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Nintendo Switch 1 games released in May 2026

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• Total releases: In May 2026, there were 133 releases for the Switch 1.
• Common category: The most common category in May 2026 was Platformer (2D), with 12 releases.
• % of year to date: May 2026 includes 11.27% of the total Switch 1 releases in 2026.
• Low quality: In May 2026, there were 0 low quality releases - 0% of the total releases this month.

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Top rated: May 2026

The highest rated releases this month, with 3 reviews or more.

RPG

#1

Quartet

8.63

Buy:

Point and click

#2

Schrödinger's Call

8.53

Buy:

Card game

#3

Black Jacket

8.20

Buy:

Strategy

#4

Rune Dice

8.07

Buy:

Action RPG

#5

RoadOut

7.98

Buy:

Shoot 'em up

#6

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition

7.93

Buy:

Platformer (2D)

#7

TetherGeist

7.84

Buy:

Life simulator

#8

Wax Heads

7.80

Buy:

Tactical RPG

#9

Slots and Daggers

7.60

Buy:

Platformer (2D)

#10

Constance

7.51

Buy:

Point and click

#11

Shadows of the Afterland

7.45

Buy:

Action-adventure

#12

LumenTale: Memories of Trey

7.43

Buy:

Shoot 'em up

#13

Psyvariar 3

7.37

Buy:

RPG

#14

Akuma Rise

7.33

Buy:

Roguelike

#15

Atomic Owl

7.23

Buy:

Card game

#16

Kabuto Park

7.12

Buy:

Point and click

#17

Gobliiins Collection

6.95

Buy:

Management

#18

Summerhouse

6.77

Buy:

Roguelike

#19

Realm of Ink

6.36

Buy:

RPG

#20

Starbites

5.87

Buy:

Platformer

#21

Rugrats: Retro Rewind Collection

4.25

Buy:

Hidden gems: May 2026

These games have 1 or 2 ratings, so don't yet have ranks. We strongly recommend reading the reviews before buying!

Birushana: Winds of Fate

8.75

Buy: Nintendo Store

Perfect Tides: Station to Station

8.70

Buy: Nintendo Store

Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship

8.40

Buy: Nintendo Store

One Move Away

8.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Call of the Elder Gods

8.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Coffee Talk Tokyo

8.00

Buy: Nintendo.co.uk

Decline's Drops

8.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Duck Side of the Moon

8.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Axe Cop

8.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Midnight Swamp

7.90

Buy: Nintendo Store

Menace From the Deep: Complete Edition

7.90

Buy: Nintendo Store

Rival Stars Horse Racing

7.70

Buy: Nintendo Store

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5

7.50

Buy: Nintendo Store

Yomi 2

7.35

Buy: Nintendo Store

LeMrosh in the Lazy Kingdom

7.30

Buy: Nintendo Store

Néro and Sci: Integral Edition

7.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Tacs Classic Collection

7.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Mina the Hollower

7.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Table Flip Simulator

6.90

Buy: Nintendo Store

Little Things

6.85

Buy: Nintendo Store

Codename: Black Crow

6.80

Buy: Nintendo Store

A Frog's Job 2: Froggina

6.80

Buy: Nintendo Store

Kill it With Fire! 2

6.80

Buy: Nintendo Store

This is Fine: Maximum Cope

6.75

Buy: Nintendo Store

Froggy Hates Snow

6.55

Buy: Nintendo Store

Do You Even Forklift?

6.30

Buy: Nintendo Store

Chicken Climber

6.30

Buy: Nintendo Store

Pick and Place

6.25

Buy: Nintendo Store

R-Type Dimensions III

6.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Plantera 2: Golden Acorn

6.05

Buy: Nintendo Store

Lost Twins 2

5.80

Buy: Nintendo Store

Nitro City Racing

5.70

Buy: Nintendo Store

Doll Defenders

5.60

Buy: Nintendo Store

Middle Evil: The Priest

5.20

Buy: Nintendo Store

Underling Uprising

5.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

Nitro Gen Omega

4.00

Buy: Nintendo Store

N.E.R.D

3.10

Buy: Nintendo Store

Who's publishing?

These companies published 1 or more games for the Switch 1 in May 2026.

