Eriksholm: join Hanna's search on Switch 2

A guard's conversation can help you find a way past him in Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream. Listening belongs alongside watching patrols and finding cover in this story-led stealth adventure. Hanna is searching for her missing brother in a Nordic city, and getting through its streets involves paying attention to the people blocking the way. The appealing detail is how closely the mystery and the sneaking sit together: the city has things to tell you while you're trying to stay out of sight.

River End Games' adventure reaches Nintendo Switch 2 on 3 December 2026, following its July 2025 release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Nintendo's version adds touchscreen and Joy-Con 2 mouse controls. For a game played from above, with a camera you can adjust to inspect your surroundings, that is a particularly welcome set of options. This is a new platform arrival for an existing single-player adventure, with three characters to direct through its puzzles.

A missing brother, a city under pressure

Hanna's brother Herman has disappeared, and the police are pursuing him. Her search draws her into a larger conflict involving the city's rulers. It's an immediately understandable reason to start moving: someone close to her is missing, and the authorities are part of the danger. The publisher describes a journey from the city's underbelly towards resistance against an oppressive government. That gives the wider intrigue a personal beginning, before the fate of Eriksholm itself enters the picture.

The setting takes its inspiration from early-1900s Scandinavia. In the official press screenshots, sunlight catches red roofs and pale walls above a crowded street; another view looks across tram tracks, stacked crates and waterside buildings. It's a handsome mixture of domestic spaces and working infrastructure. The elevated perspective lets you take in several layers of the place together, from a roof terrace to the steps and roads below. There is plenty of city to look at around the small figure trying to cross it.

Story scenes use motion-captured performances, bringing the camera closer to the people between stretches of exploration and stealth. That change of scale suits the premise. The overhead view gives you a place to read and navigate; the story brings the search back to Hanna and the people caught up in it. If December's other industrial mystery appeals, our Professor Layton preview visits Steam Bison. Eriksholm's journey puts police patrols between its heroine and the answers she wants.

Three people to get through

You switch between three playable characters, each with their own skills, tools and weapons. Their different abilities open access to areas and help solve obstacles. That makes character selection part of working out a route: the person you direct changes what you can do with the space ahead. For readers who enjoy studying a small area before acting, this is the clearest attraction. The adventure gives you a group whose differences have practical uses within its stealth puzzles.

Observation comes first. You can reposition the camera to survey the area, watch guards' behaviour and look for environmental cues. Cover and diversions help you avoid detection, while overheard chatter can supply a useful hint. These are concrete things to pay attention to while deciding how to advance. A conversation becomes another piece of the route, alongside the position of a guard or a place to hide. Listening has a purpose beyond filling the streets with voices.

The action runs in real time, so carrying out the plan involves timing as well as choosing where to go. The press imagery gives a useful picture of the spaces involved: a tiled industrial interior has machinery, pillars and crates arranged around the characters, with strong pools of light and deep shadows. Those enclosed working spaces have a different character from the bright rooftops outside. The same habit of looking carefully carries between them, with the scenery supplying both the atmosphere and the obstacles.

A new way to direct the search

Touchscreen and Joy-Con 2 mouse support are the Switch 2 edition's most distinctive announced additions. They fit a game where directing characters and inspecting an overhead scene are central activities. Nintendo has confirmed the options, while their precise implementation and the port's performance remain details to check closer to release. For players choosing a version, those are useful practical considerations alongside the convenience of taking the adventure away from the television.

Eriksholm's December invitation is straightforward: follow a missing-person mystery through a detailed Nordic city, learning how to move its three protagonists past the people pursuing them. It suits players who enjoy watching, listening and arranging their next move before committing to action. The combination of close-up story scenes and small figures threading through busy streets gives the adventure its particular appeal. On 3 December, Switch 2 owners get their own route into Hanna's search.