Turn-based for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Turn-based genre / Page 5

The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 January 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The new part of the Trails series unfolds in the Republic of Calvard and tells about events that determine the future of the entire continent of Zemuria. The story...

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Continuation of the Atelier Ryza series of Japanese role-playing games. Near the hometown of the main character Riza, the Karka Islands appear in an unknown way...

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...

Neoverse

Adventure, Card game, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Neoverse is a tactical card game in the futuristic genre with a third-person view and anime elements. This is a beautiful, fantastic game of adventure with exciting...

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Simulation, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 91/100

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is an adventure role-playing game with elements of a visual novel and dating simulator. You and your family grew up on humanity's first...

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...

Romancing SaGa 3

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Romancing SaGa 3 is a classic RPG adventure with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game will offer several characters with different gameplay and will send...

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...

Monopoly (2019)

Board / Group Game, Tactics, Business / Management, Online, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Strategy, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2017

Monopoly (2019) is an educational online board game with elements of business and turn-based strategy with an isometric view. You roll the dice and buy, sell, build...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Skulls of the Shogun

Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 July 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

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...

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...

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...

Circus Electrique

Tactics, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Circus Electrique is a turn-based tactical role-playing game in the steampunk genre. Ordinary Londoners have suddenly turned into evil killers, and only the...

SaGa Frontier Remastered

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 April 2021

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...

Hex Gambit: Respawned

Online, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2024

Players: 5.5/10

A multiplayer turn-based strategy game that pits players against each other in exciting 1v1 and 2v2 modes. You can customize your team by choosing a captain and...

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Role-playing game, Exploration, Dungeons, Turn-based, Fantasy, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024

Remake of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1981) . The adventurer heroes once again venture into the dungeon beneath Trebor Castle to defeat the...

Heroland

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2019

Metacritic: 69/100

Heroland is a fun role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view. The game combines the laid-back fun of a theme park with the very real dangers of...

Arco

Tactics, Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Top-down view, Adventure, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 August 2024

Metacritic: 86/100

A unique tactical action game where the plot is formed based on the player’s decisions. Four heroes must travel through dense forests, endless plains and scorching...

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...

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...

Legrand Legacy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Legrand Legacy is a tactical turn-based role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a Japanese style. The main character named Finn is the leader of a bandit...

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...

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is a role-playing card game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting from the creators of the NieR and Drakengard series. A...

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness is an expansion for a unique side-scrolling party-based RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on has added a new type of task...

Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Turn-based, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Players: 8/10

Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?! is a fun sci-fi management simulator with turn-based strategy elements. The game is a continuation of Holy Potatoes! A Weapon...

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...

Rising Lords

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2024

Players: 7.6/10

A turn-based strategy game set in medieval Europe that combines tactical battles, elements of card games, and multiplayer battles for up to four players. Each...

Ikenfell

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020

Metacritic: 71/100

Ikenfell is a classic adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game is about a group of troubled students from a school of...

Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2019

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 56/100

Narcos: Rise of the Cartels is a turn-based strategy with a dash of action. The plot continues the events of the first season of the series and tells about the...

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...

Worldless

Adventure, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2023

Metacritic: 85/100

The player explores a formless world, battling enemies. Battles are turn-based, but you'll need to choose the right actions at the right moment. As you progress...

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...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 June 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

Mutant Year Zero: Seed of Evil

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Mutant Year Zero: Seed of Evil is an add-on for an adventure tactical strategy with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting. A new story campaign awaits you...

The Alliance Alive HD Remastered

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The Alliance Alive HD Remastered — an enhanced edition of a classic role-playing game with turn-based battles in a Japanese style. The events of the game take place...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch