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Battle Realms: Zen Edition
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Is this your childhood game? Want to see BR2 in the future? No need to think further. Step 1: buy the game Step 2: write a review so dev knows we want BR2 to happen”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“A good old game. But it needs more updates. New clans, new maps, or maybe a new story.”
— a player, Steam review · 97 hrs played“If only my hours from years upon years ago counted. I would choose to forget this game and play it through just to get that feeling back. wonderful. Please update the game again.. we want that Lotus campaign.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Battle Realms 1.59.7 update patch is live!
We’re blown away by the reception of the Achievements and how the community at large is progressing. We’ve received a couple of reports of certain Achievements not triggering properly or at the right
Battle Realms 1.59.7, Now with Achievements! Update Out Now!
Battle Realms turns 25 this November and it’s a been an amazing journey with all of you. Whether you’ve been playing Battle Realms since it came out, re-discovered a childhood favorite, or are just st
Battle Realms 1.59.6 Released, Available Now!
This quick update patches a few technical issues around widescreen support in certain scenarios, some performance improvements in edge cases, and localization tweaks that should make your playthroughs
Battle Realms 1.59.5 Released, Available Now!
We’re continuing to squash technical bugs and improving support for more graphic cards, resolution settings, and other under-the-hood fixes. Keep the feedback coming, we appreciate each and every one,
Battle Reams: Zen Edition - 1.59.4 Update Released!
Battle Realms 1.59.4 Released, Available Now! We’ve been quietly working in the background on getting a few of the most requested features together. Some of these are going to take a bit of time to ma
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Action · RTS · Classic · Multiplayer · Early Access · Fantasy · Fast-Paced · Singleplayer · Base-Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish, Russian * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://battlerealms.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or later Processor: Pentium III 750MHz or equivalent Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 8 compliant 16MB VRAM 3D AGP accelerated video card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1024 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9 compliant sound card