The Best Tactical Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

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Update : Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake added at rank #30.
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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (2021)

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Nintendo Switch

From-the-ground-up remake features two campaigns that cover the events of Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising! Up to four players can test their wits on dozens of maps. Each player can choose one of the many Commanding Officers from either campaign.

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  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • battle
  • tanks
  • war
  • remake
  • online
  • multiplayer
  • classic
  • grid
  • artillery
  • naval
  • combat

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Floppy Knights (2022)

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Mac OS Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

Join Phoebe in the fun and quirky world of Floppy Knights, a unique combination of card game and tactical gameplay. With cute art style, lively music, and endless possibilities, mix and match your snazzy card combos to make a winning strategy. Complete odd jobs and battle on a grid to save up enough cash to move out of her parents' place. Will you lead your Knights to victory?


What we like:
  • Unique combination of card game and tactical gameplay
  • Cute art style and lively music
  • Plenty of challenge levels to provide extra gameplay
  • Accessible to those not experienced in deck building games
  • Well-crafted world and characters.
What could be improved:
  • No mid-game saving or undo button, requiring starting from the beginning
  • Slow game speed with no option to increase speed
  • Shallow card play compared to similar games

  • turn-based
  • card
  • tactical
  • deckbuilder
  • battler
  • strategy
  • family-friendly

23

The Banner Saga 3 (2018)

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Experience the epic conclusion of The Banner Saga trilogy in a dark and desperate world-ending event. As you lead over 40 powerful heroes through tough odds, your decisions truly impact the game's outcome. The storyline concludes in a beautifully animated epic finale with a Grammy-nominated soundtrack that'll leave you feeling both triumphant and nostalgic.


What we like:
  • Excellent storytelling, art and setting
  • Innovative custom battles
  • A fitting end to the saga
  • The series ages very well
  • Grammy-nominated soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Some outcomes of fights seem meaningless
  • Lack of impact for decisions made earlier in the game

  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • battle
  • wave
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • narrative
  • combat
  • fight
  • story
  • grid
  • fantasy
  • hand-drawn

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Justice Sucks (2022)

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

JUSTICE SUCKS is a stealth/action game about a killer robot vacuum cleaner on a quest for vengeance through a 90s TV universe. Stalk your prey, hack smart devices, turn them into deadly traps and consume the blood of your enemies to unleash devastating powers.


  • stealth
  • dark
  • hacking
  • cats
  • satire
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • tactical
  • shoot-em-up
  • character
  • robots
  • top-down
  • squad
  • colourful
  • gore

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Kaiju Wars (2022)

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

Play out a Kaiju movie as the (hopelessly) outclassed military in this stylish 2D turn-based strategy game. Construct buildings and defend your city with cannon-fodder tanks, jets and more as the devastating kaiju grow in power with every attack.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • tanks
  • mech
  • isometric
  • base-building
  • pve

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Android

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a captivating tactical RPG that balances battles and relationships, set in a Hogwarts-style school setting. The game offers an emotionally gripping experience with each character having its own backstory, relationships, and specialties. Players will enjoy visually satisfying battles with new enemy creatures like demonic beasts. The game also includes time-bending abilities and the gambit system, adding an extra layer of strategy to battles.

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What we like:
  • Engaging storytelling
  • Emotionally gripping experience
  • Visually satisfying battles with new enemy creatures
  • Time-bending abilities and gambit system add an extra layer of strategy to battles
  • Multiple systems work together to keep players invested in their squad and progress
What could be improved:
  • Grindy nature of side missions can affect the enjoyment of the game
  • Difficulty level is not challenging enough
  • Occasionally blurry textures and frame rate issues
  • Battles can become repetitive

  • battle
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • combat
  • grid
  • war
  • japanese
  • skill
  • narrative
  • fight
  • anime
  • remake

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Wintermoor Tactics Club (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.

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  • tactical
  • tabletop
  • visual-novel
  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • fantasy
  • dragon
  • battle
  • reality-bending
  • mystery

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The Hand of Merlin (2022)

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

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

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Arcadian Atlas (2023)

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Arcadian Atlas is a Tactical RPG about the choices people make for love and power, and how those decisions tear a kingdom apart.


  • rpg
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • japanese
  • battle
  • isometric
  • fantasy
  • war
  • pixel
  • class
  • grid
  • jrpg

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake (2024)

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Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!

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  • turn-based
  • historical
  • diplomacy
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • grand-strategy
  • wargame
  • military
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • character
  • remake
  • real-time
  • rpg
  • period

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