Strange Scaffold has announced that it will release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown for Xbox Series and Switch on August 14.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is the first-ever turn-based Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game. Inspired by the classic cartoon, you’ll experience a bold new approach to the world of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Splinter and Shredder are dead, and as the Turtles approach adulthood, they’re not just growing up… they’re growing apart.
Battle the Foot Clan as a powerful new leader takes control in action-packed campaigns that showcase each Turtle individually. Carve through enemies in 20 constantly-mutating levels that grow, shrink, and add new threats with each turn, inspired by classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games! Rack up points for high scores while experiencing a powerful original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles story from acclaimed indie studio Strange Scaffold. This is the next step for Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Raphael—and you can experience it with flying, slashing figurines in graphic novel-inspired splendor.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT): Tactical Takedown, the turn-based beat-‘em-up from acclaimed developer Strange Scaffold (I Am Your Beast, CLICKOLDING, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3), and in partnership with Paramount Game Studios, is coming to Switch Aug. 14th, 2025.
Additionally, “Remix Mode” – which introduces more content, more enemies, and increased difficulty – will be available as a free update on PC via Steam, and included with the console release.
Tactical Takedown reinvents the franchise with a strong new direction, combining turn-based strategy and beat-em-up combat. With both Splinter and Shredder dead and the Turtles nearing adulthood, players battle through 20 evolving levels, taking on classic enemies, like the Foot Clan, in a gripping coming-of-age journey.
Players modify loadouts, unlock skills, and strategically battle enemies through deep tactical play. Unleash Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo’s unique movesets and drone-powered assist moves to progress through a diorama-inspired world. The game’s action is backed by a high-energy, genre-fusing soundtrack from award-winning composer RJ Lake (Unbeatable, I Am Your Beast).
Remix Mode arrives on August 14, as a free update on Steam and will be included in the Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch versions. In Remix Mode, players will:
Unleash new opponents: Face more than double the enemy types, each with distinct attack patterns and new tricks to keep you guessing
Master heightened challenges: Rethink your tactics as familiar strategies buckle under Remix Mode’s tougher encounters
Forge perfect builds: Customize your Turtle’s loadout with build crafting, optimizing every move to dominate each level.
Key Features
- 20 action-packed levels, divided into campaigns focusing on individual characters.
- A unique take on the world of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the minds at Strange Scaffold (Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, I Am Your Beast).
- Innovative turn-based beat ’em up combat, complete with mutating arenas.
- Gorgeous graphic novel-inspired art style, with paint splatter, figurines, and diorama setpieces.
- Customizable movesets to shape each Turtles’ playstyle
- Thumping multi-genre soundtrack from award-winning composer RJ Lake (Unbeatable, El Paso, Elsewhere).
