Feud

Feud

Released Feb 2024

Feud is a turn-based strategy game. Swap pieces on a four-by-four grid to isolate your opponent's pieces, or go straight for their King. Hone your skills against three AI characters with distinct play-styles, then challenge your friends online or on the same screen.

89% positive · 226 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Feud is a free-to-play abstract strategy game that spent about four years in Early Access before officially launching as version 2.0 on February 23, 2024. The 2.0 launch was a substantial update that added ranked/unranked playlists, leaderboards, move history replays, unlockable piece skins, and additional language support. The launch post from the developer described it as "our biggest update to the game ever" and closed with a heartfelt thank-you to long-time players — language that reads as a natural conclusion to the Early Access journey rather than a launchpad for ongoing content cycles. After the 1.0 launch, the developer shipped a quality-of-life update (version 2.1) in April 2024 and a localization patch adding Brazilian Portuguese in October 2024. Neither of these constitutes major new content — they are polish and maintenance work. Looking at the broader history: across roughly five years in Early Access (2019–2024), the game shipped several notable updates — live multiplayer in April 2020, achievements in February 2021, and the full 1.0 launch in February 2024. Since launching, there have been no announcements of new features, expansions, or planned content. The developer has not posted any updates since October 29, 2024. There are no unreleased DLC items on the store. The only DLC is a soundtrack that released back in 2019. The post-1.0 activity is consistent with a small indie team doing routine upkeep on a finished, free-to-play game — not a studio actively developing new content. Feud appears to have launched as a complete product.
Evidence
Version 2.0 launched, taking the game out of Early Access. The post celebrated nearly eight years of development and four years in Early Access, with a closing 'we'll see you online' — framed as a milestone conclusion rather than a new chapter of content releases.
news post · Feb 23, 2024 source content shipped
high
The only DLC is a soundtrack released in 2019. No unreleased DLC exists on the store.
dlc listing · May 21, 2019 source content shipped
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
May 2019

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Bearwaves
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game



Feud is a turn-based strategy game made by some guys you haven't heard of yet. Originally a board game designed by Dave Cordell, it's been polished and tweaked and generally mucked about with to bring it to the glowing screen you're reading this description on. Unless you printed it out? Think of the trees. Please.

CONDENSED ABSTRACT STRATEGY


Imagine chess, but on a four-by-four grid, where pieces are swapped rather than moved, each piece has its own special ability and--

OK, not so much like chess. What you can expect is a highly condensed little abstract strategy game which is easy enough to learn but quite tricky to get good at. The AI still beats us sometimes. The computers are winning. Please get good at Feud so we can beat them.

FREE AND CROSS-PLATFORM


Feud is free to play and has full cross-platform play between PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. This means you can play Feud at your boring job, then on the bus on the way home from your boring job, then on your computer at home while you recover from your boring job.

Please note that we do not recommend playing Feud during your commute if you walk to work, especially if you live in a city with lots of open manhole covers which is pretty much what I imagine New York to be like. I dunno, I've never been.

YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME MUCH ABOUT THIS GAME YET, TO BE HONEST


I'm not very good at this. Sorry. Anyway, look, the game's free and only a couple of hundred megabytes. You might as well, really.

CAN I AT LEAST HAVE SOME BULLET POINTS?

OK fine
  • Easy to learn, tricky to master abstract strategy
  • Local same-screen multiplayer
  • Single-player vs. three AI characters
  • Online asynchronous and live multiplayer
  • Ranked and unranked play
  • Leaderboards
  • Cosmetics
  • Made by 4 very handsome boys.
  • Please play our game.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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