
Gamescom: Opening Night Live 2024 has been and gone, and it was a pretty eventful show... if you have multiple consoles!
We knew going in things would be light for the Nintendo Switch — it's in its eighth year, after all! But Nintendo is also skipping the event. Zelda is coming soon folks, don't worry...
It wasn't a completely quiet evening for the hybrid console, though. We've got a rundown of every single game shown off for the Switch from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, including the pre-show. Enjoy!

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 - The full presentation
Missed the show earlier and want to watch the reveals as they happen? Then you can by watching the above video. There's also the American Sign Language version of the stream if you need it, too.
Every Switch Game Announcement & Trailer
Dave The Diver mxmtoon, Balatro, Potion Craft Crossover - October 2024)
Dave the Diver is teaming up with mxmtoon, Balatro, and Potion Craft to bring brand new content to the game on all platforms in October 2024. Details are sparse for now, and we don't know whether it's free or if it'll be a paid update, but you can get a sense for the crossover content in the trailer above.
Nikoderiko: The Magical World - October 2024
"Join Niko and Luna on their quest in Nikoderiko, a vibrant platform adventure. When the duo discovers an ancient relic on a magical island, the villainous Grimbald of the Cobring Gems Company snatches it away. To save the island and its tribes, they must navigate seven unique worlds with the help of their animal friends and defeat the Cobring army. With family-friendly design, couch co-op, and music by David Wise, Nikoderiko promises a magical, mysterious journey for all ages."
King of Meat - TBC
"Amazon Games and Glowmade are proud to present King of Meat, a one through four player hacking, slashing, co-op combat game with UGC dungeon building. Set in the mystical world of Loregok, King of Meat takes you to a place of dragons, trolls, skeletons, and, of course, corporate commercialism - where high fantasy meets the glitz, glamour, and media-infatuation of modern-day celebrity. The focus of this obsession is the wildest survival game show imaginable, “KING OF MEAT”, where YOU are the entertainment."
Sid Meier's Civilization VII - 11th February 2025
Rule as one of many legendary leaders from throughout history. Establish your civilization, construct cities and architectural wonders to expand your territory, conquer or cooperate with rival civilizations in pursuit of prosperity, and explore the far reaches of the unknown world. Will you build an empire that stands the test of time?
Little Nightmares III - 2025
In Little Nightmares III, you follow the journey of Low & Alone, as they search for a path that could lead them out of the Nowhere. Trapped within the Spiral, a cluster of disturbing places, the two friends will have to work together to survive in a dangerous world full of delusions and escape the grasp of an even greater threat lurking in the shadows. For the first time in the franchise, face your childhood fears together with a friend in online co-op, or in solo with an AI companion.
Floatopia - 2025
A brand new life sim from NetEase, Floatopia lets you craft and build your own floating island while also meeting friends who have superpowers. You can play alone or play with others, and its coming to all consoles in 2025.
What was your favourite Switch reveal of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024? Vote in our poll below and let us know in the comments.
What was your favourite Switch game at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024? (584 votes)
- Dave The Diver (Switch eShop)
- Nikoderiko: The Magical World (Switch eShop)
- King of Meat (Switch eShop)
- Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Switch)
- Little Nightmares III (Switch)
- Floatopia (Switch eShop)
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Genshin is coming to Xbox this November while we've been waiting for literally any news about the Switch version for like 4+ years.....
I refuse to add NetEase or Tencent to my spreadsheet.
I'll be playing the REAL Little Nightmares 3, Reanimal instead.
Glad I didn't shave my legs for this.
Genshin is never coming to Switch now, I think we need to accept that.
Whilst I still think it’s possible with limitations (considering games like Sky: Children of Light are available on the switch at very high quality) it’s probably better the dev team focus efforts to get Genshin, Star Rail and ZZZ on the successor instead.
Well, I like Dave the Diver and Balatro, so that’s… something?
@Itachi2099 Honestly, I'm putting my chips on it being a Launch Year Title for the Switch 2.
