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Switch Weekly Bluesky Starter Pack
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Switch Weekly // Bluesky
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
Release data sourced in collaboration with
Switch Scores
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⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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⭐️
The Plucky Squire
— A lovely looking magical adventure about storybook characters going beyond the page. Can’t wait to play this one.
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Atama
— A psychic stealth horror set in an isolated Japanese village.
M for mature
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Between Horizons
— A modern 2.5D sci-fi pixel art adventure with branching narrative and a ‘semi-open’ world.
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Blokdoku
— A unique, budget-friendly blend of Sudoku and block puzzle games.
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⭐️
Byte the Bullet
— A 2D arcade platformer about running around inside an infected computer.
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⭐️
Bzzzt
— I’ve had this on my Steam wishlist for a while, so to see it come over to Switch is neat. Looks to be a neat platformer with a slick nostalgic look.
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City Drive: Police Parking Simulator
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Coloring Pixels: Collection 4
— Paint by numbers, at the pixel level.
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Cricket: Jae’s Really Peculiar Game
— A curious looking hand-drawn JRPG. Some of the screenshots pay homage to Earthbound, FFVII, etc.
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Desktop Dodgeball 2
— A four-player arcade sports game.
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Egg Console Star Cruiser PC-8801 mkIISR
— A sci-fi action RPG adventure originally released in 1988.
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Heavy Hand: Pixel Tree Forest Fury
— Timber! Chop trees with pals.
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Hidden Cats in Berlin
— You gotta find em.
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Highway Legends: Traffic Speed Racer
— Basic racing game.
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Hunt and Fight: Action RPG
— The award for most generic name of the week goes to….
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I Got Isekai’d into a Shmup
— A much more creatively named game. Arcade vertical shooter.
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Loddlenaut
— A 3D open-world ocean cleanup adventure set on a vibrant alien planet.
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⭐️
LUMbA: Redux
— A challenging, fast-paced, bullet hell shooter, has a unique vibe about it.
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No Case Should Remain Unsolved
— Detective game where players piece together a long-forgotten case.
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Pixel Game Maker Series Nyan x Tech
— Action puzzler with 60 stages.
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Sinister Mansion
— It’s a horror game, in,
get this
: a mansion!
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They Came From the Sky 2
— A fast paced 2D arcade game, in which you’re the alien taking on earth.
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Booom-Slang!
— A weird top-down, twin-stick arcade action game for four.
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EA Sports FC 25
— Admittedly, I kinda stopped following this series given that EA all but gave up on FIFA on Switch. I’d wait for reviews. (
Physical release
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Farm It
— Grow food, sell food.
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⭐️
Home Safety Hotline
— Spooky ain’t my thing, but this ‘analog horror’ sim looks to be trying something unique.
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Jump, Dodge, Die, Repeat
— An ‘intense’ side-scrolling adventure featuring a snake. Looks a bit quirky.
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Matchbox Driving Adventures
— 3D racing, with missions to take on. (
Physical release
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Seasonspree
— A cozy adventure that’s giving strong New Horizons vibes.
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The Karate Kid: Street Rumble
— Play as Daniel LaRusso, Mr. Miyagi, and others in this side-scrolling beat ’em up adventure featuring stuff from the first three movies. (
Physical release
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