{"id":77369,"date":"2026-05-05T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77369"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:36:36","slug":"upcoming-nintendo-switch-2-games-release-dates-for-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77369","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>We now have our hands on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/nintendo-switch-2-review\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix of Switch 2 exclusives, third-party releases, and the benefit of backward compatibility with any games still launching on the original Switch. Without further ado, here are all of the new Switch 2 games we can look forward to in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>All Upcoming Switch 2 Games With Release Dates<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>* indicates a Switch 2 exclusive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mixtape (May 7, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"mixtape-official-release-date-trailer-nintendo-indie-world-2026\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>The developers at Beethoven &amp; Dinosaur are releasing a new music-inspired game about three friends enjoying their last night together in the 90\u2019s. We got the chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/mixtape-hands-on-preview-that-old-familiar-song\">preview the narrative game<\/a> about a year ago, saying it\u2019s \u201ca vibes game through-and-through, and Mixtape&#8217;s vibes are impeccable.\u201d<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Call of the Elder Gods (May 12, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"call-of-the-elder-gods-official-release-date-trailer\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>A sequel to 2020\u2019s Call of the Sea, which we called \u201can excellent, poignant adventure\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/call-of-the-sea-review\">our 9\/10 review.<\/a> Developer Out of the Blue has been marketing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We now have our hands on the Nintendo Switch 2, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it. Thankfully, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":77371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77369"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77373,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77369\/revisions\/77373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}