{"id":136746,"date":"2026-04-07T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199583"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:00:00","slug":"fantastic-fantasy-roguelike-absolum-is-getting-the-full-physical-treatment-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/07\/fantastic-fantasy-roguelike-absolum-is-getting-the-full-physical-treatment-on-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Fantasy Roguelike Absolum Is Getting The Full Physical Treatment On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/157495c0e46da\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/157495c0e46da\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"157495c0e46da\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Absolum Switch 2 Physical\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/157495c0e46da\/absolum-switch-2-physical.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/157495c0e46da\/absolum-switch-2-physical.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Absolum Switch 2 Physical\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After getting its hooks in us last year with its addictive &#8216;rogue &#8217;em up&#8217; gameplay loop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/absolum\">Absolum<\/a> is heading to Switch 2 later this year&#8230; with a full physical release.<\/p>\n<p>Silver Lining Interactive today announced that the fantasy roguelike&#8217;s next-gen physical is now available to pre-order from its <a href=\"https:\/\/direct.silverliningint.com\/products\/absolum-standard-edition-nintendo-switch-2?_pos=2&amp;_sid=29976e3b1&amp;_ss=r\">online store<\/a> for <strong>\u00a344.99 \/ \u20ac49.99 \/ $49.99<\/strong>. While a precise release date hasn&#8217;t been given just yet, the publisher expects the copies to ship at some point in <strong>Q3 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You might recall that the game landed a physical release on Switch 1 last year, accompanied by a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/direct.silverliningint.com\/products\/absolum-special-edition-nintendo-switch?_pos=1&amp;_sid=29976e3b1&amp;_ss=r\">Special Edition<\/a>&#8216; which threw in some extra merch for good measure. Said Special Edition is still available on the Silver Lining website, and the upcoming Switch 2 version only seems to be coming as a &#8216;Standard&#8217; purchase \u2014 so don&#8217;t expect any bonus merch for the new hardware. That said, the publisher has confirmed that the full game will be on the Switch 2 cartridge, so every cloud.<\/p>\n<p>As for whether this Switch 2 physical will boast any performance boosts on the new hardware, well, we&#8217;re still not sure just yet. We&#8217;d like to think that the Switch 2 release will make the most of the system&#8217;s improved specs, but only time will tell. We have reached out to Silver Lining Interactive and will update you if we hear any details in response.<\/p>\n<p>Not that the game necessarily requires any improvements, mind you. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/absolum\">our 9\/10 review<\/a>, we described Absolum as &#8220;incredibly impressive in its reconstitution of arcade, role-playing, and roguelike formats, evolving them into something fresh and exciting&#8221;. In short, we&#8217;ll take any excuse to dive in all over again.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:188446,197409 @ 1775574003 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be picking up Absolum&#8217;s Switch 2 physical? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life After getting its hooks in us last year with its addictive &#8216;rogue &#8217;em up&#8217; gameplay loop, Absolum is heading to Switch 2 later this year&#8230; with a full physical release. Silver Lining Interactive today announced that the fantasy roguelike&#8217;s next-gen physical is now available to pre-order from its online store for \u00a344.99 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}