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Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Warsim is a deep, rich text based kingdom ruling sim unlike anything else, complete with charming ASCII graphics. Navigate the millions of different procedurally generated races, events and areas with a huge emphasis on player choice. Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
24 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“The key skill element of this game is learning to estimate from nominative determinism whether Sir Skullstomper Metalbeard will or will not demonstrate himself a fiercer combatant than Ceolwulf Man-Melter the Archon of…”
“Launch the game All the peasants hate me See a new option pop up in the laws section Evil laws Enact breathing and walking tax 10/10”
6 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Phenomenal game, clearly made with a lot of passion and has a lot of charm, would recommend to buy full price but is an absolute steal if on sale”
6 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“The key skill element of this game is learning to estimate from nominative determinism whether Sir Skullstomper Metalbeard will or will not demonstrate himself a fiercer combatant than Ceolwulf Man-Melter the Archon of…”
5 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Absolute banger. This is the type of game that won't overload you with information, but give you just enough to understand the situation you are currently in. I mostly enjoy the text art for events and people's faces.…”
“I play Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud, so the art style isn't a problem for me The blurb saying, "Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction" is not true; 95% of the gameplay doesn't matter-- which…”
“Really not my thing, but I am extremely impressed. All of this pretty much runs on terminal. Running this game just launches a fully fledged out, playable game inside the terminal.”
4 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“At the time of writing this review I am only close to 4 hours in, but the list of things I can say I like about this game is not small, but what I can say I really like about this game is the amount of lore you can…”
7 of the 72 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I play Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud, so the art style isn't a problem for me The blurb saying, "Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction" is not true; 95% of the gameplay doesn't matter-- which…”
“I see the vision and love put into this. There is a few things I do wish were different or added. There isnt enough variety in visitors at all. I already feel like I ran into all of them after the 4th year. It also…”
4 of the 72 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I see the vision and love put into this. There is a few things I do wish were different or added. There isnt enough variety in visitors at all. I already feel like I ran into all of them after the 4th year. It also…”
“Truly excellent. My only possible criticism is that exploration locations are not randomly-generated, so exploration becomes somewhat redundant on repeat playthroughs. Otherwise, this is a truly phenomenal empire…”
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“>Launch new game >See to visitors in throne room >Mysterious figure with a coin >Asks if I want to play a game of fate. Heads I win 100k gold. Tails I die instantly >Flip coin >It lands on tails >Die instantly >Game over 10/10 best game”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played“Pirated first because I wasn't convinced it could deliver all it promises. It absolutely does. Buy & play without a second thought.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I love this game, played it for many hours, a real throwback to text-based games I played in the dark ages (the 1980s). Thank you.”
— a player, Steam review · 4,005 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). 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.
Warsim 1.3.5 (2026 Warsim Refresher)
I'm sorry for the delay on this update. I've been sat on releasing one for a while but ya boi's been a bit burned out in this wild old life, I still have loved all the support and love Warsim has endl
Warsim Dev Q&A - Your questions answered!
Hey guys, After asking all the discord and reddit Warsim fans for their questions I've turned them into an article with screenshots of each question and my answer following it! Check it out here on th
Warsimlikes are still cooking! (19 Warsimlikes)
It's been a minute since any Warsim updates, but my god I can't go a few weeks without getting some juicy Warsimlikes update or a whole new game being dmed to me. So to all you wonderful Warsimlike de
Slumbox Kickstarter Update
I know this is the Warsim page but I just wanted to make a huge thanks to the Warsim community for the support on the Kickstarter. I've said this before but any support of Warsim in the last few years
Warsim 1.3.4 (Monster Levelling) + Slumbox Announcement + More!
Hey guys, it's been a little minute but I've had an insane amount of things going on recently and wanted to make todays update a special one. So much is happening all at once but to summarise... New W
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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 | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Text-Based · Simulation · RPG · Strategy · Procedural Generation · Indie · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Sandbox · Rogue-like · Open World · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://www.reddit.com/r/WarsimRpg |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.0 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 450 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated Audio Additional Notes: Can run on almost all PCs