In the year 2090, the world's conflicts are fought using giant war machines called Wanzers. Huffman Island, the only place where the Oceania Cooperative Union (O.C.U.) and the Unified Continental States (U.C.S.) share a land border is a hotbed of conflict.

An O.C.U. reconnaissance platoon led by Captain Royd Clive is assigned to investigate a U.C.S. munitions plant. They are ambushed by U.C.S. Wanzers, triggering a series of events that plunges the whole island into war. Royd's fiancée, Lieutenant Karen Meure, goes missing in action.

Discharged from the military, Royd sets out to investigate what happened to Karen. His quest leads him closer and closer to the conspiracy behind the incident and the powers that orchestrated it.

With dozens of characters to meet, its mature story, and non-Manichean protagonists, Front Mission is the classic of a tactical Japanese RPG genre, finally available worldwide.

Live By The Sword: Tactics is an unashamedly old school tactical RPG with modern gameplay ideas. Set after the fall of the land, you control two brothers who must traverse the kingdom to stop it from falling back into the darkness of conflict. Single Player and Multiplayer game modes available.

The long-running Richman series arrives with its most advanced and addictive entry yet, Richman 11! In this high-stakes 3D board game of investments and property control, players can choose from a wide variety of fancy and energetic characters to represent them, set the number of players and enter a hilariously immersive game world all about getting rich and staying on top!

From classic maps paying homage to the series’ 1989 origins to brawl boards with missiles and bombs, there are many ways to keep the multiplayer mayhem fresh and exciting no matter how many times you play, solo or against friends and family! Roll dice to move across the board, draw cards, buy empty land, build houses or chain stores, level up buildings to collect higher rent, make deposits when passing banks and punish the competition on your path to financial victory!

The Battle of Polytopia is a turn based civilization strategy game about controlling the map, fighting enemy tribes, discovering new lands and mastering new technologies. You take on the role as the ruler of a tribe and attempt to build a civilization in a turn based strategy competition with the other tribes. It can be played offline why the game is also suitable for traveling.

Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a charming, turn-based RPG adventure that puts a modern spin on classic tactics-style games. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, enormous boss monsters, and a dark world embroiled in war, Absolute Tactics plunges players right into the action as our hero Huxley and his dog Max build their team of allies to defend their home against a mysterious invading army. Control your units and make use of their unique traits to dominate your enemies with masterful strategies that take advantage of unit placement, varied attack patterns, and skills that are as unique as each character. A vast array of deadly enemies, traps, puzzles and obstacles await to challenge you on your adventure.

Save the world of online multiplayer games from a rogue AI in this deck-building strategy roguelite! Collect more than 160 cute and colourful Bullets as you move through maps based on iconic game genres and defeat enemies in challenging turn-based combat.

Collect elements and use them as either armor or weapons on your quest. Gather as much treasure as possible on your travels and compare your highest score with players all around the world. Each time you enter the Plunder Dungeons they'll be slightly different. Keep your wits about you and maybe you'll come face to face with the rarest and most powerful creatures.


A dark fantasy roguelike where you play as the Devil! Lead famous evil geniuses through events and turn-based fights to spread terror and corruption. Create synergies between your disciples, use your evil powers and take revenge on those miserable Demon Hunters.

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?

RESEARCH and DESTROY is a TURN-BASED ACTION GAME with simultaneous local or online co-op. Take control of three brilliant scientists as you RESEARCH and develop strange new weapons and gadgets to DESTROY the Supernatural hordes that have all but crushed humanity!

The wagons are packed and an eager group of settlers are ready to head out. But the journey is full of dangers. Treacherous terrain, savage bandits and ancient monsters have been the end of many settlers. So they turn to you to protect them. Choose your party, move across the map like a board game, and battle monsters. The combat is a nuanced mix of turn-based and time-based approach, with attacks, specials and items make each encounter unique.

Command legendary heroes to reshape a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and secret arcane powers. Claim ancient artifacts and powerful weapons to empower your cast of 30 voiced, playable characters as they form bonds and battle their way to become legends.

Gem Wizards Tactics is a turn-based squad tactics game with randomly generated maps and weird asymmetrical factions: oil-fracking, earth-scorching Business Demons, storm-bringing, monster vine-summoning Potatoes, and more! Constantly surprising, endlessly challenging!

