{"id":85946,"date":"2026-07-14T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85946"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:36:55","slug":"upcoming-nintendo-switch-2-games-release-dates-for-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85946","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. In the second half of 2026, we&#8217;ll be getting our hands on 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 and beyond. <\/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>Splatoon Raiders (July 23, 2026)*<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"splatoon-raiders-official-announcement-and-splatoon-3-update-trailer\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>The next Splatoon game officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/splatoon-raiders-release-date-confirmed\">has a release date<\/a>. The Switch 2-exclusive release will be single-player focused, letting you customize and control your own Mechanic, while supporting up to four players in co-op. It also looks to have a particularly big map that you progressively unlock throughout the game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"catalog-item-wrapper\" data-catalogid=\"e96acae7-e4bd-485d-8cfa-c16723e08708\" data-id=\"238100\">\n<section data-transform=\"catalog-item\" data-catalogid=\"e96acae7-e4bd-485d-8cfa-c16723e08708\" data-id=\"238100\" data-show-pricing=\"false\" data-highlighted=\"false\"><strong>Big Walk (August 4, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"big-walk-official-release-date-trailer-nintendo-direct-june-2026\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>From the creators of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2019\/09\/20\/untitled-goose-game-review\">Untitled Goose Game<\/a> comes what I<\/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. In the second half&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":85948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85946"}],"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=85946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85950,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85946\/revisions\/85950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}