It’s October, which means we’re in the thick of the fall and gaming’s busiest release season. In most years, October serves as the annual climax of the release schedule — but not this year. That’s because November sees the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 and, for Nintendo fans, the equivalently huge deal that is the Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Nevertheless, October will be plenty busy enough for Switch 2 owners. The deluge of ports continues, along with some tasty Switch 2 upgrades for existing Switch games, including the two Octopath Traveler games and Minecraft. Nintendo has its traditional monthly exclusive in the form of a massive casual/family gaming comeback; Square Enix brings another retro RPG to the system; and a huge AAA multiplatform arrives on Nintendo, on day one, for the first time in a very long time. Here are our top six picks for the month.
1
Order of the Sinking Star
Release date: Oct. 8
October’s most notable game is this indie puzzle game, developed by Jonathan Blow, the creator of Braid and The Witness. Blow is a prickly, problematic person, and there are some questions about authorship and credit with Order of the Sinking Star, which is based on several other sokoban (block-pushing) puzzle games. But Blow’s genius as a designer of puzzles is undeniable, and this game is set up as a nearly bottomless well of fiendlishly clever head-scratchers.
2
Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen
Release date: Oct. 9
Capcom is the Switch 2’s number one fan, it seems, and the publisher won’t rest until it’s brought all of its current- and last-generation hits to the Nintendo console. Next up is this unusual action-RPG, which has some rough edges as well as some intentional friction in its design that some players bumped on, but which makes it a brilliant generator of unexpected adventures. The Switch 2 version of Dragon’s Dogma 2 gets the new Dark Arisen update and expansion from day one.
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