Inti Creates has announced a new game for Switch and Switch 2.

The title is Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit And The Ancient Monster, and it is a hybrid action RPG and city builder where players adventure through 2D action stages to gather materials to rebuild their fallen kingdom. It will release on April 23rd 2026 for Switch and Switch 2, with an upgrade pack available for players who pick the Switch 1 version first.

Check out the trailer below:

■ About

Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster is an action RPG where players must adventure to restore their fallen kingdom. Collect materials in 2D side-scrolling adventure stages, then use them in the strategy part to build your city as you see fit, and powering up your characters in the process!

hoose from one of four characters, Imperial, Alchemist, Wizard, or Zipangu, and set out on adventure through a variety of action stages. Collect the materials here you’ll use to build up your kingdom, placing buildings that buff your characters’ stats. Then set out again to conquer even more dangerous stages, until the bosses are afraid of you!

■ Story

In a world of swords, magic, and fairies, you are a lone adventurer who suddenly becomes tasked to revive the ruined kingdom of Almacia along with the Fairy of Time, Chronos.

Through adventure (action) and revival (strategy), restore the kingdom to its former glory!

■ Playable Characters

Imperial

With high defense, Imperial is your reliable close-range fighter.

Her shield gives her guard abilities that allow her to safely get into range for her sword. Her easy-to-use skills, together with her unique counter action, give her a high maximum damage output.

Alchemist

Alchemist specializes in mixing potions to inflict statuses and other effects on enemies. Change the element of his bottles with a unique action, then inflict the perfect status effect for the situation.

His skills also apply a variety of debuffs, allowing him to consistently weaken his enemies.

Conversely, he has few direct attacks, so he’ll need to focus on status effects while he fights.

Wizard

Wizard fights from long range using a variety of magic attacks.

Her charge action can power up her magic before she casts it. Most of her actions will use SP (skill points), so you’ll need to keep an eye on it.

Her health and defense is low, so positioning is of utmost importance.

Zipangu

Skilled at attacking and dodging, Zipangu’s specialty is consecutive attacks.

He can get in close with a dodge move, then press the attack harder than any other character.

What he wants to do is rather simple: dodge, then attack back. However, his defense is lacking, so failing to dodge will be painful.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.