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Battle for Wesnoth
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
76 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Played hundreds of hours and all the campaigns before it went to Steam. Good game.”
“Great fun and you can really loose yourself in the stories and quests. The more I play this game, the more enjoyable it becomes. The music and sound effects really add to the atmosphere. Thoroughly recommended.”
“such a fun game and passion project. please try wesnoth with some friends”
18 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This was one of my first "free" games as a kid in the 2000s. Still free and actively developed. Its got everything you want in a fantasy TBS game. Including multiplayer and mods. Its free. What are you waiting for?”
“Free and good what more do you want?”
“An excellent and free title. There are many hours of content in here, and a fascinating Turn-Based Strategy system to be enjoyed throughout them. I do warn it can be an adaptation into it, and you'll likely be severely…”
15 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game is a classic and never gets old to me. Somehow I always come back to it one way or another. I've been playing it since I was 12. I love Battle for Wesnoth, and the soundtrack is a Bop!”
“Whoa; for an open source turn based tactical RPG? Surprisingly PHENOMENAL! With lots of replay value and great gameplay, (alongside support for custom mod content as optional add-ons) this is something that puts A LOT…”
“Timeless classic if I'm honest, endless replay-ability, great community over all as well. I would defo recommend if you're looking for a fantasy, strategy, and turn based war-game.”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Played hundreds of hours and all the campaigns before it went to Steam. Good game.”
“Been playing this game for over 20 years when I first installed Ubuntu linux. It's massively improved for how it was years ago. Although the graphics are nowhere near the new stuff, it's been a good ride. The best…”
“An excellent and free title. There are many hours of content in here, and a fascinating Turn-Based Strategy system to be enjoyed throughout them. I do warn it can be an adaptation into it, and you'll likely be severely…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Been playing this game for over 20 years when I first installed Ubuntu linux. It's massively improved for how it was years ago. Although the graphics are nowhere near the new stuff, it's been a good ride. The best…”
“This was one of my first "free" games as a kid in the 2000s. Still free and actively developed. Its got everything you want in a fantasy TBS game. Including multiplayer and mods. Its free. What are you waiting for?”
“such a fun game and passion project. please try wesnoth with some friends”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Not an unfun game, but unfortunately it's so RNG dependent that the player loses any real sense of agency. Your successes give you no sense of accomplishment and your defeats no sense of "ouch, lesson learned". It all…”
“Bad Dice Roll Generator 2000 (Now Open Sourced). "BuT tHe bAD OdDs EveN ouT OveR manY gAmeS" - That right there is the proof it the game is too RnG. If you hardly influence the outcome of the game as a player, you are…”
“I've played this a lot back in 2010s or something. Didn't know about Fire Emblem back then, so if you're looking for similar experience this game is the way to go. I want to say that it's Fire Emblem on steroids, but…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Not an unfun game, but unfortunately it's so RNG dependent that the player loses any real sense of agency. Your successes give you no sense of accomplishment and your defeats no sense of "ouch, lesson learned". It all…”
“Bad Dice Roll Generator 2000 (Now Open Sourced). "BuT tHe bAD OdDs EveN ouT OveR manY gAmeS" - That right there is the proof it the game is too RnG. If you hardly influence the outcome of the game as a player, you are…”
“Game too randomized fights to be serious. And main weakness: you cant save this game if you like playing only on rand created maps, alone with Ai teams, but save not in options. Very weak game.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Yo why is this free game from 2003 one of the better strategy RPGs on steam? Actually insane”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“This is one of those "will play for the rest of my life now" games. Battle for Wesnoth is not for the faint of heart. It is an easy game to pick up and understand sure. BUT, and mean, BUT, it takes time and patience to master. It's heavy on the reading as well, and almost all of…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Just finished the Rise of Wesnoth campaign which is basically the prequel campaign for the main area the game takes place in. and the only thing I can say is during the final mission if Commander Aethyr kills a commander personally he should say "I'm coming for you Jevyan!"…”
— a player, Steam review · 117 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Wesnoth 1.19.27
IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this versi
Wesnoth 1.18.8
IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this versi
Wesnoth 1.19.26
Campaigns Of Pearls and Pirates Don’t show the tutorial hint about save-loading when Biased RNG is active S05 "Lady Maudie": fixed Fireships being healable. The Deceivers Gambit Fix missing siphon att
Wesnoth 1.19.25
Campaigns Heir to the Throne S01 "The Elves Besieged": reduced starting gold, but added gold pickups near enemy keeps. Added more swamp hexes. S03 "Blackwater Port": added a secondary, coastal entry p
Wesnoth 1.19.24
Campaigns The South Guard S04 "Choice in the Fog": both choices should now be more similar in difficulty S06a "Vengeance": increased the survival turns, but decreased initial enemy gold/units. Heir to
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Hex Grid · Indie · Fantasy · Turn-Based · Multiplayer · Turn-Based Tactics · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor |
| Languages | English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French, Czech, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Finnish |
| Official site | https://www.wesnoth.org/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 1903 or later Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 800 MB available space Additional Notes: 64-bit only