Publisher	Games this month
Brainium Games	6
Ratalaika Games	5
D4 Enterprise	4
eastasiasoft	4
Hamster	4
Bad Minions	3
GaniTani	3
QubicGames	3
Eclipse Interactive	2
Future Friends Games	2
Kwalee	2
PM Studios	2
Red Art Games	2
Silesia Games	2
4Divinity	1
Abylight	1
Aeternum Game Studios	1
Alawar Premium	1
Andrei Ivashentsev	1
AppsGears	1
Aruma Studios	1
Atari	1
BeXide	1
Black Lantern Collective	1
btf	1
Cascadia Games	1
Chorus Worldwide Games	1
Clickpulp	1
Clickteam	1
Contrast Games	1
Croix Apps	1
Curve Digital	1
CyberStep	1
Dangen Entertainment	1
DESTINYbit	1
Digital Bandidos	1
Dolores Entertainment	1
Dragon Path Games	1
Dreamotion	1
Elushis	1
Emma Create	1
Error300 Games	1
Feardemic	1
Flannel Bear Games	1
Fordesoft	1
Forever Entertainment	1
Funbox Media	1
G-mode	1
Gameloft	1
Games Harbor	1
Giants Software	1
Glitch Studio	1
Gotcha Gotcha Games	1
Idea Factory	1
Infinite Zone	1
ININ Games	1
Iurie	1
Kemco	1
Limited Run Games	1
Lucky Raccoon Games	1
Mameshiba Games	1
Microids	1
Mob Entertainment	1
Moulin aux Bulles	1
NIS America	1
Numskull Games	1
Penguin Pop Games	1
Phoenixx	1
PikPok	1
Platuro	1
Playstack	1
Puppet Combo	1
Purple Play	1
Reddeer.games	1
Repixel8	1
Rock It Games	1
RockGame	1
Seaven Studio	1
Shueisha Games	1
Silver Lining Interactive	1
Sirlin Games	1
Skystone Games	1
Soft Not Weak	1
Something Classic	1
Sometimes You	1
Souris-Lab	1
Starbrew Games	1
STG Software SRL	1
Take IT Studio	1
Team17	1
Ternox	1
Thorium G	1
Time Galleon	1
tinyBuild Games	1
TyGames	1
Viridian Software	1
Voltage	1
Wales Interactive	1
Winking	1
Wise Games	1
WRP Games	1
Yacht Club Games	1
Zing Games	1