@Sonicka Wouldn't be surprised if Mihoyo has early units for the Switch 2 so that they can launch it with 6.0 or something.
Nikoderiko feels like a mix of old school Crash Bandicoot and the new Donkey Kong Country games. Will wait for the review, and a physical, but definitely looking forward to it. Last game like that that I did was Crash 4 and it's already been a while.
And Little Nightmares 3 looks very promising.
Civilization and Little Nigthmares for me. Yes, I prefer Reanimal, but LN3 looks nice too.
That Nikoderiko WOULD look cool if it wasn't for that song... What a terrible trailer.
This was a total Fail!
I mean everyone's waiting for the Switch 2 to be announced, so yeah, not surprising there's not much for Switch.
Nintendo could have ran a 1 minute montage trailer of Mario & Luigi, Princess Zelda and Metroid Prime 4 and won the show. 😂
NetEase is a Chinese game company and when I saw pre-regristration, I already thinking Floatopia will be F2P and micro transaction behind it. 🧐
Nice try but I didn't fall into the trap from the cute Chibi looking characters. 😑
Civ7 on the Switch is a perfect match.
Floatopia looks pretty adorable but it seems like it is probably free-to-play which makes me less optimistic.
I'm interested in civ 7 but want to hear more.
@the_beaver I'm not against that type of music... but it was super weird in that trailer 😆 Not quite sure why they thought that action and music went together. It kind of drowns out what is happening. Edit: I re-watched the Nikoderiko trailer on mute and the game makes so much more sense now! It actually looks really neat. Brains are weird.
Hey if that floatopia game is free I’ll gladly try it out.
So Nikoderiko is a shameless clone of Retro’s newer Donkey Kong Country games? Got it.
It does make me want a new DKC game though…
I mean, people love Dave the Diver and Little Nightmares. Wont be putting anyone down here, but I agree with the article’s author’s sentiment. Zelda is, in fact, coming. So how much I care about other games (other than Emio Im pretty invested in that) amounts to little.
@mereel that first 2d scene was ripped straight out of DKCTF
I was really hoping for Time splitters, but at least we got them on PS5.
@Bolt_Strike Devs also tend to save stuff for Nintendo Directs as well. Plus, Nintendo itself isn't at Gamescom this year. A Direct in September will probably give us a good idea of exactly how much Switch support will still be there going into Switch 2.
Last Direct showed that the Switch is still getting a fair amount of third party support even this late into its life, so it's likely that there will be a lot of cross-gen stuff with Switch 2.
Floatopia looks really cool.
As expected not many Switch announcements - bet and hope we'll see upcoming and relatively recently released games coming to its successor instead -, but I'd say the ones we got are all pretty good and my favorite one is Nikoderiko regardless of the song in the trailer (immediately followed by the Dave The Diver crossovers although I haven't played the game itself yet)!
Civ7 on the Switch is a great reveal and getting Little Nightmares 3 is good too. I don't know why Nintendo (as someone else said) didn't just submit a 10 minute trailer reel of upcoming games for the switch. It still has plenty on the horizon, and would likely have won them the show.
You could include 5 mins first party
Zelda
Mario Party
Mario and Luigi
Metroid 4
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (1 minute on each)
5 Mins
Third Party stuff
FC25 , Sonic, NBA, Civilisation, Little Nightmares 3, Epic Mickey, Fantasy Life, endless RPG'S still to come...
Still plenty in the tank to put together a solid showing, if they wanted.
@mereel It's closer to a blend of Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot, as there are some linear 3D sections like the latter
This was a prime opportunity for one of those shovelware "Call of honor battle gta theft royale simulator" publishers to enter a bunch of their churned-out Switch games and steal the show!
Even though I have Animal Crossing, Floatopia is one of the things I most want to play on the Switch. But in 2025 it might be too late if Nintendo announces the Switch 2 with a new Animal Crossing.
Nikoderiko is pretty much "Donkey Kong Country Returns (with a side dish of Crash Bandicoot)" at home lol.
I will check the game out because I need something for that DKC Returns itch, plus David Wise is the composer so...
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