Stellar Blade Complete Edition on Switch 2: Release Date, Price, Contents and Performance

Stellar Blade has now shipped on three platforms across two years, and the Switch 2 release is not a new game. It is the complete package, on a cartridge, on a handheld.

Release date

Stellar Blade Complete Edition launched on 5 November 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, at 7:00 AM Pacific, which is midnight on 6 November in Korea and Japan.

It is the third platform for the game. The PS5 version arrived on 26 April 2024 and the PC version on 11 June 2025, so the Switch 2 port lands more than two years after the original.

Price and editions

A Limited Edition SteelBook with exclusive key art sells for $69.99 / £69.99 through retailers.

What is included

The Complete Edition bundles the base game with every collaboration released so far.

• NieR:Automata: 2B and A2 outfits for EVE, 9S for Lily, an Emil head for Adam, a Pod 042 skin and Emil's Shop.
• Goddess of Victory: NIKKE: the Scarlet boss fight, outfits, hairstyles, music, a shooting-range minigame and fishing.
• Bayonetta: four Nanosuits (Bayonetta, Jeanne, Nun and Black Tresses), two pairs of glasses and two pairs of earrings.
• Complete Edition bonuses: the Stargazer Suit, Stargazer Wear and Stargazer Coat, half-rim glasses, quadruple rectangle earrings, the Planet Diving Suit (Captain), the Stargazer and Fluffy Bear drone packs, 2,000 SP EXP and 5,000 gold.
• Pre-order bonuses: the Planet Diving Suit (White Edition), classic round glasses and ear-armour earrings.

Shift Up states that the physical release ships the full game on a 32 GB cartridge. There is no Game-Key Card and no download code, so the game runs from the card.Official

The Bayonetta update is free everywhere

The Bayonetta content arrived on the same day as a free update for PS5 and PC, released as patch 1.5.0 on PC. Four Nanosuits, two pairs of glasses and two pairs of earrings went to every platform at no cost, so Switch 2 owners are not getting a paid exclusive here.

That matters if you already own the game elsewhere. The Switch 2 version's value is portability and the all-in-one cartridge, not content you cannot get on PS5.

Switch 2 performance

Digital Foundry published its technical analysis on 7 November 2026. The headline numbers:

• Docked, internal resolution of roughly 540p, with frame generation bringing the output to a 60 FPS target.
• DLSS is used to stabilise the image.
• Stellar Blade is one of the first Switch 2 titles to use frame generation.
• Environment detail is cut back against PS5, lighting quality drops, and pop-in is more noticeable, especially in large scenes.

The 540p figure and the frame-generation behaviour are Digital Foundry's measurements, not figures published by Shift Up or Nintendo.

The practical reading: the port keeps the combat feel and the frame rate target, and pays for both with resolution and scene detail. If you have played the PS5 version, the drop is visible in wide shots rather than in fights.

Demo and controls

A free demo is available on the Switch 2 eShop, so the performance question is testable before you buy.

The Switch 2 version also supports Joy-Con 2 motion controls, which Shift Up describes as being used for activities outside combat rather than in fights.

Sales context

Alinea Analytics estimated 5.4 million copies sold across PS5 and PC by early November 2026, for about $316.9 million, with roughly half on each platform and 41% of sales coming from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong combined. Those figures exclude the Switch 2 release, and no Switch 2 sales have been published.

What is still unconfirmed

• Switch 2 sales figures. Nothing has been published.
• Handheld-mode resolution. Digital Foundry's published numbers focus on docked mode.
• Any cross-save or upgrade path from PS5 or PC.

Read next

• Stellar Blade hub: release facts, screenshots and the current guide list.