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Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Swordhaven is a party‑based low‑magic fantasy cRPG with a deep character creation system, rich storytelling, and seamless turn‑based/RTwP combat. Explore Nova Drakonia, uncover ancient secrets, meet hundreds of NPCs with unique quests, and shape the fate of the world through your choices.
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
45 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“I am torn about this game... First of all: It is a solid RPG with a lot of viable builds and different angles to solve quests. You can go full diplomat for example and talk your way out of almost all situations…”
“Greetings All, So I enjoyed Swordhaven. I really liked the characters, the plot, the setting and the myriad different sidequests with multiple paths to completion. Unusually for this type of game (CRPG) I really enjoyed…”
“Swordhaven is a solid RPG that earns about an 8/10, offering a good mix of classic role-playing elements and modern design. It focuses on exploration, combat, and player choice, giving you a decent amount of freedom in…”
18 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“This is a nicely made (mostly!) fantasy RPG from the devs who brought us the excellent ATOM game. Graphics are done well and the whole experience reminded me of Baldur’s Gate with more modern graphics. The atmosphere is…”
“Greetings All, So I enjoyed Swordhaven. I really liked the characters, the plot, the setting and the myriad different sidequests with multiple paths to completion. Unusually for this type of game (CRPG) I really enjoyed…”
“Swordhaven is a solid RPG that earns about an 8/10, offering a good mix of classic role-playing elements and modern design. It focuses on exploration, combat, and player choice, giving you a decent amount of freedom in…”
5 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“It feels incomplete and lacking compared to their other titles. I would love to recommend this but due to how poor the later half of this game is I feel reluctant to do so. That being said if they continue to update in…”
“While Swordhaven has some interesting ideas and flashes of potential, it currently feels undercooked and incomplete. As it stands, it does not live up to the standard set by ATOM RPG, and it’s difficult to recommend in…”
“Pretty good crpg. Small studio, so it's not as big as it should have been at release but they keep working on it. I say buy it for sure. It's fun to play and keeps getting bigger all the time”
4 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“This is a well-crafted game and it is obvoius that a lot of love went into it. Consider this game if you like traditional isometric RPG's with turn-based combat, deepish character development and lots of quests. Works…”
“Absolutely worth it. A fantastic little old-school RPG that captures the spirit of the old BG series games. Despite its small development team, it offers a smooth gaming experience and is relatively bug-free. The game…”
“The concept of the plot is fine, but the execution falters. Mechanically, the game is not very convincing. The setting is uninteresting and the writing generic. The game is stable, though I experienced a few bugs…”
3 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“This is a nicely made (mostly!) fantasy RPG from the devs who brought us the excellent ATOM game. Graphics are done well and the whole experience reminded me of Baldur’s Gate with more modern graphics. The atmosphere is…”
“This is a beautiful game! I'm having a blast just exploring everything!”
