Child Of Light Review Switch May 2026

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Now on the Nintendo Switch, Ubisoft’s 2014 watercolor dream has found its true home. But is this "little princess saves the kingdom" story worth your time a decade later, or does it drown in its own whimsy? Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Child of Light is the prettiest game you’ve never played on a handheld. The UbiArt Framework engine paints Lemuria like a storybook that crawled out of a Studio Ghibli fever dream. On the Switch’s OLED screen, Aurora’s golden hair catches the light of a dying sun. The ruins crumble in soft, melancholic purples. child of light review switch

But here’s the twist the screenshots don't tell you: It’s also a . But it is the

It’s not a masterpiece. It’s a lullaby. And on the Switch, tucked under the covers at 11 PM, a lullaby is exactly what you need. Let’s get the obvious out of the way:

After you finish Tears of the Kingdom and your brain is fried from fusing rocks to sticks, or after Persona 5 Royal makes you dream in calendar dates, pick this up. It is a short, sad, hopeful poem about a dead mother who fights the darkness with a sword and a firefly.

It dares to ask: What if a fantasy epic was just… beautiful?