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Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy, Turn-based, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An enhanced version of the original Chrono Cross with detailed 3D models, updated combat system, the ability to change screen resolution, and much...

Terra Memoria

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2024

Steam: 85/100

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...

Research and Destroy

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2022

Steam: 95/100

The gamer controls a group of brilliant scientists who confront hordes of supernatural monsters. As they study their opponents, heroes unlock new equipment and...

Legrand Legacy

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 67/100

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...

Football Manager Touch 2018

Strategy, Football, In real time, Business / Management, Sports game, Turn-based, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 April 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Football Manager Touch 2018 is a football management simulator for mobile platforms, in which you will become the manager of a football team and lead it to success...

Longest Five Minutes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2018

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 67/100

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...

Ambition of the Slimes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 December 2017

Steam: 86/100

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...

Fort Triumph

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

Little Town Hero

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2019

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Little Town Hero is a colorful role-playing adventure with a third-person view and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a...

Crown Trick

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2020

Steam: 86/100

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...

The Shrouded Isle

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Steam: 71/100

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...

Cross Tails

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2023

Steam: 68/100

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...

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023

Steam: 74/100

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...

Zoeti

Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

Steam: 76/100

The player embarks on a journey through a fairy-tale world, where they fight against monsters that have flooded these lands. Battles take place using a deck of...

Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Turn-based, Roguelike, Old school, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2026

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Remaster Defender of the Crown — a game that became a hit in 1986. The original project is dedicated to medieval Britain. The player needs to capture enemy...

Dosa Divas

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2026

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A colorful turn-based RPG centered around the story of two sisters, Samara and Amani, reuniting for a journey through an amazing world. Together with an ancient...

Catan

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019

Metacritic: 81/100

A turn-based strategy game based on the board game Settlers of Catan, it casts the player as a colonist on a newly discovered imaginary island. Strategy and trading...

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 January 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 62/100

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is a party-based role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based combat. The game will tell you about events from the nineties of...

Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 February 2021

Steam: 90/100

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...

Ganbare! Super Strikers

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Steam: 85/100

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...

Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster

Card game, Exploration, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2023

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This collection brings together two Japanese role-playing games, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean and Baten Kaitos Origins. Their stories unfold on a...

SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Two stories unfold in a watercolor world and gradually form a single history. The protagonists include Gustave, heir to an esteemed royal line, and Wil, a young man...

Othercide

Role-playing game, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Othercide is a tactical RPG with monochrome graphics in the vein of the XCOM series. The game takes place in a gloomy world where humanity has been almost...

Dread Nautical

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 61/100

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...

Liege Dragon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Liege Dragon is a turn-based tactical fantasy RPG with an isometric view and anime elements. With the return of the evil dragon to life, confusion began in the...

Fuga: Melodies of Steel

Side view, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

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...

Fairy Tail 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2024

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 66/100

An adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the Japanese anime Fairy Tail. The story is based on the final story arc of the original Alvarez...

Thea: The Awakening

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based strategic survival game set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Slavic mythology. After the Darkness engulfs the world, a small group of survivors must...

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

Steam: 70/100

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...

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 4

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 April 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2018

Steam: 76/100

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...

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...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 February 2021

Steam: 63/100

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...

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 October 2022

Players: 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...

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Sandbox, Shooter, Tactics, Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2021

Steam: 95/100

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric view and turn-based tactics. Enemies and their projectiles only move when you move, and the...

Neoverse

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Long Gone Days

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2023

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Thirsty Suitors

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2023

Steam: 97/100

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...

Floppy Knights

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 December 2022

Steam: 80/100

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...

Athenian Rhapsody

Role-playing game, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Tactics, Adventure, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2024

Steam: 91/100

A humorous game in which the main character explores the world of Athens. The gamer must create a unique story by making important decisions. There are 16...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Nintendo Switch