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Urtuk: The Desolation
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep tactical combat” (51 of 93 reviews) and “challenging but fair” (21); the most common complaint is “repetitive or limited combat” (11). 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 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 93 reviews raise this.
21 of the 93 reviews raise this.
19 of the 93 reviews raise this.
12 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“It's a shame this game hasn't got more attention, as I rate it above similar games in the genre. The tactical combat is engaging, with a good range of classes and variants. Developing skills through character…”
10 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“I played it a while ago, and I remember how surprisingly good it was. Now I bought it in steam, and.. it's still that cool and addictive! If you love turn-based tactical games - especially if you play them on an old PC…”
11 of the 93 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“It's interesting, but strikes me as an awkward, more confusing Battle Brothers. Facepalmed hard when my armoursmith couldn't equip anything but a staff, making it impossible to actually use his Weapon Enhancer ability…”
6 of the 93 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Game lacks an UNDO button. Apparently enemies level with you, which is annoying - means game isn't designed to be balanced. Making enemies level with you is a bit of a cheap trick.”
“Not balanced at all, some missions are easy, some are impossible. Thanks for the boss at 4000+ PV, doing triple attacks and getting life when being hit...”
5 of the 93 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 93 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“It's interesting, but strikes me as an awkward, more confusing Battle Brothers. Facepalmed hard when my armoursmith couldn't equip anything but a staff, making it impossible to actually use his Weapon Enhancer ability…”
3 of the 93 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 93 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Really good game with a lot of depth and build flexibility. I usually tend to save scum, but this time I played on Ironman mode because it felt like the game would be more fun that way and I was right. I’ve only had to restart once so far, and that was early on when I didn’t…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“This is a soft recommendation. The different "classes" work well together and the combat mechanics are interesting, but there's a lot of randomness when it comes to the mutators (which you need to get powerful), the node-based movement system on the map is very limiting, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“Fun. With very many factions and different tactics this game is fun for many hours.”
— a player, Steam review · 103 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 2026-10-23.
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.
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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.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Turn-Based Tactics · Hex Grid · Wargame · Dark · Tactical RPG · Difficult · Procedural Generation · Post-apocalyptic · Singleplayer · Dark Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Polish, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | http://www.urtuk.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: 2.0 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB Storage: 600 MB available space Additional Notes: Note 1. Older Intel Integrated graphics (3000 and older) running in Windows 10 won't run this game. Windows 7 works however. Note 2: If you experience a crash during game start up, you might have outdated graphics drivers. Try set the game's "urtuk.exe" file compatibility mode to Win8.