Turn-based for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Turn-based genre / Page 6

Isekai Rondo - a game in the Turn-based genre

Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2023

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...

Meg's Monster

Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 March 2023

Metacritic: 79/100

The game takes place in the Underworld — a land of monsters and mutants who eat people for breakfast. But a huge ogre named Roy doesn't want to eat people...

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...

In Stars And Time

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2023

Metacritic: 85/100

An unusual role-playing game about a time loop, where the final battle with the King unexpectedly becomes the beginning of an endless repetition of the same day...

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...

Defend the Rook

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Board / Group Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2022

The player places towers to save the kingdom from hordes of enemies. It is important to carefully select places for construction and improve towers in a timely...

Quest of Dungeons

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2017

Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2020

Metacritic: 77/100

Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster is an improved edition of the adventure role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based...

Fairy Tail: Dungeons

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 January 2026

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Dark Quest 3

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2023

A tactical adventure with the atmosphere of a board game, where a team of heroes sets out to face the growing threat from the Chaos Sorcerer. The journey begins in...

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...

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...

MECHBORN

Turn-based, Card game, Combat robots, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

A card roguelike where the player faces a global kaiju invasion, controlling combat mechs and their pilots. The game abandons the classic card hand and uses a...

Dread Nautical

Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Dread Nautical is a fun RPG with turn-based combat and a top-down view. Supernatural forces filled the ship with mysterious evil monsters. Therefore, you have to...

Super Robot Wars Y

Role-playing game, Strategy, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

Tactical role-playing game that brings together heroes and battle robots from different anime into one story. Battles unfold in a turn-based mode on various maps...

Light Fingers

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

Light Fingers is a tabletop turn-based strategy game in a fantasy setting. In front of you will be a playing field that resembles a clock, generating playing fields...

Thirsty Suitors

Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2023

Metacritic: 78/100

A bright game about a girl named Jala, who must deal with all her problems. While communicating with your mother, you can learn how to cook various dishes in a...

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2025

Metacritic: 88/100

The updated first chapter of the The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky series. The game takes place in the kingdom of Liberl, explored by Estelle and Joshua. The...

Capes

Isometric, Tactics, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2024

Metacritic: 76/100

Villains with superpowers seized control of the city twenty years ago. The player assembles a squad of superheroes to stop criminals. There are many characters with...

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 July 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a fantasy strategy game with turn-based combat and role-playing elements set in the Fire Emblem universe. The game contains...

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...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Side view, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition — enhanced edition of the role-playing game Deep Sky Derelicts. It includes expansions: Deep Sky Derelicts: Station Life...

Disgaea 1 Complete

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Disgaea 1 Complete is a re-release of the classic role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. You have to go to a colorful fairy-tale world and try on...

Tiny Metal

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2017

Metacritic: 67/100

Tiny Metal is a military tactical strategy game with turn-based battles. You will play as the Artezimin lieutenant Nathan Griss, who, along with his warriors...

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream — a continuation of the colorful Japanese-style role-playing game, in which you will play as the alchemist...

Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Planescape: Torment — Enhanced Edition is a special re-release of the classic role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy world for modern...

Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 February 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and turn-based combat from the creators of Quest for Glory. The game will tell...

The Shrouded Isle

Strategy, Horror, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Metacritic: 69/100

The Shrouded Isle is a management turn-based strategy with horror elements and a top-down view, in which you will control a small gloomy port town, satisfying the...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

Metacritic: 54/100

Fallen Legion Revenants is a turn-based strategy role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. In a world covered in...

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...

Highwater

Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Post-apocalyptic, Isometric

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2024

Metacritic: 70/100

Atmospheric adventure in a flooded world, where among the ruins of the old world there is still a place for friendship and hope. Nicos and his friends travel by...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2026

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The environment can be...

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018

Metacritic: 73/100

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs is a role-playing game full of exciting combat and adventure. Kai, from the House of Loren, unexpectedly inherits the old and...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Comics, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 August 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A tactical game where the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battle villains in turn-based battles. Splinter and Shredder are dead. The player tries to help the...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. 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...

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

Action, Platformer, Collection, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2026

Metacritic: 77/100

The collection brings back the iconic action series that became the foundation for anime and comics, in an expanded and refined format. The collection includes Mega...

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019

Metacritic: 78/100

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland is a continuation of the Japanese role-playing series with turn-based battles in the fantasy universe of Arland. In this new...

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp

Adventure, Board / Group Game, Role-playing game, Casual game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Card game, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 54/100

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp is an adventure tabletop card visual novel. The main part of the game, in which players will develop their character over 50...

Turn-based

Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch