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The best party-based RPGs on Nintendo Switch
Build your own team: role-playing games where you lead and develop a whole party of characters.
How to find games that really suit you: Select up to 5 games you have played and enjoyed. Playalike compares 20 traits such as combat, story and atmosphere and suggests games that hit exactly the same spot, even across genres.
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1 Pathfinder: Kingmaker
- Fantasy setting
- Tactical depth
- Strong, story-driven narrative
A classic isometric party RPG built on the Pathfinder ruleset where you don't just adventure but found and rule your own kingdom. Huge build depth, tough fights and decisions with lasting consequences define the experience.
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2 Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Strong, story-driven narrative
A tactical RPG with school life, in which your choice of house fundamentally changes the story.
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3 Pillars of Eternity
- Fantasy setting
- Tactical depth
- Strong, story-driven narrative
A love letter to Infinity Engine classics, offering tactical real-time-with-pause party combat, a richly written world built around souls and reincarnation, and a mature, melancholic story. Companions, a stronghold to manage, and meaningful choices make it a deep treat for CRPG fans.
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4 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
- Fantasy setting
- Tactical depth
- Choices with consequences
A sprawling Pathfinder CRPG about fighting a demon invasion while shaping your hero through powerful Mythic paths like Angel, Lich or Azata. Deep rules, elaborate party builds and weighty moral choices define the experience.
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5 Siralim Ultimate
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Fantasy setting
An extremely deep turn-based monster-collecting RPG where you assemble a team from over 1000 creatures and raid randomly generated dungeons for loot and new monsters. The appeal lies in theorycrafting builds and synergies.
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6 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Fantasy setting
A turn-based tactical RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics: you lead the Arbiter Kyrie and her squad across terrain with elevation, and craft builds through a deep job class system. It features a serious fantasy story with a touch of steampunk.
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7 Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
- Fantasy setting
- Tactical depth
- Challenging difficulty
A classic Dungeons & Dragons RPG in the Forgotten Realms built around creating and managing a six-member party. The focus is on dungeon crawling, tough real-time-with-pause battles and deep rules rather than dialogue.
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8 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Tactical depth
- Turn-based combat
- Strong, story-driven narrative
The remaster of the strategy classic tells a grim tale of intrigue, betrayal and honor amid the wars of Ivalice. You fight grid-based battles and shape your squad through a deep job system, now with full voice acting, improved visuals and new difficulty options.
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9 Siralim 3
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Fantasy setting
An extremely deep monster-collecting RPG where you assemble a team from over 700 creatures and loot randomly generated dungeons to fuel ever stronger builds.
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10 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
- Tactical depth
- Fantasy setting
- Strong, story-driven narrative
A deep isometric CRPG with real-time-with-pause combat where you sail an island archipelago, command your own ship and crew, and build elaborate characters. Rich writing and meaningful choices drive the story.
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11 Mewgenics
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Lots of humour
You breed cats with random mutations, train them, and send them into tactical turn-based fights on chaotic adventures. Its twisted humor and the blend of breeding sim with roguelike structure set it apart.
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12 Persona 5 Royal
- Turn-based combat
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Strong, story-driven narrative
High-school life in Tokyo meets dungeon crawling: stylish turn-based battles, time management and a long, gripping story.
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13 Battle Brothers
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Challenging difficulty
You lead a mercenary company through a gritty, procedurally generated medieval world, juggling contracts, gear and recruits. The turn-based battles are brutal, and losing your men is part of the experience.
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14 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
- Fantasy setting
- Strong, story-driven narrative
- Tactical depth
A classic Dungeons & Dragons party RPG where you lead a band of memorable companions through a long, dense tale of revenge, destiny and your dark heritage. Combat runs in real time with pause and rewards tactical planning, while your choices and companion relationships shape the story.
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15 Unicorn Overlord
- Tactical depth
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Fantasy setting
A tactical fantasy strategy RPG from Vanillaware where you build squads, lead them across a world map and reclaim a kingdom. Battles play out semi-automatically based on your formations and command setups, all in gorgeous hand-drawn art.
