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Conquest of Elysium 5
Conquest of Elysium 5 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Chaotic strategic fantasy gameplay” (64 of 103 reviews) and “Many factions and playstyles” (15); the most common complaint is “Brutal early-game defeats” (24). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I ended up looking into it after seeing some videos from Reggie and it happened to be on sale. You either die and reset in under 5 turns, or you have an epic 3+hr game. It's a chill game to play with friends and watch…”
“>start game >venture out >King in Yellow spawns and wipes my entire army >start game >hell invades >total destruction 10/10”
“One of those games where you take horrendous L's due in part to your own stupidity and the game's own ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but you'll still be pointing at the screen like a caveman watching a live streamer light his house on fire.…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of those games where you take horrendous L's due in part to your own stupidity and the game's own ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but you'll still be pointing at the screen like a caveman watching a live streamer light his house on fire.…”
“I have had my ups and downs on this game, without mods some classes are just worse than others. But there a multitude of mods to fix this, and even as unbalanced base game classes I have had great times, I have had…”
“COE5 is very fun and deep. the gameplay loop has alot of variation with each of its classes and has a ton of content and replayability.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“challenging, rewarding, simple to learn and hard to master. satisfying gameplay loops and deep, well thought out lore. wouldn't have minded an optional tutorial.”
“Great game if you enjoy being given the same advantages as everyone else(AI included), I do recommend that after learning the basics, playing with an overhaul mod or mod that adds something specific to what you want to…”
“its fun and dosn't hold my hand”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Genuinely the best modern strategy game I've played in a long time. Though it takes a bit to really get the hang of things, the depth and creative bounty here is something few and far between in most releases today.…”
“challenging, rewarding, simple to learn and hard to master. satisfying gameplay loops and deep, well thought out lore. wouldn't have minded an optional tutorial.”
“I have barely scratched the surface of this excellent game - the sheer amount of content, the tactics and strategies and synergies all waiting to be found. My favourite part is this is one of the first games my little…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I have had my ups and downs on this game, without mods some classes are just worse than others. But there a multitude of mods to fix this, and even as unbalanced base game classes I have had great times, I have had…”
“I have barely scratched the surface of this excellent game - the sheer amount of content, the tactics and strategies and synergies all waiting to be found. My favourite part is this is one of the first games my little…”
“After 32 hours I won my first game, my hired npc assassin kill the final enemy commander. lol Guild master ftw! Its a long game but fun.”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this · 20 of them still recommend the game.
“Start game. move 1 tile and get ambushed. game over. Start game. move 2 tiles, a hydra kills my army. game over. Start game. Don't move. A manticore kills my base. game over. Start game. get the best starting spawn…”
“I died a whole lot. Often. Typically on the first turn. Great game. Highly recommend.”
“First Game: > Sent one of my armies into a forest, they got ambushed by an ancient horror > Other army dies to a group of giant ants, I loose Second Game: > I accidentally play enchanter > I die Third Game: > I send 160…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“My main complaint is the games price. This is an indie game, it rarely gets updates and rarely gets any Balance or QoL updates. Relying on mods to fix things like balance or AI. Which I would be fine if it was priced as…”
“> be me, new to the game > pick random lord > get monkey, name him Harambe > things are going well as I conquer a penninsula > venture further east, come across a giant ant hill > ignore it, what harm can ants do >…”
“Either I'm missing something major, due to all the positivity, but IMO it just feels slow and boring.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“What would otherwise be a brilliant strategy game is deeply marred by the fact that when you hit 'next turn', it strobes at you. And you HAVE to watch that strobe if you want to see enemy movement. Other strategy games…”
“I ended up looking into it after seeing some videos from Reggie and it happened to be on sale. You either die and reset in under 5 turns, or you have an epic 3+hr game. It's a chill game to play with friends and watch…”
“This is a 9/10 amazing gem, I love this strategy/adventure game! You are probably like me, you saw one of Reggie's videos and you thought it looked awesome, and now it's on sale. If you like strategy games, this is a…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Game has NO tutorial and will have you pressing every button on your keyboard just to figure out how to get combat to start. If it wasn't for that and the loading screen EVERY time you complete a turn which last like...…”
“Great game - terrible controls and makes me want to throw computer through window... Factions totally unbalanced and seems whoever has the biggest spell wins every battle - This decent game needs work to be to great and…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Genuinely the best modern strategy game I've played in a long time. Though it takes a bit to really get the hang of things, the depth and creative bounty here is something few and far between in most releases today.…”
“My main complaint is the games price. This is an indie game, it rarely gets updates and rarely gets any Balance or QoL updates. Relying on mods to fix things like balance or AI. Which I would be fine if it was priced as…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Conquest of Elysium is very much like an abusive partner. You try your hardest to make things work and to cater to their whims, but every time they tear you down mercilessly and cut at your very soul each time you try and do something positive. But jokes on them, I'm into that.”
— a player, Steam review · 131 hrs played“Got beat on the easiest difficulty on my first game by a moose on turn 1 best game ever”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Conquest of Elysium is like an psychotic girlfriend. To illustrate, allow me to share one of my recent defeats. I begin the game as the Kobold King, and importantly, the red kobolds. My corner of the map is resource-rich and free of opposing factions, and I quickly gain a…”
— a player, Steam review · 150 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Conquest of Elysium 5.42
This small update fixes a few modding related problems with the last patch. Modding Modded magic items were not reset properly afterwards Event trigger minunitshere didn't work
Conquest of Elysium 5.41
This is a modding update. Many modding related limits have been raised, which should make it easier to mod more complex things and to enable more mods at once. There are also a few new mod commands as
Conquest of Elysium 5.40
This is a bug fix patch. The most important thing is probably that the Witch can now get all her unique summons again, previously some of them were impossible to get. The guildmaster AI also got an im
Conquest of Elysium 5.39
There most important fix for this release is that it should now be possible to load saves from game that have run over 1000 turns. There are also a bunch of minor fixes, including some for modders. Ge
Conquest of Elysium 5.37
This is mostly a bug fix update. Most notable is a fix for a game crash that could occur when very very large armies didn't fit on the battlefield and a fix to the long range penalty. Normal bows, cro
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Fantasy · 4X · Magic · Rogue-like · Exploration · Medieval · Moddable · Rogue-lite · Procedural Generation · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://www.illwinter.com/coe5 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: win 10 or later Processor: 64-bit processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL Storage: 3 GB available space