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

Super Robot Wars Y - a game in the Turn-based genre

Role-playing game, Strategy, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

Tactical role-playing game that brings together heroes and battle robots from different anime into one story. Battles unfold in a turn-based mode on various maps...

Pokemon Champions

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

Action, Platformer, Collection, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2026

Metacritic: 77/100

The collection brings back the iconic action series that became the foundation for anime and comics, in an expanded and refined format. The collection includes Mega...

Into the Breach

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Into the Breach is a tactical strategy game with turn-based battles about fighting off an alien invasion from the creators of FTL: Faster Than Light. You will...

Gloomhaven

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2023

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the board game of the same name. Players embark on an exciting journey through terrifying dungeons...

Final Fantasy IX

Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...

The Legend of Bum-bo

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The Legend of Bum-bo — a turn-based role-playing game with arcade puzzles and randomly generated levels from the creators of Binding of Isaac. A monster named...

Magin: The Rat Project Stories

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2026

A narrative adventure in a dark fantasy world, combining exploration, choices, and card battles with deck building. The action takes place in a grim universe at the...

Black Legend

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Black Legend is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements in the setting of the dark Middle Ages. In the game you will lead a squad of mercenaries and help...

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is a turn-based tactical action game in a fantasy setting of legendary Pokemon. In the new game you will find five new Pokemon (Smoliva...

Long Gone Days

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

The main character is a young sniper named Rourke. He was raised underground as a soldier his entire adult life. One day, Rourke receives his first assignment, in...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 August 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A tactical game where the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battle villains in turn-based battles. Splinter and Shredder are dead. The player tries to help the...

Rebel Cops

Strategy, Tactics, Stealth, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Rebel Cops is a tactical strategy with step-by-step battles and isometric type of camera, which is the spin-off of the This Is the Police series. In the game, you...

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Sandbox, Shooter, Tactics, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2021

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric view and turn-based tactics. Enemies and their projectiles only move when you move, and the...

Triangle Strategy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2022

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A tactical RPG with pixel art, inspired by classic Japanese stories, tells the story of Serenoa, heir to House Wolforth, who becomes embroiled in a complex web of...

Demonschool

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 November 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Final Fantasy Tactics returns, reinvigorated in its modern incarnation. Updated graphics, fully voiced dialogue, and numerous improvements bring the familiar story...

Octopath Traveler 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2023

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...

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Quest of Memories

Adventure, Role-playing game, Dungeons, Turn-based, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 June 2024

Players: 9.3/10

The official game based on the anime series "Reincarnation of the Unemployed: A Tale of Adventure in Another World", which gives you the opportunity to relive the...

Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2026

Metacritic: 66/100

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...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 November 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...

1971 Project Helios

Strategy, Tactics, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

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...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2024

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

MECHBORN

Turn-based, Card game, Combat robots, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

A card roguelike where the player faces a global kaiju invasion, controlling combat mechs and their pilots. The game abandons the classic card hand and uses a...

Phantom Doctrine

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Phantom Doctrine is a tactical strategy with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view from the creators of Hard West. The game takes place in an alternate...

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is a turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The events of the game are dedicated...

Pathway

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Metacritic: 69/100

Pathway is an amazing tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The events of the game will take you to 1936, when German military...

Broken Lines

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Rogue Waters

Roguelike, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2025

Players: 7.2/10

The game takes place in a pirate world that has been cursed. The player recruits a team and sets off to explore the sea. Each character has its own characteristics...

Wartales - Contract: The Fief

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2025

The player takes control of a kingdom engulfed in lawlessness and desolation, which must be brought to prosperity. They will need to reclaim abandoned fields...

Wandering Sword

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2027

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A Chinese martial arts role-playing game in which the main character is a young swordsman who finds himself embroiled in dangerous events. It explores a huge open...

Super Mario RPG

Mario Game, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Remake of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars — a 1996 role-playing game for the SNES. The game narrates the adventures of Mario and his friends as they...

OMORI

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 June 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

OMORI is an indie horror adventure with fantasy RPG elements. You have to explore a strange world full of colorful friends and enemies. You'll travel through the...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A traveler is shipwrecked and loses his memory. On the island, the hero encounters a mysterious witch who can restore memories in exchange for service. There are 9...

Wartales, The Skelmar Invasion

DLC, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Medieval era, Tactics, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Players travel to Ormans County, which is experiencing the largest invasion in its history. The last stronghold of the county fell and its defenders fled. Gamers...

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2025

Metacritic: 88/100

The updated first chapter of the The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky series. The game takes place in the kingdom of Liberl, explored by Estelle and Joshua. The...

Dark Quest 4

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2025

Step-by-step adventure in the spirit of classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, where a party of heroes descends into dark dungeons filled with traps, monsters...

Valkyria Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Valkyria Chronicles is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements. The game takes place in Europe in 1935, presenting an alternative version of World...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch