Casual game for Nintendo DS — top best games in the Casual game genre

Sonic Colors: Ultimate - a game in the Casual game genre

Arcade, Third-person view, Action, Casual game, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo DS → 12 November 2010

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Re-release of Sonic Colors (2010) from 2010, which was originally released only on Wii and NDS. The developers improved the graphics, increased the frame rate...

Carcassonne

Strategy, Online, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 27 June 2007

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A medieval strategy game based on the board game, in which players build a map of the area around Carcassonne by placing tiles depicting cities, roads, cloisters...

MySims

Simulation, Strategy, Third-person view, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo DS → 18 September 2007

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This casual simulation game blends strategy and adventure as the player helps a town struggling to attract residents. By finding out what locals want and need, the...

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2003)

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo DS → 30 June 2008

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person adventure with puzzles follows Ariane, a photojournalist who is caught in a rockslide while working in Iceland and ends up in a world beneath the...

Bejeweled 3

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 15 November 2011

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This match-three puzzle game centers on making combinations of gems across eight modes. In Classic, new gems fall into place after matches, allowing further...

Bejeweled Twist

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 18 January 2010

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This match-3 puzzle game is built around forming combinations of gems by rotating them on the board. The Gem Rotator lets players move gems and make matches in...

Zuma's Revenge

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 21 February 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This overhead puzzle-action game sends a fearless frog to an island ruled by evil spirits and tiki bosses. To stop the advancing stream of balls, the hero fires...

Youda Farmer

Casual game, Farm Simulator, Business / Management

Game released: Nintendo DS → 12 November 2010

A colorful economic simulator of farm life, where you need to develop your own farm, grow vegetables and fruits, take care of the beds, and sell the harvest in the...

Puzzle Quest 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 22 June 2010

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Puzzle Quest 2 is a strategy role-playing game with puzzle elements and an isometric view. Each character has five main attributes. Strength (red) increases a...

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 29 February 2008

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This fantasy role-playing game combines turn-based battles with match-three puzzles in the Warlords universe, where a hero sets out to save Etheria from Lord Bane...

Carnival Games

Action, First-person view, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo DS → 8 July 2008

Steam: 27/100

Metacritic: 49/100

Wins earn tickets that can be exchanged for clothes and headwear for a carnival guest character. Up to four players can compete at the same...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

Game canceled: Nintendo DS → 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 25 May 2008

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This casual puzzle game follows a journey to rebuild the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, beginning at the Great Pyramid of Giza and continuing across ancient...

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 24 February 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This futuristic puzzle game with role-playing and strategy elements centers on battles to save the galaxy. During combat, players manipulate gems on a hexagonal...

4 Elements

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 19 April 2011

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 42/100

This fantasy match-3 puzzle follows an ancient kingdom whose four-element magic has been corrupted by evil forces. The player must restore the altars and return...

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo DS → 16 March 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the developers of Wizarbox. The game is published by Deep...

Fish Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 16 October 2007

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 46/100

Fish Tycoon — real-time strategy with a third-person view and simulation elements. This is a virtual fish farming game. You will be able to breed and...

Yosumin!

Strategy, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 8 November 2007

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Yosumin! is a puzzle game about finding rectangles of matching yosumin tiles and clearing them from the board. In Yosumin! Adventure, the player searches for pieces...

Halloween: Trick Or Treat

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Tactics, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo DS → 27 October 2011

Players: 10/10

This casual adventure and puzzle game follows Mike the Skeleton and Sally the Witch on a virtual Halloween trick-or-treating trip. Along the way, they explore the...

MySims Kingdom

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 28 October 2008

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A simulation with strategy and puzzle elements, MySims Kingdom centers on King Roland’s request to help revitalize his kingdom. The player joins forces with other...

1912: Titanic Mystery

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Nintendo DS → 2010

Steam: 52/100

1912: Titanic Mystery is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the developers of Joindots GmbH and Ocean Media LLC. The game is published by SpinTop...

Aqua Panic!

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 6 October 2009

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle game with arcade elements about sea creatures thrown out of the water by a tropical cyclone. The player guides fish back to the ocean, navigating obstacles...

Puzzler World 2

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo DS → 15 October 2011

Steam: 77/100

Puzzler World 2 is a puzzle game with indie game elements from the developers at Ideas Pad. The main publisher of the game is Ubisoft...

Ancient Spirits: Columbus' Legacy

Logic, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: Nintendo DS → 15 April 2011

Steam: 100/100

Ancient Spirits: Columbus' Legacy is an indie game with elements of a shareware game from the studio cerasus.media GmbH. The main publisher of the game is...

Roogoo

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 16 June 2009

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This arcade puzzle game with strategy elements follows the Roogoo as they fight the evil Meemoo. Players manipulate platforms on multiple levels so shaped blocks...

Ninja Reflex

Action, Fighting, First-person view, Board / Group Game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 4 March 2008

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This collection of martial arts challenges tests the player’s reaction speed and hand-eye coordination. In Ninja Reflex, tasks involve using shuriken, katanas...

Puzzle Kingdoms

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 4 May 2009

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements, set in the fantasy world of Etheria, where the player builds an army to save the realm from destruction. Troops led...

Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Nintendo DS → 27 January 2010

Steam: 75/100

This hidden-object adventure follows Samantha Swift, an archaeologist and adventurer searching for the Scepter of Zeus on behalf of the Museum of Lost Secrets. Her...

Rooms: The Main Building

Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Nintendo DS → 23 March 2010

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This puzzle adventure takes place in a mysterious world of rooms, where an unexpected invitation leads the protagonist; finding a way home means reaching the exit...

7 Wonders 2

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

This match-3 puzzle game centers on the construction of historical wonders in distant lands. Players match tiles to move the required pieces down the board and...

Crazy Machines

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 2 October 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

This puzzle game with sandbox elements challenges players to build sequences of actions using mechanisms and objects. Gears, levers, pulleys and catapults can be...

Cradle of Rome

Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo DS → 26 November 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This match-three puzzle game centers on building Ancient Rome. Players gather resources by matching rows of three or more items, collecting as much as possible...

Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure

Strategy, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → декабрь 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A first-person puzzle adventure about a safecracker hired by the family of a recently deceased wealthy man to find his will in the family mansion. Duncan W. Adams...

Puzzle Chronicles

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 2 February 2010

Players: 9/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This fantasy puzzle RPG follows a quest for revenge against the Ashurin Empire for the atrocities it inflicted on the protagonist’s tribesmen. The hero sets out to...

Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 3 August 2010

Steam: 81/100

This arcade kart racer follows farm animals who want to explore beyond their home. The idea comes from Billy-Pete the Pig, who is dissatisfied with his small, dirty...

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Best Games in the Casual game genre for Nintendo DS