Splatoon Raiders
Splat scores of enemies and hunt for treasure in this single-player focused action shooter. Play as a mechanic working with Deep Cut – a trio of swashbuckling musicians – and venture out into the mysterious…
Splatoon Raiders is an adventure developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5, released 23 July 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2.
What Splatoon Raiders is
Splatoon Raiders is an adventure game developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 and released in 2026. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stranded in the mysterious Spiralhite Islands by a massive windstorm, you, a skilled mechanic, join the free-wheeling, treasure-hunting trio Deep Cut in raiding the islands' many ecosystems for treasure, including clues seemingly mentioning a hoard of gold. Your quest won't be easy, however, as endless armies of Salmonids stand in your way, but by working together with Shiver, Frye and Big Man, you can fight back with a variety of weapons or gadgets to push forward and uncover many secrets hidden within the islands.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
Where it sits in the Splatoon series
Splatoon Raiders is the 21st of 21 entries we hold in the Splatoon series. It arrived 2 years after Splatoon 3: Side Order. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 87 is 2 points above the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 93.
How it was received
Splatoon Raiders holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 25 hrs.
What it launched against
Splatoon Raiders launched on 23 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 9 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Splatoon Raiders yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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