Four major Disney releases on Nintendo Switch hardware in a single calendar year. That’s not a figure anyone was predicting when the Switch 2 launched, but 2026 has quietly stacked up into one of the most substantive Disney gaming years in recent memory — and there’s still one more title to come before December.
Since the original Switch launched in 2017, only eleven Disney-affiliated games have made it to the platform. Getting four of them in a single year represents a genuine shift, and the quality of what’s landed so far makes this worth paying attention to even if you’d written off Disney’s gaming output since the Kingdom Hearts era.
The Disney Afternoon Collection Revives SNES Classics
The year’s most nostalgically charged release arrived in February. The Disney Afternoon Collection — which originally came to PC and consoles back in 2017 — finally landed on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on 26 February, bringing with it the full set of beloved Capcom Disney titles: DuckTales, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, and their respective sequels.
The Switch and Switch 2 version goes further than the original release. Digital Eclipse and Atari added two SNES titles that weren’t included before: Bonkers and Goof Troop, each making their first appearance on modern hardware since the early 1990s. Goof Troop in particular carries an interesting piece of gaming trivia — it was one of the earliest titles from Shinji Mikami, who would later go on to create Resident Evil.
Worth knowing: Goof Troop on SNES was an early directing credit for Shinji Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil. It’s a co-op puzzle platformer about Goofy and Max rescuing friends from a pirate island.
Dreamlight Valley and Speedstorm Land on Switch 2
March brought Disney Dreamlight Valley to Switch 2. The Animal Crossing-adjacent life sim — which tasks players with rebuilding Dreamlight Valley alongside a roster of Disney and Pixar characters — has developed a loyal following since its 2022 launch, and the Switch 2 edition represents a cleaner experience than the original Switch version ever managed to deliver.
Disney Speedstorm followed in July, with a Switch 2 edition of Gameloft’s kart racer arriving on 15 July. The game features Disney and Pixar characters across a range of thematic circuits, and the Switch 2 port reportedly makes use of the hardware’s performance improvements for smoother racing at higher resolutions. Neither title is strictly new, but the Switch 2 editions give them a longer shelf life and reach a new audience of Nintendo’s latest hardware owners.
Between the two, the Disney games line-up on Nintendo Switch 2 started to look more coherent than it has at any point since the platform launched: a retro collection, a cozy sim, a racing game, and more to come.
Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Completes the Lineup This October
The headline release of the year arrives on 6 October, when THQ Nordic brings Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed to Switch 2. The original Epic Mickey — released on Wii in 2010 — was a critically praised action platformer that leaned into Disney’s forgotten characters and darker visual history. Rebrushed is a full remake with updated art, reworked controls, and quality-of-life improvements for modern players.
Its arrival on Switch 2 is notable because Epic Mickey: Rebrushed had already launched on other platforms; the Switch 2 port gives it a new distribution window and access to a fanbase that heavily skews toward exactly the kind of player likely to appreciate a love letter to classic Disney gaming.
Add it all up and 2026 represents the most sustained Disney gaming push on Switch hardware since the platform launched. The Afternoon Collection alone would have been sufficient to mark the year as noteworthy. With Epic Mickey: Rebrushed landing in the autumn, the final shape of Disney’s 2026 Nintendo lineup looks considerably more impressive than anyone had reason to expect at the start of the year.