Play Pirate's Gold today and get ready for one of the greatest pirate puzzle adventures of all time. Experience an exciting journey through the Caribbean and plunder 100 treasure caves. Each cave is a puzzle that demands everything from your logical thinking skills. Move the precious items around to make pairs. Find the right strategy to avoid obstacles or use one of the many magic items. Use the bomb to blow up unpleasant objects or use the sword to remove obstacles that get in your way. Analyze the tricky arrow mazes to find all the pieces of the cursed amulet and become the most feared pirate of the Caribbean. Are you clever enough to find all the treasures?

Create a world free of conflict in this innovative turn-based simulation. Work together with a mythical young goddess to develop a peaceful civilization over the course of a century.


Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style boardgame. Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses.

Reverie Knights Tactics is a turn-based tactical RPG with strategic battles in isometric grids where every decision can alter the story. Travel through a hand-drawn fantasy world and lead your heroes in a story-rich adventure, visual novel style!

[ Story ] After the collapse of society due to material civilization, human beings will implement a "folklore policy" governed by some politicians based on their reflection. The world was settled by folklore, and the people got their own happiness. In order to make the peace forever, the politician manipulates his own genes and becomes an absolute person of immortality. The people worshiped and obeyed the absolute as a "god". For hundreds of years, perfect order was maintained and all the people lived happily. However, those who are tired of happiness form a clique and disturb the peace of the country ... The "gods" of each country organized an army and suppressed it. The slightest turbulence disrupted the over-perfect order, creating greater conflict. The world was once again flooded with death from hatred and justice. You exist in this world as the "god" of a nation. Dominate "the whole world" and lead all the people to happiness ... * This game only supports Japanese.

Kline, a novice High Beast Knight is sent on reconnaissance into Laft, the Earth-Depths, where he comes across Alia, a Battle Maiden who has suffered terrible injuries and is close to death. In order to help her, he forms a partnership with the God of Death, Rooselevy. Alia lives, but in return the young knight must give up his life... In a world on the brink of war, the newly acquainted duo must fight destiny itself in order to save the world from the ever creeping darkness that is threatening to consume everything, and once and for all restore the balance of the world. Featuring 40 hours of unique gameplay, a rich storyline mixed with a large variety of characters and enemies, as well as many more intriguing features such as powerful meteorites that grow with the character, animated turn-based battles, a large quantity of side quests, material collection, weapon crafting, and beautiful pixel artwork, Justice Chronicles really captures the essence of a true Role Playing Game!

Gardener’s Path is a top-down turn-based puzzle game, about fighting giant insects and protecting underground gardens, through the use of magical artifacts.

In a world infested with evil beasts called savarians, a girl is on a journey to hunt these dangerous beings. One day she runs into a dog possessed by the soul of a young man. This meeting triggers a further long adventure awaiting only to reveal what is behind the mystery involving the world fate. Possess looming enemies and summon spirits to support you in turn-based battles with outstanding animations! Take on missions in the Guild to raise your rank, and upgrade weapons to become more powerful. More enjoyment awaits you in this fateful RPG!

30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.

Rebuild a frontier town and become acquainted with its community in puzzle-RPG Frontier Quest! Explore the frontier, collect materials and defeat monsters with the right equipment in order to restore the town and uncover the secrets of the frontier.

Valess, a boy earning petty cash in a commune of drifters is suddenly met by Lock, a stand-alone golem. Upon discovering that the leader of a criminal organization has an enormous bounty on his head, Valess receives a golem of his own from Lock and decides to join him on an adventure into the unknown where numerous bounties await. Thus begins their journey of grit and oil across several continents! As well as upgradable golem equipment, there are also Edea Stones imbued with life force, specialized passive skills and special ammunition for a variety of circumstances. Visit Bounty Centers to find out information on active criminals and monsters, including their rewards, locations and special characteristics. Visit each commune and take on as many bounties as you can to find fame and fortune!

Nowadays everyone is a self-proclaimed chess player! Quite different from the Soviet kids back in the old days. Maybe you are not so lazy and really want to improve your chess knowledge. Surprise me!

Best Switch Turn Based Strategy Games

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FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake

Live by the Sword: Tactics

Richman 11

The Battle of Polytopia

Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy

Super Bullet Break

Plunder Dungeons

Rogue Lords

As Far As The Eye

RESEARCH and DESTROY

Royal Frontier

Dark Deity

Gem Wizards Tactics

Pirate's Gold

The Hundred Year Kingdom

Concordia: Digital Edition

Reverie Knights Tactics

VAZIAL SAGA XX

Justice Chronicles

Gardener's Path

Ghost Sync

Super Robot Wars 30

Frontier Quest

Armed Emeth

BOT.vinnik Chess

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