Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Create your own island paradise in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch—craft, customize, build, and relax in this beloved life‑simulation adventure.

Key Features

• Transform a deserted island into a fully customized community
• Gather resources, craft tools, and build furniture and décor
• Meet and befriend animal villagers with unique personalities
• Real‑time gameplay with seasons, weather, and daily activities
• Terra‑forming tools let you reshape cliffs, rivers, and pathways
• Thousands of items for decoration, clothing, and island design
• Local and online multiplayer for up to 8 players
• Photography mode, museum collecting, gardening, fishing, and more

Needs / Uses

• Perfect for players who enjoy life sims, creativity, and relaxing gameplay
• Encourages long‑term play through daily objectives and seasonal events
• Great for families, casual gamers, and collectors
• Ideal for creative expression through island design and house decoration
• No additional accessories needed

Compatible Accessories / Systems

• Compatible with:
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Lite
  • Nintendo Switch OLED
• Supports:
  • Local wireless play (multiple consoles required)
  • Online multiplayer (Nintendo Switch Online subscription required)
• Works with all standard Nintendo Switch controllers

Number of Players

• 1 Player (local gameplay)
• 2–8 Players (local wireless or online multiplayer)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons invites you to escape to a peaceful deserted island, where you can build a new life at your own pace. After arriving on the island with Tom Nook’s getaway package, you’ll gather materials, craft tools, and begin shaping your new home. As you expand your island, you'll attract adorable animal villagers—each with their own personalities, styles, and daily routines.

Players can decorate both indoors and outdoors, creating themed neighborhoods, forests, beaches, gardens, and personal hideaways. With terraforming unlocked later in the game, you gain full control over the island’s rivers, cliffs, and land layout, enabling endless creative possibilities.

The game runs in real time, reflecting your system’s clock and seasonal calendar. This adds a natural rhythm—different bugs, fish, events, and scenery appear throughout the year, keeping the experience fresh and rewarding. You can also visit mystery islands, collect fossils for the museum, grow hybrid flowers, complete DIY recipes, and style your character with an extensive wardrobe.

Local and online multiplayer allow friends to explore, trade items, and share inspiration. Whether relaxing alone or building a bustling community with friends, Animal Crossing: New Horizons delivers a charming, customizable, and endlessly replayable life‑sim experience that has become one of the Nintendo Switch’s most iconic titles.