Tactics 2020 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Tactics genre

XCOM 2: Collection - a game in the Tactics genre

Strategy, Tactics, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

XCOM 2: Collection — the complete edition of the turn-based strategy game XCOM 2, which includes not only the original game but also previously released DLCs and...

Ancestors Legacy

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ancestors Legacy is an isometric real-time strategy game in which Vikings, Saxons, and other ancient barbarian tribes attempt to conquer medieval Europe through...

Commandos 2: HD Remaster

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 56/100

An updated version of the cult real-time strategy from 2001. In the modern edition you will find improved graphics and artificial intelligence, a user-friendly...

1971 Project Helios

Strategy, Tactics, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 33/100

1971 Project Helios is a turn-based tactical strategy game. In the world of the game, firearms and vehicles are very rare. The battle for resources does not stop...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

Ash of Gods: Redemption

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Ash of Gods is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with dramatic, choice-driven storytelling. The game world is a fantasy on the theme of the...

Party Hard 2

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 September 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Party Hard 2 is a top-down tactical stealth arcade game. The game will delight you with a new engine with new three-dimensional locations. As in the first part, you...

Kingdom Rush Origins

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Kingdom Rush Origins is a great continuation of the tower defense game with beautiful hand-drawn graphics, which tells the story of the war of one kingdom with...

John Wick Hex

Action, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 75/100

John Wick Hex is a fast action game with strategy elements, based on the movie "John Wick". In the game you have to try on the role of a famous assassin. The...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a turn-based tactical strategy in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. You will find a single-player campaign with a dramatic plot and a...

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

Action, Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Tactics, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Co-op shooter with tower defense elements. In the game you have to fight for the future of plastic life. Together with three friends, you will go on an epic...

Star Renegades

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Star Renegades is a tactical turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements and a side-view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Halcyon 6: Starbase...

Void Bastards

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Stealth

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Void Bastards is a hybrid FPS and strategy game about a prison full of dangerous criminals drifting through space. You have to try on the role of captain of a space...

Faeria

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Free game, Tactics, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Faeria is a card-based tactical strategy game in a fantasy setting. You have to fight on a playing field consisting of hexagons, mine gold and mana, acquire...

Here be Dragons

Turn-based, Strategy, Adventure, Tactics, Board / Group Game, Historical, Isometric

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Here be Dragons is a historical turn-based strategy game with elements of adventure and tactics. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. In 10 weeks. With...

Liege Dragon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Liege Dragon is a turn-based tactical fantasy RPG with an isometric view and anime elements. With the return of the evil dragon to life, confusion began in the...

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics

Tactics, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a role-playing strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting, based on the...

Grand Guilds

Role-playing game, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 57/100

Grand Guilds is a tactical role-playing game set in a fantasy universe where heroes can use magic. The player controls a squad of characters and fights against...

Dog Duty

Isometric, Tactics, In real time, Indie, Shooter, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 68/100

Dog Duty is a real-time tactical shooter with an isometric view. In this game you have to control a squad of rogues in a war against the powerful villain General...

Spyhack

Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2020

Steam: 28/100

Spyhack is a real-time tactical adventure strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to immerse yourself in the working life of an intelligence agency...

Wintermoor Tactics Club

Strategy, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Wintermoor Tactics Club is a tactics game where a group of academy students play various board games. The main character and her team are going through a...

Grimshade

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Grimshade is a colorful tactical RPG with turn-based combat and an isometric view. The game takes place in the fantasy medieval world of Ri'Fa, which is powered by...

Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2020

Players: 6/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars is a collectible card strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the dark world of...

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra

DLC, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2020

Metacritic: 75/100

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra is an add-on for turn-based tactical action in the fantasy setting of legendary Pokemon. The events of the game will...

Ikenfell

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Ikenfell is a classic adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game is about a group of troubled students from a school of...

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Role-playing game, Football, Sports game, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Steam: 85/100

Ganbare! Super Strikers is a unique turn-based sports RPG focused on football. You will find non-standard football matches, where victories will increase the levels...

Brawl Chess

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Chess game, Logic, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Puzzle, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 November 2020

Brawl Chess is a fantasy chess game with funny cartoon animation created by the studio Platige Image (Netflix series "The Witcher", cinematics in League of...

Othercide

Role-playing game, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Othercide is a tactical RPG with monochrome graphics in the vein of the XCOM series. The game takes place in a gloomy world where humanity has been almost...

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Tactics, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is a sequel to the 1998 role-playing strategy game Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena, retaining the core mechanics of its...

Tower of Time

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tower of Time is a tactical action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the gloomy world of...

Alder's Blood

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Role-playing game, Stealth

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Alder's Blood is a tactical turn-based strategy set in the world of dark fantasy. The game will tell the story of Hunters who need to destroy a corrupted god. To do...

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind

Logic, Puzzle, Isometric, Stealth, Tactics, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 August 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind is an adventure puzzle game based on the Peaky Blinders series. The game takes place before the events of the first season of the series...

Strike Force 2: Terrorist Hunt

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 November 2020

Strike Force 2: Terrorist Hunt is a first-person shooter that will take you to a real tropical paradise. In it, you will have to rescue a secret agent who was on a...

Wartile: Complete Edition

Strategy, Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Turn-based, Card game, Collection

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2020

Wartile: Complete Edition is a collection consisting of the fantasy strategy game with turn-based battles and card game elements Wartile and its expansion...

WARSAW

Role-playing game, Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 66/100

WARSAW is a tactical role-playing game set in the Second World War. You will play the role of the Polish Resistance fighting against the Nazis. You will find...

Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows

Strategy, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows is a major story expansion for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In the expansion, players will meet new heroes from the Ashen...

Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2020

Metacritic: 85/100

Pikmin 3 Deluxe is an enhanced edition of an unusual side-scrolling strategy game for Nintendo Switch, where you will control a group of creatures on a mysterious...

Children of Zodiarcs

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Tactics, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2020

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Children of Zodiarcs is a Japanese-style tactical RPG. The game tells the story of a group of thieves who get caught up in a complicated story due to the theft of a...

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor

DLC, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 June 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor is an add-on for turn-based tactical action in the fantasy setting of legendary Pokemon. The events of the game will...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2020 for Nintendo Switch