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

Banners of Ruin - a game in the Turn-based genre

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Banners of Ruin is an adventure role-playing roguelike with turn-based and card-based elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer a fairy-tale...

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...

World of Horror

Role-playing game, Horror, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual text role-playing game in a Japanese setting, combining horror from the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The old gods awaken and once again invade a...

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

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2019

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...

Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Metacritic: 83/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy IV with new graphics and sound. The Kingdom of Baron sends an elite airborne unit, the Red Wings, to attack...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

Digimon Survive

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Digimon Survive is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the popular Digimon anime. The events of the game take place in...

Football, Tactics & Glory

Strategy, Football, Sports game, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

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...

Fort Triumph

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

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...

Front Mission 3: Remake

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2025

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Remake of Front Mission 3 with updated graphics, new features, and various improvements. The events of the game take place in the year 2112 in a world where...

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2019

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is an adventure tactical strategy with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting. In the game you have to control a team of mutants...

Inkulinati

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The player takes on the role of a medieval illuminator who uses Living Ink to draw and command an army of creatures. On his way to power, he battles numerous...

MONARK

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

MONARK is an action-adventure role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The world plunged into darkness and madness as a mysterious and deadly fog...

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

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2021

Metacritic: 81/100

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4 is the final part of the great role-playing saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold...

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...

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...

Metal Max Xeno: Reborn

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tanks, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2020

Metacritic: 72/100

Metal Max Xeno: Reborn is an enhanced edition of the Japanese-style sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat, where you fight with futuristic vehicles. The game takes...

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is an expanded edition of the legendary 1998 role-playing game. In addition to improvements in graphics and gameplay, the re-release...

Front Mission 1st: Remake

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Remake

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Remake of Front Mission (1995) . Players take on the role of pilots of giant Wanzer robots, battling enemies in a conflict between the Oceania Cooperative Union...

Gems of War

Role-playing game, Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Free game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Gems of War is a logic puzzle game in the genre of three in a row with elements of a role-playing game. Players will find themselves in a vast universe in which...

Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy III with new graphics and sound. The four main characters have been completely redesigned, and new scenarios...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 is the continuation of the great role-playing saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. The events of the game...

Empire of Sin

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Empire of Sin is an isometric strategy game with turn-based combat, set in Chicago in the 1920s. You will take on the role of one of 14 bosses of organized crime...

Tharsis

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Tharsis is a turn-based strategy game with board game elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes us on an expedition to Mars, where strange signals are received...

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2019

Metacritic: 80/100

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is a third-person adventure RPG with turn-based combat in the Atelier series. The game will tell the story of an...

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2024

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat. Events take place in the world of Allraan, in which there is a place for magic, people, elves, desert people and...

MISTOVER

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2019

MISTOVER is a top-down, turn-based combat RPG adventure game set in a dark fantasy setting. The unexpected appearance of the Vortex released terrible creatures that...

Griftlands

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Griftlands is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat from the creators of Don't Starve and Invisible, Inc.. You have to recruit a team of thugs and...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Evertried

Strategy, Tactics, Roguelike, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2021

Evertried is an isometric tactical strategy with turn-based battles and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. In a world of unshakable order, the Tower is a...

Black Book

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

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...

Bravely Default 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Bravely Default 2 is a continuation of the turn-based role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In the sequel you will find a new plot of a new world with completely...

Star Renegades

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 November 2020

Players: 10/10

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...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2021

Metacritic: 63/100

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14 is a Japanese-style global strategy game set in the Dynasty Warriors universe. The vast land of China is represented in a single...

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is an improved edition of the adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The plot tells the...

The Caligula Effect 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

The Caligula Effect 2 is a sequel to the Japanese role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based combat. The events of the game take place in a...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch