DS Games

If you’ve been passing up on this charming and highly addictive game for this long, you’re starting to run out of excuses.

This uber hardcore dungeon crawling RPG gets better with age and new features.

The first full-scale strategy game on DS, Commander: Europe at War will let you battle Nazis on the go.

This rather complex strategy-RPG throws you straight into the deep end, but if you can learn to swim, it gets fun you have the patience and the dedication, but not as ...

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is a devilishly addictive game that blends RPG and puzzle elements into one deep, devious and delightful package.

With so many other notable SRPGs already out for portable consoles, Hero's Saga: Laevatein Tactics fails to emulate the magic of its forebears such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics ...

This franchise mash-up for DSiWare sounds great: get the developers of Advance Wars to make a more casual version of it starring Dragon Quest monsters. Here's hoping it's as good ...

Despite being the originator of the whole Tower Defense genre, it's been left behind by those that followed it, playing nearly the same as its much cheaper and older PC counterpart.

The first of a series of History Great Empires games, you take the Romans through several very long scenarios.

It’s hard to think of anyone who’d get any enjoyment out of this, apart from gamers who’ve accidentally ingested large quantities of horse tranquiliser.

This RTS/Sim set in 1404 wasn't made with the hardcore fans in mind, but it's still one of the better strategy titles on the DS.

Knights in the Nightmare isn't a bad game; the combat system is addictive as hell, and while various elements of the game might seem like an odd mix, together, they ...

Despite some dreadful path-finding annoyances, troublesome overlapping sprites, and easily conquered foes, LEGO Battles offers enough variety and value to be worth a look.

There are optional minigames, but they’re short and uninspired, and seeing your own bizarre creature-child galloping through them can’t change that.

This tactical RPG claims to be both steeped in genre traditions while at the same time full of new ideas. Here's hoping that's at least partly true when it comes ...

Unlike its real-time console versions, this turns out to be a more than serviceable turn-based war game in the style of Advance Wars.

This turn-based version of the RTS staple works well on the DS, but at times is too bland, too difficult or both.

This Tower Defense-like strategy game is a great time that's sadly low on replayability. But it more than makes up for that in adorableness.

A cute-but-dark, robot-on-robot strategy game with a script from the Spongebob writers.