Vessels of Decay Launching on Nintendo Switch This Summer

Hey, grab your Nintendo Switches and hang in there for something interesting! So, there’s this game right — you’ve probably never heard of it — called Vessels of Decay. The folks over at Headup just dropped the news that they’re bringing this post-apocalyptic action-adventure craziness over to us. Fun times, right?

Let me spill some tea on this one. We’ve got some talented people in the mix: Simon Jakobsson and a group known as Aurora Punks — not sure who these people are, but the name Aurora Punks? Love it. The game revolves around two characters, Freja and Mud (yep, Mud), and you’ll get to navigate through creepy Scandinavian myth-inspired landscapes. Picture all those tales your grandma used to tell but with extra monsters — really not sure how they’ll sleep at night.

Oh, and Dieter Schoeller, who’s the Headup CEO (sounds fancy!), is super excited, and he’s blabbing about partnering up with those developers. Says something like, “This game has a unique blend of folklore and action…” blah blah blah. You get the gist, right? Typical CEO stuff. These suits always love to hype it up.

So what’s actually cool about it? Here’s the scoop: there’s a battle system that’s all you, baby! Fight how you want! Then there are these sweet ‘Unique Finishers’ — every enemy is a blank canvas for battle art. Go wild! And don’t even get me started on these boss fights… those myths aren’t just fairy tales, apparently. Bring your A-game!

The real hook is this world made, like, entirely from someone’s fever dream of pixels, death, and vintage vibes. I mean, seriously, it feels like a Nordic postcard that went on a bender. Nature’s taking cities back, like a hipster reclaiming a Polaroid camera. You know what I mean? Maybe not, but that’s what hit me.

It’s set to pop up digitally for us on the Nintendo eShop when things heat up in Summer 2025. Which, let’s face it, is some time away. I suppose plenty of time to brave the legends, grip my Switch, and get lost in their pixelated universe full of doom and Nordic glory.

Who knows? It might be a masterpiece, or it might just make us question our life choices — the jury’s still out on that one. For now, I need more coffee, and I’ll leave you with a mysterious trailer. Stay tuned, or at least pretend — I mean, not gonna lie, sometimes that’s half the battle.