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Warbands: Bushido

Warbands: Bushido

Warbands:Bushido is a miniatures board game arena with cards, miniatures, dice and beautiful terrains to fight on, with both multiplayer battles boardgamers are used to, and challenging single-player scenarios.

Released Sep 15, 2017 Developer Red Unit Studios Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyFree to PlayIndieTurn-Based TacticsBoard Game
View on Steam ↗ Free (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.

69.6%positive1,195 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Good tactical game, nice balance, nice graphics. A few minor improvements could have done in the GUI such as not placing the button to signal problems near the surrender one (would prevent miscliks). Sadly I discovered the game way too late, few days ago, and servers are closed…”

— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“the game is unique, i love the style that game has the way it feels like playing with miniatures definitely recommend it for those who are a fan of wargaming”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 14 found this helpful

“I really do not like this many times repeated schema, that I buy (single player) game, I have to be online to play it, and in the end I will even lose the game I paid for when company decide to take down those servers (that serve who knows what purpose for single player game)…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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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.

28achievements
16.4%median completion
5.0%rarest: Invincible hero
52.8% of players 47.4% of players 36.8% of players 33.9% of players 30.9% of players 30.5% of players 30.5% of players 28.2% of players 27.3% of players 23.7% of players 21.3% of players 20.5% of players 18.5% of players 17.5% of players 16.4% of players 15.3% of players 14.4% of players 12.5% of players 12.2% of players 11.2% of players 10.4% of players 9.1% of players 6.2% of players 5.7% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 52.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
52.8%Easy job — Kill 10 enemies with melee units
47.4%Practiced warriors — Win battle without losing a single unit
36.8%Assasin — Kill 3 enemies with one unit in a single combat
Rarest badges of honor
5.0%Invincible hero — Win 100 battles with only one unit left
5.2%Last man standing — Win 50 battles with only one unit left
5.3%Shogun`s favourite — Kill 8 enemies with one unit in a single combat

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

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 08, 2025
Servers are closing

Hello everyoneAs you may have noticed, monetization was disabled in the game not so long ago. Many people have guessed what this is about, and yes, after almost 10 years we will still have to stop the

Feb 23, 2024
Servers maintenance

Hey everybody! Since our previous changes caused some issues, we've returned our initial settings. In this regard, the servers were disabled for several hours. We apologize for the inconvenience. Ever

Jan 27, 2024
Servers maintenance

Hey everybody! We need to make some changes on our servers. In this regard, the servers will be disabled for several hours. Works will begin at 9:00 GMT and may take some time. We apologize for the in

Dec 06, 2018
HotFix v.181206

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27018499/167e98d0ba1a4608b6402906100bb0913fabaaa2.jpg Fixes: - New units names fixed - Missing localisations added for German, French

Dec 03, 2018
Update v.181203 (Nanban unit pack, Hot Seat mode)

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27018499/167e98d0ba1a4608b6402906100bb0913fabaaa2.jpg Features: - Hot seat mode added as "Duels With Friends" submode - Nanban (Portu

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresFree To Play, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Free to Play · Indie · Turn-Based Tactics · Board Game · Card Game · Turn-Based Combat · Tactical · Hex Grid · Turn-Based · Multiplayer · Tactical RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain
Achievements28
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://warbandsbushido.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 1600 MHz or higher Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB Video RAM required DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires internet connection