- Age 10+
- Up to 2 players
- Download 847 MB
- Strategy
- Simulation
Age rating content: Fantasy Violence, Mild Language.
Languages: English, Spanish, French, German
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About this game
Defense Grid 2 is an award-winning tower defense strategy game.
A horde of enemies is invading and stealing your cores, now it's up to you to stop them by strategically building towers at your base. The controls are intuitive, the gameplay is deep, and you’ll find yourself refining your strategies for hours on end.
Now on Nintendo Switch you can defend the cores wherever, whenever.
Defense Grid 2 for Nintendo Switch includes the latest updates and improvements from the original as well as new enhancements for the Nintendo Switch.
Campaign
DG2 features a 26-mission campaign and includes the newest installment DG2: Aftermath, an additional 5-mission chapter.
Cooperative
Play the campaign locally with a friend in 2 Player Story Mode or work with a friend to stop the alien waves in 2 Player Coordinated Defense Mode.
Difficulty
Four different difficulty levels are designed for players of all skill levels.
Leaderboards
Fight for the top spot on the Global Leaderboards or compete among your friends on the Friends Leaderboards.
Tower Upgrades
Unlock more than 40 tower upgrades each with 5 power levels. Customize your loadout to try different strategies.
Special Weapons
Unlock and equip 6 different AI each with a unique special weapon. Each weapon has a powerful ability; choose wisely as you can only have one AI equipped in your loadout.
Challenge Modes
Ten unique challenge modes that provide additional fun. Players can compete on the leaderboards for the top spots!
Achievements
More than 40 local achievements add additional challenge goals.
Voice cast
Defense Grid 2 features a full cast of top voice actors and is localized for English, French, German, and Spanish.
Prices by country
Cheapest today: 🇿🇦 South Africa, $12.15. That is 36% below the typical price across eShops today. Never cheaper since we started tracking it in October 2026.
| Country | Price |
|---|---|
| South Africa | $12.15 |
| New Zealand | $15.21 |
| Sweden | $17.25 |
| Canada | $17.32 |
| Australia | $17.53 |
| Norway | $17.88 |
| Poland | $17.93 |
| Denmark | $18.84 |
| Austria | $18.92 |
| Belgium | $18.92 |
| Bulgaria | $18.92 |
| Cyprus | $18.92 |
| Germany | $18.92 |
| Estonia | $18.92 |
| Spain | $18.92 |
| Finland | $18.92 |
| France | $18.92 |
| Greece | $18.92 |
| Croatia | $18.92 |
| Hungary | $18.92 |
| Ireland | $18.92 |
| Italy | $18.92 |
| Lithuania | $18.92 |
| Luxembourg | $18.92 |
| Latvia | $18.92 |
| Malta | $18.92 |
| Netherlands | $18.92 |
| Portugal | $18.92 |
| Romania | $18.92 |
| Slovenia | $18.92 |
| Slovakia | $18.92 |
| Czechia | $19.42 |
| United States | $19.99 |
| Mexico | $20.11 |
| United Kingdom | $20.24 |
| Switzerland | $28.81 |
Click a country to see how to buy there; new to buying abroad? Here is how it works. Prices are as each eShop lists them: VAT included where the eShop includes it, US prices before sales tax, and for Canada we add the 5% federal tax Nintendo leaves out · fetched up to 2026-11-05 12:43 UTC · not sold in 4 countries.
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