Turn-based
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Statuses
Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch
Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2023
Steam:
84/100
The game takes place in modern Japan, where a young man named Sho works hard at a large company. After an accident, the hero finds himself in a fantasy parallel...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2022
Steam:
32/100
Adventure role -playing game in the spirit of classic Japanese RPG from the creators Octopath Traveler and Bravelly default. Events unfold on a new continent...
Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Replayability, Card game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 January 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Card roguelike based on the anime series “Fairy Tail”. The plot of the game tells how Natsu and Happy discovered a mysterious door under the guild and went down...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2019
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A futuristic anime-style role-playing game in which a cyber detective investigates digital mysteries across the boundary between the real and digital worlds...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2017
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Medieval era
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Final Fantasy Tactics returns, reinvigorated in its modern incarnation. Updated graphics, fully voiced dialogue, and numerous improvements bring the familiar story...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023
Steam:
93/100
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...
Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2022
Steam:
80/100
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...
Role-playing game, Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Free game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2019
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
75/100
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...
Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
80/100
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...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023
Players:
10/10
Steam:
92/100
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2017
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a Japanese-style turn-based tactical RPG. The main character is the demon Killia, who opposes the emperor who rules hell. You...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Tactics, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation, Strategy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2022
Steam:
60/100
Legend of Ixtona is a tactical role-playing game with anime fantasy elements and an isometric view. Peace was to reign in the lands of Ixtona after the long war...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
82/100
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...
Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Adventure, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
74/100
SaGa Frontier Remastered is an anime-style adventure tactical RPG with an isometric view and a fantasy world. You will play as one of eight heroes, each with their...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
93/100
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...
