The Best Real-time strategy Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 31 December 2023: Chinese Empire added at rank #42.

Here are our 10 Best Real-time strategy Games for Nintendo Switch:

Play Video: Pikmin 4

Nintendo Switch

Pikmin 4 is a highly engaging and enjoyable game that focuses on exploration and the feeling of being small in a human world. The addition of Oatchi, a playable character who can jump, swim, and carry the Pikmin army, fundamentally changes the gameplay and adds a new dynamic to the series. Pikmin 4 is a near flawless game that offers a rewarding and enjoyable experience.

• Engaging gameplay with new dynamic
• Unique abilities and challenges with new Pikmin species
• Strategic night missions
• Helpful rewind feature
• Dandori Battles and Challenges add competition and efficiency

• Limited co-op mode
• Constant mention of Dandori can become tiresome
• Minor issues with Pikmin getting stuck in the environment

• strategy
• real-time
• cooperative
• puzzle
• exploration
• battle
• plant
• tower-defense
• squad
• dungeon
• split-screen
• earth
• adventure
• resource
• competitive

Good match + 7 Bad match

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Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.

• real-time
• minimalist
• strategy
• cooperative
• local
• fantasy
• hex
• tower-defense
• base-building
• pixel
• dark
• war
• atmospheric
• building
• grid

Good match + 60 Bad match - 117

Play Video: Minecraft Legends

IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows

Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!

• strategy
• real-time
• battle
• cooperative
• tactical
• resource
• action-strategy
• multiplayer
• action

Good match + 10 Bad match

Play Video: The DioField Chronicle

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

A gritty and immersive story brought to life with the latest technology. Introducing "Real Time Tactical Battle" (RTTB), a new, deeply strategic, real-time battle system. The beginnings of a new Strategy RPG, crafted by a skilled and experienced development team.

• real-time
• rpg
• strategy
• tactical
• japanese
• battle
• political
• jrpg
• combat
• war
• pause

Good match + 17 Bad match - 42

Play Video: Eufloria HD

PC Windows Mac OS Linux vita Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

Experience “Eufloria HD”, the new edition of Eufloria, an incredibly addictive ambient strategy game that anyone can play! Explore a beautifully realized universe rendered in a style that is unique and compelling.

• strategy
• real-time
• relaxing
• empire

Good match + 27 Bad match - 63

Play Video: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Uncover the truth and delve into a 2D sidescrolling adventure featuring gorgeous art and environments. Then, battle the kaiju in fast-paced, top-down combat. Customize the Sentinels with an arsenal of mechsuit weaponry, and fight to defend humanity!

• mech
• real-time
• visual-novel
• sci-fi
• strategy
• battle
• narrative
• robots
• story
• anime
• combat

Good match + 38 Bad match - 79

Play Video: Ultimate General: Gettysburg

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Ultimate General: Gettysburg is a Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to lead thousands of soldiers in the famous Battle of Gettysburg as commander of either the Union or Confederate army. The game features the most accurately created map, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI. You have the freedom to use different strategies while the battle progresses. Your decisions and military performance play a crucial role in the result. Lead your army and win the Battle of Gettysburg!

• historical
• strategy
• real-time
• tactical
• battle
• artillery
• war
• wargame
• military

Good match + 3 Bad match - 3

Play Video: Tower of Time

PC Windows Linux Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Tower of Time is a story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real time combat. Set in the world of Artaria, you play as an anonymous character who has no name and seemingly little history. Explore the Tower with your party, discover various narrative threads that tie back to the present and foreshadow the future. With RPG tropes such as upgrading buildings to level up your heroes, finding blueprints and crafting special equipment also included, Tower of Time offers an incredibly varied gaming experience.

• Innovative real time combat system
• Story-rich narrative
• Varied team members with unique skills
• Deep exploration encourages full discovery
• RPG tropes included

• Occasional graphical hitches
• No shortcut to select all heroes at once

• rpg
• real-time
• pause
• combat
• dungeon-crawler
• tactical
• story
• old-school
• classic
• strategy
• battle
• exploration
• fight

Good match + 12 Bad match - 9

Play Video: Worbital

Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!

• artillery
• real-time
• strategy
• asteroid
• local
• multiplayer
• turn-based
• online
• comedy

Good match + 10 Bad match - 29

Play Video: The Unexpected Quest

Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

"The Unexpected Quest" is a strategy and management simulation game that takes place in a fantasy world where you play as a group of dwarves trying to rebuild their lives after a shipwreck. The game features fun gameplay mechanics with puzzles and the ability to strategize.

• Fun gameplay mechanics
• Engaging puzzles
• Strategy element

• Combat can be unsatisfying
• Limited replay value

• real-time
• time-management
• strategy
• clicker
• management
• fantasy
• building
• base-building
• city-building
• medieval
• sims
• point-and-click
• exploration
• action-adventure
• resource-management

Good match + 9 Bad match - 14

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