Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Preorder Listings Reveal $80 Price, Still No Release Date

I commend the size of the rock anyone who hasn’t heard of FromSoftware’s Game of the Year is living under. IGN wasn’t shy about lauding Elden Ring in our 10/10 review, calling it a “new benchmark” for open world exploration and gratifying combat challenges. We had similar praise for the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, which prompted enough acclaim to pick up yet another GOTY nomination as a DLC.

Even with the acclaim, an $80 price tag for this tentatively Switch 2-exclusive edition might seem shocking for a game that was released four years ago. It’s also unlikely that the game will run as well on Switch 2 as it would on a PS5 Pro. Does console performance warrant different pricing? That’s a complicated question.

The price is most likely based on Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Edition, which includes the base game and expansion, and is also currently $80. The new content included in the Tarnished Edition will reportedly be coming to PC and other consoles at a later date. It makes sense for that to be a free update given this pricing history, but if it does end up being a paid DLC, it would be altogether more expensive than the Switch 2 version.

For now, however, the Switch 2 listing doesn’t even have a release date. Amazon indicates a release on December 31, 2026, a standard placeholder date for preorders. At the very least, Amazon does have a preorder price guarantee, so if you pick it up now, you’re guaranteed to pay the lowest price between now and when the game actually ships.

Blythe (she/her) is an Audience Development Coordinator at IGN who spends way too much time in character customization screens and tracking down collectibles.