Turn-based 2023 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Wartales - a game in the Turn-based genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 September 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A hundred years have passed since the world witnessed the fall of the once great Edoran Empire at the hands of an unprecedented plague that swept through the...

Marvel's Midnight Suns

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Top-down view, Comics, Turn-based, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 2 May 2023

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Turn-based tactics in the Marvel universe from the creators of XCOM: Enemy Within and XCOM 2. Marvel's Midnight Suns is based on the dark comic book storyline...

Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2023

Players: 9.2/10

A game with turn-based battles and pixel graphics from the developers of The Messenger. The difficulty of story missions is adjusted to the hero’s level. During the...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2023

Players: 10/10

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of white pieces and...

The Last Spell

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in a dark fantasy world, in which, due to the Cataclysm caused by magicians, monsters began to appear everywhere, threatening humanity. A group...

Gloomhaven

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2023

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the board game of the same name. Players embark on an exciting journey through terrifying dungeons...

Wildfrost

Roguelike, Card game, Tactics, Turn-based, Procedural generation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 April 2023

Metacritic: 80/100

The bitter cold has conquered the world, but Snowdwell and its inhabitants have become humanity's last hope to fight the eternal winter. As players progress, they...

Front Mission 2: Remake

Role-playing game, Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2023

Metacritic: 64/100

Remake of Front Mission 2 with updated graphics, new features, and various improvements. The plot tells the story of three characters: Ash, Lisa, and Thomas. The...

Long Gone Days

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition

Strategy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Tactics, Match-3 (Three in a row), Online, Fantasy, Adventure, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2023

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Re-release of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, a spin-off of the famous "Might and Magic" series. The game is a mix of puzzle, strategy, and RPG, set 40 years...

Octopath Traveler 2

Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2023

Metacritic: 85/100

Turn-based Japanese role-playing game in an open world. The story takes place in Solistia, a world where the eastern and western continents are separated by sea. It...

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...

Wargroove 2

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2023

Metacritic: 84/100

Players take command of armies made up of a variety of units and fight in tactical battles against numerous opponents. The game's plot takes place in a new region...

Persona 3 Portable

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 January 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A modern version of the game Persona 3 FES (Append Edition) with improved graphics and gameplay. The main character transfers to a new school and learns that the...

Zoeti

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 April 2023

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...

Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...

Super Mario RPG

Mario Game, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Remake of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars — a 1996 role-playing game for the SNES. The game narrates the adventures of Mario and his friends as they...

Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy VI with new graphics and sound. The War of the Magi has wiped out all magic from the world. A thousand years...

Isekai Rondo

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...

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...

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

Metacritic: 80/100

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is a pixel remake of the original Final Fantasy with new graphics and sound. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents...

Redemption Reapers

Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 February 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles from the creators of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The action takes place in a dark fantasy world...

World of Horror

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual text role-playing game in a Japanese setting, combining horror from the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The old gods awaken and once again invade a...

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...

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...

Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2023

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...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 July 2023

Metacritic: 75/100

The events of the game take place in the Royal Academy of Magic. Young Marie cannot cope with alchemy, so the professor arranges for her to join a workshop that...

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...

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...

Cross Tails

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2023

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...

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...

Turn-based

Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2023 for Nintendo Switch