Finding Polka Confirms Switch Version With New Stages
PARCO GAMES, a retail company's game label that began publishing in 2025, is porting its most decorated title to console while its PC version is still under three months old, and the extra content will reach both platforms.
Key Facts
- PARCO GAMES announced a Nintendo Switch version of Finding Polka on September 17, 2026, with release date and price undecided.
- Finding Polka launched on PC via Steam on August 12, 2026 at 1,500 yen.
- The Switch version of Finding Polka will include additional content such as new stages, and the same content is planned for the Steam version.
- Finding Polka won PLATINUM (Best in Show) at the TGS2026 SELECTED INDIE 80 Excellence Awards and Most Wholesome at the gamescom Award 2026.
- The Switch version of Finding Polka is playable at the PARCO GAMES booth, number 09-C65, at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
PARCO GAMES announced on September 17, 2026 that a Nintendo Switch version of Finding Polka is in production. The dog-searching adventure game has no release date or price set for the Switch edition. The Switch version will carry additional content including new stages, and that same content is also planned for distribution on the Steam version. Finding Polka released on PC via Steam on August 12, 2026 at 1,500 yen. Every illustration and design in the game is drawn with ballpoint pen, and it has won TGS2026 SELECTED INDIE 80 Excellence Awards PLATINUM (Best in Show), gamescom Award 2026 Most Wholesome, BITSUMMIT Award 2026 Best Visual Design and Kids Selection Award, and BIC Festival Award 2026 EXCELLENCE IN ART. Tokyo Game Show 2026 runs from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, where the Switch version is playable at the PARCO GAMES booth, number 09-C65.
The new content is described by PARCO GAMES as a large amount of additional material. A game label source said the highlights were obtained through an "interrogation of the developer," and gave three: new stages and new residents, a romance for Polka, and "Jazz's Angry Death Road." The label also said the contents may change significantly without notice depending on the developer's mood and schedule.
The Switch version is playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Business days are September 17 and 18, public days are September 19 through 21. Booth 09-C65 also has DEPERSON and Constance playable. Spatial direction is by Kei Murayama and graphic design by Yuta Nakajima.
Two campaigns run through September 27 at 11:59 p.m. A Discord campaign picks 10 people from those who join the server and post in the campaign channel. An X and Instagram campaign picks 10 people from followers who repost or like the designated post. Both offer Steam Wallet codes worth up to 10,000 yen.
The player is Frendy, who spent peaceful days with his dog Jazz before spotting a dog in the city that looks exactly like Polka, a dog he kept as a child. The game has no dialogue or words. Characters convey feelings through facial expressions, gestures, and sound effects, and players can high-five characters to become friends or try minigames including miniature golf, whack-a-mole, soccer penalty kicks, boat racing, watermelon splitting, and volleyball.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.