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Grandia HD Collection - a game in the Turn-based genre

Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2019

Metacritic: 72/100

Updated versions of two iconic role-playing games that changed the genre forever. In Grandia, players embark on an exciting journey with Justin and his allies to...

Wartales - Contract: The Fief

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2025

The player takes control of a kingdom engulfed in lawlessness and desolation, which must be brought to prosperity. They will need to reclaim abandoned fields...

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 October 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy with turn-based combat in the Mario universe and with Ubisoft's crazy rabbits. In...

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...

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2020

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra is an add-on for turn-based tactical action in the fantasy setting of legendary Pokemon. The events of the game will...

Mercenaries Saga Chronicles

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 February 2018

Metacritic: 68/100

Mercenaries Saga Chronicles is a game collection of classic adventure role-playing games with turn-based combat in the Mercenaries Saga universe. The game includes...

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...

DungeonTop

Top-down view, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Logic, Strategy, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 December 2020

Players: 7.1/10

DungeonTop is a fantasy roguelike with decks of cards about exploring dungeons filled with mountains of untold riches and artifacts, as well as dangerous creatures...

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

Strategy, Side view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2023

Metacritic: 83/100

A remake of the first two tactical strategies Advance Wars, released on the Game Boy Advance portable console in 2001 and 2003. Commanding air, land and sea forces...

HeatWave

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.8/10

HeatWave is a tactical turn-based combat simulator set in Alaska in the year 2080. A climate catastrophe has occurred in the world, and the United States decides to...

Plague Road

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Plague Road is a turn-based strategy role-playing game in a fantasy setting. You have to get used to the role of the Plague Doctor, who goes in search of survivors...

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Role-playing game, Football, Sports game, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Ganbare! Super Strikers is a unique turn-based sports RPG focused on football. You will find non-standard football matches, where victories will increase the levels...

Toy Soldiers 2: Finest Hour

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Turn-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Frozen: Nintendo Switch → 2022

Anticipation Rating: 8.2/10

Toy Soldiers 2: Finest Hour is a continuation of the classic strategy in the genre of tower defense and real time, where little toy soldiers will fight. This time...

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...

Wartales, The Skelmar Invasion

DLC, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Medieval era, Tactics, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Players travel to Ormans County, which is experiencing the largest invasion in its history. The last stronghold of the county fell and its defenders fled. Gamers...

SacriFire

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

SacriFire is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure RPG game. Dynamic Combat — The system combines real-time combat with a turn-based style to let you enjoy all...

Citizens of Space

Role-playing game, Isometric, Adventure, Turn-based, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 June 2019

Metacritic: 63/100

Citizens of Space — Adventure RPG with turn-based combat and isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of a real...

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...

Dragon Quest Rivals

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Dragon Quest Rivals is a multiplayer collectible card game with turn-based combat set in the fantasy universe of Dragon Quest. In the game you will enjoy turn-based...

Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl - Gold

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl — Gold is a fun role-playing adventure with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Danger threatens the world when the evil...

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2020

Metacritic: 69/100

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a remake of a turn-based RPG with an isometric camera view set in the Pokemon universe. The main character unexpectedly...

Shores Unknown

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Shores Unknown is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mercenary Morten...

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2026

A remake of the classic role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, as well as a direct continuation of another remake, Trails in the Sky 1st...

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2019

Metacritic: 76/100

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is a third-person role-playing game with action, puzzle and fantasy elements from the developers of h.a.n.d. Inc.. The main...

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...

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...

Longest Five Minutes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2018

Longest Five Minutes is a top-down adventure RPG with Japanese-style turn-based combat. You have to try on the role of a hero who will oppose the very real forces...

Dawn of the Breakers

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 July 2018

Dawn of the Breakers is a free-to-play role-playing game with turn-based combat. The events of the game take place on the territory of modern Japan, where you try...

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition is a remaster of the popular turn-based role-playing game in the fantasy universe of Final Fantasy. The game...

Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers is an adventure RPG with a third-person perspective and turn-based combat. The events of the game take place in the fairy-tale...

World of Kungfu: Dragon&Eagle

Indie, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Adventure, Tactics, Old school, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2024

Players: 10/10

A pixel game in which the gamer explores the lands of ancient China and participates in complex turn-based battles. The character learns and improves his skills in...

Ambition of the Slimes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 December 2017

Ambition of the Slimes is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell an amazing...

Shadows of Adam

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 May 2019

Metacritic: 78/100

Shadows of Adam is a pixel RPG with Japanese-style turn-based combat. An exciting adventure awaits you, made in the style of classic role-playing games of the 90s...

GOD WARS The Complete Legend

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2018

Metacritic: 70/100

GOD WARS The Complete Legend is a Japanese-style tactical RPG with turn-based combat that is an improved version of God Wars: Future Past with new episodes, music...

Tale of Ronin

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Tale of Ronin is a game about the human side of samurai life, which contains a fascinating story about betrayal, honor, war and peace. The players' decisions...

Pokemon Stars

Action, Strategy, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 2017

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

Pokemon Stars is an edition of the turn-based tactical action game Pokemon Sun and Moon for Nintendo Switch. You have to explore the entire Alola region, where a...

Slime Tactics

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2019

Slime Tactics is a cubic action role-playing game with strategy elements and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to go to an amazing world where you will...

Dungeons of DUSK

Role-playing game, First-person view, Turn-based, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

The game unfolds between episodes of the cult shooter DUSK, but shifts the action to dark dungeons with turn-based battles and the atmosphere of a classic RPG. The...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch