All the Free Nintendo Switch Online Games You Can Download Right Now

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While PlayStation and Xbox have been asking their users to subscribe to services to play online multiplayer games for years, Nintendo just hopped on the bandwagon with its Nintendo Switch console. The aptly titled Nintendo Switch Online is similar in practice to Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus; for a fee ($19.99 per year for the base package, $49.99 for the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack), Switch users are able to play games online, utilize cloud save features, and more.

Also like PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold, a Nintendo Switch Online subscription includes access to «free» games. Instead of releasing new games on a monthly basis, however, Nintendo Switch Online adds retro titles from legacy Nintendo consoles in batches, in addition to the occasional original game.

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Here are all the games that Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can play at the time of this writing across NES, SNES, and original titles.

Updated January 26, 2022 by Dalton Cooper: Nintendo has greatly expanded the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service since it was first launched in 2018, adding more NES and SNES games as well as Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis titles.

The NES and SNES games are readily available through the base subscription, but those that want to play Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games will have to shell out the cash for the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, which is $49.99 per year. The main benefit of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is the ability to play these Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games, but there are other perks as well.

For instance, the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack adds online functionality to the N64 and Sega