Nintendo did not miss out on the opportunity to jump on the action either, with many game studios unveiling what they have been working on for the mighty handheld console. With some first-party information, third-party game announcements, and a whole host of indie creations making their way to the console; the question posed is: What is in store the Switch’s next big year?

7 Among Us: Hide N Seek

Among Us: Hide N Seek is available now.

Among Us, the party game of betrayal and teamwork, returns in their new expansion Hide N Seek. This mode entices players back to the game and expands their experience to a whole new level. Plus, a whole shipload of new cosmetics and pets are available too.

Hide N Seek has the killer chasing the crew mates in plain sight, hunting them down and killing them one by one without the stealth usually involved. There’s no need to avoid being caught if all the witnesses are killed first.

6 Dead Cells DLC: Return To Castlevania

Dead Cells DLC: Return To Castlevania will be released in Q1 2023.

Motion Twin releases a new set of DLC for their Dead Cells game with Return To Castlevania in the first quarter of 2023, re-vamp-ing their game with the retro gothic pixel art that many people loved in the series. Shown in the trailer, The Beheaded gets his rear handed to him by Alucard and Belmont before landing at the foot of Dracula’s throne.

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With a new location, The Castle, reminiscent of something out of Stoker’s dreams, players can explore the grounds and floors, which will supposedly be filled to the brim with monsters inspired by the classic 2D locale and game it’s named after. It will give players access to new Castlevania weapons, music and a fresh storyline to boot. It’s a game to sink the teeth into.

5 Earthblade

Earthblade will be released in 2024.

Extremely OK Games Ltd., the company that brought the people Celeste (an impressive platformer), returns with Earthblade, a new pixel graphic platform action explorer following a horned female protagonist who explores the wide vistas of connecting caves and platforms to find mystical mirrors spotted throughout the lush and dangerous land.

Scheduled to release in 2024, players will follow Névoa, a child of fate, who is returning to Earth to battle enemies and find out the mystery behind the strange lands after her long departure.

4 Hellboy: Web Of Wyrd

Hellboy: Web Of Wyrd has no release date as of December 2022.

The rouge-fisted rogue returns in a dark cartoon-style action-adventure game. Not much is known about the game yet; however, it is described to have third-person rogue-like attributes.

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Developed by Upstream Arcade, with a narrative crafted by Dark Horse Comics and the creator Mike Mignola, it is sure to set up an infernal experience. Players will follow Hellboy as he explores the grounds and inner workings of The Butterfly House, a nexus for the weird, wonderful, and woeful who are eager to escape the non-Euclidean styling of their jails.

3 Hades 2

Hades 2 is in production and has no set release date as of December 2022.

Supergiant Games released Hades on the Nintendo Switch back in 2018 to commercial and critical acclaim. The Grecian roguelike boasted a colorful cast of charming characters and a pantheon of parental problems for Zagreus to wade through in his multiple trips topside. These ended in a father-son spat and splat (depending on who was victorious).

In the sequel, players will explore beyond the underworld through the immortal Princess Melinoë, who is on a mission to vanquish the Titans with the Olympians in her corner. With bigger goals in mind than her brother, Zagreus, Melinoë employs magic on her journey to take down the forces that threaten to stop her and the player from completing their perilous journey.

2 Fire Emblem Engage DLC: Expansion Pass

Fire Emblem Engage DLC: Expansion Pass Wave 1 will release with the base game on January 20th 2023.

Fire Emblem Engage may not even be out yet; however, Nintendo has already announced their DLC expansion pass that includes four new waves of content that will start releasing alongside the game on the 20th of January 2023.

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The future DLC waves will include:

Characters Items Accessories Additional story scenarios Class types

Release dates have not yet been confirmed for anything beyond wave 1. However, it is to be expected that they will be paced out throughout the year.

1 Bayonetta Origins: Cereza And The Lost Demon

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza And The Lost Demon will release on March 17th, 2023.

Platinum Games expands upon the world of Bayonetta in their new game, Cereza And The Lost Demon. A departure from their usual genre, this is a storybook adventure-style game with a whimsical art style belying the seemingly dark story and the magical story underneath.

Before Bayonetta wielded her weapons, there was Cereza, a young girl and soon-to-be witch who must journey into a forbidden forest on a mission to save her mother. Along the way she will receive new powers and gain control of an infernal demon, Cheshire, whom people will know from Viola in Bayonetta 3.

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