The Switch 2 is the console that fits around your life, not the other way around. Short sessions on the couch, longer ones when the day allows — the form factor changes how you play without changing what you play. Here's what's been on rotation for me.
FC 26
As someone who follows sport in general, every sports game is tempting and no day is long enough for all of them. FC wins that battle, and not just because football is the most popular sport in the world. The game itself is better than NBA 2K or Madden. The physics hold up and the player database is genuinely interesting to anyone who follows the game. Over the years it has become less about scoring free kicks and bicycle kicks from corners and more about actual football analysis — which foot a player would rather not use, how a fullback behaves in a high press, what a formation gives you and what it takes away. That shift made it worth coming back to.
Still the only sports game worth the storage space
Resident Evil 7 / 8 / 9
Capcom released RE9 — Requiem — and as of June 2026 it's probably the best thing you can play on Switch 2. The graphics, the story, the replay value. There is a specific kind of satisfaction in finishing the game once with The Girl delivering trauma, and then starting again with infinite ammo for the Requiem — this time, you are the threat. The sentimental weight of walking into RPD as someone who grew up with Leon means something that is hard to explain to anyone who didn't.
The Girl. First playthrough, no spoilers.
Bundled alongside Requiem came ports of 7 and 8, both brutal in quality.
RE7 is widely considered the better game, and it earns that. Louisiana and the Baker house is one of the best settings in the series. The DLC holds up too — The End of Zoe, where Joe Baker handles moldeds with his bare hands, is one of the most satisfying things the franchise has produced.
RE8 is my personal favourite. The Romanian village, the Dimitrescu estate, the Beneviento house, the werewolves closing in from the treeline. The setting does most of the work and it does it well.
Both ports are excellent. A RE4 Remake port is reportedly in the works — that one is at the top of the list.
What's next
Alien: Rogue Incursion shadow-dropped on Switch 2 in April — originally a VR title, reworked for flat screens. It's on the list, but I'm holding off. The game was built for VR and the flat screen version, by most accounts, loses something in the translation. If Nintendo ever releases a proper VR headset worth buying — not the Virtual Boy cardboard situation — playing it the way it was intended seems like the right call. Until then, it can wait.