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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 count fetched 2026-07-11 12:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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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
Wesnoth 1.19.23
Campaigns Heir to the Throne Granite Golem: added "regenerates +4" ability, cost reduced from 35 -> 30, damage reduced from 35 -> 32 Fix Elrian's Tath event triggering even if you hadn't yet completed
Wesnoth 1.18.7
Translations Updated translations: Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, French, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil) Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes Fix time of day sounds not playing.
Wesnoth 1.19.22
Campaigns Heir to the Throne S22 "Glamdrol": fixed a lua error that would occur if Konrad completed the scenario without pledging any gold to the Stoneskins. Liberty S04 "Unlawful Orders": Kestrel's k
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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