Hitman: Absolution launches on Nintendo Switch
Agent 47 is back on Nintendo hardware. Feral Interactive has released Hitman: Absolution on Nintendo Switch, with the 2012 stealth-action title now available via the Nintendo eShop for $29.99 / £19.99 / €24,99. It joins a growing wave of older PC and console games finding new homes on modern systems—recently including strategy title Band of Crusaders arriving on GOG, which we covered here:
Band of Crusaders expand to GOG platform.
Hitman: Absolution – Nintendo Switch trailer
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Originally released in 2012, Hitman: Absolution follows Agent 47 after he is betrayed by the Agency he once served. Forced into hiding and tasked with protecting a young girl carrying a dangerous secret, he works through a new hitlist that ranges from sleazy motels to fortified compounds, leaning harder into a cinematic, story-driven structure than later entries.
On Nintendo Switch the focus is still on careful stealth: using Instinct Mode to read guard patrols, slipping into disguises to cross restricted areas, and turning each level into an assassination puzzle with environmental “accidents” and improvised traps. Across twenty missions there are multiple routes, optional challenges and score chasing for players who want to replay and perfect their runs, whether docked or handheld.
Hitman: Absolution
Release: November 13, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)
Genre: Stealth
Developer / Publisher: IO Interactive / Feral Interactive
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC — Steam
Feral also has post-launch support mapped out. The fan-favourite Contracts mode is scheduled as a free update in the first half of 2026, and a free upgrade for Nintendo Switch 2 is planned for 2026, allowing existing owners to take their purchase forward to Nintendo’s next system.
Written by Ronny Fiksdahl, Founder & Editor-in-Chief at Fix Gaming Channel.
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