When did Flip Wars come out?

Flip Wars was released on 18 May 2017 for Nintendo Switch.

Flip Wars (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Flip Wars

"This tense multiplayer action game will have you stomping to flip over panels—and unwitting opponents! To win, flip the most panels to your color in local battles, online*, or single-player. The more you…

33 18 May 2017

What Flip Wars is

Flip Wars is a puzzle game developed by Over Fence and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"This tense multiplayer action game will have you stomping to flip over panels—and unwitting opponents! To win, flip the most panels to your color in local battles, online*, or single-player. The more you flip, the faster you’ll move in a mad dash to nab power ups. Increase your flip range, turn invincible, and more across 3 modes and 12 arenas! Compete alone or against up to 3 players to see who’s best at each mode: flip the most panels before time runs up in Panel Battle, knock out the most opponents in Time Battle, or outlast your rivals in Life Battle. All 12 arenas have 4 layouts to choose from, some containing hazards like panel-flipping buttons, beam cannons, and waves so beautiful…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Flip Wars holds a critic score of 33 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 38 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Flip Wars launched on 18 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Injustice 2. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Injustice 2.

Official trailer