Amazon Prime Day is wrapping up today, and there are 5 genuinely excellent Nintendo Switch 2 games sitting at discounted prices right now. The window is closing fast.
Here's the thing: Nintendo first-party titles almost never go on sale. Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are nowhere near a discount, and that's exactly what you'd expect from Nintendo's famously rigid pricing stance. The deals that are live right now come from third-party publishers and a couple of indie heavyweights, and a few of them are genuinely worth jumping on.
The games worth your attention today
The headliner is Hollow Knight: Silksong, which launched last year after one of gaming's longest-running waits and immediately earned its place among the best games of 2025. It's currently sitting at $19.88, which is a remarkable price for a game that spent years as one of the most anticipated indie releases ever made. If you haven't played it yet, that price removes almost every excuse.
Hades II is down 20% to $39.99 from its standard $49.99. Supergiant's follow-up to one of the best roguelikes ever made delivered on the hype, and the Switch 2 version runs exactly as well as you'd hope. If you want to know what's new in that version specifically, the Balatro Nintendo Switch 2 features guide gives a solid sense of how these indie ports are performing on the hardware.
Assassin's Creed Shadows has the steepest cut in this group, down 42% to $34.99 from $59.99. That's a meaningful discount for a game that only came out last year, and the Switch 2 version holds up well for a title of that visual scale.
Split Fiction, the co-op adventure from Hazelight Studios, is 35% off at $32.49. It was one of the most talked-about co-op experiences of 2025, and at that price it's a straightforward recommendation for anyone with a friend to play it with.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A rounds out the list at $59, down from $69. The discount is only 14% and it technically launched on Switch 1 as well, but the Switch 2 edition includes specific enhancements worth having. If you're weighing up which version to get, the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Switch 1 vs Switch 2 comparison guide covers how Nintendo is handling these cross-generation upgrades across its lineup.
What most players miss about Prime Day timing
Prime Day officially ends this evening, so these prices aren't guaranteed to survive past today. Nintendo's own titles won't budge regardless of when you check, but third-party and indie deals like these tend to snap back to full price the moment the sale window closes.
The key here is that five genuinely strong games from one of the best years the Switch 2 has had are available below their standard prices at the same time. That doesn't happen often, and it definitely won't happen again until the next major sale event.
For anyone still building out their Switch 2 library, check out our full gaming guides for help getting the most out of whichever of these you pick up.
