WARMACHINE: Tactics

WARMACHINE: Tactics

Released Nov 2014

Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!

44% positive · 1,164 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

WARMACHINE: Tactics launched on November 20, 2014 and received a steady stream of updates over the following three years. Two major content releases stand out: the Retribution of Scyrah faction (February 17, 2015) and the Dark Seduction story expansion (December 19, 2017). Between these, the developer shipped multiple feature patches adding new warrior units, multiplayer improvements, save/load functionality, UI overhauls, and balance changes. The Dark Seduction update on December 19, 2017 is notable because it also rolled all DLC into the base game — a common signal that a game's paid content cycle has concluded. The sole DLC on the store (the Dark Seduction OST) was released the same day and is the only listed item, with no unreleased DLC remaining. There have been no developer communications of any kind since December 19, 2017 — a silence now spanning over eight years as of June 2026. The established pattern of major content releases (roughly one per year from 2015 to 2017) has not continued, and the silence far exceeds any reasonable extension of that cadence. The game appears to have reached the end of its content development with the December 2017 update.
Evidence
Dark Seduction expansion launched, adding new story content and Captain Victoria Haley for multiplayer. The update also rolled all DLC into the base game — the last official communication from the developer.
news post · Dec 19, 2017 source development ending
high
Retribution of Scyrah faction released as a major content update, adding a full new faction with warcasters, warjacks, and warrior units.
news post · Feb 17, 2015 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Privateer Press Interactive
Achievements
121
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer

About this game

In WARMACHINE, the very earth shakes during fierce confrontations where six-ton constructs of iron and steel slam into each other with the devastating force of a locomotive, where lead-spewing cannons chew through armor plating as easily as flesh, and where bold heroes set the battlefield ablaze with a tempest of arcane magic as they forge the fates of their unyielding nations in the fires of destruction.

Take control of an elite battle mage known as a warcaster and his army of unstoppable warjacks and deadly soldiers in this intense and aggressive turn-based tactical combat game set in the award-winning, steam-powered world of the Iron Kingdoms.

WARMACHINE: Tactics is a next-generation turn-based tactical game developed with the Unreal 4 engine. Cutting-edge visuals, an immersive world setting, and squad customization features offer a rich multiplayer experience along with an extensive single-player campaign that will appeal to fans of revered tactical games like X-Com: Enemy Unknown and The Valkyria Chronicles.

Learn more about the WARMACHINE: Tactics and the Iron Kingdoms at:


Features:
ONLINE MULTIPLAYER

• Four armies representing the four core factions of the Iron Kingdoms. Each army contains three Warcasters, multiple Warjacks, and multiple Warrior units!
• A point-based squad customization system that allows you to decide exactly what units and strategies you take into battle!
• Five multiplayer maps: Forest Ruins, Trenches At the Border, Swamp Bridges, Orgoth Ruins and Snowy Valley. New Multiplayer maps will release regularly, always for free!
• An epic single-player campaign featuring 21 missions and an engaging storyline that will immerse you in the world of the Iron Kingdoms!
• AI Skirmish Mode!

DEMO Features:
ONLINE MULTIPLAYER

• Four armies representing the four core factions of the Iron Kingdoms. Each army contains one warcaster, two Warjacks and multiple Warrior units!
• All available multiplayer maps!
• Three missions of our epic single player campaign!
• AI Skirmish Mode!

Join the fight, now!
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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