Nintendo did what it Nintendoes this morning and held another livestream at the ass crack of dawn. This time it was a 15-minute Indie World showcase spotlighting upcoming independent games headed to the Switch and Switch 2. Though the stream was brief, Nintendo packed in a bunch of cool games coming to the console/handheld hybrids, and had a couple of major announcements to share. If you want to watch the show, you can do so below, but if you just want the highlights, read on.
Mina the Hollower
Starting things off was the next game from Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games. Mina the Hollower is almost here after a painfully long wait. It launches on Halloween this year, and a demo is available now.
Well Dweller
Up next is an action side-scroller called Well Dweller. Its creepy character design and frantic gameplay gives it a horror vibe with some tight action platforming along the way. It will launch on Switch in 2026.
Neverway
Neverway is a Stardew Valley-style life sim featuring the work of Celeste‘s pixel artist and the composer of Fez and Hyper Light Drifter. It’s one part social sim, another part Zelda-esque top-down combat. It’s coming in 2026.
Herdling
Now to pivot away from the spooky vibes. Next up is Herdling, a gorgeous herding game from Okomotive, the studio behind the Far series. You’ll guide a herd of creatures through an eclectic world, with each biome having new challenges and dangers along the way. The game is coming to Switch on August 21.
Is This Seat Taken?
If you’re the type of person who thrives on making seating charts at social events, Is This Seat Taken? is the perfect puzzle game for you. The game has you creating seating charts for little guys with big personalities and figuring out how to make every guest happy. The game is out today.
Little Kitty, Big City
If you’ve been looking for a reason to go back to Little Kitty, Big City, the cat simulator is getting a free update later this year. Some new features include a cat customization menu, a beefy photo mode, and new areas to explore.
Content Warning
Content Warning, last year’s video game equivalent of “doing it for the Vine,” is coming to Switch 2. The co-op game has you and friends suiting up to go into a terrifying underground hellscape infested with gross-ass monsters, all in the name of going viral. It’s coming to Switch 2 in 2026.
Ball x Pit
Ball x Pit is an upcoming roguelike survival game that marries bullet hell and twin-stick shooters. Your primary weapon is a gun that fires balls that ricochet across the screen. It’s visually chaotic, but I know that some of you sickos love to watch explosions and bullets fill a screen. The game will launch on Switch on October 15, with a Switch 2 release planned for the fall.
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon is an 8-player bike-racing game that stars a bunch of cycling animals doing dangerous stunts on dubious courses. It’s coming to Switch and Switch 2, and will support cross-platform play with other systems when it launches later this year.
Glaciered
Set in a far future in which Earth has frozen over, Glaciered has you playing as a Twi, a water-faring descendant of dinosaurs that lives underwater beneath the glacier that has encased the planet. You’ll face underwater foes in action-based combat and upgrade your character through RPG-like systems. The game will launch as a timed console exclusive on Switch 2.
Montage time
As is often the case in these kinds of showcases, Nintendo crammed a bunch of games into a quick montage in between more in-depth looks. The games we saw here were:
- Winter Burrow, a survival game starring a mouse trying to make it during the harsh cold season. It’s coming to Switch in the winter.
- Undusted: Letters from the Past, a puzzle game about cleaning relics of old. It will be available on Switch in October.
- Tiny Bookshop, a management sim about running a book store. It’s available today on Switch.
- Caves of Qud, a tactical roguelike RPG that recently got out of Early Access on Steam. It will come to Switch in the winter.
- Strange Antiquities, a mystery game in which you find arcane artifacts within an occult store. It will launch on September 17.
- OPUS: Prism Peak, a narrative adventure game that has you taking photos throughout a magical world full of animal spirits. It’s coming to Switch and Switch 2 in the fall.
- Go-Go Town! is a life sim that looks a whole lot like Animal Crossing, but a bit more fast-paced and animated. Switch owners can pick it up in spring 2026.
- UFO 50, a collection of 50 retro-styled games that earned a lot of praise when it landed on PC last year, is available on Switch today.
And no Hollow Knight: Silksong. Bye.
