Best Nintendo Switch deals July 2024: sales on consoles, bundles and games

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Our carefully selected Nintendo Switch deals will save you time searching, as well as money. We are checking scores of retailer deals, and analysing previous discounts, to pick out the deals that will help you find the best value deal for your money. 

We've scoured retailers to find the best prices for games, Nintendo Switch OLED and Nintendo Switch Lite, as well as dissecting whether bundle deals are as good as they seem.

While there aren't heaps of savings this month, we have spotted a fantastic deal on a Switch OLED and a bargain on a Switch Lite bundle. You can read on for our round-up of the best deals over July and what you need to know before buying a Nintendo Switch.

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Best Nintendo Switch deals July 2024

The best deal at the moment is £50 off of a Switch OLED, which you can pick up below.

If you've been keeping your eyes on this page over the last few months, you may recognise some of these deals already – truth is, they're still the best ones out there currently. 

 Nintendo Switch deals

• Nintendo Switch (Neon Blue/Red) + Nintendo Switch Sports + 3-Month membership of Nintendo Switch Online – £260: This Switch bundle is around the cost of a new console, but it saves you £38 by including a game and three months of Nintendo's online membership so you can play online multiplayer. It's a pretty old deal, but it's still one of the best ones for the regular Switch. It's starting to be discontinued from most retailers, but you can still pick it up from Nintendo.

 Nintendo Switch Lite deals

• Nintendo Switch Lite Turquoise 'Timmy & Tommy's Edition' + Animal Crossing New Horizons – £186: this bundle is a special edition Switch Lite featuring designs from the latest Animal Crossing game. The game comes pre-installed on the console, saving you £40. This is the cheapest we've seen this bundle go for, making it the best Switch Lite bundle at the moment. You can also get it in pink for a bit extra. Keep an eye on the tool below for the best prices:

 Nintendo Switch OLED deals

• Nintendo Switch OLED (Neon Red and Blue) – £265: It's just £5 off from the cheapest we've ever seen a Switch OLED go for, so this is a great deal on a new console. You can pick it up from Amazon where it's currently cheapest. Otherwise, compare prices from other retailers below: 

• Nintendo Switch OLED (Neon Red and Blue) + 3-Month membership of Nintendo Switch Online + Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – £310: For the typical price of a Switch OLED, you'll be able to get three months of Nintendo Switch online, plus get one of the console's most popular games – Mario Kart – for free. This deal has been around since November 2023, and it's one of our favourite Switch deals. Although, while the Switch OLED is being sold for £265, we'd recommend buying everything separately for now. While it's starting to phase out from most retailers, it's still widely available directly from Nintendo.

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 Best Nintendo Switch game deals July 2024

There are plenty of games that are on sale every week. We've broken down some of the best Switch game deals we've found this month. You can also take a look the Nintendo Switch eShop deals page if you'd rather pick up digital versions of games.

Nintendo Switch game bundle deals

• Game – two games for £20: There are several options to choose from including Bioshock: The Collection, The Outer Worlds, Assassin's Creed, Borderlands, and more. Total savings are upwards of £20, making it the best bundle deal at the moment.

• Argos – two games for £20: You can get games like Child of Light, Rayman Legends, Golf With Your Friends, Just Dance, Overcooked, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle that are all part of a deal Argos is putting on. You can save up to £15 on various games.

Nintendo Switch popular game deals

It's not super common for games from Nintendo franchises like Pokemon, the Legend of Zelda, or Mario to be discounted, but hundreds of third-party games typically are.

