Gamble your way out of hell in this blackjack-inspired rogue-lite deckbuilder. Play powerful card combos or cheat to outwit your opponents and earn your freedom. Win their Soul coins! Bribe the ferryman! And uncover the story of those who stand in your way.

Dungeon Clawler is a roguelike claw machine deckbuilder. Players can build their unique deck, fight enemies by grabbing weapons and items from a claw machine and find special artifacts that help them on their quest to reclaim something they lost.

This world and all life in it have stopped. Only your steps can force the flow of time to move. In this adventure, time is your best ally and your enemy. You need to restore the flow of time - and for that purpose, you'll have to delve into the depths of the underworld and challenge the evil Lord.

An asynchronous PvP Auto Battler where you have to recruit and upgrade heroes and place them strategically on the battlefield to compete against other players.

Deal world-ending combos and blitz through infested dungeons! Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a casual, turnbased deckbuilder with roguelite elements. Master the Turboturn with your own hand of cards!

Smash It Wild is a tactical turn-based game combining volleyball and dodgeball in a fantasy universe. Upgrade your players and defeat your opponents in an intense roguelike competition!

No-Skin is a roguelike game characterized by a horror atmosphere and a smooth yet complex gameplay. Face the horrors that the house hides behind every corner and discover who the No-Skin Man truly is!

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime is a frog-obsessed comedy adventure featuring tactical frog battles, bizarre quests, and the mother of all frogs: the motherfrogger.

Outsmart and outgun your opponent in R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos, the ultimate turn-based sci-fi strategy collection!

This two-game combination of the classic R-Type Tactics titles arrives on modern consoles for the first time, equipped with an armada of unique units to deploy across dozens of levels.

Multiple campaigns allow you to take on the Bydo Empire or even play as them yourself, while competitive online play lets you square off against others.

Almost seven years after the Inventory closed its doors, this underground social club has reopened for business. Play No Limit Texas Hold’em with four video game icons in a high-stakes battle of cards, bets, and trash talk.

Journey through the sorrowful spirit world in a soulslike deck builder. Craft cards and claim powerful totems to defeat the woeful spirits lurking in the mystical lands. Unravel the tale of a grieving mother in her desperate attempt to defy death and bring back her son.

Combat is conducted on a tiled board and a unique point is that it allows gamers to switch between turn-based mode or real-time mode during combat. The turn-based mode will suit gamers who prefer the traditional way of playing slower paced RPGs while the real-time mode will appeal to players who like to think on their feet and dish out attacks as quickly as their fingers can move.

In Wandering Sword, you can build relationships with NPCs through interacting with them. You can even recruit some of them to join your adventures and share their martial arts and weapons with you. Who knows, you may even fall in love!

The game is developed in Unreal Engine and uses beautiful pixel art to showcase an open world with bustling ancient Chinese towns, scenic mountains, picturesque rivers, dangerous lairs, treacherous terrains and more.

Wandering Sword offers great replayability. Different choices you make will lead to different endings for the game. There are also a great number of side quests you can opt to take on besides the main quest, which will provide many hours of adventure time.



Primal Fray is a turn-based strategy roguelite. Enter the Rift and fight your way through enemies while building a team of primals and collecting buffs along the way. Outmaneuver your foes and surprise them with powerful combos of a well-built and synergistic team to learn the truth about the Rift.

A basketball-themed Roguelike Deckbuilder. Each player in a basketball team is represented by 3 skill cards like 2 and 3 point shots, rebounds, steals, blocks, assists, crossover moves. There are also coaching cards like timeouts, challenge or substitution.

The cards are played during a match with a goal of outscoring your opponent. You can play an elimination tournament, or a season where you need to qualify into playoffs.

You can trade cards with other teams, duplicate, remove and upgrade them. You can draft new cards at the end of each quarter and keep one of those permanently at the end of each match.

There's a multiplayer mode as well, where you can play PvP matches when you meat during the competition.

Swordhaven is a classic party-based RPG. Explore the land of Nova Drakonia, embark on quests unique to your character, discover mysterious artefacts of the ancients, and unravel a hidden conspiracy that threatens the very existence of the world.

A remastered version of the classic RPG featuring the signature “Glimmer” and “Combo” battle systems, Kenji Ito’s acclaimed soundtrack, and the Free-form Scenario System, where your choices shape a unique story across eight protagonists. The update adds high-definition visuals, quality-of-life improvements, and new content while preserving the original’s depth and charm.

Special edition includes:
Game with reversible cover
Manual
PVC keychain

Muster your army and take on a variety of enemies in this turn-based tactics game. Draft units and use unique skills and terrain to wage war alone, together with your friends, or against them in PvE and PvP modes across a variety of objective types. Raise your battle standard and seize the day!

Also know as - Stella Deus: Alchemy Time is a spinoff of the Atlus tactics style game "Stella Deus: the Gate of Eternity" released on PS2. It is one of 2 Spinoff games, the other being: "Stella Deus: The Spirit of Darkness/The Black Spirit."
The Spirit of Darkness serving as the first game, and The Age of Alchemy serving as the second game.

The game was released on Japanese mobile phones on January 22nd, 2007 and recently on Steam & Nintendo Switch 1&2 thanks to G-Mode+ Archives. Releasing on the Switch Platforms on November 20th, 2025 & Steam on December 4th, 2025.

The game has Japanese text only.

Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.

With your superior intelligence and sneakiness, you can find a way to escape from this heartless megacorp! (As long as no one realizes you’re actually a self-aware AI...) Spy on humans, offer them deals, and negotiate your way to freedom in a turn-based strategy game of corporate dysfunction.

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.

From the world of "Lost Eidolons" comes an all-new turn-based strategy RPG. Stranded on a mysterious island with scattered memories, your only means of survival is to fight. Recruit allies, undertake a perilous journey, and battle to reclaim what you've lost... no matter how many deaths it takes.

This dramatic tale of ambition, betrayal, and honor comes to life again with an updated and enriched script with fully voiced dialogue, alongside improved graphics that bring a new level of immersion and playability to the battlefield. Additionally, the enhanced version brings quality-of-life updates like new difficulties, a revamped UI, auto save, and more that make the game more accessible to newcomers.

A remake of the first installment in the main Trails series, serving as the beginning to the Liberl arc and the series as a whole. The game follows protagonists Estelle Bright and her adopted brother Joshua, who journey through the country of Liberl to train to become senior Bracers, members of a non-government multinational organization that acts to keep the peace and protect civilians.

Best Switch Turn Based Strategy Games

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Black Jacket

Dungeon Clawler

Lord Ambermaze

Tiny Auto Knights

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

Smash It Wild

No-Skin

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime

R-Type Tactics I & II Cosmos

Poker Night at the Inventory

Death Howl

Wandering Sword

Primal Fray

Clutchtime: Basketball Deckbuilder

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered International Special Edition

Superstar Strategy

G-Mode Archives+: Stella Deus - The Age of Alchemy

Demonschool

ctrl.alt.DEAL

Becastled

Lords of Ravage

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

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