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Stormgate
Stormgate is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with a full single-player campaign, 3-player co-op, and PvP versus modes on over 60 maps. Our Editor is also freely available for you to craft just about any custom game mode you can imagine. Join our development journey today!
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
39 of the 80 reviews raise this.
“the campaign was very good but it being pay-per-level is a bit wack. I didnt find the 1v1 mode engaging”
“Fell flat on promises. Going in they had so much potential. I donated expecting them to deliver. Co-op hero missions are fun, but new heroes are locked behind a 10 dollar pay wall. Additional campaign chapters are said…”
“Well, I played it when it started, came back now, the game made a giant leap in all aspects, keep it up guys. The devs are working on this one and it shows :) It still needs some work but its not bad at all”
9 of the 80 reviews raise this.
“Well, I played it when it started, came back now, the game made a giant leap in all aspects, keep it up guys. The devs are working on this one and it shows :) It still needs some work but its not bad at all”
“This game was not ready for EA. That being said I have come back to it and its turned out pretty decent. There are no crazy cutscenes, or anything but the cores is fun. The campaign missions do NOT seem long enough for…”
“Respect where it is due; the game is improving. It isn't the SC2 replacement we all hoped it would be, but every RTS fan should buy the game, support the community and pray to whatever god they prefer that team sticks…”
4 of the 80 reviews raise this.
“It's pretty nice, I mean the new update which contains the 2vs2 improved the game experience. I see the assets got improved a lot from last time I played. Keep the good work up.”
3 of the 80 reviews raise this.
“Awesome game with a decent story. I do not understand the negative feed back at all. ITS FREE YOU DANG CRY BABIES. This is an American company that is free to play. You all could complain about anything. I can see you…”
20 of the 80 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Playing the game is boring and not enjoyable. Army management is automatic and boils down to select all+attack move. Army composition feels significantly less important than sheer size. Individual units have no identity…”
“People were hyping this as the next Starcraft. They were wrong and the game is basically dead.”
“This game has had a strange and tumultuous history. When I first heard of Frost Giant way back when, it seemed like it might be the next blizzard. They had recruited talent, established a vision, and gained support of…”
15 of the 80 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“"I believe generative ai can be a force for good", says game CEO while using genAI in his game while his multiplayer service gets bought out by an AI company and shuts down his multiplayer servers to power AI.”
“This game has had a strange and tumultuous history. When I first heard of Frost Giant way back when, it seemed like it might be the next blizzard. They had recruited talent, established a vision, and gained support of…”
“Its an ok game, I am not big into Versus and that seems to be most of there updates so kind of kills it for me. If you enjoy that then have at it. Its been a slow release for something that was promised to be the next…”
12 of the 80 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“the campaign was very good but it being pay-per-level is a bit wack. I didnt find the 1v1 mode engaging”
“Its an ok game, I am not big into Versus and that seems to be most of there updates so kind of kills it for me. If you enjoy that then have at it. Its been a slow release for something that was promised to be the next…”
“Fell flat on promises. Going in they had so much potential. I donated expecting them to deliver. Co-op hero missions are fun, but new heroes are locked behind a 10 dollar pay wall. Additional campaign chapters are said…”
9 of the 80 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has had a strange and tumultuous history. When I first heard of Frost Giant way back when, it seemed like it might be the next blizzard. They had recruited talent, established a vision, and gained support of…”
“There was potential, Even though everyone hated this game when it came out because it wasn't Starcraft 3 I at the very least enjoyed it i liked the new innovated action focused 1v1 gamemodes with the health zone towers…”
“lame custom campaign for warcraft 3. kil'jaiden or malganis is back and this time it's up to transexual women(male) and their psychosexual cohorts to beat the demons! This time for good! It's warcraft 3 with like two…”
8 of the 80 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A "Loyalty Tax" for a Broken Promise As a lifelong RTS fan, I fell for the hype and backed Stormgate with a full $60 Early Access buy-in. I played the few available missions, saw the lack of polish, and stepped away to…”
“never pre order anything”
“Backed the Kickstarter on Collectors Edition level, Scam/10, would never recommend again, Devs are hiding behind the "former Blizzard employees" badge while scratching money away left and right for a product that will…”
Counted across 80 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 47.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Honest description of a backer here. And it wasnt a small amount. I have a little statue on my bookcase. Does it live up to the hype that they wanted it to be? Absolutely not. Did they deliver on their promises and timelines? Absolutely not. But its also a free to play game RTS…”
— a player, Steam review · 119 hrs played“Paid for indiegogo campaign. Can't get them to give me my full campaign unlock. Support tickets not responded to and discord messages ignored. Not giving this company more money, seems like they may be disolved or something.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Not particularly impressed with how this ended up, especially as someone who backed the game. It had decent intent but it should've just been f2p early beta rather than totally f2p. Should've just completed the game and sold for 30-40 bucks instead of screwing over backers and…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-26.
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.
Transitioning Offline, with QOL and Performance improvements
Hi all, this update is a bit of a mixed bag with our transition away from live service and some nice QOL & game updates from the community team. Offline Transition As a first step towards de-coupling
PTR Update 04/03/2026
Over the past two weeks, there have been some experimental and incremental PTR updates. Playable in today's patch, these are the recent highlights: Performance/FPS has been improved by about 30%. We'v
Hotfix 2026-03-06 - Ladder Rankings Reset!
To coincide with the community update, we have started a new ranking season, so ladder rankings have been reset for 1v1 & 2v2. Who will rise to the top in each faction? Refreshed 1v1 leaderboards can
Community Update - Now Live!
Hey everyone, We’re finally here. After four months of building, testing, iterating, and working side-by-side with an incredible group of community members, the Stormgate Community Update has official
2026-03-02 PTR Update + Stormgate server maintenance.
The Stormgate main game may be periodically unavailable while we work to roll out an update. In the meantime, players can play on the PTR by right-clicking Stormgate > Properties > Game Versions & Bet
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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 | Action, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Early Access · RTS · Base-Building · Strategy · Multiplayer · War · e-sports · Free to Play · Futuristic · Top-Down · Building · PvP (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 36 |
| Official site | http://playstormgate.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10+ (64 bit) Processor: 6 Cores, 2.3 GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space