Kingdom Wars
Released Apr 2013
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
67% positive · 2,801 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
Kingdom Wars has been available since April 2013 and has a long, well-documented development history. The clearest picture of its current status comes from two key developer statements.
In October 2016, Reverie World Studios acknowledged they had hit a technical dead-end trying to port engine updates from their newer game into Kingdom Wars 1, and stated that future updates would be limited to cosmetic changes only — no major content. They committed to keeping servers running indefinitely [NEWS-3].
In March 2017, the developer went further, stating they were uncertain about the future of Kingdom Wars, that the team had moved on to their next title (Medieval Kingdom Wars), and that while servers would remain online, active development on Kingdom Wars had effectively concluded [NEWS-2].
There was one final resurgence: in February 2021, the developer published Update 1.4, a visual overhaul patch that updated art assets across the board and mentioned plans for a follow-up visual update and PvP improvements "towards the end of February" [NEWS-1]. However, no such follow-up update has appeared in the news record, and there has been no developer communication of any kind since February 6, 2021 — over five years ago as of June 2026.
Given that the developer had already formally communicated the end of meaningful content development back in 2016–2017, and the 2021 patch represented a modest visual refresh rather than a new content direction, the game's content can be considered complete. The two DLC items on the store (a Starter Pack and an All Access pack, both released in August 2016) have both shipped and no unreleased DLC is listed. The servers remain online and the game is still purchasable as a free-to-play title.
Evidence
Developer stated they are uncertain about Kingdom Wars' future, that the team has moved on to Medieval Kingdom Wars, and that active development on Kingdom Wars has concluded — though servers will remain running indefinitely.
Developer admitted they failed to port the engine update into Kingdom Wars 1 after many attempts, and stated that future updates would be limited to cosmetic changes only — no major content additions planned.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
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Achievements
35
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op
About this game
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Having evolved from Dawn of Fantasy: Kingdom Wars this strategy game offers lively online world, where players gather resources, construct majestic towns, and impregnable strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests in the service of mighty nobles and fiendish rogues, and eventually manage a global empire. All within an online realm that grows, works, lives, and breathes even when you log off. All this in glorious 3d world with stunning level of detail and epic scale - with vibrant towns and thousand strong armies. And of-course let’s not forget the glorious siege battles all in real-time! Developed by Reverie World Studios, Kingdom Wars is the result of several years of hard work by a new Toronto based studio, with members all over the world.
Features
Innovative MMORTS Approach- Wage war with neighboring regions or complete countless hours of quests as you unveil the dark secrets of Terria while managing a persistent kingdom and economy with thousands of other players. Socialize, trade, forge alliances and - best of all - battle against other players across the world, defeat their armies, and burn their towns!
- With Kingdom Wars free to play release our goal was to create a game of skill, not bigger wallets. We have followed player suggestions and tried to avoid the common pay2win traps. In Kingdom Wars majority of micro-transaction only effect cosmetic changes or unlock bonus content, that does not effect game progress and player interaction. All the other options are limited to one time use, to prevent anyone gaining unfair advantage.
- Two additional singleplayer modes - including open-ended Campaign mode, and content-packed single-player Skirmish mode with both Lay Siege and Castle Defense maps - guaranteed to satisfy players of various tastes and gameplay styles.
- User-friendly Siege-oriented gameplay adds a whole new dimension to the battlefield as you ram the enemy gate, scale the walls, and place automated defensive systems, such as: stone tippers, boiling oil, and wall-mounted catapults.
- Kingdom Wars features three distinct civilizations: Elves, Orcs and Men, presenting a unique approach to these iconic races with three distinct styles of gameplay. Each race is complete with its own lore, language, world region and terrain, dozens of distinct units and buildings, hundreds of unique technologies, and each even has a different approach to economy and building style.
- Travel the MMORTS world using a beautifully-designed 3D World Map featuring scale replicas of all the NPC strongholds, quest areas, and the player's homeland.
- Each player’s Stronghold features hundreds of buildings that look and behave like a City-Simulation game, but without any micro-management, giving the player more time to spend on the battlefield. In addition each race offers a different approach to building strongholds.
- Combines the complexity of nearly a dozen gathering possibilities, different for each race, with automated simplicity, allowing players the options to micromanage their economy, or leave it to run itself in times of war.
- The gaming world comes alive as you build and battle during winter or summer months, as you push your armies through heavy rain or snow storms. Your economy significantly changes from summer to winter, when different strategic options are available during different times of day and severe weather makes certain units useless.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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