We’ve got another month of great Switch releases coming up, with games such as Camper Van: Make It Home, Dark Deity 2, and yes, the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong already making their debut this month. A great list of mystery games, visual novels, and JRPGs await us in the coming weeks – be sure to check them out!

Inspector Waffles: Early Days

• Price: $9.99 USD (currently on sale for $7.99 until September 19th)
• Developer: Goloso Games
• Publisher: Red Art Games
• Release Date: September 12, 2025

The original Inspector Waffles came out in 2021, and 5 years later players can experience his furrst first few days as an Inspector in this prequel. You don’t need to have played the previous game to enjoy this top-down detective adventure game with point-and-click meowcanics mechanics. Solve 5 cases and consult with Waffles’ more experienced pawrtner partner to see if you’re on the right track. 🐾

Strange Antiquities

• Price: $17.99 (currently on sale for $16.19 until September 19th)
• Developer: Bad Viking Games
• Publisher: Iceberg Interactive
• Release Date: September 17, 2025

I reviewed Strange Horticulture back in 2022, and thought it was a really neat game. Now instead of plants you’ll be dealing in antiquities! Track down arcane artifacts and identify them so you’ll know which ones can be used to help each person in Undermere with their unusual problems. As an added bonus, players can pet the cat!

Illusion of Itehari

• Price: $49.99 (digital & physical; digital currently on sale for $44.99 until September 18th)
• Developer: Broccoli
• Publisher: Aksys Games
• Release Date: September 18, 2025

Illusion of Itehari is the latest otome game published by Aksys Games. Developed by the company behind Jack Jeanne, this tells the story of Itehari, a floating island in the sky said to be a utopia. Despite living a privileged life, main character Hinagiku is secretly dissatisfied with life in Itehari; she wants to explore the world below. Her life begins to change when she meets a man with amnesia. Will she find the perfect man for her in her seemingly perfect world?

HYKE:Northern Light(s)

• Price: $27.99
• Developers: Akatsuki Games, Blast Edge Games
• Publisher: Aniplex
• Release Date: September 18, 2025

Play as the titular Hyke in this top-down action RPG, exploring dangerous forbidden areas as she looks for her mother. Meet new witches with different play styles as you progress through the game; there are apparently 7 playable characters. Rest at campsites, cooking meals that provide you with valuable buffs for the stage ahead. And don’t forget to personalize your campsite to make yourself feel more at home!

LumineNight

• Price: $15.00
• Developer/Publisher: Spickasoft
• Release Date: September 18, 2025

Set in 1950 in the U.S., LumineNight tells the story of a father-daughter detective duo who are hot on the trail of the perpetrator(s) behind a decade old cold case involving multiple murders. Sneak around looking for clues, decipher codes, and solve puzzles to make progress in these cases. When you think you have enough information, you can interrogate your main suspect(s), paying close attention to notice any contradictions in their testimony.

Wander Stars

• Price: $24.99
• Developer: Paper Castle Games
• Publisher: Fellow Traveller
• Release Date: September 19, 2025

From the creators of Underhero, Wander Stars is a turn-based RPG with some really interesting ideas. Described as “an Anime you can play,” the game consists of 10 adventures in an episodic format. Fighting in procedurally generated battles, you’ll use words you’ve collected to fight your opponents. You can even combine words in custom attacks, with 200+ words to discover throughout the game.

I love turn-based RPGs, Anime, and language, so Wander Stars caught my attention right away. The description also states that you can replay each episode to experience side quests and randomized special events you may have missed the first time around; I do like the sound of that as well!

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

• Price: $59.99 (digital & physical; $1 for Switch 2 upgrade)
• Developer: Nihon Falcom
• Publisher: GungHo America
• Release Date: September 19, 2025

I’m a huge fan of the Trails series, having played the original Trails in the Sky on PSP back in…2011?!? My love of the series has only grown since then, as I fell in love with the characters across the Liberl, Erebonia, Crossbell, and Calvard arcs.

For newcomers to the series, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter should be a great place to start. This remake offers drastically enhanced graphics, and they also added a real-time action mode to the battle system. Switch between action and turn-based battles to defeat Estelle and Joshua’s foes as they follow in their father’s footsteps to become top tier Bracers.

Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian

• Price: $59.99 (digital; physical seems to be available at select online retailers)
  • Digital Deluxe Edition: $69.99
  • Ultimate Edition: $99.99
• Developer: Gust
• Publisher: KOEI TECMO AMERICA
• Release Date: September 26, 2025

I just reviewed Atelier Yumia earlier this year, so I was pretty pleasantly surprised to hear that Gust and KOEI would be spoiling us Atelier fans with another game in 2025! Returning to their hometown years after a mysterious calamity caused most of the people there to vanish, main characters Rias and Slade discover what could be “the key to restoring the lost art of alchemy.”

Some familiar faces will make an appearance to teach the pair how to fight in “timeline command battles,” and how to synthesize items with alchemy. Gather ingredients in dungeons that change every time you enter, and use them to synthesize and sell items to contribute to the town’s rebuilding efforts. Apparently the town’s appearance changes as you get further along in the restoration process, and new characters may appear!

Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles

• Price: $49.99 (digital & physical, Switch & Switch 2 digital options)
  • Digital Deluxe Edition: $59.99
• Developer/Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
• Release Date: September 30, 2025

Said to straddle the line between remake and remaster, Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles is based on the PS1 version of the game from 1997. With enhanced and classic versions, players have more ways to enjoy this upcoming strategy RPG. As political tensions continue to rise in Ivalice, prepare your party members for battle by customizing units’ jobs, with more than 20 jobs and hundreds of abilities to choose from.