The Best Tabletop city-building Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Forests, Fields and Fortresses added at rank #4.
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Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.


  • cozy
  • lego
  • solitaire
  • wholesome
  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • building
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • tabletop
  • board-game
  • trains
  • puzzle
  • minimalist
  • colourful

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As Far As The Eye (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?

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  • hex
  • city-building
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • tabletop
  • building
  • grid
  • management
  • sandbox
  • survival
  • 4x
  • resource

3

Defend the Rook (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Defend the Rook is a rogue-like tactics game where players defend the Rook from a variety of enemies by strategically positioning heroes and contraptions on a 9x9 board. Through upgrades, buffs and improvements, you must use each element to their fullest potential to win each round.

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What we like:
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Good replayability
  • Cartoonish visuals
  • Customizable contraptions and buffs
  • Subtitles for dialogue
What could be improved:
  • Weak tutorial on upgrade process and contraptions
  • Camera angle control missing
  • Limited options when reviving heroes

  • rogue-like
  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • perma-death
  • tower-defense
  • city-building
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • tabletop
  • party
  • medieval

4

Forests, Fields and Fortresses (2023)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Forests, Fields and Fortresses - is a mix of a puzzle and a board game in which you have to build your kingdom.


  • city-building
  • board-game
  • tabletop
  • god-game
  • solitaire
  • casual
  • medieval
  • top-down
  • puzzle
  • strategy
  • pixel
  • economy
  • procedural
  • fantasy

5

Satama Puzzle (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Satama Puzzle is a relaxing building and puzzle game where you will optimize the layout of a Port of Unloading. Each level will have three random variable scoring conditions, so it will be a new experience each time. Try to beat your score!


  • cartoony
  • city-building
  • building
  • attack
  • score
  • relaxing
  • board-game
  • tabletop
  • base-building
  • casual
  • 3d
  • puzzle
  • family-friendly
  • minimalist
  • strategy

6

Dolmenjord - Viking Islands (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Arrange the Viking villages in the islands to expand their domains. After many years of battles, a group of Vikings decided it was time to conquer new lands. With the protection of the god Njord, a new clan specialized in navigation sets off in search of glory!

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  • vikings
  • solitaire
  • city-building
  • tabletop
  • building
  • board-game
  • movement
  • cartoony
  • mythology
  • medieval
  • relaxing
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • fantasy

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