Nothing Can Knock Pokemon Pokopia Off Switch 2 #1

"Sableye's Gem Hunt starts on April 29, 2026," Nintendo confirmed on X earlier this week, announcing the next limited-time event for Pokemon Pokopia. The timing couldn't be better. According to the latest Nintendo Switch 2 eShop charts for the week of April 26, 2026, as tracked by Nintendo Everything, Pokopia is still sitting at number one, and it's not even close.

Mouse: P.I. For Hire landed at #2 in its debut week, with Capcom's long-awaited Pragmata splitting its audience across two SKUs: the standard edition at #3 and the Deluxe Edition at #6. Both are strong launches by any measure. Mario Kart World holds steady at #4, and Pokemon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 Edition rounds out the top five. None of it was enough to budge Pokopia from the top.

I'm impressed by how long this game has held the position. We're well past the launch window honeymoon period, and Pokopia is still outselling brand-new releases from major publishers. The consistent drip of events clearly helps. The Hoppip event in March kept players logging in daily for spores; now Sableye's Gem Hunt is about to do the same thing with red crystal fragments on Dream Islands. It's a simple loop, collect items and trade them for exclusive furniture, but it gives people a reason to keep the game installed and active.

Sableye's Gem Hunt

The event runs from April 29 through May 14, giving players two weeks to visit Sableye at a Pokemon Center (reportedly at Withered Wasteland) and exchange red crystal fragments for exclusive items. Those items can later be 3D printed with Pokemetal, so there's long-term value in grinding them out now. Functionally, it mirrors the Hoppip event almost exactly, which is fine. The format works. I'd like to see them get more creative with future events, but for now, a new Pokemon and new furniture is enough to keep the community engaged.

The rest of the chart tells its own story about the Switch 2's library right now. Cyberpunk 2077 sits at #10, Hades 2 at #11, and Resident Evil Requiem, which just crossed 7 million sales, is hanging on at #22. The download-only chart is dominated by Switch 2 editions of existing games: Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout 4, Stardew Valley. Blue Prince at #6 and Silksong at #18 are the standouts there for anyone looking for something they haven't already played on another platform.

What strikes me about Pokopia's dominance is that it's doing this without the kind of aggressive monetisation that usually props up live-service chart performance. The events are free. The content updates have been regular. Players aren't being squeezed for battle pass tiers or rotating shop FOMO. It's just a game that people want to keep playing, and that's reflected in the numbers week after week.

Pokopia's Sableye event goes live on April 29 on Switch 2, with the current eShop charts covering the week ending April 26, 2026.