Wooden Battles
Released Dec 2017
Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!
79% positive · 532 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Wooden Battles launched on December 22, 2017 and received a consistent stream of updates through mid-2019, including a major Conquest Mode addition in September 2018 (expanded further in January 2019) and feature patches adding new units, block materials, mines, and turrets through May 14, 2019. After that, developer communication went silent for over five years.
On January 29, 2025, the developer broke the silence with an honest status update explaining that life circumstances — exams, career, and other game projects — had caused development of this game to be put on hold indefinitely. Crucially, the developer stated they had spent roughly the past year and a half experimenting on a sequel (Wooden Battles 2), had been sharing progress on YouTube, and had created a new Steam page for the sequel to gather community feedback. No new content for the original Wooden Battles was announced or promised. The developer's post makes clear that their focus has moved entirely to the sequel, not to updating this game.
This is a Tier 1 developer statement: the developer explicitly confirmed they put this game's development on hold and shifted focus to building a new game from scratch. The last substantive content update was the Mines and Turrets feature patch on May 14, 2019. No unreleased DLC exists, no roadmap for this game was communicated, and no future updates were promised. The game is complete as it stands.
Evidence
Developer posted a candid update explaining that development of Wooden Battles had been put on hold due to life circumstances. They revealed they have been working on a sequel (Wooden Battles 2) for roughly the past year and a half, have created a Steam page for it, and are seeking community feedback on the new game — not on further updates to the original.
Mines and Turrets feature patch — the last content update shipped for the game. No further updates followed for over five and a half years.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
SP Digital Arts Inc.
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Wooden Conflict is a fort building battle sim. You build a wooden fort, place units, and then watch the battle unfold. To win the game you either have to destroy all of your opponent's units, or capture their flag. Units can be toggled as either "offensive" or "defensive." When units are designated for offense, they will move towards the enemy flag, engaging any enemy soldiers they encounter along the way. Units designated for defense will stay where you place them, waiting for the enemies to come to them. If there are no more offensive units left on the map, the game enters a tie breaker procedure, where all defensive units are automatically switched to offensive mode, and all forts/blocks disappear to clear the way for the soldiers. The armies from both sides will march towards each other and engage in an epic showdown. Last army standing wins.
Missions:
Missions involve different scenarios against the AI opponent. The objective is to defeat the enemy using a limited amount of resources. Strategic construction of the base, and choice of units is crucial. Carefully planning and executing your strategy is the only way to victory.
Conquest:
Conquest mode contains an entire map populated with 5 factions as well as many forts and areas to be captured. The player controls one faction, trains units, deploys armies, and battles the enemy. The goal is to wipe all the factions out by capturing all of their forts and areas.
Challenges:
There are 24 challenges in the game, three for each of the infantry units, except the medic. In the challenges you are given limited resources, and can only use the challenge specific unit. The objective of the challenge is to only use the available units to defeat the enemy. Completing the challenges will unlock new weapons for your units. You can view the weapons from the Armory tab in the main menu.
Wave Survival:
In Wave Survival, you are pitted against endless waves of enemies. You get more resources and face more enemies with each subsequent wave.
Sandbox Mode:
Sandbox mode allows the player to place a large number of units and build up bases for both teams. The player can use this mode to mess around with different units and experiment with different strategies. Sandbox mode also allows user to share their battle on the Steam Workshop.
Turf War:
The enemy has 4 unit spawning barracks, your goal is to destroy them before you get overrun with enemy units. Several levels of difficulty are available.
The game currently has 13 units: Rifleman, Cannon, Sniper, Musketoon, Medic, Rocketman, Grenadier, Gatling Gun, Officer, Mortar, Rocket Artillery, Musketeer, and Swordsman . Each unit is designed to fill a specific role on the battlefield and making smart unit choices is key to a well balanced army. The infantry units come with several weapon options which have varying stats such as accuracy, damage, and rate of fire.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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