Turn-based for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Turn-based genre / Page 3

Valkyria Chronicles - a game in the Turn-based genre

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...

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...

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...

Child of Light

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Child of Light is a puzzle-platformer adventure with RPG elements and turn-based combat. The game is based on fairy tales. The events of the game tell the story of...

SteamWorld Heist

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 December 2017

Players: 10/10

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...

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2018

Metacritic: 78/100

Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: Blood on the Snow is a fantasy RPG adventure in the style of a visual novel. Make meaningful choices and forge your own path in this epic...

John Wick Hex

Action, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

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...

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...

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...

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...

Suikoden 1&2 HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025

Remsters Suikoden and Suikoden 2 -games from the 90s, known for their deep plot and memorable characters. In games, updated visual effects, new sounds of the...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 August 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you, the action of...

Metal Slug Tactics

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2024

Metacritic: 75/100

Continuation of the cult shooter Metal Slug in a new format. Now the classic action platformer has been transformed into a tactical roguelike. After many years of...

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...

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2020

Players: 10/10

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...

Alder's Blood

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020

Players: 6.8/10

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...

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...

Reverie Knights Tactics

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2022

Metacritic: 68/100

Reverie Knights Tactics is a tactical role-playing game with an isometric camera view and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will go on an...

Crown Trick

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2020

Metacritic: 82/100

Crown Trick is a turn-based roguelike with fairly simple but nice fantasy-style animation. The plot revolves around a girl, Ellie, who finds herself in a kingdom of...

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...

WARSAW

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.2/10

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...

Mary Skelter 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 August 2019

Metacritic: 75/100

Mary Skelter 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric role-playing game with turn-based combat and first-person view in the Japanese style. Events take place in a...

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...

Бессмертный. Сказки Старой Руси

Adventure, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2025

Players: 7.7/10

A card roguelike based on the “Tales of Old Rus'” universe, created by artist Roman Papsuev. It represents a modern interpretation of Slavic mythology and folk...

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a role-playing adventure set in the League of Legends universe with a turn-based combat system from the creators of...

Cosmic Star Heroine

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 August 2018

Metacritic: 77/100

Cosmic Star Heroine is a Japanese-style adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, where the main character, a secret agent, has to save the galaxy. In the...

Cursed To Golf

Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Sports game, Golf, Side view, Comedy, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2022

Metacritic: 76/100

Cursed To Golf is an action-adventure game about playing golf with a side view. Your alter ego in the game is a damn golfer. He ended up in Golf Purgatory due to a...

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...

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...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The sequel continues the story of the world of Calvard, where peaceful life is again under threat. After the defeat of the Almaty mafia organization, people return...

Dark Quest 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2019

Dark Quest 2 — isometric role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting, based on the board game of the same name. The game is based on a party...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2020

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Thea 2: The Shattering

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021

Thea 2: The Shattering is a continuation of a unique turn-based strategy with elements of 4X strategy, survival, RPG and card game in the world of Slavic mythology...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

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...

Fairy Tail

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Fairy Tail is an exciting adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the Japanese anime Fairy...

The Outbound Ghost

Adventure, Arcade, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2022

The Outbound Ghost is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based battles and a side view, reminiscent of Paper Mario. Paper creatures roam a charming world...

Pokemon Legends: Arceus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is a turn-based tactical action game in the fantasy universe of legendary Pokemon. The events of the game take place in an era so distant...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch