Kirby Air Riders is an adventure developed by Bandai Namco Studios, released 20 November 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2.
What Kirby Air Riders is
Kirby Air Riders is an adventure game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and released in 2025. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kirby Air Riders is the long-awaited sequel to Kirby Air Ride on the Gamecube. Pick your rider, pick your machine, and mount up for competition! Take on your rivals in frantic arena battles or fast-paced races on the ground and in the air. Use the Boost Charge button to brake and control your turns as your machine automatically fights for top speed. Fill your Boost Charge Gauge as you drift around the bend and release it to trigger an explosive dash!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Kirby series
Kirby Air Riders is the 93rd of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Kirby and the World Beyond in 2027. Its critic score of 88 is 10 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Kirby Air Riders holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Kirby Air Riders launched on 20 November 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, Routine and Marvel Cosmic Invasion. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, Routine, Marvel Cosmic Invasion.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kirby Air Riders yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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