Comic-Book Guerrilla Warfare, Gyro Aiming, and Quitting Time DLC: I Am Your Beast Launches on Nintendo Switch 2
Turning down "one last job" one too many times is all it takes to spark an all-out guerrilla war. Developer Strange Scaffold (the studio led by Xalavier Nelson Jr. behind El Paso, Elsewhere and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown) and publisher Frosty Pop have officially launched their high-velocity covert revenge FPS I Am Your Beast on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo eShop. Priced at $19.99, the Nintendo debut arrives alongside the rollout of a brand-new narrative prequel expansion titled Quitting Time.
Alphonse Harding vs. the COI: Micro-Sandbox Guerrilla Warfare
In the main campaign of I Am Your Beast, players step into the boots of Alphonse Harding, a legendary covert operative who has spent the last six years retired deep inside the North American wilderness. When his former agency, the Covert Operations Initiative (COI), demands that he return for one final assignment, Harding refuses, triggering a relentless manhunt across the forest where he uses the military-industrial complex's own arsenal against its strike teams.
Built around over 20 fully voiced levels and expanded with the post-launch Support Group and Cold Sweat content updates, each stage plays like an explosive, replayable micro-sandbox designed for speedrunning. Players scale pine trees at superhuman speeds, snatch pistols and sniper rifles straight from downed COI troopers, rig bear traps and explosive tripwires, and dive into underground tunnel networks to reset enemy sightlines before striking again.
Gyro Aiming, Crisp Switch 2 Performance, and Kinetic Comic-Book Style
As the hybrid console's library expands with a wide range of third-party action titles, including recent launches like The Relic: First Guardian on Nintendo Switch 2, the sharp comic-book cel-shading of I Am Your Beast allows it to deliver razor-sharp responsiveness in both handheld and docked play. Its bold ink lines, innovative kinetic typography cutscenes, and pulse-pounding soundtrack by composer RJ Lake (Unbeatable, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator) turn every 60-second firefight into a high-stakes sprint.
On Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch, built-in gyro aiming support on Joy-Con and Pro Controllers provides the flick-shot precision needed to chain headshots (which shave precious fractions of a second off the mission timer) and chase S-rank side objectives. It marks another strong addition for fast-paced action fans on Nintendo's new hardware, arriving right alongside the announcement of the native Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana.
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Quitting Time Prequel DLC: 10 Southeast Asia Levels and a Lethal Riot Shield
The Nintendo eShop launch coincides with the release of I Am Your Beast: Quitting Time, a standalone story prequel DLC available now on PC via Steam for $9.99 (with a 10% launch discount to $8.99 while the base game is 35% off at $12.99) and scheduled to arrive soon on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Spanning 10 brand-new fully voiced levels set in Southeast Asia, Quitting Time rewinds the clock to when Alphonse Harding was still a loyal believer in the American military-industrial complex and trusted his handler, Colonel Charles Burkin. Sent to wage a shadow war against a rival COI faction known as the Patriotic Defense League, Harding uncovers the ugly truths that ultimately drove him into retirement. The expansion also introduces a throwable riot shield capable of obliterating enemies on impact, backed by a fresh original soundtrack from Chicago producer Kalibration.
My Take: Bite-Sized Speedrun Chaos Built for Handheld Play
In my view, the micro-sandbox structure of I Am Your Beast makes it a natural fit for handheld sessions on Nintendo Switch 2. Where so many modern shooters demand marathon sittings, Strange Scaffold distills its combat into 45-to-90-second bursts that practically beg for one more retry to shave half a second off your personal best or clear a weapon-specific challenge. Paired with gyro aiming for quick crosshair adjustments while vaulting through the treetops, Alphonse Harding's one-man guerrilla war feels right at home on the go.
Based on the outskirts of New York City, Chaya 'Chayane' spent five years studying software engineering in Montreal before returning to her home state. A Full-Stack developer and Deep Learning AI architecture researcher, she explores neural networks and algorithmic optimization while engineering data pipelines for Retrocharting and Gamescharting alongside Grimtag. A gamer for over 20 years and an avid collector of Nintendo history and The Legend of Zelda, she explored World of Warcraft's Azeroth before bringing her deep technical background to video game analysis.