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16 Bravely Default II
- Turn-based combat
- Fantasy setting
- Tactical depth
A classic turn-based JRPG where a party of four uses the Brave and Default system to borrow or save up actions. The deep job system allows many combinations and rewards clever build crafting.
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17 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Fantasy setting
A new Fire Emblem tactics RPG built around a tournament where warriors fight to have their greatest wish granted. Familiar systems like combat arts and gambits are joined by new Blaze Arts, which let units trade health for powerful special moves.
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18 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Strong, story-driven narrative
- Sci-fi setting
- Choices with consequences
BioWare's classic Star Wars RPG lets you walk the light or dark side millennia before the films, backed by a crew of memorable companions and one of gaming's most famous plot twists.
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19 Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Lots to discover
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Strong, story-driven narrative
A sprawling JRPG set on the backs of giant Titans, where you collect Blades and use them in a real-time combat system built on auto-attacks and combos. Exploring the cloud-sea world of Alrest and a deep progression system drive the experience.
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20 Digimon Story: Time Stranger
- Turn-based combat
- Strong, story-driven narrative
- Lavish presentation
A turn-based JRPG where you collect hundreds of Digimon, evolve them and build your own teams while unraveling a time-travel mystery spanning the human and Digital Worlds.
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21 Octopath Traveler
- Turn-based combat
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Fantasy setting
Eight travelers, each with their own story and path action, roam a fantasy world rendered in the striking HD-2D blend of pixel sprites and 3D dioramas. The Boost-and-Break system makes its turn-based battles surprisingly tactical.
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22 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Strong, story-driven narrative
- Lavish presentation
- Action-packed real-time combat
The second chapter of the Final Fantasy VII remake sends Cloud and his companions across a vast world in pursuit of Sephiroth. It blends real-time combat with tactical command menus, offers sprawling regions and plenty of minigames, and delivers a cinematic, emotional story.
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23 Dragon Quest XI S
- Turn-based combat
- Fantasy setting
- Distinctive, stylised art style
A warm-hearted classic fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and plenty of charm.
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24 Final Fantasy IX
- Turn-based combat
- Fantasy setting
- Strong, story-driven narrative
A fairy-tale classic with iconic characters and turn-based combat.
What matters with Party-based RPGs
Party-based RPGs are about more than one hero. You recruit companions, shape their skills and learn how they work together, so every fight becomes a puzzle about combining abilities. On Switch the list spans Western CRPGs, Japanese RPGs and tactics games, and the biggest choice is the combat style you prefer: strict turn-based, real-time with pause, or grid tactics. It also helps to think about complexity, since some games reward careful character building while others ease you in.
If you want depth, Divinity: Original Sin 2 stands out for turn-based combat where you use the environment creatively, while Pathfinder: Kingmaker adds the management of your own kingdom on top of tough, build-heavy fights. Fire Emblem: Three Houses is the pick for tactics fans, because your choice of house fundamentally changes the story. Persona 5 Royal mixes dungeon crawling with time management in Tokyo high-school life and suits players who enjoy a long, story-driven game.
For something gentler, Dragon Quest XI S offers warm-hearted classic fantasy with straightforward turn-based battles, and Octopath Traveler pairs its HD-2D pixel art with a Boost-and-Break system that makes simple turns surprisingly tactical. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the choice if you want huge landscapes and real-time party combat instead.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best party-based RPG on Nintendo Switch for beginners?
Dragon Quest XI S and Pokémon FireRed Version are approachable, with clear turn-based combat and a charming tone. Octopath Traveler is also easy to pick up, though its Boost-and-Break system adds some tactical depth.
Are there CRPGs like Baldur's Gate on Switch?
Yes, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Pathfinder: Kingmaker are classic-style CRPGs with deep character builds and choices that matter. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, The Sith Lords, offer BioWare-era real-time-with-pause combat and memorable companions.
Which Switch party RPGs have real-time instead of turn-based combat?
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 uses tactical real-time combat across a large open world. Both Knights of the Old Republic games and Pathfinder: Kingmaker use real-time with pause, letting you stop the action to queue orders for your party.
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