Nintendo Indie Sale slashes prices on must-play titles like ‘Hades’ and ‘Stardew Valley’
SAVE UP TO 75%: Over three dozen digital games for the Nintendo Switch are discounted as part of Nintendo’s Indie Sale, which runs through April 23.
Nintendo has followed up its April 17 Indie World Showcase with a sale on a slew of beloved indie titles for the Switch.
Live now through April 23 at 11:59 p.m. PT, the aptly named Indie Sale slashes the prices of select digital games across the My Nintendo Store (online) and the Nintendo eShop (on Switch consoles). The event’s lineup includes a little something for every kind of gamer, from the massively popular mythological roguelike Hades (now available on iOS) to the cult classic 2D adventurer Hollow Knight, the hysterical viral rhythm game Trombone Champ, and cozy favorites like Bugsnax, Unpacking, Spiritfarer, and Stardew Valley.
Nintendo advertises the sale as having discounts of “up to 50%” off, but we found even bigger markdowns peppered in there; shoppers can save anywhere from 15 to 75%. Read on for a rundown of the best deals from the Indie Sale, followed by a complete list of every single featured game.
Mashable’s top picks from the Nintendo Indie Sale
Why we like it:
“As a roguelike action game, with its randomized room layouts, enemies, and power-up drops, forcing players to restart from the very beginning every time they die, [Hades is] challenging,” wrote former Mashable reporter Kellen Beck. “But while many of these kinds of games are frustrating, the story woven into this journey of Zagreus, the son of Hades, as he tries to escape the underworld is intoxicating.” It was our 2020 game of the year, and it’s getting a sequel in the near future — Steam players can sign up for a technical test — making now a great time to jump in. Plus, this appears to be its lowest price ever.
Why we like it:
You’re definitely familiar with ConcernedApe’s addictive farming sim if you’re into cozy games. What you might not know is that it just got a massive PC update containing “a laundry list of new content,” wrote Mashable’s Amanda Yeo, including “pets in hats, big chests, and the opportunity to crit a baby.” (You can also drink mayonnaise — now that’s what I call gaming!) The Nintendo Switch version of the game hasn’t gotten the patch just yet, but it shouldn’t be too much longer.
Why we like it:
“Cult of the Lamb is an adorably macabre, eldritch-themed combination of roguelike and base building games,” said Yeo. It got its own free content expansion in early 2024 called “Sins of the Flesh,” which added a new weapon, new achievements, new traits, new buildings, and [checks patch notes] six new types of poop, among other improvements.
A complete list of deals from the Nintendo Indie Sale
Among Us — $ 3.25
$ 5(save $ 1.75)Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling — $ 14.99
$ 24.99(save $ 10)Bugsnax — $ 7.49
$ 24.99(save $ 17.50)Cavern of Dreams — $ 10.39
$ 12.99(save $ 2.60)Celeste — $ 9.99
$ 19.99(save $ 10)Chicory: A Colorful Tale — $ 9.99
$ 19.99(save $ 10)Cocoon — $ 17.49
$ 24.99(save $ 7.50)Cult of the Lamb — $ 14.99
$ 24.99(save $ 10)Cuphead — $ 13.99
$ 19.99(save $ 6)Cuphead & The Delicious Last Course — $ 19.43
$ 26.99(save $ 7.56)Dicey Dungeons — $ 5.09
$ 14.99(save $ 9.90)Disco Elysium – The Final Cut — $ 11.99
$ 39.99(save $ 28)Eastward — $ 14.99
$ 24.99(save $ 10)Eastward – Between Two Worlds Bundle — $ 18.06
$ 27.79(save $ 9.73)Gang Beasts — $ 11.99
$ 29.99(save $ 18)Hades — $ 12.49
$ 24.99(save $ 12.50)Have A Nice Death — $ 16.66
$ 24.99(save $ 8.33)Hollow Knight — $ 7.50
$ 15(save $ 7.50)Katana Zero — $ 8.99
$ 14.99(save $ 6)Mineko’s Night Market — $ 15.99
$ 19.99(save $ 4)moon — $ 13.29
$ 18.99(save $ 5.70)Neon White — $ 14.99
$ 24.99(save $ 10)OneShot: World Machine Edition — $ 10.49
$ 14.99(save $ 4.50)Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition — $ 7.99
$ 19.99(save $ 12)Ori and the Will of the Wisps — $ 11.99
$ 29.99(save $ 18)Outer Wilds — $ 17.49
$ 24.99(save $ 7.50)Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition — $ 26.49
$ 37.99(save $ 11.50)Panzer Paladin — $ 10.99
$ 19.99(save $ 9)River City Girls 2 — $ 27.99
$ 39.99(save $ 12)Rogue Legacy 2 — $ 14.99
$ 24.99(save $ 10)Sea of Stars — $ 27.99
$ 34.99(save $ 7)Signalis — $ 13.99
$ 19.99(save $ 6)Slay the Spire — $ 8.74
$ 24.99(save $ 16.25)Spiritfarer — $ 7.49
$ 29.99(save $ 22.50)Stardew Valley — $ 9.99
$ 14.99(save $ 5)Trombone Champ — $ 8.24
$ 14.99(save $ 6.75)Tunic — $ 20.99
$ 29.99(save $ 9)Unpacking — $ 9.99
$ 19.99(save $ 10)Untitled Goose Game — $ 9.99
$ 19.99(save $ 10)Vampire Survivors — $ 4.24
$ 4.99(save $ 0.75)Wargroove + Wargroove 2 Bundle — $ 21.59
$ 35.99(save $ 14.40)What the Golf? — $ 19.99
$ 29.99(save $ 10)
