[STEAM] Dying Light: Retouched Update Isn't Coming to Nintendo Switch as Techland Denies Plans for Switch 2 Port

[Steam 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

The Dying Light: Retouched update will add enhanced visuals and remastered audio to

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

on PC and consoles tomorrow – but Nintendo Switch players won’t be able to join in on the fun.

The studio

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

yesterday, revealing a content drop that will make the 10-year-old post-apocalyptic hit feel fresher than ever. Improved textures and lighting, as well as an audio experience that’s been completely remastered from the ground up, are just the start of what was outlined for players on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S. Nintendo Switch, however, was left out of the lineup entirely.

IGN reached out to Techland to ask about a potential Dying Light: Retouched update for Nintendo Switch and if it’s something players can look forward to in the future. A representative for the studio tells us it’s not in the cards.

“The Dying Light: Retouched Update is not coming to Nintendo Switch,” Techland explained in an email exchange.

Dying Light first arrived for Nintendo’s original hybrid gaming platform

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. It’s unclear how this version fared in terms of sales, but we do know its performance was

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

that has rendered it unavailable to purchase digitally through the Switch eShop across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Those hoping that Retouched or a similar update could instead arrive for Nintendo Switch 2 are also out of luck. For now, Dying Light is only playable on Nintendo’s new hardware via backward compatibility.

“When it comes to a Switch 2 port of the original Dying Light: We have no plans at this moment,” Techland tells us. “We're currently fully focused on delivering

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

on August 22, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. We have no news to share about Nintendo Switch 2 at this time.”

It means Techland’s Dying Light support for Nintendo fans remains limited to Dying Light: Platinum Edition on the original Switch.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

– Cloud Version was

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

but

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

despite the sequel arriving for other platforms in 2022. There’s no word on when or if it will ever be released.

Meanwhile, Dying Light: The Beast, a spinoff that puts players back in the shoes of original protagonist Kyle Crane, is set to leave out Nintendo platforms when

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. Dying Light Franchise Director Tymon Smektała told

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

last week that Techland would “love” to bring The Beast to Switch 2 but had “nothing to announce” at the time.

Dying Light: Retouched is still set to introduce a healthy number of changes to the decade-old zombie game when it launches tomorrow. You can read more about everything included in the developer’s blog post

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

. You can also check out our original 8.5/10 Dying Light review

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

(@MikeCripe).

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up