Games

There were 133 games released in May 2026 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating
1st May	Constance		Platformer (2D)	btf		7.51
1st May	LeMrosh in the Lazy Kingdom		Point and click	AppsGears	1/3
1st May	Moon Raider: Anniversary Edition		Run-and-gun	Cascadia Games
1st May	Plantera 2: Golden Acorn		Farming	Ratalaika Games	2/3
1st May	The End Comes Tomorrow: Gamebook Edition		Interactive story	Infinite Zone
1st May	This is Fine: Maximum Cope		Platformer (2D)	Numskull Games	2/3
2nd May	Pixie Plates		Restaurant / cooking	QubicGames
4th May	Axe Cop		RPG	Penguin Pop Games	1/3
4th May	Eternal Exodus		RPG	Fordesoft
5th May	Dungeonloop		Roguelike	Ternox
5th May	House Fixer Simulator		Simulation	Thorium G
5th May	Shadows of the Afterland		Point and click	Aruma Studios		7.45
5th May	Wax Heads		Life simulator	Curve Digital		7.80
6th May	Blackspot		Card game	Elushis
6th May	Chorus of Carcosa		Horror	Contrast Games
6th May	Pa!nt		Logic puzzle	GaniTani
7th May	Akuma Rise		RPG	Kemco		7.33
7th May	Arcade Archives Arkanoid		Brick breaking	Hamster
7th May	Chicken Rescue		Platformer (2D)	Brainium Games
7th May	Cozy Cat Cafe		Management	Iurie
7th May	Doll Defenders		Tower defense	eastasiasoft	1/3
7th May	Duck Side of the Moon		Adventure	Starbrew Games	1/3
7th May	Egg Console Deep Dungeon MSX		Action RPG	D4 Enterprise
7th May	Froggy Hates Snow		Survival	Digital Bandidos	2/3
7th May	Haneda Girl		Run-and-gun	Aeternum Game Studios
7th May	Kill it With Fire! 2		Shooting	tinyBuild Games	1/3
7th May	Lost Twins 2		Logic puzzle	WRP Games	1/3
7th May	Star Freight		Puzzle	Error300 Games
7th May	Sudoku Mania		Logic puzzle	Funbox Media
7th May	TetherGeist		Platformer (2D)	Viridian Software		7.84
7th May	Versebound		Shoot 'em up	Silesia Games
8th May	Codename: Black Crow		Shooting	Ratalaika Games	1/3
8th May	Decline's Drops		Platformer (2D)	Moulin aux Bulles	2/3
8th May	In Trusted Hands		Management	Games Harbor
8th May	Island Survive Simulator: Craft, Build, Grow		Survival	STG Software SRL
8th May	Little Things		Platformer (2D)	Dolores Entertainment	2/3
9th May	Barbarous: Survivor's Quest		Survivor roguelike	QubicGames
12th May	Black Jacket		Card game	Skystone Games		8.20
12th May	Call of the Elder Gods		Point and click	Kwalee	1/3
12th May	Nitro Gen Omega		RPG	DESTINYbit	1/3
12th May	Roots and Sprouts		Farming	TyGames
13th May	Colorizing: Daylight		Educational	Andrei Ivashentsev
13th May	Yomi 2		Card game	Sirlin Games	2/3
14th May	Apex 2026: Rise of Legends		Racing	Eclipse Interactive
14th May	Crayon Farm Animals		Educational	GaniTani
14th May	Dead Patrol		Shoot 'em up	Brainium Games
14th May	Egg Console Meurtre D'un Clown PC-8801		Adventure	D4 Enterprise
14th May	Menace From the Deep: Complete Edition		Card game	Feardemic	1/3
14th May	Middle Evil: The Priest		Action-adventure	Ratalaika Games	1/3
14th May	Outbound		Simulation	Silver Lining Interactive
14th May	Paranormal Observation		Adventure	Platuro
14th May	Perfect Tides: Station to Station		Adventure	Clickpulp	2/3
14th May	RoadOut		Action RPG	Dangen Entertainment		7.98
14th May	Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition		Shoot 'em up	eastasiasoft		7.93
14th May	Underling Uprising		Beat 'em up	Abylight	2/3
14th May	XIII a Final Game of Tarot		Card game	Bad Minions
14th May	Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship		Survivor roguelike	Zing Games	2/3
15th May	Arcade Archives Mr.Do!		Arcade	Hamster
15th May	Crafty Survivors		Survivor roguelike	Flannel Bear Games
15th May	Slots and Daggers		Tactical RPG	Future Friends Games		7.60
15th May	Summerhouse		Management	Future Friends Games		6.77
17th May	Lost Islands		Survival	Glitch Studio
19th May	Backrooms		Horror	Puppet Combo
19th May	Farming Simulator 26: Nintendo Switch Edition		Farming	Giants Software
19th May	R-Type Dimensions III		Shoot 'em up	ININ Games	2/3
19th May	Rune Dice		Strategy	Kwalee		8.07
20th May	Alexandria IV		Interactive story	Time Galleon
20th May	Atomic Owl		Roguelike	eastasiasoft		7.23
20th May	Dice Goblins Clicker		Arcade	Croix Apps
