The Best Strategy Games for Nintendo 3DS

Update : Fountain added at rank #1.
Here are our 10 Best Strategy Games for Nintendo 3DS:
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Fountain (2024)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo 3DS nes

Lead a squad of up to 7 members entering a constantly changing barrier. In this mysterious adventure, meet interesting companions, fight against various enemies, collect rare treasures, and reveal the secrets concealed within the barrier.


  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • fantasy
  • combat

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Unholy Heights (2017)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Nintendo 3DS

The Devil has converted a tenement building into monsters-only housing, and has big plans for the future. Sucker monsters into moving into your building, charge them rent and keep them happy by buying them furniture. Knock on residents' doors to call them to battle, trap heroes in devious pincer formations, and command your troops to victory.

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  • auto-battler
  • management
  • tower-defense
  • simulation
  • real-time
  • collector
  • creature
  • immersive
  • defence
  • strategy
  • tower
  • city-building
  • humor
  • cute
  • cartoony

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Doodle Jump (2009)

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IOS iPhone ds Nintendo 3DS Xbox 360 Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Android

Doodle Jump, the most addictive mobile platformer ever, comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade with amazing new Kinect-only features. Guide Doodle the Doodler on a journey up, up, up, bouncing from platform to platform, past monsters, black holes and other obstacles. Players step left and right to move, point to blast nose balls at baddies, flap their arms to fly and more with other unique gesture controls. Doodle Jump for Kinect introduces 3 all-new worlds, treacherous bosses, and unique power-ups. Get off your couch and get your friends and family together to see who can score the most points and collect the most stars.


  • card
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • battler
  • rpg
  • japanese
  • platform
  • historical
  • pvp
  • grand-strategy
  • stylized
  • tactical
  • achievements
  • trading

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Travelers (2021)

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Nintendo 3DS vita ps1 portable PC Windows Mac OS

A travel-sim with strategic gameplay and rogue-lite elements. Play as travelers in ancient China. Experience great views on various locations. Write travel literature that long lives in history.


  • playing
  • cinema
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • card-driven
  • adventure
  • management
  • inventory
  • visual-novel
  • exploration
  • card
  • travel
  • historical
  • mystery

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