Numskull Games has announced that Reptilian Rising is coming to Nintendo Switch, which is a turn-based tactical RPG with claymation visuals.
From developers Gregarious Games and Robot Circus, when genocidal Reptilians break through the barriers of time, the greatest historical figures are called in to stop them.
Having taken inspiration from ’80s tabletop classics, you must recruit icons like Cleopatra and Einstein to fight back against dino-cyborgs, laser raptors and the dreaded Dictatorsaur.
That will see you commanding retro-styled miniatures across battlefields that span the dawn of man to the distant future, building your team, upgrading their powers and bending time itself to turn the tide.
The publisher has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- Squad Tactics, Retro Style: Fight back in fast-paced, reactive turn-based combat. Every attack provokes enemy response – so plan your moves wisely, chain powerful synergies, and use terrain to your advantage. With randomised battle setups and escalating challenges, no two runs are the same.
- Villains, But Make Them Weird: This isn’t your average lizard invasion. Face down malevolent Manborgs, lethal Lazer Raptors, and the tri-headed Tri-Cannon. Then prepare to battle the ultimate foe: Dictatorsaur. Good luck. You’re going to need it.
- Big Bads vs Big Brains: With three of humanity’s worst villains sharing one giant dinosaur body, you’ll need the best our species can muster to even the odds. Call up heroes from the dawn of history like Julius Caesar (et tu, Reptiles?), medieval masters of war, like Robin Hood (take from the rich, shoot arrows at dinosaurs) and great minds of super-science like Albert Einstein – all things are relative, but we’re kicking the reptiles out of this family gathering!
- Time-Hopping Mayhem: There’s more to time travel than hopping in a DeLorean, phone booth, or retro police box. In Reptilian Rising you’ll use time energy on time-twisting abilities to throw the Reptilians for a loop. Create clones of your troops, call in reinforcements (we’ve got Scarface on speed-dial), or create time-gates to rush your heroes across the map double time.
- Secrets in the Loop: If you can turn the tide without causing a temporal paradox, you can replay missions to tackle bonus objectives, hop between time periods to uncover secrets, and more.
Reptilian Rising will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide in Spring 2026.