20th May	Havenfall is for Lovers		Visual novel	Voltage
20th May	Heroine Anthem Zero 2: Scalescars Oath		Action RPG	Winking
20th May	Table Flip Simulator		Simulation	PM Studios	1/3
21st May	Arcade Archives Tag Team Wrestling		Wrestling	Hamster
21st May	Cats and Seek: Tokyo		Hidden objects	Silesia Games
21st May	Coffee Talk Tokyo		Interactive story	Chorus Worldwide Games	2/3
21st May	CoffeeFox: Kim Samwol		Point and click	GaniTani
21st May	Cosmic Mirage		Shoot 'em up	Brainium Games
21st May	Egg Console Laydock 2 Last Attack MSX2+		Shoot 'em up	D4 Enterprise
21st May	GooNECT√2		Party	Phoenixx
21st May	King of Tokyo: Richard Garfield		Card game	Microids
21st May	Kuukiyomi: Consider it World - Thailand Ver.		Puzzle	G-mode
21st May	Pick and Place		Lifestyle	Reddeer.games	2/3
21st May	Pixel Game Maker Series P-Pan		Platformer (2D)	Gotcha Gotcha Games
21st May	Poko's Arctic Quest		Block pushing	Bad Minions
21st May	Psyvariar 3		Shoot 'em up	Red Art Games		7.37
21st May	Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to		Falling blocks puzzle	Soft Not Weak
21st May	Starbites		RPG	NIS America		5.87
21st May	Sunset Motel		Management	RockGame
21st May	The Last Ladybug		Arcade	Clickteam
21st May	We. the Refugees: Ticket to Europe		RPG	Black Lantern Collective
22nd May	Bag Fight		Roguelike	QubicGames
22nd May	Bubsy 4D		Platformer (3D)	Atari
22nd May	Chicken Climber		Platformer (2D)	Ratalaika Games	1/3
22nd May	Rugrats: Retro Rewind Collection		Platformer	Limited Run Games		4.25
23rd May	Bubu Battle Royale		Arena shooter	Dragon Path Games
23rd May	Syr and the Stars' Revival		Simulation	Emma Create
26th May	Birushana: Winds of Fate		Interactive story	Idea Factory	2/3
26th May	LumenTale: Memories of Trey		Action-adventure	Team17		7.43
26th May	Realm of Ink		Roguelike	4Divinity		6.36
26th May	Top Shot Pool		Cue sports	Repixel8
27th May	Do You Even Forklift?		Physics simulator	Take IT Studio	2/3
27th May	Gobliiins Collection		Point and click	Red Art Games		6.95
27th May	Néro and Sci: Integral Edition		Platformer (2D)	Souris-Lab	2/3
27th May	Nitro City Racing		Arcade racing	eastasiasoft	1/3
27th May	Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5		Horror	Mob Entertainment	1/3
27th May	Schrödinger's Call		Point and click	Shueisha Games		8.53
28th May	Alien Cat Story		Platformer (2D)	Brainium Games
28th May	Arcade Archives Ace Driver		Formula 1	Hamster
28th May	Beat the Champions		Football / soccer	Purple Play
28th May	Bestial Reception		Roguelike	Brainium Games
28th May	Bluey's Quest for the Gold Pen		Adventure	PM Studios
28th May	Egg Console Hercules PC-8801mkIISR		Platformer (2D)	D4 Enterprise
28th May	Exodus: Creepy Time		Survivor roguelike	Brainium Games
28th May	Formula 2026: Rise of Legends		Formula 1	Eclipse Interactive
28th May	Island Robot Farm		Management	Wise Games
28th May	Kabuto Park		Card game	Seaven Studio		7.12
28th May	Micro Overdrive: Home Tour		Arcade racing	Lucky Raccoon Games
28th May	N.E.R.D		Logic puzzle	Forever Entertainment	2/3
28th May	Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis: Next!		Tennis	Gameloft
28th May	One Move Away		Puzzle	Playstack	1/3
28th May	Rica Mode		Visual novel	CyberStep
28th May	Rival Stars Horse Racing		Simulation	PikPok	1/3
28th May	Sokobear Winter		Block pushing	Bad Minions
28th May	Tacs Classic Collection		Arcade collection	Rock It Games	1/3
28th May	Touhou Yukkuri Mountain		Party	BeXide
28th May	Wall World 2		Roguelike	Alawar Premium
29th May	A Frog's Job 2: Froggina		Platformer (2D)	Ratalaika Games	1/3
29th May	Into the Slimy Mines		Tower defense	Wales Interactive
29th May	Kiko's Apple Adventure		Puzzle	Mameshiba Games
29th May	Midnight Swamp		Point and click	Sometimes You	2/3
29th May	Mina the Hollower		Action-adventure	Yacht Club Games	1/3
29th May	My Little Puppy		Adventure	Dreamotion
29th May	Quartet		RPG	Something Classic		8.63

Games (Low quality)

There were 0 low quality games released in May 2026 for Switch 1. A full list is below.

Date	Title	Quality filter	Category	Publishers	Review count	Rating

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