Turn-based 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2 — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Final Fantasy Resonance - a game in the Turn-based genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 22 October 2026

The first game in the series, made in the popular HD-2D style. The developers combined classic pixel art with modern visual technologies, dynamic camera work, and...

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 17 September 2026

A tactical RPG in the spirit of the classic Fire Emblem series, where the fates of heroes intertwine in an epic tale of war and betrayal. On a continent divided by...

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 5 February 2026

Metacritic: 82/100

The main character, along with his friends, sets out beyond their small island. In a mysterious cave, they are transported to the past, where they learn that their...

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

First-person view, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 21 April 2026

Metacritic: 84/100

A casual roguelike with a turn-based combat system Vampire Survivors. As players progress, they explore dungeons, collect powerful card decks, fight monsters, gain...

Digimon Story Time Stranger

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 10 July 2026

Metacritic: 80/100

A role-playing game featuring monster taming, centered around a grand story of the world's destruction and the strong bonds between humans and Digimon. The events...

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 17 September 2026

A remake of the classic role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, as well as a direct continuation of another remake, Trails in the Sky 1st...

Pokemon Champions

Role-playing game, Action, Online, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 8 April 2026

Metacritic: 67/100

A colorful role-playing game that invites trainers on an updated journey through a world filled with familiar and rare Pokémon. Players need to gather unique teams...

Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains

Strategy, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 30 June 2026

Metacritic: 65/100

The game transports the classic board game into the universe of "Star Wars," combining familiar rules with iconic heroes and the atmosphere of a galaxy far, far...

Tales of Eternia Remastered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 16 October 2026

Remaster of the cult Japanese role-playing game Tales of Eternia. The events of Tales of Eternia unfold in the world of Eternia, divided into two isolated kingdoms...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 10 September 2026

Metacritic: 85/100

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero is a Japanese anime RPG with turn-based combat. Lloyd Bannings returns to his hometown to follow in his late brother's...

Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 24 September 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age — Definitive Edition is an expanded version of the eleventh installment in the acclaimed Dragon Quest series. The...

Octopath Traveler 2

Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 1 October 2026

Metacritic: 85/100

Turn-based Japanese role-playing game in an open world. The story takes place in Solistia, a world where the eastern and western continents are separated by sea. It...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 15 January 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The new part of the Trails series unfolds in the Republic of Calvard and tells about events that determine the future of the entire continent of Zemuria. The story...

People of Note

Role-playing game, Music game, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 7 April 2026

Metacritic: 79/100

A turn-based role-playing game where battles turn into musical performances, and every action sounds like part of a common rhythm. The main character, Cadence, is...

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy

Game in development: Nintendo Switch 2 → 23 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A step-by-step role-playing game set in the universe of "Warrior Cats," where you will create your own cat and choose one of four clans: Thunder, River, Shadow, or...

Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 28 May 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

In the small province of Ennakamuy, on the border of the great Yamato Empire, there lived a young man with his mother and sister. One day, at the behest of a local...

Dosa Divas

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch 2 → 14 April 2026

Metacritic: 70/100

A colorful turn-based RPG centered around the story of two sisters, Samara and Amani, reuniting for a journey through an amazing world. Together with an ancient...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2