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Press release:
Tampere, Finland – April 23rd, 2026 – Indie developer Kimmo Lahtinen is bringing his highly acclaimed hyperkinetic twin-stick shooting masterpiece Sektori to Switch 2 on May 14th. Sektori was one of 2025’s most acclaimed games, with a MetaCritic score of 93 on PC and 89 on PS5. Soon Switch 2 users can see what all the fuss is about and chase high scores on the go!

“Sektori began as a small passion project of mine hearkening back to my past life working at Housemarque, but it grew into something bigger than I’d ever imagined,” said developer Kimmo Lahtinen. “I figured it would just be for me and a small sample of other arcade sickos out there, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it rise the ranks of MetaCritic and make several Top 10 lists upon its launch in November. It was utterly surreal to see it gain so much popularity. Yet it’s always been an arcade game at heart and Nintendo has been a home for this kind of game for decades, so it feels like it’s coming full circle to bring Sektori to the Switch 2 on May 14th.”

What Critics are saying:

“Sektori is as uncaring and unsparing as any legendary arcade game, challenging you to earn any sense of accomplishment you get from it—which makes any feeling of success hit especially hard.” -Garrett Martin, AV Club (The Best Games of 2025)

“A twin-stick bolt of neon fury beamed in from the future…. So many connections bursts forth into your mind as you play this game and somehow at the same time, it feels like nothing else.” -Chris Tapsell, Eurogamer (The 50 Best Games of 2025 Ranked)

“From the moment you choose to launch Sektori, a relentless, thumping-bass grabs you by the shoulders and announces a simple message: ‘You will NOT be able to put this game down.’… “Sektori is the genre heightened to a flow-state Nirvana.” – Jacob Geller (Top 10 games of 2025)

“In five years from now, I will have Sektori on my Steam Deck and I will still be playing it whenever I have a flight and I forget to download something new. And I can’t say with any confidence about almost anything else on the list [of Game of the Year contenders].” -Chris Plante, The Besties

More about Sektori:

Sektori mixes high-adrenaline gameplay, kaleidoscopic visuals, and hard-hitting techno music coming together to transport you into another state of consciousness! In Sektori’s Campaign Mode, you’ll brave five endlessly evolving stages that reconstitute the layout of the battlefield, the waves of foes you’ll face, and even the bosses – who can radically change based on the stage you encounter them in! Slay your foes, gather their remains, and use them to select an array of upgrades for faster speed, a stronger blaster, additional shields, a bigger boost, more missiles, or a score bonus. As you evolve your ship, you can choose additional power-ups from a series of cards – and even customize your deck of potential perks! Featuring a mix of hand-crafted trials and procedural-generation, Sektori offers endlessly replayable arcade action!

The Campaign is just the beginning, as Sektori features six additional game modes, including a Classic mode, an alternate way to play that includes a wide array of mutators to reconfigure your experience into something wholly unpredictable; Surge, where players rapidly swap between underpowered and cartoonishly overpowered; Crash, where enemies can only be defeated by dashing; Assault, where you choose when to up the ante of incoming waves against a dwindling clock; Gates, where enemies can only be harmed by crossing rotating laser posts; and a good old-fashioned Boss Rush. Whether you want to perfect a scripted run, or prefer endlessly randomization, there’s something in Sektori to suit your old school arcade desire!

Buy or wishlist now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/Sektori/
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About Kimmo Lahtinen
Kimmo Lahtinen is a Finnish independent game developer. After spending 13 years at Housemarque on such games as Resogun, Outland, and Dead Nation, Kimmo went full-time independent and made such titles as Day Repeat Day, Barbearian, and Drift’n’Drive. His latest game is the twin-stick arcade shooter Sektori.