Age of Reforging: The Freelands

Age of Reforging: The Freelands

Released Apr 2025

Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!

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Age of Reforging: The Freelands launched its 1.0 release on April 28, 2025 after approximately 19 months in Early Access, and the developer has maintained a steady and substantial post-launch content cadence ever since. Major content updates have shipped at a consistent pace throughout the game's post-launch life: v1.10a in October 2025 added the Gladiator career questline and new arena systems; v1.12a in November 2025 completed the first-stage roadmap; v1.20a in March 2026 introduced the Dynamic Economy System, three new origins, the Beast Tamer class, and a full Merchant career with its own questline; v1.21a in April 2026 (the 1st Anniversary update) added a new unique hero and fire spell set; and v1.30a in July 2026 completed affinity dialogues and personal quests for all 10 main companions, added a new dungeon region with a boss encounter, new side quests, a new creature, and balance overhauls. A hotfix patch followed on August 1, 2026, demonstrating the developer's continued active engagement right up to the present. The developer has been transparent about what is coming next. In the July 25, 2026 v1.30 update post, they explicitly describe a Castle Management System that is largely built but not yet ready for release, and commit to shipping it in the second half of 2026 alongside the next major update. This is a concrete, named, in-development feature confirmed by the developer themselves. Combined with the Phase Three roadmap announced on April 29, 2026, there is clear, developer-confirmed content still on the way. The developer has also been candid about difficulties along the way — a team member's family emergency delayed a major update in early 2026, and the studio acknowledged financial pressures in late 2025 — but in each case they followed through on their commitments, with subsequent updates confirming continued development. The February 2026 statement that "no matter what comes our way, we will finish this game" reflects an ongoing commitment that the update history bears out.
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v1.30a major update shipped with companion quests, affinity dialogues, a new dungeon and boss, new side quests, new creature, and new legendary weapon. The post also explicitly states that the Castle Management System is largely complete but held back for further polish, with a target release in the second half of 2026 alongside the next major update.
news post · Jul 25, 2026 source content planned
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1st Anniversary post announces Phase Three of the development roadmap, focusing on more core features and experience enhancements, following the completed Phases One and Two.
news post · Apr 29, 2026 source content planned
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Publisher
Kunpan Games
Achievements
29
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

✦  The Freelands - lands of opportunity and danger. It belongs to thieves, speculators and adventurers. People never stop coming here in search of riches and fame, but most of them end up in the grave. Only those who are favored by the goddess of fate are able to gain a foothold here and get what they want. And it's all based on the loss of others.

✦ Vast Content: The game currently features 2,500 items and equipment, over 200 different monsters, more than 700 uniquely named NPCs, and 150 handcrafted side quests!

Update a new playable Xiake origin, plus an Chinese Xiake questline!

✦ Explore eight distinct ecological zones - forests, swamps, deserts, mountains, coasts, and more. Travel through 9 towns and 30 uncharted wilderness locations to uncover hidden mysteries.



✦ Venture into dangerous dungeons and ancient ruins in search of unique treasures, where each discovery could rewrite the course of your adventure.
✦ Travel to all of the gladiatorial arenas in Blackthorn Arena and begin a chapter of gladiator glory with no fear.

✦ Surviving in the Freelands is no easy task. Ruthless bandits, ferocious beasts, and terrifying monsters - more than 200 enemies in all - lurk around the corner on your adventures, ready to strike at any moment.
✦ Hunger and fatigue are also hidden killers that eat away at you and your party's energy. Even if you're setting up camp for the night, you can't afford to slack off.

✦ Defeat your opponents in spirited and unique real-time combat. You'll control the flow of time, pause the game, and give critical orders to your squad with precision.


✦In life-or-death situations, the powerful Tactical AI Trigger/Editor will be your capable assistant, meticulously planning tactics to help you turn the tide of battle.

✦ Choose your origin to set the tone of the adventure. Born with magical talent? An infamous bandit? A down-on-their-luck mercenary? Each of these origins holds unique opportunities and challenges.
✦ Deeply customize your character, allocate valuable attribute points, and unlock a wide variety of traits as you adventure.

✦ Over 1,000 exquisite and unique weapons and equipment pieces will surely display your extraordinary prowess.
✦ No class restrictions! Over 200 combat skills and 100 magic skills to mix and match to create an invincible fighting style.

✦Recruit a powerful squad of like-minded individuals who will be your solid backing as you charge into battle and break new ground!
✦Create an elaborate caravan and seek out caravan members to create a powerful merchant caravan or a mercenary group that will be feared by your enemies.
✦ Occupy and manage medieval castles with skill and strategy, and make your presence felt in the FreeLands!

✦ Engage in a vast array of handcrafted side stories that take place throughout the Freelands, where you'll need to make choices that lead people to different destinies in complex situations.
✦ Will you punish evil and do good, or will you plunder and pillage? It's up to you! Freedom is a constant theme here, but what is the heavy price of freedom ......?

✦ In a sandbox world with a day-night cycle, every NPC seems real. They have their own daily behaviors and habits, and may even change careers to become adventurers, mercenaries, or gladiators.
✦ The Freelands' economy flows like water, and it's not a dream to see business opportunities and make money.(Will be released gradually in the form of major updates.)

Last evaluated Aug 28, 2026
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