Nintendo held an Indie World Showcase on Thursday to spotlight some of the indie games coming to the Switch platform. One of the surprise indie hits from last year is making the jump from PC to the Switch 2, and it’s available right now.
UFO 50, one of CNET’s best games of 2024, was the surprise from Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase Thursday, and had the additional surprise of launching after the event. It’s available to play on the Switch or the Switch 2 and costs $25.
From Mossmouth, UFO 50 is a unique indie title as it consists of 50 games done in a retro 8-bit style. These games come in a variety of genres, from platformers to shooters to RPGs. It’s a wide variety of games made by different independent developers.
While the collection of games in UFO 50 looks like something released on the NES back in the ’80s, the games have a modern feel. Some games are intended to be played solo, while others are meant to be played with others. The selection does feel random, but they’re connected by the story of a fictional game studio, UFOSoft, that created these 50 games that it never released.
Along with UFO 50, more than a dozen indie games were revealed during the showcase, including:
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Little Kitty, Big City
- Content Warning
- Ball X Pit
- Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
- Glaciered
- Winter Burrow
- Undusted: Letters from the Past
- Tiny Bookshop
- Caves of Qud
- Strange Antiquities
- Opus: Prism Peak
- Go-Go Town!
- Mina the Hollower
- Well Dweller
- Neverway
- Herdling
Some games are set to come out in the coming weeks, while others will arrive in 2026.
You can buy UFO 50 for the Switch or the Switch 2 via My Nintendo Store online or the Nintendo eShop on the consoles for $25. Those who want a physical copy of the game can preorder one from Fangamer for $35.
