Indie World Recap: City of None, Tenjutsu, and Sword of the Sea on Switch 2

Nintendo's Indie World Showcase aired October 28 at 7 a.m. Pacific, packing more than 20 games into roughly 15 minutes, per GameLuster's roundup. The headliners: City of None, the new game from Celeste studio Extremely OK Games, is coming to Switch 2 and Switch in 2027; Tenjutsu, the Devolver-published roguelike from a former Dead Cells director, hits Switch 2 in 2027; and Sword of the Sea ends its PlayStation console exclusivity on Switch 2 — today, October 29.

The show was Nintendo's first indie broadcast since March, announced the day before on the Nintendo Today app, and it leaned hard on dates rather than vague windows.

The details

• Out now: Bao Bao's Cozy Cleaning Services shadow-dropped October 28; free demos arrived for Winds of Viridia, Petal Runner, Haunted Paws, and Raccoin
• This year: Sword of the Sea (Switch 2, October 29), Raccoin: Chaos Max Edition and Tanuki: Pon's Summer Switch 2 Editions (November 10), Spirit Crossing (November 16, console exclusive)
• Dated for 2027: Witchbrook (January 28), Everything is Crab (January 26, free Switch 2 upgrade), Slime Rancher 2 on Switch 2 (January), Petal Runner (March 8), My Arms Are Longer Now (March 11), Super Battle Golf (March 25)
• Windows: Threads of Time (summer 2027), Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino and Finding Polka (spring 2027), R.E.P.O. and Dumpster Gang (2027), HYPERyuki: Snowboard Syndicate and Lost and Found Co. (early 2027)

What stood out?

City of None is the biggest get — Extremely OK Games' follow-up was PC-only when it was announced in April, and a Switch family release puts the Celeste team back on the hardware where that game became a phenomenon. Tenjutsu gives Switch 2 a pedigreed action roguelike, and Threads of Time, a turn-based RPG built in Unreal Engine 5, rounds out the marquee trio. The quiet pattern across the show: most 2027 dates came with Switch 2 Editions or outright Switch 2 exclusives like Petal Runner, a sign of where indie publishers think the audience is heading.

Fifteen minutes, twenty-plus games, four demos, one shadow-drop, and a PlayStation exclusive defecting with 24 hours' notice — for a morning check-in, the Zone was busy.