Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night (Classic)

Card Game· Adventure· Board Game· Turn-Based

Released Feb 2015

Based on the 1987 Games Workshop classic, a battle vs zombies cultists & time! Fight against hordes of Aztec Zombies, and the clock, to save reality from Darkness. Lords of the Night introduces an upgraded combat system, new weapons, powers, equipment and unique mini bosses.

61% positive · 105 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Evaluation

Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night launched on February 17, 2015. Following release, Auroch Digital issued a series of feature patches adding new weapons, achievements, community-suggested cards, and gameplay options — the most recent substantive update being the "Skulls for the Skull Throne" patch on July 20, 2017, which added a new weapon and two new achievements as part of a Warhammer gaming festival promotion. Since July 20, 2017, there have been no further developer communications of any kind related to game content — no patches, no announcements, no roadmaps. The last nine-plus years of silence, with no unreleased DLC listed on the store and no statements about planned future content, strongly indicates the game has reached its final state. The store description positions the title within the "Warhammer Classics" collection, a series celebrating legacy titles — framing that further supports the game being treated as a finished, preserved product rather than one receiving ongoing development. The game launched as a complete product and received several post-launch content additions before going quiet in mid-2017. No further content appears planned.

Evidence

Last developer update: added the Executioner's Axe weapon and two new achievements as part of the Skulls for the Skull Throne Warhammer festival. No further updates have been posted since.

news post · Jul 20, 2017 source content shipped

high

New achievements and a gameplay pacing option added in a free update.

news post · Jun 17, 2016 source content shipped

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Auroch Digital

Publisher

Auroch Digital

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Card Game Board Game Adventure Turn-Based Zombies Strategy RPG Indie Action Turn-Based Tactics Roguelike Turn-Based Strategy Card Battler Survival Dungeon Crawler

About this game

About Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night

Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night is a new chapter for Games Workshop's cult classic! Based on the original Chainsaw Warrior board game, this sequel adds new layers of intensity to the game's unique formula.

Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night sees the player fighting against hordes of Aztec Zombies, and the clock, to save reality from Darkness. Lords of the Night introduces an upgraded combat system, new weapons, powers, equipment and unique mini bosses that require careful tactics to defeat. It adds three new zones to fight through, an even tougher confrontation with the enigmatic Darkness and plenty of new opportunities to die!

It's the year 2035 and the crazed followers of a near-forgotten God have opened a hole into a nightmare dimension. Through this portal bizarre and dangerous creatures are flooding into our world, intent on total destruction! There remains just single hope: a shadowy ex-special forces soldier, enhanced for combat and known only as 'Chainsaw Warrior'. He saved New York in 2032 – can he now save the world? Equipped with new high-tech armaments, he must battle his way through the jungle to find and defeat Darkness. Not only are there swarms of Aztec zombies, mutants, traps, Moon Cult Agents and other twisted fiends between him and Darkness, time is the enemy too! Only 60 minutes remain to save us all before we are torn from our reality forever.

Chainsaw Warrior was first published as a solo board game in 1987, is expanded in this new adventure. An epic battle that offers new gameplay, weapons, equipment, enemies and much more. Can you prevail where all others have failed? You only have 60 minutes to save the world!

Warhammer Classics

Warhammer Classics is a collection of the greatest titles from the annals of Warhammer video game history, spanning the last 30 years, brought back to life as a series to celebrate their iconic legacy.

Because of their classic nature, some of the content may not accurately reflect current depictions, lore, or presentation within the current Warhammer universes and settings