Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition

Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition

Released Jul 2019

An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.

65% positive · 453 reviews Definitive edition
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition launched on July 9, 2019 as a rebuilt-from-scratch version of the earlier Kingdom Wars 2, combining improved graphics, a new engine, and a redesigned interface. The game has received ongoing patches and improvements since launch — including a major 20th milestone update in October 2022 that added a full Co-Op overhaul and campaign redesign, and a series of feature patches through 2023. The most recent developer communication came on April 11, 2025, when the studio announced a price drop and a change to offline-as-default mode, citing ongoing server work and promising more fixes and tweaks over the following months. Prior to that, an April 2024 post announced a new publishing partnership with Freedom Games, with the developer describing upcoming updates. The game has only one DLC — a soundtrack pack released July 17, 2019 — and the developer explicitly cancelled a planned free "Undead" expansion in October 2019 due to low player interest. No further content has been announced since then. The April 2025 post mentioned additional fixes coming in the "next couple of months," but given that no substantive content updates have been announced and the developer's focus appears to be on server stability and maintenance rather than new content, this reads as routine upkeep rather than a commitment to new features or expansions. The game is a definitive/rebuilt edition of an older title, and the developer's own 2019 statement made clear they had scaled back content ambitions for this title.
Evidence
20th milestone update released, described as the biggest update ever for KW2, adding Co-Op overhaul, full campaign redesign, and race rebalancing.
news post · Oct 18, 2022 source content shipped
high
Developer cancels the planned free 'Undead' expansion due to insufficient player interest, but commits to continued updates tied to their other game, Medieval Kingdom Wars.
news post · Oct 1, 2019 source development ending
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Publisher
indie.io
Achievements
57
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Kingdom Wars 2 has been rebuilt from the ground up. The Definitive Edition combines the best aspects of the original - massive engagements, robust crafting, and complex city building - with a new engine, improved graphics, and a redesigned interface for an improved gameplay experience.

Once again, Kingdom Wars 2 focuses on the clash of Humans, Elves, and Orcs. As the war between them intensifies, each begins to recruit from other races: Scurrying Goblins, lumbering Ogres, mighty Minotaurs, ancient Treants, crafty Dwarves, fearsome Skeletal Warriors, and magical Dragons - depending on the alliances, techs, and buildings they pursue.

Experience an epic dark fantasy story in the single player campaign. After the three great races lose favor with the gods, the world is engulfed by total war. Follow their struggle and determine their fates in a mode filled with cinematic moments and additional gameplay elements designed specifically for the campaign.

Each of the great races can recruit a variety of Heroes, capable of bolstering their allies or decimating their foes. Three Orders of Wizards have also aligned themselves with one of the great races, using their vast magical power to shift the course of battle with terrifying Lightning Storms and devastating Blizzards.

Crafting is tied into every aspect of the game. Create new, deadlier siege weapons, unlock new units and buildings, create new game cards for your deck, and research new industrial technologies. Every battle you fight brings new crafting resources, from common Tools and Blueprints to rare Legendary Weapons and Tomes of Magic.

Each of the great races features a unique Tech Tree. Progress down its branches to unlock new options for managing your city, new units and buildings offering new strategies on the battlefield, and special abilities that can turn the tide of the battle.

Cards add a layer of strategic complexity. Your deck can be expanded through crafting, allowing you to summon additional resources during battle, call in reinforcements, or cast magical effects. The right card played at the right time can turn the tide of the battle, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Take to the field in vast skirmishes between up to four players (human or AI). First, build up your economy and harvest resources. Then fortify the city and prepare for battles on a massive scale. Choose your troops, craft techs and cards, refining your strategy and play style to ensure that victory is yours.

Experience brutal fantasy sieges. Trebuchets and Dwarven Cannons rip apart foes and walls alike, as Battering Rams smash gates, and infantry storms up Ladders and Siege Towers. Defenders respond with scalding Oil Pots, brutal Spike Traps, and crushing Stone Tippers. Mayhem grows even more with Dragon’s Breath machines setting the battlefield aflame and Grinders carving a bloody path through masses of infantry.

The dead have returned! The undead horde marches towards your settlement, killing all in its path. Everyone they kill soon awakens and turns on you - unless you manage to burn them quickly enough. How long can you survive? Prove your mettle on your own - or invite a friend and face the undead horse with a friend in co-op.

Kingdom Wars 2 includes a robust social component, with an in-game chat helping you to find players, get assistance, and set up battles. It also allows players to join guilds and alliances, show their allegiance and gain extra rewards - and of course, invite friends to battle together in co-op mode or challenge rivals to battle.

Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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