Order of the Sinking Star Price and Editions: Switch 2 $29.99

Quick Answer

The price picture is now split, and that is the honest answer. Nintendo Switch 2 has a real price: $29.99 USD in the US and CA$35.99 in Canada, confirmed through Nintendo’s own eShop price API, with an 18.4 GB download. Steam and PS5 still list no price as of September 24, 2026 — the Steam API returns no price and no packages, so there is no pre-purchase and therefore no preload. Three Day One bundles have been reported by a single outlet and are not confirmed. The official account has teased a Price and Bundle Reveal for today, September 24, 2026, so the PC and PS5 numbers may land after this snapshot. This page is re-checked at launch.

Official source: Order of the Sinking Star on Steam

The honest answer: the price picture is split

Two platforms behave completely differently right now.

Switch 2 has a price because Nintendo publishes one. Querying Nintendo’s own eShop price endpoint for the US returns $29.99 USD, and the same query for Canada returns CA$35.99. The item is flagged as unreleased rather than purchasable, which is exactly what you would expect for a game launching on October 8, 2026. The listing also gives a download size of 18.4 GB and an ESRB rating of Everyone with Mild Fantasy Violence.

Steam and PS5 do not. Checking the Steam store data on September 24, 2026 returns no price object, no packages, and a coming-soon flag — the same result across repeated pulls in the US region. On the PlayStation side, the PS Store concept page still reads Announced with the release date listed as TBD. Neither platform has opened pre-purchase.

[!warning] There is no confirmed Steam or PS5 price for Order of the Sinking Star as of September 24, 2026. The only official number that exists is the Switch 2 price. If a page quotes you an exact PC price, check whether it is actually about a different game, an older Blow title, or a conversion of an unconfirmed figure.

The store pages still list the game as releasing October 8, 2026, so the missing PC listing is a commercial gap rather than a scheduling change. For the date and platform picture, see the release date page.

Why there is no preload, and what that means for launch day

Preload is a delivery mechanism attached to pre-purchase. Steam lets you download a game early only if you own it, and ownership requires a completed transaction. No price means no transaction, which means no early download — and no preload window has been announced on any platform.

The practical effect is that October 8, 2026 is a download day as well as a release day on PC. If you want to play at the earliest possible moment, the useful move is to wishlist the game now and keep an eye out for a late pre-purchase window, which is how publishers sometimes squeeze in a short preload period right before launch. On Switch 2 the download is 18.4 GB, which is the only confirmed size figure for any platform and a reasonable thing to budget for.

[!tip] The free demo is still the only thing you can obtain for this game today, and its progress carries over to the Steam launch version. If you are impatient, that is where the hours are — see demo length and puzzle count.

The Price and Bundle Reveal teased for today

The official Order of the Sinking Star social account teased a week of news with a specific line: a new trailer, a “Price & Bundle Reveal on Thursday,” and a livestream. Thursday is September 24, 2026 — the same day as this snapshot.

That is the reason this page treats the PC and PS5 prices as pending rather than settled. A reveal announced for today can land hours after this page is published, and there is no way to know the number before it exists. The Switch 2 figure, by contrast, is already live in Nintendo’s own API, so it does not depend on the reveal happening on schedule.

If the PC price arrives, it will most likely appear on the Steam store page first, alongside whatever bundle options are real. This page is re-checked at launch.

The three reported Day One bundles

One outlet reported on September 23, 2026 that “Day One” bundles will launch with the game at a limited-time 10 percent discount. Three are named:

Two details make these worth describing carefully.

First, the reporting is thin. It is a single outlet, and the article’s own body text contains no dollar figures — the number appears to sit inside an embedded trailer rather than in readable text. Treat the 10 percent discount and the bundle contents as reported rather than established.

Second, these are launch-day bundles, not a season pass and not traditional post-launch DLC. The report describes them as “Day One” content starting at launch, which reads as a discounted purchase configuration rather than extra content arriving later. The Steam store data supports that reading: it shows no DLC and no packages at all as of September 24, 2026, and there is no season pass anywhere in the listing. A season pass would show up as purchasable content; a Day One bundle shows up as a purchase option for the base game.

If any of the three bundles is real, it will appear on the Steam page once a base price exists — bundles cannot be priced before the game inside them is.

Console editions and pricing

Nintendo Switch 2 is the only platform where price questions are settled. $29.99 USD in the US, CA$35.99 in Canada, an 18.4 GB download, TV, tabletop and handheld play modes, one player, and Nintendo Account family-group lending support. Save data cloud backup comes through the Nintendo Switch Online service.

PS5 has a confirmed release date and no confirmed price. The PS Store concept page still shows the game as Announced with the release date as TBD, which is a storefront status quirk rather than a change of plan — the October 8 launch is confirmed across every other source.

In Japan, the digital console release is handled by PLAYISM, announced September 10, 2026. That is a publisher relationship rather than a separate edition.

There is no confirmed cloud version, no confirmed subscription release and no Game Pass version on any platform. Xbox, Game Pass, PS4 and Switch 1 owners have no announced path to this game at all; the Xbox page walks through each of those cases separately.

Are there special editions?

No season pass, deluxe edition, collector’s edition or expansion pass has been confirmed as of September 24, 2026. The only edition-shaped information circulating is the set of three reported Day One bundles covered above, and none of them has been seen on a live store page.

That is consistent with how the game is being sold: the official material describes a single-player puzzle adventure with Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing and full controller support. Nothing published points to a tiered edition structure with premium content attached. If that changes, it will change on the same store page where the base price appears.

How to be ready to buy without wasting time

1. Wishlist on Steam. A wishlist entry triggers a notification when a coming-soon game gets a price or a release, which is the cheapest early-warning system available.
2. Use the Switch 2 price as your anchor. It is the only official number, and it tells you what the publisher considers a reasonable price for this game on a console.
3. Watch the PS Store page directly if you plan to play on PS5, since that price can appear independently of Steam.
4. Do not pre-buy anything from a third-party key reseller. With no official PC price in existence, any listing claiming to sell you a Steam or PS5 copy is selling something that does not exist yet.
5. Use the wait to settle your platform choice. The system requirements page explains why Deck Verified is the most useful public signal about PC performance right now.

What we will update and when

This page is re-checked at launch. When prices appear, three things will change here: the Steam price and any pre-purchase window, the PS5 price, and whether the three reported Day One bundles turn into actual purchasable listings. The Switch 2 numbers — $29.99 in the US, CA$35.99 in Canada, 18.4 GB — are already confirmed and will only change if Nintendo changes them. Until the PC and PlayStation numbers exist, the accurate answer to “how much does Order of the Sinking Star cost” is: $29.99 on Switch 2 in the US, not confirmed as of September 24, 2026 on Steam or PS5.

Related

• Release date and platform status
• Is Order of the Sinking Star on Xbox?
• System requirements: what Steam still marks TBD
• Demo length and puzzle count
• Beginner tips