SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Umamusume: Pretty Derby’, ‘Super Dark Deception’, Plus Today’s Other Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 30th, 2024. In today’s article, we have a handful of new releases to look at as we bid farewell to August. A few decent ones, and a few unique ones. Outside of that, there isn’t much more than the lists of new sales and expiring discounts. This has been a busy week for me in many ways, but we should be back to the normal routine next week. Let’s get to what we’ve got!

Select New Releases

Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash ($44.99)

I say thee neigh, Umamusume! Everyone’s favorite horse-girls arrive on Switch with this party game for up to four players via local or online multiplayer. There are four different minigames to play, and you get a full story mode with twenty-five playable characters to enjoy. It’s unbridled excitement for fans of the series, so if that’s you it’s time to start horsing around with your friends. I give you free rein to be as sore of a winner as you like, but get ready to hoof it if they get mad about it.

Super Dark Deception ($17.99)

Take Dark Deception, and then imagine how that would look as a sprite-based 2D game. Would it look like Super Dark Deception? Maybe not, but someone’s idea of it clearly did because here we are. Try to escape the mazes with your life intact, using anything and everything at your disposal to avoid being killed by the roaming creatures that go bump in the night. At launch, the game only includes the first chapter, consisting of four levels. More will be added over time as free DLC, but do consider that relatively low amount of content and admittedly uncertain future before purchasing.

Forest, Fields and Fortresses ($4.99)

A tile-placing puzzle game where you’re building a kingdom one piece at a time. There are two modes of play here. One is a puzzle mode where you have a set number and type of pieces and need to place them in such a way that you’ll earn enough gold to pass. The other mode is called Adventure Mode, where you can unlock and use a variety of starting maps and a random assortment of pieces to build with. Not bad at all if you’re looking for an affordable bit of puzzling fun today.

Date Z ($14.99)

A choice-based visual novel dating sim where you have to find a date by Friday or die. Well, no pressure there. There are five potential partners to woo, and naturally a bunch of different endings to uncover. I was ready to write it off as another in the big pile of games like this, but then I saw the above screenshot. How do I not include a game with that kind of screenshot on its store page?

Bedrotting ($14.99)

Well, this is a horror game premise I haven’t seen before. You play as a young girl who has been in a car accident. While your body is fine, your mental state isn’t. You can’t seem to get up out of your bed, basically. You need to survive for twenty days, which means eating, using a bucket as a toilet, and doing whatever you can to keep yourself together. That last bit becomes a very big problem as strange visions start to appear. Are they real? Your imagination? Does it matter? One for the enjoyers of creepy games, I’d say.

Sales

(North American eShop, US Prices)

Not quite as interesting a list of new sales as yesterday’s, but if you’re looking to fill up on Pinball FX tables a number of them are discounted right now. Retro City Rampage DX and Shakedown: Hawaii are at their lowest prices yet, and that may be of interest to some. Over in the weekend outbox, the latest sale from Limited Run Games is wrapping up. Grab what you must.

Select New Sales

WitchSpring R ($35.99 from $39.99 until 9/5)
Dice Make 10! ($3.59 from $3.99 until 9/5)
Bug & Seek ($11.24 from $14.99 until 9/5)
The House of Da Vinci 2 ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/6)
Kingdom Rush ($5.49 from $9.99 until 9/6)
Kingdom Rush Origins ($8.24 from $14.99 until 9/6)
Kingdom Rush Frontiers ($5.49 from $9.99 until 9/6)
Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey ($2.39 from $15.99 until 9/6)
Charlie Brown Christmas Pinball DLC ($2.74 from $5.49 until 9/9)
Marvel Pinball Collection 1 DLC ($11.99 from $23.99 until 9/9)
Tiny Thor ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/12)
Cilla ($5.59 from $6.99 until 9/12)
The Legend of Dark Witch ($3.49 from $6.99 until 9/12)
The Legend of Dark Witch Ep. 2 ($8.99 from $9.99 until 9/12)

Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch Story ($4.49 from $8.99 until 9/12)
Forward To The Sky ($9.79 from $48.99 until 9/13)
Wall World ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/13)
The Oregon Trail ($17.99 from $29.99 until 9/19)
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened ($9.99 from $39.99 until 9/19)
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/19)
Shadows of Adam ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/19)
Retro City Rampage DX ($3.49 from $14.99 until 9/19)
Shakedown Hawaii ($3.49 from $19.99 until 9/19)
Rise: Race the Future ($6.59 from $16.49 until 9/19)
Speed Overflow ($7.79 from $12.99 until 9/19)
Path to Purge ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/19)

Sales Ending This Weekend

Another Crab’s Treasure ($23.99 from $29.99 until 8/31)
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore ($11.99 from $19.99 until 8/31)
Cosmic Star Heroine ($3.74 from $14.99 until 8/31)
Dark Quest 3 ($7.59 from $18.99 until 8/31)
Geometry Survivor ($1.99 from $4.99 until 8/31)
Hot Wheels Unleashed ($5.99 from $39.99 until 8/31)
Hot Wheels Unleashed GotY Edition ($11.99 from $79.99 until 8/31)
Jurassic Park Games Collection ($17.99 from $29.99 until 8/31)
Night Trap ($3.74 from $14.99 until 8/31)
Oddworld Soulstorm ($17.49 from $49.99 until 8/31)
Operation Wolf Returns ($10.49 from $29.99 until 8/31)
The House in Fata Morgana ($19.99 from $39.99 until 8/31)
Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery ($13.96 from $19.95 until 9/1)

That’s all for today, this week, and this month, friends. As mentioned in the opening paragraph, this was an unusually busy week for me beyond my work here on the site. I apologize if things have seemed a bit light as a result. We’ll be back to the normal schedule next week, and that means plenty of reviews, new releases, sales, and some news. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and as always, thanks for reading!