List of all Nintendo Switch 2 games with a game-key card release
Following the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, we’re putting together a complete list of Nintendo Switch 2 games with a game-key card release.
This is a new approach to physical media, which has seen a mixed reaction. In a way, it’s a hybrid between a true physical release and a download code. Each box comes with a cartridge, but there’s nothing really included. Rather than coming with all content, you’ll need to download the game first. After that you don’t need to connect online, but you need to insert the card each time you play.
On the original Nintendo Switch, we saw plenty of games that were sold at retail with a box that contained a download code. The problem there was that you couldn’t lend it out to a friend or sell it later on. Since game-key cards do come with a cartridge, these issues have been eliminated. However, at the same time, they are not true physical releases in the traditional sense since the cartridges do not contain game data.
Every Nintendo Switch 2 game with a game-key card release
- Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster
- Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion [Japan-only, full game on cartridge in the west]
- Disgaea 7 Complete: Deluxe Edition
- Dragon Quest 1 & HD-2D Remake
- Hitman: World of Assassination – Signature Edition
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Little Nightmares 3
- Madden NFL 26
- NBA 2K26
- Nogunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition
- No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
- Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
- Shine Post: Be Your Idol [game only available in Japan)
- Sonic x Shadow Generations
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Street Fighter 6
- Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster
- Survival Kids
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon
- Wild Hearts S
- Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut
- Ys X: Proud Nordics [game currently only announced for Japan]
We’ll keep this post updated as time goes on with additional game-key cards.
