Role-playing management game Rockbeasts announced for Nintendo Switch

Rockbeasts is coming to Nintendo Switch, publisher Team17 and developer Rockbeasts announced today. We’ll be seeing it later in 2025.

Rockbeasts is a role-playing management game in which you take on the role of a manager of an up-and-coming rock band. The group starts out as a band of misfits, but you’ll lead them to the top and on to stardom.

Plenty of additional information can be found in the following overview:

A dark comedy story featuring the legendary Iggy Pop, crafted by the writer of Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Blood of Dawnwalker. Rockbeasts is a role-playing management game that puts you in the shoes of a manager in the age of MTV, rock anthems, and bad haircuts

You’re changing the world of music. Your band’s tracks are the kind of art that redefines genres. That’s why you signed with a label that cares about creative freedom, right? You didn’t become sellouts, did you?

The road to success is a tricky one, and being a manager is a complex task. Will you help your band become rock rebels or sellouts? The choice is not always easy. Rockbeasts is set in the 90s United States, a time of grunge rock, raging capitalism, and music television.”

Somebody’s gotta make sure this bunch of misfits get ready for the gig. That’s where you come in. Make sure they get it together. There’s real potential here, but you’re gonna have to be the one that makes sure they make it through each week with a half-decent meal and a working amp.

Pick the venue, prep the set and make sure it all goes according to plan. Pull it off and the band might just finally take those first steps to fame and glory. Sure, this one was in a grimy basement, but even the rock legends had to start somewhere, right?

We drew over 100 characters and 90 locations just for you! Rockbeasts is no EP, it’s a full double LP.

Every one of those characters is real, the choices you make will impact them. Your band members will change in time and so will your relationship with them.

In Rockbeasts, the tough choices as manager will be yours. Write your own rockstar legend where your decisions will shape the story.”

Featuring VO actors from games including Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Zero Dawn, Metaphor ReFantazio, Alan Wake II and more.

Rafal & Bartek of Lichthund said today: “It’s been a long time coming, but we can finally show off Rockbeasts to the world. Since its initial conception, we knew this game would be different—our take on role-playing management gameplay with a dramedy twist and amazing music. We’ve put our hearts into every detail, and we can’t wait for players to jump in and create their own unforgettable stories. It’s time to party like it’s 1993.”

Check out the title’s first trailer below.

Announcement Trailer

Team17 will be publishing this one digitally. Lots of other Nintendo Switch coverage from us can be found here.