At today’s Nintendo Direct, Capcom confirmed that Resident Evil 7, Village, and Requiem are coming to Nintendo Switch 2. And no, they’re not like the janky cloud version of Resi 7 that launched in Japan back in 2018, but a full-fat, Switch 2-native version. Nice.
A trailer for the title(s), running on Switch 2 hardware, was shown off during today’s presentation. It shows Requiem running on Switch 2, and demonstrates what the experience as Grace Ashcroft will feel like in your hands – when playing in either first- or third-person mode. Nerve-wracking, I’m sure. Though, this isn’t the first time Capcom has tried to get the games working on non-home consoles/PCs: there was a doomed mobile release of Resident Evil 7 that managed less than 2000 sales. Ouch.
Resident Evil 7 launched back in January 2017 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It returned to the series’ horror roots after a number of games in the action genre, and kickstarted the ‘new’ era of Resident Evil games, all made on the RE Engine, that includes Resident Evil 2 Remake 2, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil Village, and the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem.
Per today’s Direct, Resident Evil Biohazard and Residen Evil Village are coming to Switch 2 on February 27, the same day Resident Evil Requiem launches. It’ll hit the Nintendo hardware the same day as it will PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
It’s a good time to be a Resi fan: 22nd March 2026 marks the series’ 30th anniversary, and it looks like we’ll have plenty to celebrate in the run up to that date with older games becoming available on newer hardware, and new titles, to boot. If you want an idea of the complicated chronology of the Resident Evil franchise, you can check out our guide on how to play the games in chronological order, and we’re getting a reboot of the films, too.