This month, we haven't found loads of We've rounded up some of the best deals we found this month on Nintendo Switch games:

• Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach  – £20: The most recent game in the 'FNAF' series, you play as a young boy stuck inside 'Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex'. You'll need to navigate this perplexing pizzaplex, survive each bloodthirsty animatronic (many of which have had flamboyant makeovers), and try to escape. You can pick up this game on sale from Amazon, where we've seen it at its cheapest ever. You can compare prices below:

• Bluey: The Videogame – £27: Bringing the iconic Australian cartoon cattle dog family to the realm of gaming, this game has you playing as the Heeler family across four interactive episodes. You'll also be able to play many of the games featured in the TV show. You can pick up this deal from Amazon, where we saw it cheapest. Compare prices below:

• Kingdom Come Deliverance (Royal Edition) – £32: This challenging game takes place in medieval Bohemia, and despite being an RPG it's very much grounded in reality. You'll need to make careful decisions, suffer the consequences of your actions, and avenge the death of your family. We saw this game cheapest from Amazon. You can compare prices below:

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How much does a Nintendo Switch typically cost?

• A new Nintendo Switch typically costs £259.99 from the Nintendo Store

• A Switch OLED is a bit more expensive, usually costing around £309.99 from the Nintendo Store

• A Switch Lite is the cheapest option and will typically set you back £199.99 from the Nintendo Store

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What is the difference between a Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED, and Switch Lite?

• The Nintendo Switch is the base model of Switch. It comes with a dock you can use to play games on your TV and outputs to 1080p. You can use it as a handheld, as a TV console or propped up on a table using the built-in kickstand. It comes with 32 gigabytes of internal storage.
• Think of the OLED model as a souped-up Switch. The Switch OLED differs from the other models by having a seven-inch OLED screen. It has better speakers, more internal storage, a more adjustable kickstand and can be hooked up to a wired ethernet through its dock. It still outputs at 1080p onto TVs, like the regular Switch. 
• The Switch Lite is a Switch that's more focused on the handheld capabilities of the console. It's the cheapest but it has a smaller screen, can't connect to TVs and doesn't come with a dock like the other two models. It comes with 32 gigabytes of internal storage. 

All Switch models can have their storage expanded with a mirco-SD card to fit two terabytes of games.

What do I need to know before buying a Nintendo Switch? 

The biggest question to ask when buying any games console is how you'll primarily be using it and what kinds of games you'll want to play.

If you travel a lot and want something portable, a Nintendo Switch could be a great option. It's also the most budget-friendly major console, with the cheapest model – the Switch Lite – costing under £200, compared to Microsoft's Xbox Series S (£250), and Sony's PlayStation 5 digital (£390). Both the Xbox and PlayStation require a TV or computer monitor to game on, too. 

Nintendo gets most new releases, has a wide catalogue of their own exclusive titles, has thousands of indie games, plus older games are remade or ported over to be released on the console. 

The Switch offers an all-in-one gaming solution and a lot of options for most types of gamers. However, if you're looking to play the newest Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege, or Valorant, you might be better off with a PlayStation or Xbox, as those games aren't on Switch.

Like other consoles, you'll need to pay extra for an online multiplayer subscription, which costs £18 a year.

If you're thinking of getting a different console, you can read our free buying advice on PlayStations.

What games are available on Nintendo Switch?

Nintendo is well-known for their exclusive games and franchises like Mario, Kirby, Splatoon, Fire Emblem, the Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Metroid, and Animal Crossing.

You can find most games on a Nintendo Switch these days, including more mature titles like BioShock, older Grand Theft Auto games, The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption, and several Assassin's Creed titles. There are also competitive online multiplayer titles like Overwatch 2, Fortnite, and Apex Legends. Plus classic multiplayer games such as Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., Warioware, and Mario Party.

Most new releases are available on Switch, although due to the console's less powerful hardware, the Switch versions of newer games may not look as good as their console or PC counterparts so they're not as computationally demanding on the handheld.

How to recycle your old Nintendo tech

If you're upgrading from another console to a new Nintendo Switch, you might be wondering what to do with the old one.

Nintendo's advice on how to dispose of your old Nintendo consoles is to check where your nearest recycling point is with your local authority and take it there to be recycled, along with any other electronics you no longer need or want.

Electronics such as Nintendo games consoles cannot be disposed of in your general household waste or kerbside recycling.

See all our expert advice on how to recycle electrical items.

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