GameShare is one of the coolest features that arrived with the Switch 2 launch and the list of supported titles continues to grow as more Switch games get Switch 2 updates or full Switch 2 Editions.
What is Switch Gameshare?
When the Switch 2 launched, many early adopters ended up with households that suddenly had multiple Switch consoles. Luckily, the Local GameShare feature that arrived with the Switch 2 offers a pretty compelling reason to keep multiple units around.
The central pitch of GameShare is to let everyone play a game, even if only one person owns it. With a Nintendo Switch 2 system, players can use GameShare for supported titles to play games with friends and family who are using other Switch or Switch 2 systems.
Gamers of a certain age likely recall the era of Nintendo DS Download Play support that was very similar to GameShare.
To use local GameShare, the person who owns the game, or is using the cartridge, must be on a Switch 2 system. That Switch 2 can then share supported games locally with other Switch 2 systems or original Nintendo Switch systems.
Every Game with gameshare support
The lineup of local GameShare supported titles was pretty thin at launch, but it has been growing with each Switch 2 update that arrives for Nintendo’s catalog of Nintendo Switch titles.
At the moment, here is a comprehensive list of all local GameShare supported titles:
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV – Switch 2 Edition – Note that GameShare is specifically supported for the Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV version. It allows up to four players to share a single copy for the Mega Wiggler’s Tree Party board and 30 select minigames.
- Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Survival Kids
- Fast Fusion
- Split Fiction
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
- Chillin’ By the Fire
- EA Sports FC 26
- WWE 2K25
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
- Cast ‘n Chill
- Nicktoons and the Dice of Destiny
- Overcooked 2
- Plants vs Zombies: Replanted
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment – Local GameShare allows two players to play through the whole campaign together, which is a pretty awesome use case for the feature.
- Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Players should keep in mind that local GameShare is a proximity-based feature. That means that the multiple Switch and Switch 2 systems need to by physically near each other for the session to start connected.
There are certain to be more games added to the list, so check back in the near future for updates to the full local GameShare list.
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