Ironsmith Medieval Simulator: Prologue
Released Jun 2020
Ironsmith: Medieval Simulator - Prologue allows you to become the local blacksmith in medieval reality. Master your skills by ceaselessly crafting tools and weapons for various social classes.
76% positive · 109 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Ironsmith Medieval Simulator: Prologue is a free standalone prologue/demo for the full game Ironsmith Medieval Simulator. It launched on June 8, 2020 and received two hotfix patches in its first two weeks (June 10 and June 12, 2020) addressing early bugs. The developer also posted some feature previews in September and October 2020, but these were showcasing content in the main game — not updates to the Prologue itself. A teaser trailer was posted on February 10, 2022 announcing the full game's release on March 9, 2022.
The Prologue is explicitly described as "the first episode of Ironsmith" designed to give players a taste of the full game's mechanics. It shipped as a self-contained, finished sample product. There are no DLC listings, no roadmap for Prologue-specific updates, and no developer communications indicating any further content is planned for the Prologue itself. All post-launch developer activity has been focused on the main game. The last communication touching the Prologue dates to June 2020, and the game has received no substantive updates since. With the full game having launched in March 2022, the Prologue's role as a preview piece is complete.
Evidence
Developer announced the full game Ironsmith Medieval Simulator releasing March 9, 2022 — the Prologue's purpose as a preview has been fulfilled.
Store description explicitly frames this as 'the first episode of Ironsmith' and a preview of what 'the full game will offer,' indicating it was designed as a finished, standalone sample rather than an evolving product.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
SIG Publishing
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Ironsmith: Medieval Simulator - Prologue allows you to become the local blacksmith in medieval reality. Master your skills by ceaselessly crafting tools and weapons for various social classes.
Educate yourself in your family profession under the guidance of your father, at a time of uncertainty, while the gales of war are howling through your lands. Immerse yourself in the story of a local blacksmith dragged into the service of the reigning baron, and help to defend the village by forging weapons for his soldiers.
Educate yourself in your family profession under the guidance of your father, at a time of uncertainty, while the gales of war are howling through your lands. Immerse yourself in the story of a local blacksmith dragged into the service of the reigning baron, and help to defend the village by forging weapons for his soldiers.
Blacksmithing
Learn to craft small tools for your neighbors, hone your skills with time and create equipment for soldiers. Modify and decorate your creations however you choose.The story
From your hometown to your own village workshop – experience the first episode of Ironsmith and acquaint yourself with the world, its possibilities and some of the mechanics that the full game will offer:- Meet the local folk and learn about their worries.
- Run your own workshop and accumulate wealth.
- Collect orders posted on the bulletin board by the distressed locals and help them protect their loved ones by forging weapons.
- Visit the nearby market and pop into the nearby tavern, to gossip with the innkeeper and drink a cold one (gingerly)!
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Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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