Various industry leakers and soothsayers are claiming that Resident Evil 7 will get a Switch 2 port and that it will be announced at the rumored upcoming Nintendo Direct. Meanwhile, another industry insider with a solid track record says that many Resident Evil games powered by Capcom’s RE Engine are getting ported to Nintendo’s new console, too.
On September 3, well-known and reliable Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem shared that they had heard that Capcom was bringing “all the Resident Evil RE engine games” to Switch 2. This news was shared on ResetEra in a forum thread about rumors that the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem would arrive on Switch 2 and PS4. Some assumed that, if Capcom was reportedly bringing the newest Resident Evil game to Switch 2, it might be possible for recent entries built using the same tech to arrive on Nintendo’s hybrid machine as well. And it sounds like that’s exactly what the publisher has planned.
Other leakers have since claimed that Capcom will announce a Switch 2 port of 2017’s Resident Evil 7 at a rumored Direct later this month. On Tuesday, Dusk Golem shared more information on social media. While the leaker couldn’t confirm those specific RE7 announcement rumors, admitting that they don’t have information about Capcom’s marketing plan, Dusk Golem did reiterate that they have heard “several times now” that Capcom has been working for “a hot minute” on bringing all the main RE Engine-powered Resident Evil titles to Switch 2. Importantly, the leaker clarified on social media that these will be native Switch 2 ports and not streaming versions powered by the cloud.
BONUS 2 I guess: I didn’t tweet it, but if anyone wants to read what I originally said this (and why I was asked about it), was last week here:https://t.co/jiVxmztiVC
— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) September 9, 2025
“I’m guessing they’re lining up a number of the Switch 2 ports, and those PS5 versions of various Resident Evil games rated within the last year, as part of their 30-year anniversary celebration stuff,” conjectured Dusk Golem. “But that’s a guess on my side. Them happening is not though.”
It makes sense that Capcom would bring all of the RE Engine-developed Resident Evil games to Switch 2, as every one of those games, starting with Resident Evil 7, has arrived on PlayStation 4, including RE4 Remake. So the engine is very scalable, and the company already has less graphically intense versions of these horror games ready to be ported to the Switch 2. Now we just have to wait and see if these rumors and leaks end up being true or if the real nightmare is that the Switch 2 never gets a single Resident Evil game. At the very least, next year we get a brand new Resident Evil game on PS5, Xbox, and PC.
