Silver Pines, a Metroidvania horror game, heading to Nintendo Switch

Team17 Digital and Wych Elm are teaming up on the new Nintendo Switch game Wych Elm, the two sides announced today. Expect to see it sometime in 2026.

Silver Pines is a Lynchian-inspired horror Metroidvania game. Playing as Red Walker, you wake up in a town inspired by Twin Peaks.

Learn more about the project with the following overview:

Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.

Key Features

• Find Eddie Velvet: Private investigator Red Walker finds himself in Silver Pines, a place half-abandoned, half-forgotten, in the middle of nowhere on a job to track down vanished musician Eddie Velvet. As the case begins to reveal a dark past, Walker soon slips into a strange and nightmarish descent beyond his control.
• The kind of Moment that Lasts forever: Embark on a journey filled with dread and atmosphere. Haunted by shadows of the past, Silver Pines is waiting to reveal its dark secrets.
• Survival Horror Gameplay: A love letter to classic survival horror. Fight or avoid the horrors of the town as you scavenge for resources and solutions to the puzzles blocking your way.
• Metroidvania Navigation: Filled with locked doors and hidden paths, every turn holds an uncovered clue, a resource, or something waiting in the dark. With better tools and weapons more and more of the town becomes accessible.

Continue on below for a look at the first trailer.

Announcement Trailer

Additional Nintendo Switch coverage can be found here.