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20 Best Turn-Based Strategy Games To Play In 2026

Tactics Ogre Reborn Developer: Square Enix Release date: November 11, 2022 Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC Tactics Ogre Reborn, a hybrid remaster-remake of the PlayStation Portable's Tactics Ogre:Let Us Cling Together (itself a remake of a PS1 game), demands a lot from you on and off the battlefield. See at Humble Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Developer: Square Enix Release Date: October 1, 2025 Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S Square Enix's seminal 1997 turn-based strategy received a full remaster in 2025, and the new version of the game, subtitled The Ivalice Chronicles, is the best-ever version of an all-time great. See at Fanatical Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Sparks of Hope Developer: Ubisoft Paris Release date: August 29, 2017 | October 10, 2022 Platforms: Nintendo Switch Both Mario + Rabbids games, Kingdom Battle and Sparks of Hope, are essentially Mario meets XCOM, but since Ubisoft's Rabbids are involved, it's not quite as straightforward as that. See at Steam SteamWorld Heist 2 Developer: Thunderful Release Date: August 8, 2024 Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One SteamWorld Heist 2 offers something a bit different from other turn-based strategy games.