The Duskbloods release date: still set for 2026, with no exact day yet

The Duskbloods is still set for 2026, but it doesn’t have a release day yet. FromSoftware’s official site and Nintendo’s US store both list it as a 2026 release, with no price or pre-orders. It’s a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, and its network test ran from Aug. 21 to 24, 2026.

When does The Duskbloods come out?

FromSoftware hasn’t named a day. When it revealed the game at the Nintendo Direct on April 2, 2025, it said The Duskbloods would come out in 2026, and that’s still the window on its official site and on Nintendo’s US store. Nintendo’s US store lists it as coming soon, with no price and a rating still pending.

The Duskbloods, which FromSoftware publishes, isn’t on Nintendo’s own schedule of its main releases. That schedule, from Aug. 6, 2026, lists Nintendo’s other late-2026 Switch 2 games, from Nintendo Switch Sports Resort on Oct. 22 to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition on Dec. 3.

1. Apr 2, 2025Revealed at the Nintendo Direct, for 2026
2. Apr 4, 2025Nintendo publishes an interview with director Hidetaka Miyazaki
3. Jul 15, 2026FromSoftware announces a network test
4. Aug 21, 2026Network test begins
5. Aug 24, 2026Network test ends
6. Sep 4, 2026Player survey closes

Network test: what happened in August

FromSoftware ran the network test from Aug. 21 to 24, 2026, Japan time. Before the first session, it published an online manual covering the controls, the game screen and the basic rules. It asked testers to turn on error reporting on their Switch 2, and to try a stable wireless connection or a wired connection in the dock if online play was unstable.

After the test, FromSoftware opened a survey for testers and non-testers alike until Sept. 4, with four original wallpapers for everyone who answered. It says the feedback will help it improve the final game. Sign-ups for the test are now closed.

How it plays: PvPvE for up to eight players

Miyazaki calls The Duskbloods a PvPvE game: you fight other players and computer-controlled enemies in the same match. From a hub area, you pick your character, customize it and head into online matches for up to eight players. Matches are usually last player standing, but some have other goals, such as teaming up to take down a powerful boss. You get rewards after every match, win or lose, and spend them on customizing your character.

Miyazaki says the game started as a small project for the original Switch before Nintendo told FromSoftware about Switch 2, and the studio rebuilt it around the new console’s online features. He also says the focus on multiplayer doesn’t mean FromSoftware is moving to multiplayer games in general.

The Bloodsworn: over a dozen characters

You play as one of the Bloodsworn, beings with superhuman abilities that come from special blood. They’ve been summoned to fight at the Twilight of Humanity, forming short-lived alliances and rivalries as they compete for the right to First Blood. Miyazaki says there are more than a dozen characters, each with their own look, weapons and abilities, and you can customize each one to a certain extent.

Movement is faster than in FromSoftware’s earlier games: basic moves include sprinting, a super jump and a double jump. The setting includes firearms, and every character has some way to attack from a distance.

Platforms, price and online

The Duskbloods is coming only to Nintendo Switch 2, in TV, tabletop and handheld modes. Online play needs a Nintendo Switch Online membership, sold separately. FromSoftware and Nintendo haven’t announced a price, an edition lineup or pre-orders.

For more Switch 2 games, see our page on the next Nintendo Direct.

This page is updated as soon as FromSoftware announces a release date, a price or pre-orders for The Duskbloods.