Turn-based for Nintendo 3DS — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Pokemon Sun and Moon - a game in the Turn-based genre

Action, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 23 November 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Pokemon Sun and Moon is a turn-based tactical action game in a fantasy setting of legendary Pokemon. You have to explore the entire Alola region, where a new...

SteamWorld Heist

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Tactics, Steampunk

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 10 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

SteamWorld Heist is a stylish and fun strategic shooter in the steampunk genre about pirates and robots. The main character is pirate Piper Faraday, who gathers a...

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

Role-playing game, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 18 May 2018

Players: 3.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux is an expanded version of the original Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, containing new storylines, additional endings...

Citizens of Earth

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Comedy, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 January 2015

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Citizens of Earth is a hilarious top-down RPG where you take on the important role of the Vice President of the World and protect it from a whole host of threats...

Radiant Historia

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 13 February 2018

Metacritic: 85/100

This turn-based role-playing game follows Stocke, a special intelligence agent assigned to an escort mission amid an ongoing war between two superpowers. The...

RPG Maker Fes

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Educational game (Education), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 27 June 2017

Metacritic: 64/100

RPG Maker Fes is a wonderful editor for DIY Japanese role-playing games. You can easily create your own ideal role-playing game, without knowledge or programming...

Pokemon X and Pokemon Y

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 12 October 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Pokemon X and Pokemon Y — Like previous games in the series, in Pokémon X and Y the player controls a Pokémon trainer who travels through the game world...

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Role-playing game, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 26 October 2017

Metacritic: 80/100

This first-person, turn-based role-playing game follows an expedition into an anomaly that appeared in Antarctica and became known as the Schwarzwelt. The player...

SD Gundam G Generation 3D

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 22 December 2011

SD Gundam G Generation 3D is an isometric strategy game with an anime/manga twist from developers at Namco Bandai Games. The game is published by Namco Bandai...

Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 2 August 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Etrian Odyssey Nexus is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat and first-person view in a fantasy setting, which is a crossover between all parts of...

Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 January 2017

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based battles in a world of fields, towns, and dungeons that players can explore seamlessly. Dragon Quest 8: Journey of...

Mario Party: Star Rush

Arcade, Third-person view, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 October 2016

Metacritic: 68/100

Mario Party: Star Rush — arcade turn-based strategy in the popular Mario Party universe. All battles take place on a virtual board, where a team of players...

Radar Mission

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 6 June 2011

Radar Mission is a first-person strategy game with a dash of warship simulator from the masters at Nintendo Co., Ltd. studios. and Pax Softnica. The game is...

Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 4 November 2014

Metacritic: 46/100

Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley is a role-playing farm simulation set in a three-dimensional world that players can shape to their liking. The landscape and fields...

SQUIDS Odyssey

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 3 July 2014

Metacritic: 70/100

A turn-based RPG with action and strategy elements follows a team of squids fighting crabs and shrimps corrupted by an infectious black ooze. The heroes set out to...

Pokemon Gold and Silver

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 22 September 2017

Players: 9/10

Pokemon Gold and Silver — re-release of the game for Game Boy as part of the Virual Console program. The updated version of the game received support for the...

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Action, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 17 November 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is an updated and expanded edition of turn-based tactical action in the fantasy setting of legendary Pokemon. The new game expands...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 22 March 2011

Metacritic: 77/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars — The game system and interface will be familiar to Advance Wars and Fire Emblem players, but with some significant...

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 16 December 2011

Metacritic: 85/100

This turn-based fantasy role-playing strategy game follows the defense of Renais against an invasion by the Grado Empire. In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, the...

Project X Zone 2

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 19 February 2016

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game brings together characters from franchises by several Japanese game publishers. In Project X Zone 2, characters from Yakuza...

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 19 May 2017

Metacritic: 81/100

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is a new installment in the popular series of strategic role-playing games with Japanese-style turn-based combat. You will...

Ambition of the Slimes

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 15 June 2016

Steam: 86/100

Ambition of the Slimes is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell an amazing...

Infinite Dunamis

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 26 May 2016

Players: 10/10

Infinite Dunamis is a turn-based role-playing game in the Japanese style and a fantasy setting. The game uses the RPG Maker game designer engine, where you will...

Etrian Mystery Dungeon

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 7 April 2015

Metacritic: 77/100

This turn-based role-playing roguelike follows adventurers drawn to the village of Aslarga by the promise of fame and fortune in the Mystery Dungeons. Dangerous...

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 26 April 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers is a continuation of the arcade action game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre. The game will continue the story of the...

Bravely Second: End Layer

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 15 April 2016

Metacritic: 81/100

A turn-based fantasy role-playing game and a sequel to Bravely Default. Some time has passed since the events of the previous game, and new dangers have...

Stella Glow

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 17 November 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Stella Glow is a turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, viewed from a third-person perspective with an isometric camera. The witch Hilda attempts to...

Fire Emblem Fates

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 May 2016

Metacritic: 88/100

This tactical role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where two kingdoms are on the brink of war. The heir to Hoshido, raised by the royal family of Nohr, must...

Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth

Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 4 August 2016

Metacritic: 80/100

This turn-based role-playing game follows an adventurer seeking to reach the crown of Yggdrasil, a towering tree said to grant the greatest wish of whoever reaches...

Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 29 June 2017

Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is an isometric fantasy game with anime/manga, adventure, role-playing and tactical elements from developers Atlus. The game is...

Mercenaries Saga 2

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 2 July 2015

Metacritic: 70/100

This tactical role-playing game is set in a fantasy world and follows Claude, captain of the Kingdom’s Order of the Silver Eagle. After an assassination attempt...

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Role-playing game, First-person view, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 16 April 2013

Metacritic: 74/100

A first-person dungeon-crawling RPG set in a future where technology collides with otherworldly forces. Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers blends cyberpunk futurism with...

Forbidden Magna

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 2 October 2014

Forbidden Magna is a third-person role-playing game with strategy, anime/manga and fantasy elements from Neverland Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Marvelous...

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 13 March 2015

Metacritic: 69/100

This turn-based strategy game with a third-person perspective follows a squad of soldiers battling enemy forces. Players plan the team’s movements and tactical...

Alliance Alive

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 22 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Alliance Alive is a classic role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The events of the game take place in a fictional world, a thousand years after...

Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 8 May 2014

Metacritic: 75/100

This turn-based role-playing adventure follows mysterious creatures that live among radio waves. The player catches Denpa Men, forms a party and sets out to save...

Fire Emblem: Awakening

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

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 20 April 2012

Metacritic: 92/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game in which the player leads an army through a series of battles and advances the story. Fire Emblem: Awakening features...

Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight

Role-playing game, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 12 February 2016

Metacritic: 82/100

A first-person, turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, combining an updated version of Etrian Odyssey 2: Heroes of Laggard with a new story campaign...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo 3DS