Nintendo Switch eShop Holiday Update Arrives in Time for Christmas

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 22, 2023

News: There are a lot of new games to choose from on the eShop over the next week with some well known games in addition to smaller titles.

Nintendo has released the lineup of games for the next week on the Nintendo Switch in the eShop. With Christmas being a few days away, a lot of new games are arriving to spend those gift cards on. There are five featured games this week in addition to over 70 other new games that will be available over the next few days. Each game listed below is available now, unless otherwise noted.

Fortnite - Winterfest

Winterfest returns with the Fortnite Battle Royale! Whether you’re a new or returning player, you’re sure to find something to celebrate with 14 free in-game gifts (including two new Outfits!) up for grabs. But it’s not all about unwrapping, it’s about delivering too – so be sure to check out the new Ship It! Express limited-time experience for a real festive frenzy. Winterfest 2023 runs from Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. ET to Jan. 2 at 9 a.m. ET.

Palia - Winterlights

Winterlights is Here! Celebrate Winterlights with festive winter cheer throughout Palia! Holiday quests, festive furniture and cheery decor can be received from villagers and discovered around Kilima Village. Explore the winter shop and get snowy furniture items to bring the holidays to your home plot. Don’t forget to log in every day to receive snowballs and start a friendly snowball fight with players! Winterlights is available until Jan 29.

Disney Dreamlight Valley

The Pumpkin King returns! Keep an eye out for signs of Jack Skellington in your Valley. Help him feel at home by creating a new Dreamlight Valley holiday and filling your Village with new items from Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Make your Village a winter wonderland with the new Royal Winter Star Path! Unlock wintery new looks for Ariel and Belle, along with other exclusive new items that will make your Village feel cozy and regal.

Overwatch 2 - Winter Wonderland

Ring in the holidays with the Winter Wonderland event! Check out our heroes celebrating in style with new holiday skins. Beat challenges and unlock one free legendary skin of your choice: choose from the stylish Formalwear skins for Baptiste or the cozy Winter Jammies Illari skin. Dive into the action with returning fan-favorite modes like Yeti Hunt with new challenges and rewards.

Disney Speedstorm - Season 5

Season 5 “Let It Go,” inspired by Disney’s Frozen, is available now! Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff and Hans are charging up their engines to take you to a new icy racetrack – Arendelle! Expect new Frozen-inspired Racers, karts, cosmetic items and a new track environment. Play free today!

In addition to those games, the following titles will also become available over the course of the next few days:

100 Demon Fantasia

20 Minutes Till Dawn

3in1 Game Collection: Backgammon + Checkers + Mills – Available Dec. 25

Aery – Calm Mind 4

Airport

All I Want for Christmas are Subgames CE

All of Us Are Dead

Aquarium Land: Puppy Edition – Available Dec. 23

Arcade Archives AERO FIGHTERS

ASMR Slicing: Complete Edition – Available Dec. 23

Astro Miner: Complete Edition – Available Dec. 23

Backroom: Constructions

Bowling Fever – Available Dec. 25

Cape’s Escape Game 6th Room

Christmas Bubble Puzzle – Available Dec. 22

Classic Games Collection Vol.1 Holiday Edition – Available Dec. 25

Cleaning Queens

Cooking Tycoons – 3 in 1 Bundle Complete Edition – Available Dec. 25

Courageous Reasoning Nori 4 Crossing Sea Street 4

Cute Critters Pet Kitty – Available Dec. 24

Dani and Evan: Dinosaur books

Deadly Days + Orbital Bullet Bundle – Available Dec. 22

DIY Paper Doll: Complete Edition – Available Dec. 23

Drawing Carnival: Complete Edition – Available Dec. 23

Dungeon Defence Simulator 2024 – Available Dec. 22

EGGCONSOLE HYDLIDE PC-8801

Escape From The Island

Fashion World – Available Dec. 25

Freddi Fish 4: The Case of The Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch

Growth

Hard Racing: Stunt Car Driving – Available Dec. 24

Hole io: Red Planet Edition – Available Dec. 24

I SEEK! WHERE IS "PICTO"-SAN?

Japan Train Models – JR West Edition

Kebab Bar Tycoon – Available Dec. 25

Lacuna + Encodya Bundle – Available Dec. 22

Light-It Up – Available Dec. 25

Midnight Drifter-Drift Racing Car Racing Driving Simulator - PREMIUM EDITION – Available Dec. 23

Military Combat Shooter Desert War – Available Dec. 22

Milk Seller – Available Dec. 23

Moorhuhn Invasion – Crazy Chicken Invasion – Available Dec. 22

My Bakery Empire – Available Dec. 25

My Child Lebensborn Remastered

My Life: Farm Vet – Available Dec. 25

My Lovely Dog Adventure

Mystery Solving! BrainQuiz

Nothing to Declare – Available Dec. 25

ONE. – Available Dec. 22

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet

Paper io 2: Variety Pack – Available Dec. 24

Party Friends – Available Dec. 24

Piyokoro

Pocket Foosball – Available Dec. 25

Pocket Quest – Available Dec. 25

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 – Available Dec. 25

Princess Puzzle Adventure

Quake + Quake II Enhanced Bundle

Ravva and the Phantom Library

Reef Escape

Roman Empire Simulator – Available Dec. 22

Santa’s World

Sherlock Holmes – The Hunt for Moriarty – Available Dec. 25

Sketch Personality Test

SokoWinter

Space Papers: Planet’s Border – Available Dec. 25

Stellar Interface + Sudoku Zenkai

Tanuki Sunset – Available Dec. 24

Terra Nil

The Artist Colors

The Rumble Fish +

Three Minutes To Eight

Trash Punk – Available Dec. 25

Tricky Taps: Complete Edition – Available Dec. 23

Truckzilla – Monster Truck Mega Ramp – Available Dec. 24

Urban Flow GOTY Edition – Available Dec. 22

Which of these games will you be picking up? Tell us in the comments section below.