Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North
Released Dec 2018
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.
75% positive · 182 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North launched on December 16, 2018 and received a substantial wave of post-launch content updates through 2019, including new character classes (Centaur in March 2019, Dwarf Bombardier in July 2019), new random encounter levels, new magic item sets, new cinematics, and numerous balance and feature patches. The last of this active update period concluded with a bug fix patch on December 23, 2020, which also involved a Unity engine upgrade. Since that date — over five years ago as of June 2026 — the developer has posted no further updates for this game. The December 29, 2020 post from the developer announced a new game (Strike Team Gladius), signaling that the studio's focus had moved on. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap commitments, and no developer statements promising future content for this title. The store description is self-contained and describes a complete product with no mention of upcoming additions. The game launched as a finished product and received a meaningful post-launch content cycle that has since concluded. It is complete.
Evidence
Developer announced a new game, Strike Team Gladius, launching in early access in January 2021 — indicating the studio's development focus had shifted away from this title.
Final patch released addressing minor bugs and performing a Unity engine upgrade. This is the last update posted for the game.
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Developer
Publisher
Wave Light Games Inc.
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
In Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North, you lead a mercenary band into the perilous and cold northlands of Tarren. Your search for fortune will see you pitch blade and spell book against a host of enemies including the undead, demons, and lizardmen and many other creatures. In a battle that is part game-book and part tactical RPG, you will build a powerful band of warriors and wizards and tilt the balance of power in the northern kingdoms.
Key Features
- Take part in deep, turn-based combat. Combat is realistic and incorporates details such as weapon range, damage effects, and counter attacks without slowing down gameplay. Players will also have to use cover and line of sight effectively to be successful.
- Build a party from among 15 different classes. Choose a party of six heroes that range from scholarly wizards to hardened warriors. Using each character type to their fullest is vital to securing victory as most excel in only certain tasks. Wizards have massively destructive magic but will fall quickly to a simple spear thrust while great warriors can hold off a horde if properly supported.
- A unique morale system adds an entirely new tactical layer to the combat. Warriors will fight far better if they believe the tide of battle is on their side and will begin to panic if they believe otherwise. Watching a friend fall or an enemy leader slain drastically affects morale. Arrows and spells, even when they miss, will affect the courage of both friends and foes in their area of effect. Finally, the bloodlust mechanic means certain warriors will find new sources of energy for each foe they slay.
- Collect hundreds of powerful magic items to equip your party. Each character can equip up to nine items from swords, shields, cloaks, rings to helmets. Each item can range from a common item that grants only a small benefit to legendary items that can both boost stats and grant entirely new powers to its bearer. Fighters can equip magical rings that can allow them to conjure fireballs or summon undead guardians, for example. The magic item system allows you to customize your party even further and develop entirely new tactics and battle plans.
- Enjoy over 50 hours of gameplay in the campaign. Your journey will see you lead your party across snow-covered wilderness, through dark caverns, ancient ruins and the bloody streets of great cities. Battles can be replayed at various difficulties and no level cap provides no end of enjoyment for the die-hard player.
- Delve into a gritty, realistic world that blends dark age history and culture with fantasy races and monsters. The northern kingdoms of Tarren are places where men fight in shield walls with spear, axe and sword against elves, dwarfs, goblins and even dragons. Wizards and monsters are powerful but can still be defeated with sound tactics, armour and courage.
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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