“THIS IS NOT A 'REVIEW' A wonderfully made Indie RPG with RTwP mechanics or tactical, your choice. Great art style, interesting story so far. The devs did indeed use old world language and spellings so it may be a bit…”
14 of the 87 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I like this dev, but this title is really disappointing. #1 the setting is extremely bland. Low fantasy is hard to make interesting, and Atomteam did not manage to do so. The small glimpses you get into intriguing…”
“Swordhaven is a solid RPG that earns about an 8/10, offering a good mix of classic role-playing elements and modern design. It focuses on exploration, combat, and player choice, giving you a decent amount of freedom in…”
“Repetitive, next to no voice acting - so much reading it hurts the eyes. Took me 15 minutes to fight a snake. DODGE! DODGE! DODGE! after fighting 4 snakes in a row I'm just ready for bed. You feel nothing for the…”
10 of the 87 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I like this dev, but this title is really disappointing. #1 the setting is extremely bland. Low fantasy is hard to make interesting, and Atomteam did not manage to do so. The small glimpses you get into intriguing…”
“I am torn about this game... First of all: It is a solid RPG with a lot of viable builds and different angles to solve quests. You can go full diplomat for example and talk your way out of almost all situations…”
“I have to say, after enjoying AtomRPG and Trudograd I am feeling a bit duped by this. Never buy early access, I keep reminding myself, and this is yet another reminder. Writing, progression...it's just not good, you are…”
8 of the 87 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It feels incomplete and lacking compared to their other titles. I would love to recommend this but due to how poor the later half of this game is I feel reluctant to do so. That being said if they continue to update in…”
“While Swordhaven has some interesting ideas and flashes of potential, it currently feels undercooked and incomplete. As it stands, it does not live up to the standard set by ATOM RPG, and it’s difficult to recommend in…”
“Pretty good crpg. Small studio, so it's not as big as it should have been at release but they keep working on it. I say buy it for sure. It's fun to play and keeps getting bigger all the time”
8 of the 87 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It feels incomplete and lacking compared to their other titles. I would love to recommend this but due to how poor the later half of this game is I feel reluctant to do so. That being said if they continue to update in…”
“Probably the only RPG set in a Medieval fantasy world that I ever managed to play through. Fantasy does absolutely nothing for me compared to post-apocalyptic sci-fi. So the fact that I completed Swordhaven is a huge…”
“I have to say, after enjoying AtomRPG and Trudograd I am feeling a bit duped by this. Never buy early access, I keep reminding myself, and this is yet another reminder. Writing, progression...it's just not good, you are…”
7 of the 87 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Could be a great game, mostly enjoyed for a few days but the random crashes during EVERY session with no rhyme or reason have eventually spoiled it. If you habitually quick save every 10 mins then you'll be fine and…”
“The concept of the plot is fine, but the execution falters. Mechanically, the game is not very convincing. The setting is uninteresting and the writing generic. The game is stable, though I experienced a few bugs…”
“I attempted to slog through this game. And I might have actually made it if it weren't the fact that the game crashes after an hour to two hours of gameplay. That being said, the game is just bland. I haven't finished…”
Counted across 87 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Recommended with caveats: This is one of those top-down party-based tactical rpgs, which is something I like. First caveat: the game world isn't all that big, and there isn't a huge amount of replayability. This is fine in and of itself, but for me playing a game of this type…”
— a player, Steam review · 144 hrs played“Okay I put some time into this one before I wrote this little review. This is not my first rodeo with this Dev team, I also own ATOM RPG on 2 platforms and I like what they did here. The key to enjoying this game is play or normal level, play a rpg class you think you will enjoy…”
— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played“I'm giving Swordhaven a thumbs down as of now, with hopes that it will become a thumbs up later. My major issue with the game is that it's basically lying about being a 1.0 release. All of the patches since 1.0 have added content that simply should have already been there.…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 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
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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.
Cursed City OUT NOW
Greetings, friends! We're happy to announce that our work on the Cursed City update for Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is now complete. With it, we finally see the game we had been striving to create, an
Cursed City Announcement! Swordhaven 1.1
Hello, friends! We've announced this way back on Kickstarter, and we've been working on it since the first few post-release patches for Swordhaven. Now is the day we finally announce it: Swordhaven wi
[Update 1.0.7] New characters, quests, legendary weapons, fixes and more!
Hello, friends! Long time no see, but today we're finally unveiling a brand-new update for your consideration. And it's not a small one! We've not only added new characters and quests to Swordhaven (t
1.0.6
Greetings, friends! Today we have another patch for you, adding more characters and an entirely new location, while also continuing our trend of expanding pre-existing areas and making them more fun.
1.0.5
Greetings, friends! We have another patch for you. Plenty of bugs have been fixed, new content has been added, and work on some of your wonderful suggestions is continuing. Here is the list of major i
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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 | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Early Access · CRPG · Adventure · Isometric · Action RPG · Party-Based RPG · Strategy RPG · Fantasy · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Korean, Thai, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Official site | http://swordhavenrpg.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 64-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Phenom II Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 6670 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 16 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card