Weather you secured a Nintendo Switch 2 preorder or plan to scour your local retailers on June 5th, the console itself is only part of the equation. The whole reason you’re buying a Switch 2 is to play games on it, and thankfully, there will be plenty to play on day one.

Below, we rounded up every switch 2 game confirmed to be available when the console arrives on Thursday, June 5th, from Mario kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome tour to Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Editionand a few Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games.

Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Games

While most of the launch lineup for the Switch 2 consists of games that have been out on other consoles for a while, this is the first time Nintendo fans will get to experience them. Then there’s Mario Kart Worldwhich is the only big first-party game coming at launch:

• Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer
• Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster
• Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition
• Deltarune
• fast Fusion
• Fortnite
• Hitman World of Assassination – Signature Edition
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• the legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Mario Kart World
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
• Nobunaga’s Ambition Awakening Complete Edition
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2s
• Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Sid Meier’s civilization VII – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
• Sonic x Shadow Generations
• Split Fiction
• Street Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters edition
• Suikoden I&II HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch 2
• Survival Kids
• Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut

Along with these 23 titles, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members will also have access to select GameCube games as part of the Nintendo Classics service. The first three are F-Zero GX, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Wakerand Soulcalibur 2.

The whole reason you’re buying a Switch 2 is to play games on it, and thankfully, there will be plenty to play on day one.

Nintendo Switch 2 Games Coming Later in 2025

Switch 2 launch day is shaping up to be relatively quiet, but the rest of the year has some major releases in store for nintendo’s new console. Here are a few of the most highly anticipated titles launching for the Switch 2 before the end of the year:

• Donkey Kong Bananza | July 17, 2025
• Super Mario Party Jamboree – nintendo Switch 2 Edition | July 24, 2025
• Star Wars Outlaws | September 4, 2025
• Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion | September 5, 2025
• Drag x Drive | Summer 2025
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment | winter 2025
• Elden Ring Tarnished Edition | 2025
• Kirby Air riders | 2025
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition | 2025
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition | 2025

As a Kirby Air Ride superfan, I cannot wait to see what director Masahiro Sakurai and his team have in store for the long-awaited sequel to this underrated GameCube classic.

Backwards-Compatible switch Games

Thousands of games are available on the original Switch, and Nintendo has confirmed that the vast majority of them will be