Harold Halibut is now available on Nintendo Switch 2 with a limited-time 33% launch discount. Slow Bros’ narrative adventure brings its handmade sets, puppets and submerged spaceship to Nintendo’s console following its original release in spring 2024.
The game previously launched on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Its Switch 2 arrival gives you another way to experience Harold’s story of friendship, daily work, and finding a place to call home.
A Handmade Spaceship Beneath an Alien Ocean
Harold Halibut takes place aboard a city-sized spaceship stranded underwater on another planet. You follow Harold as he helps maintain the vessel and spends time with the people living inside it.
The ship houses more than 40 characters, with fully voiced dialogue supporting its cinematic story. Harold’s relationships with the residents run alongside his maintenance duties, connecting everyday life aboard the ship to broader questions about belonging.
Rather than presenting the spacecraft solely as a location to pass through, the game makes it the center of Harold’s life. His work and conversations provide a view of the community that calls this unusual place home.
Physical Models Create Its Stop-Motion Appearance
Development began in 2013, with Slow Bros constructing physical sets and puppets before scanning them into the game.
The studio used traditional sculpting and model-making techniques to create the objects seen on screen. Those scans form the basis of the game’s 3D environments and characters, preserving the appearance of handmade materials within an interactive adventure.
That production method gives Harold Halibut its stop-motion-inspired look. The presentation also includes motion-captured animation, bringing movement to characters whose designs began as physical models.
Available Now on Nintendo Switch 2
The Switch 2 release follows a lengthy development process and the game’s initial launch more than two years ago. Its arrival carries the same focus on a fully voiced cast, retrofuturistic design and Harold’s search for the meaning of home.
Harold Halibut is now available on Nintendo Switch 2, with a 33% launch discount for a limited time.
