Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

May 22, 2025

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is the first-ever turn-based TMNT video game. Inspired by the classic cartoon, you&s;ll experience a bold new approach to the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Splinter and Shredder are dead, and as the Turtles approach adulthood, they&s;re not just growing up... they&s;re …

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Adrian Burrows TheSixthAxis May 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

55.0

"With some unpleasant difficulty spikes and staid visuals, TMNT: Tactical Takedown won&s;t be for everyone. But for those willing to overlook its idiosyncrasies, Tactical Takedown offers a compelling, yet brief, strategic challenge."

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A.J. Maciejewski Video Chums May 2025
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

65.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a superb strategy game thanks to its uniqueness and rewarding sense of challenge. 🍕"

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Alan Murilo Pereira Duque Nintendo Blast May 2025
85.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

65.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown accomplishes its purpose with flying colors, delivering a fun title that will definitely please fans of strategy games and players looking for a new Turtles adventure on Switch."

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Alecsander Oliveira GameBlast May 2025
75.0 /100

Graphics

50.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

40.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown really nails the pacing within the tactics genre, prioritizing a more aggressive combat style that feels like a dance when you’re able to quickly execute strategies and leverage each hero’s strengths. On the other …"

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Austin Suther TechRaptor May 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

65.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a bit lacking in terms of difficulty and enemy variety, and the story doesn&s;t feel too creative. That said, the abilities of each Ninja Turtle reflect their personalities well and allows for some …"

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Branford Hubbard MonsterVine May 2025
90.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

88.0

Story

82.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is the second TMNT game I’ve played and reviewed in recent years, with great humor, music, and gameplay. I did find some occasional lag, which I think is because the game is unclear in …"

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Charlie Kelly Checkpoint Gaming May 2025
75.0 /100

Graphics

60.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

70.0

"Strange Scaffold have done it again and has made another wonderful romp that is well worth your time, this time adapting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles name and world. Dispel any doubt: the indie studio&s;s writing chops and style transfer …"

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Charlie Wacholz IGN May 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

40.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

50.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a fun, if barebones, tactics game reminiscent of the arcade classics that define this series."

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Chris White God is a Geek May 2025
80.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

80.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is an exciting take on the turn-based genre, aiming for quick and hard-hitting combat rather than the familiar and more methodical approach."

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Corey Lyle Xbox Tavern May 2025
68.0 /100

Graphics

58.0

Gameplay

48.0

Story

42.0

"Overall happy to see TMNT cross yet another genre, but Tactical Takedown just barely makes a good grade. It’s not bad but it does nothing for the genre to make me want more of it. I can, for sure, recommend …"

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Dan Boise Completexbox May 2025
40.0 /100

Graphics

15.0

Gameplay

30.0

Story

30.0

"The first problem with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is that our fast paced heroes doesn’t feel right working within a restrained grid. It feels off and unnatural having fast paced ninjas move at a slow pace. The game …"

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Eric Switzer TheGamer May 2025
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

65.0

"But when your biggest complaint about a game is that it left you wanting more, you know it’s something special. Like this year’s Expedition 33, Tactical Takedown overcomes the most common complaints about turn-based games to deliver a strategically action-packed …"

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Estelle Mejia NintendoBoy May 2025
50.0 /100

Graphics

50.0

Gameplay

50.0

Story

50.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown pays homage to the early cartoon origins of the four brothers and crafts a mediocre game around them. The fast pace of the story and lack of thematic depth are disappointing, and a few …"

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Giovanni Colantonio Digital Trends May 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

68.0

Gameplay

72.0

Story

64.0

"Fast-paced strategy makes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown’s turn-based action feel as active as an arcade brawler. Each level offers a jolt of arcade excitement that gives each turtle their chance to shine rather than treating them as interchangeable …"

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Jenni Lada Siliconera May 2025
80.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

80.0

"TMNT: Tactically Takedown is a delightfully challenging game, once you get settled and accustomed to the pace."

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Jim Norman Nintendo Life May 2025
80.0 /100

"The combination of turn-based strategy and beat-&s;em-up gameplay felt like a bit of a square peg, round hole situation, but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown melds the two to deliver one of the freshest takes on TMNT that I&s;ve …"

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Jordan Biordi CGMagazine May 2025
90.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

78.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a new turn-based take on the iconic franchise from Strange Scaffold."

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Justin Nation Nindie Spotlight May 2025
80.0 /100

"A surprisingly strategy-oriented outing for the heroes in a half-shell, Tactical Takedown can be challenging, but feels great when you’re in the zone"

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Lucas White Shacknews May 2025
90.0 /100

Graphics

92.0

Gameplay

88.0

Story

87.0

"Short, sweet, and smart, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown took me by surprise. It’s not just about how much I enjoyed it, but how intelligently Strange Scaffold came up with a gimmick that sounds bizarre on paper, but absolutely …"

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70.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

60.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is still good enough for both crowds to buy and play. Think of this game as not the pizza that the Turtles enjoy, but the side dish. Something tasty that gamers will enjoy, but …"

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Matt Buckley Gamepressure May 2025
90.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

78.0

Story

75.0

"I never could have seen this coming, but it makes sense that such a talented indie studio would make an awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. Fun and challenging battles combine perfectly with a unique tabletop-like art style and an …"

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Matthew Pollesel Gaming Age May 2025
75.0 /100

Graphics

60.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

70.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown shows that even when (Strange Scaffold) are working with a more known quantity, they’re still adept at finding an approach that no one has ever taken before – and at making that work."

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Matt Karoglou Game Rant May 2025
90.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

80.0

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a short but very sweet turn-based tactics experience that makes the most of its iconic license."

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Max Harvey Games Freezer May 2025
80.0 /100

Graphics

90.0

Gameplay

78.0

Story

60.0

"I REALLY enjoyed this game. It looks and sounds fantastic. The combat is well-balanced (though possibly not taxing enough) I didn’t want to stop playing once I’d started (it has a ‘one more level’ appeal). It made me feel like …"

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Nathan Hermanson video games are good May 2025
75.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"TMNT: Tactical Takedown is full of great ideas that, while only half-realized at times, make for an undeniably fun tactics experience for gamers of all levels. As the first tactics game for both the Turtles and Strange Scaffold, there is …"

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Oscar Taylor-Kent PC Gamer May 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

60.0

""The streets have traffic, but also friendly hot dog vendors who throw delicious, healing sausage treats.""

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Steve Watts GameSpot May 2025
70.0 /100

"The turtle boys don&s;t cut &s;em no slack in a short but sweet tactics game that feels like the foundation for something much bigger."

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Terrence Johnson ZTGD May 2025
70.0 /100

Graphics

30.0

Gameplay

68.0

Story

72.0

"TMNT: Tactical Takedown is a decent time if you love the turtles and aren’t expecting a revolutionary tactics game. It has heart, humor, and enough ninja action to keep fans entertained, truly my only issue is the writing in some …"

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