Switch
Snipperclips co-op
On one console, the stores list 1-4 players on Switch.
- Co-op
- Tabletop OK
Co-op or versus: from the Nintendo.com store description.
Quick answer for your console
Yes: 1-4 players on one Switch
Grab a second controller.
- Split or shared screen: not stated by Nintendo.com store
- Controllers: Nintendo.com store does not say whether one Joy-Con each is enough
- Online: Not listed
- Regular price $19.99
- Nintendo.com store, checked Oct 18, 2026
Same console or online
Up to 4 players
- Switch: 1-4 players
- Drop-in: no store description says so (we only read store text for this). Not sure? See role notes
Not listed by any store
How to split the roles
When one of you plays more than the other: who takes which seat in Snipperclips, and why.
Suggest shapes, but let the newer player try cutting too.
Players find different solutions; the review says there is no correct way to finish a level.
Watch the level names and tutorial closely; the game gives little other help.
The review says the tutorial and level names are the only hints in the game.
Skill-gap friendly · higher is easier
1out of 5
The review says the tutorial and level names are the only hints; no assist for the weaker player is sourced.
Both players must be equally skilled: one player's mistake resets both and no assist exists.
Easy to coordinate · higher is easier
2out of 3 · Medium
Puzzles need players to talk through shapes; the review says friendly arguments come from trying different solutions.
Medium: regular hand-offs, timed moves together or shared decisions.
The roles Same moves for both
Every player controls a paper character with the same cutting move. Roles are symmetric; puzzles set the shape each player needs.
Snipper (each player) Moderate
Moderate seat: puzzles and planning.
Moves over the partner and taps A to cut them into the shape a puzzle needs.
- Puzzles
- Planning
Help for the newer player
- Party mode lets up to four players team up on tough challenges.
The review says the tutorial and level names are the only hints to help players through the puzzles.
Ways to split the work
- Check the outline before tapping A; it shows what the snip will do.
- Hold Y to reset a cut shape if the result is wrong.
- Use Party mode with four players when the group is bigger.
Sources (8, 2 official) and how we rate
- 1. Nintendo (store page; publisher Nintendo) (official): The store page says Party mode lets up to four players team up to solve tough challenges. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 2. Nintendo (store page; publisher Nintendo) (official): The store page says players partner up to cut the heroes into the right shapes. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 3. Switch Player (Charlie Large, review 2017-03-20): The review says a tap of A cuts the partner into a new shape after moving over them. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 4. Switch Player (Charlie Large, review 2017-03-20): The review says the game shows an outline of what a snip will do. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 5. Switch Player (Charlie Large, review 2017-03-20): The review says holding Y resets a character back to normal. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 6. Switch Player (Charlie Large, review 2017-03-20): The review says the tutorial and level names are the only hints in the game. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 7. Switch Player (Charlie Large, review 2017-03-20): The review says there is no correct way to complete a level and players discuss different solutions. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 8. Wikipedia (secondary): Wikipedia says one player can snip the overlapped portion out of the other player. Read Oct 18, 2026.
Both ratings use one fixed scale for every game, higher is easier for a mixed pair; the levels are on our data page. Roles are split by experience, never by who the players are.
Screenshots
Every store, field by field
Switch
- Players on one console
- 1-4 players
- Local wireless (several consoles)
- Not listed
- Online
- Not listed
- ESRB rating
- Everyone
- Regular price
- $19.99
- Subscription
- None found on check date
- Release date
- Mar 3, 2017
- Play modes
- TV mode, Tabletop mode, Handheld mode
Official page (Nintendo.com store)Checked Oct 18, 2026
"Not a store field" means that store has no such label at all; "Not listed" means the store has the field and left it empty. Genres: not listed.
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