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The Iron Oath

The Iron Oath

Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

Released Nov 2, 2023 Developer Curious Panda Games Publisher Balor Games Platforms Windows · Mac RPGTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatStory RichParty-Based RPG
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

79.1%positive829 reviews
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Medieval Fantasy Turn-based combat Manage your band of brothers Personality traits Classes and skills to select Attributes to improve 40-45 hours from start to finish. Perfect. Free to roam the world after the end game. Loved it. Better than some similar hyped games.”

— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Meh, I would give this a neutral review. My feelings while playing this were split between fun and annoying. I generally liked most of the game, but the dungeon experiences were horrible... In the end I gave it a thumbs up because I had some fun at least. If you have luck with…”

— a player, Steam review · 56 hrs played
Not recommended · 41 found this helpful

“2024: promises of full controller support, new class, new enemies, some other new stuff. Well, it is currently April of 2026 and none of that happened and no announcements were made in the past years. I haven't touched the game since it went into 1.0 because I was holding off…”

— a player, Steam review · 112 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
724-hour peak
488all-time peak
0 100 200 2023 2024 2025 2026 174 avg · Apr 2022

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.

33achievements
6.2%median completion
0.3%rarest: Gotta Fight 'Em All
45.2% of players 44.2% of players 26.9% of players 17.5% of players 15.3% of players 14.7% of players 13.7% of players 13.7% of players 13.4% of players 11.8% of players 8.3% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 6.8% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 5.5% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 0.7% of players 0.3% of players 45.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
45.2%Take The Oath — Hidden achievement
44.2%Nice Takedown — Hidden achievement
26.9%A Hard-Fought Battle — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Gotta Fight 'Em All — Hidden achievement
0.7%The Librarian — Hidden achievement
2.6%A Serving of Revenge — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.50 AUD
Canada33.99 CAD
Japan2,490 JPY
Brazil84.99 BRL
China148.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Japan≈$15 Brazil China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$28

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.

Dec 19, 2024
Winter Sale, Tactics Bundle, & Executioner Preview

Hello mercenaries! The Winter sale is here and The Iron Oath is now 30% off for the next 2 weeks. We're also happy to announce a new tactics bundle we've created with our friends from Abalon and Fell

Sep 26, 2024
1.0.020 Patch Notes & Future Updates

Hey everyone! We've just pushed an update to the game that has some new content and bug fixes. We're also going to share some new things that we're working on right now that will be coming with future

May 13, 2024
Humble Sale + Patch Notes 1.0.019

Hey everyone, the Humble Publisher Sale has started and The Iron Oath is now 25% off for the next week! We've just put out a small content patch that adds 8 new 'Unknown' dungeon events to the pool, a

Apr 04, 2024
#TurnBasedThursdayFest

We're happy to announce that The Iron Oath is participating in #TurnBasedThursdayFest and will be 25% off from now until April 8th. The event features over 300 awesome turn-based games here on Steam,

Mar 17, 2024
Patch Notes 1.0.017

Hey everyone, We've just pushed an update to the main branch that adds 4 new unique quests to the game. Today's update is the first in a series of smaller content patches that we'll be adding over the

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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.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRPG · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Combat · Story Rich · Party-Based RPG · Strategy · Fantasy · Turn-Based Strategy · CRPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Strategy RPG · Open World (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements33
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.theironoath.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-650, 3.20 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.2 GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 6870 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space