Turn-based for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Turn-based genre / Page 4

Terra Memoria - a game in the Turn-based genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2024

Six heroes travel through a vibrant fantasy world. The characters must find out the reason for the attack of the ancient machines. As they progress, the heroes...

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...

Cris Tales

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

Cris Tales is an adventure role -playing play with step -by -step battles in the Japanese style. The main feature of the game was the unique mechanics of “Time...

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...

Dark Deity

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2022

Metacritic: 77/100

A strategy with minimalist graphics in which you need to fight and upgrade your heroes, form squads of 30 fighters, providing them with equipment and magical...

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...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Side view, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 83/100

A peaceful village is attacked by enemies, so several children climb into a huge tank to protect themselves. Characters can use their unique abilities and improve...

Cross Tails

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2023

For more than ten years, the dog kingdom of Ranverfurt and the cat republic of Hidik have been at war. This enmity is deeply rooted in the memory of their peoples...

Tales of Eternia Remastered

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Islanders

Arcade, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Islanders is a minimalistic turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view. Do you want to build beautiful cities without spending long hours on resource...

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground is a strategy game with turn-based combat and role-playing elements in the Warhammer fantasy universe. You can expect intense...

Catan

Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019

Catan is a third-person strategy with business simulator elements from the developers from the studio Big Huge Games, Inc.. The game is published by Big Huge Games...

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...

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...

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...

Operencia: The Stolen Sun

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Operencia: The Stolen Sun is a classic party role-playing game with a first-person view and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game is based on the myths...

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...

Nowhere Prophet

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2020

Metacritic: 77/100

Nowhere Prophet is an adventure card game with role-playing elements. In the game you have to travel through a dangerous world that is randomly generated and...

Skulls of the Shogun

Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 July 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

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...

Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy V with new graphics and sound. The King of Tycoon senses a change in the wind. The crystals that maintain the...

Cardpocalypse

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Cardpocalypse is a fun turn-based combat RPG card game set in the 1990s. The game tells the story of ten-year-old Jess, who moves to a new school where all the...

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...

The Dragoness: Command of the Flame

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 September 2023

The Dragoness: Command of the Flame is a fantasy turn-based strategy game with city-building and roguelike elements. In addition to fighting and exploring the...

Octopath Traveler 0

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2025

Metacritic: 82/100

The new installment of the Octopath Traveler series invites you to Orsterra — a world where destinies intersect and where legends of divine rings become the...

VED

Side view, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2024

Metacritic: 66/100

A dark game in which the gamer explores mysterious islands where he fights monsters. Set in two worlds, the game tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who embarks...

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a collectible role-playing card game with turn-based combat in the fantasy universe of SteamWorld. You have to become the...

Jack Move

Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2022

Metacritic: 75/100

Jack Move is a top-down cyberpunk adventure JRPG. Her name is Noah Solares, she is a legendary hacker whose name is spoken only in whispers on the streets. Even...

Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 July 2023

Metacritic: 75/100

The events of the game take place in the Royal Academy of Magic. Young Marie cannot cope with alchemy, so the professor arranges for her to join a workshop that...

Floppy Knights

Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Card game, Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 December 2022

Turn-based card strategy in the world of retro technology and magic. Young inventor Phoebe is trying to save enough money to finally move out from her parents...

Escape from Ever After

Role-playing game, Action, Turn-based, Side view, Comedy, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A bright game in the spirit of the Paper Mario series. In the story, greedy corporations from the real world want to profit from the magical worlds of books. The...

Persona 3 Portable

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 January 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A modern version of the game Persona 3 FES (Append Edition) with improved graphics and gameplay. The main character transfers to a new school and learns that the...

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...

Exorder

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2018

Metacritic: 60/100

Exorder is a turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in a colorful fairy-tale world, where...

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...

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023

Metacritic: 84/100

Fuji and his friends travel through the demonic world of Hinomoto, where bushido is a thing of the past, and the Code of Destruction has come in its place. Hinomoto...

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...

Super Neptunia RPG

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Super Neptunia RPG is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the yperdimension Neptunia universe, where...

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...

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch