The Best Tactical turn-based Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

Update : Day of the Shell added at rank #43.
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Fort Triumph (2020)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • fantasy
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • kickstarter

42

The Hand of Merlin (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch

The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rogue-like
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • perma-death
  • soundtrack
  • strategy

43

Day of the Shell (2025)

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

Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • nature
  • grid
  • tactical-lite
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • movement
  • 3d

44

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless (2023)

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PC Windows vita ps1 portable Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Playstation 3 ps2 Nintendo Switch ds Linux Mac OS

Disgaea is back and better than ever in Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless! Join Fuji as he embarks on a perilous journey of redemption, and experience unique features new to the Disgaea series!

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  • rpg
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • japanese
  • turn-based
  • anime
  • battle
  • jrpg
  • demons

45

Warside (2025)

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85
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Welcome to Warside, the fast-paced turn-based tactics game. With a single-player story campaign, multiplayer support, and a built-in map editor, the fight for victory never ends. Choose your Commander, assemble your forces, and battle your way to victory.


  • turn-based
  • wargame
  • movement
  • editor
  • level
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • tanks
  • pvp
  • pixel
  • grid
  • military
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • retro

46

Super Bullet Break (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Super Bullet Break is a deck-building roguelike game with addictive gacha mechanics and great fan service featuring over 160 anime girl bullets. The game's unique time management system adds a new layer of depth to the turn-based combat. Although the game can be frustrating at times, it offers highly replayable mechanics that are perfect for short bursts of play or as a time filler over the long term. If you enjoy challenging deck builders with addictive gameplay, Super Bullet Break is definitely worth playing.

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What we like:
  • Addictive gacha mechanics
  • Unique time management system
  • Great fan service
  • Highly replayable mechanics
  • Challenging gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Can be frustrating at times
  • Difficulty curve is uneven
  • Randomization can result in a lousy hand
  • Early levels are disproportionately challenging

  • card
  • turn-based
  • deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • rhythm
  • battle
  • battler
  • collector
  • creature
  • cute
  • anime
  • dating-sim
  • deck

47

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark (2019)

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Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

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  • tactical
  • end-game
  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • crafting
  • larger-scale
  • fantasy
  • battle
  • mature
  • hand-drawn

48

Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A new adventure for Shiren and Koppa begins!

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  • dungeon
  • rogue-like
  • dungeon-crawler
  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • mystery
  • rpg

49

Royal Frontier (2022)

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81
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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

Create your party of heroes and cross the dangerous frontier! Protect the caravan, fight bandits, get gold, rewards, and experience to survive another day.

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  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • combat
  • magic
  • medieval

50

Tenderfoot Tactics (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux PC Windows

A party of goblins, granted magic by an ancient spirit, wanders the archipelago, fighting back the terrible Fog. Wield elemental power with wild repercussions in this open-world tactics RPG.


  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • nonlinear
  • party
  • class
  • character
  • nature
  • magic
  • open-world
  • customization
  • exploration
  • colourful
  • atmospheric

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