game with metroidvania elements, in which we play as a mythical fox-like tentaihana.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Action TBA
Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2D platformer from Team Cherry, a continuation of the hit of 2017. The game offers a great world with a partially open structure, a crafting system and an extensive dexterity combat system, based on acrobatic maneuvers.
Sonzai
RPG 2024
A game on the verge of adventure games and action RPGs, in which we play the role of a young magician discovering the secrets of the city of Kumotoshi. Watching the action from the side, in Sonzai, we travel through the metropolis and its outskirts, making numerous friends and fighting fierce battles.
Airhead
Arcade August 2024
A metroidvania type game, made in a platformer convention. In Airhead we take control over two heroes living in symbiosis. Body and Head travel through a dystopian land and learn its secrets, trying to regain the heart that gives the other one life-giving oxygen.
Dark Light
Action September 2024
Platform action game with a story set in a cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic world full of supernatural creatures. Dark Light focuses on numerous horror solutions, exploration of available levels and dynamic battles.
SteamDolls: Order of Chaos
Action September 2024
A metroidvania, enriched with elements of stealth games. In SteamDolls: Order of Chaos, we find ourselves in a steampunk world; as an an anarchist and thief known as The Whisper, we follow a conspiracy that can shake the foundations of a fixed order.
Akatori
Action September 2024
Metroidvania game, created in the form of a platformer action. In DeathStick, we play Mako, who traverses a fantastic world, eliminating hordes of enemies and trying to find a way to break the dark ritual that threatens the whole land.
Black Witchcraft
RPG September 2024
An original beat ‘em up developed by Korean studio QuattroGear. The players assume the role of Ligeia, a witch that embarks on a quest to find her missing sister. The search leads her to Usher, a town infested with hellish beasts. To learn more about her sister’s whereabouts, Ligeia has to face hordes of dangerous demons. Black Witchcraft is seen from a side perspective. The gameplay comprises of exploration, platforming, avoiding traps, as well as combat.
A Tale of Paper
Arcade August 2024
A Tale of Paper is a platformer from the independent Open House Games studio. In the game, we follow the fate of a paper man named Line, who sets off to a magical world to fulfill his creator's dream.
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Action October 2024
The second part of the action platform games series, launched in 2019. In Valfaris: Mecha Therion the protagonist goes to the edge of the galaxy and, using a destructive suit, spreads terror in the ranks of the sinister Lord Vroll. The game has graphics made in 2.5D technology.
Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
Adventure 2025
An action adventure game, in which we play as a boy traversing a hostile world, facing his sorrows. Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow tasks us with exploring locations, platforming, avoiding traps, solving puzzles and dealing with enemies.
Scarlet Deer Inn
Adventure 2024
A narrative indie adventure game inspired by Slavic folklore and Studio Ghibli films. Scarlet Deer Inn is especially distinctive thanks to its animations, which were embroidered frame-by-frame before being moved into the game.