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Dead Monarchy
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“This game deserves a more appealing thumbnail or title image! Playing it feels like Mount and Blade and Kenshi were both drinking a bit much at a party and 9 months later, SURPRISE! Kenshi's greatest strength is its ability to allow the player to play through bad situations and…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“This is the "we have Battle Brothers at home" game. I'm tired of the "solo dev" excuse being used whenever a substandard game is being released. Also, "the game is hardcore/sandbox and won't hold your hand" is a disclaimer which basically means "there's no tutorial to walk you…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“There is potential here but it needs longer in the oven. Main issue is that it is much to repetitive with almost no variability.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedLatest official news
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Engine Upgrade
- The map stutter should be completely removed. The stutter was coming from the old legacy UI system that Dead Monarchy uses. It still uses it, but the overhead has been significantly reduced. - The r
Dev Update #36: Build 23 (Next Project + Grand Arena Update)
Hey guys, I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Today I am releasing the largest update ever for Dead Monarchy. Due to the size of this update, it will be rolled out in multiple phases. The firs
Arena Monarchy Released
Hey guys, Well, this will be the last of the "spam" for a while. Arena Monarchy has now been officially released into early access. It will be 10% off for 2 weeks. As mentioned before, the vast majori
General Update #31: (Arena Monarchy Release Date)
Hey guys, Arena Monarchy will be releasing into early access March 6th this week, 06/03/2025, 5:00pm PST. There will also be a launch discount of 10% for 2 weeks. Thanks to everyone who wishlisted and
General Update #30: (Arena Monarchy Demo)
Hey guys, Just letting you all know that Arena Monarchy is participating in the Steam Next Fest and that a demo for Arena Monarchy is now available. Multiple new weapon types are available to try out
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | RPG · Indie · Strategy · Violent · Gore · Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical · Turn-Based · Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://dead-monarchy.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 16 GB available space Sound Card: Sound Card Compatible With DirectX. Additional Notes: 64-Bit Only, storage will increase as the game is updated.