Defeat Your Gaming Enemies Faster with a Nintendo Switch VPN

It can, but it depends on your location and the game you’re playing. All VPNs slow down your connection a little bit, but with PIA it’s hardly noticeable. One advantage of using our VPN is it creates a more direct connection between your console and the gaming server. A direct connection gives your data a shorter round trip, dodges ISP throttling, and can decrease lag.

Our NextGen servers deliver some of the fastest VPN speeds on the planet, so you can enjoy responsive, lag-free gaming anytime.

No. Games only ban cheating or abusive players — they don’t ban gamers for using a VPN. Encrypting your data, hiding your IP address, and getting faster speeds are perfectly okay. Subscribe to PIA VPN and play Nintendo Switch worry-free.

The biggest benefit is security. Using PIA VPN while playing Nintendo Switch hides your IP address and scrambles your data using VPN encryption. This keeps your information hidden from third parties, protects you from DDoS attacks, and bypasses ISP throttling.

PIA VPN also finds the shortest route to your gaming server to give you a faster ping.

Once you’ve put PIA VPN on your router, any connected device will be protected. That includes your PlayStation 4 or 5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. One PIA account lets you connect 10 devices simultaneously, and your router only counts as one device.

Reach out to our 24/7 Customer Support team if you have questions about using PIA VPN to play games.

You can install PIA VPN on your router to protect your Nintendo Switch. That said, we recommend buying a FlashRouter. These routers are designed for VPNs and offer a quick plug-and-play solution. Other routers work as well, but they require more setup. Any device on your network, including your Nintendo Switch, will be protected once you’ve set up PIA VPN on your router.