Can other users play games I bought on Switch?

You can play digital games that you've purchased with your Nintendo Account

Nintendo Account

A Nintendo Account is an account that is required for using certain services from Nintendo, such as Nintendo Switch online services (including access to Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch), off-device software purchases and the My Nintendo rewards programme.

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on any Nintendo Switch console. Once you've registered a primary console, your digital purchases can also be played by anyone that uses the primary console. Other players will not be able to access your digital games on a non-primary console.

Can I play a game someone else bought on switch?

Yes. Once a game has been purchased in the Nintendo eShop, anyone with a user account on that system will be able to play it.

Why can't other users play my games on switch?

Purchases on the Nintendo Switch eShop are tied to the Nintendo Account that made the purchase. You can register one primary console per Nintendo Account. Once you've registered a primary console, your digital purchases can be played by anyone that uses the primary console.

Can 2 people play the same game on different switches?

Purchases made using a Nintendo Account can be redownloaded and played on any Nintendo Switch console it is linked to. You can link your Nintendo Account to user profiles on multiple consoles. Only one Nintendo Switch console can be the primary console for your Nintendo Account at any given time.

Are Switch games locked to account?

Purchase games and/or add funds in the Nintendo eShop. These will be tied to your Nintendo Account.

GameSharing on Nintendo Switch

Can I give my digital game to someone else?

It's not possible to transfer digital ownership of a game.

Can you share game cartridges on Switch?

You can let friends and family play the games you buy without having to go through any frustrating sharing procedures on your Switch. Just lend cartridges back and forth.

Can you share purchases on Nintendo Switch?

When you have a Switch listed as the primary console and another set up as the secondary console, you'll be able to share digital games purchased on one Switch with the other. However, your account can only open one instance at a time.

How can my kids play my Switch games on their Switch?

How do you share Nintendo purchases?

While the Switch does allow you to add multiple accounts to a single family unit, this won't actually allow you to share most games. Instead, you'll simply have to designate a primary game-buying account, and hope against hope that people don't want to play the same titles at the same time.

Can I share my Switch games with my family?

Digital games are tied to the Nintendo Account that purchased them. All users on a system will be able to play games purchased by any Nintendo Account that has registered the system as their primary console.

Can you share games on Switch and play together?

Like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, you can gameshare on your Nintendo Switch. As long as you have a digital copy of a game in your account, you can easily share that game with a friend or just between a Switch and a Switch Lite.

How do I send games to friends on Switch?

On your friend's Switch, go to the eShop. Search for the game you want to share, and you should be able to "re-download" it. Viola!

Can you give people games from your library?

No, you cannot. A game purchased for yourself cannot be gifted to another Steam user in any way. The closest thing you can do to gifting is to share access to your Steam library with your friends.

Is it better to buy digital or physical Switch games?

Much of it comes down to personal preference. If you like having shelves lined with your games that you can browse and reminisce, you'll want to go for physical. If you prefer the convenience and speed offered through digital purchases, and don't want game boxes lying around, then you'll want to go digital.

Can digital Switch games be transferred?

If you do not have access to the original console, you can still transfer your Nintendo Account and digital games to a different Nintendo Switch console and make that console your account's primary console.

Should I get Mario Kart digital or physical?

The only difference is physical copies require you to insert a game card into the Switch, while digital copies require you to purchase and download the game through the Nintendo eStore. As for the game itself, it is exactly the same.

Why are physical Switch games more expensive than digital?

They start out at the same price. Then over time, the demand for the game drops lower than the supply of the retail copies, so they need to lower prices in order to sell their pre-existing stock. Digital games have an infinite supply so aren't subject to the price system in the same way.

How do I share games with friends library?

Can two users share a library and both play at the same time?

Can two users share a library and both play at the same time? No, a shared library may only be accessed by one user at a time.

Do libraries check out video games?

This past November, nearly 600 libraries checked out more than 14,000 games on National Gaming Day. But why? Adding games to the growing list of content that libraries check out helps establish the neighborhood library as a third place, a community gathering spot between home and work or school.

Can a Nintendo child account play my games?

If the parent account purchases an Individual Membership, then only the parent account can use Nintendo Switch Online, and not the Child Accounts. However, if the parent account purchases a Family Membership, any Child Accounts that are added to the Family Group can then use the services.

Can two switches share an account?

After you have designated your Nintendo Account's primary console you can still link that account to other Nintendo Switch consoles, but these consoles will not be activated as primary consoles.

Do each of my kids need a Nintendo Account?

A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem My Nintendo points. Parents and guardians can create and manage individual Nintendo Accounts for children ages 12 and younger.