Wartales

store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Genres, About, Sessions, Planning ahead, Fighting, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress.

• Online co-op: User tags include Co-op and Online Co-Op.
• Most players online: Store text says you traverse the world as a band of up to 4 players.
• Genres: The maker's Steam genre list names Adventure, RPG and Strategy. The text calls it an open world RPG with tactical turn-based combat.
• About: Store text describes leading a group of mercenaries through a medieval world and the secrets of ancient tombs.
• Sessions: User tags include Open World and Sandbox.
• Planning ahead: Store text says the turn-based combat rewards careful planning and strategic thinking.
• Fighting: Store text describes a tactical turn-based combat system. User tags include Turn-Based Combat.
• Building and creating: Store text mentions a crafting system and developing your camp with tools and equipment.
• Unlocks and progress: Store text mentions an RPG progression and crafting system.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Free base co-op.

• Online co-op: Categories include Co-op and Online Co-op.
• Platforms: Steam lists Windows only. It does not list macOS or Linux builds.
• Release status: Steam lists the game as available, not coming soon.
• Release date: Steam shows Apr 12, 2023.
• Free base co-op: Steam marks the base game as not free, with a price of $34.99. A free weekend does not count as ongoing free co-op.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.

wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026

Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.

• Genres: P136 lists action-adventure game, survival game and tactical role-playing game.
• Release date: P577 is 2023-04-12 worldwide. An earlier 2021-12-01 statement is the start of early access.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Kind of game, Working in sync, Time to hang out, Calm and coziness.

• Online co-op: The maker's co-op update post of 2022-12-15 says the update is available now.
• Most players online: The post says to traverse the world with up to 4 players.
• Kind of game: The post tells the group to lay out tactics and devise a strategy together before fights, as a troop that sticks together.
• Working in sync: The post says you decide together who or what to interact with, split money from missions and share camp equipment one player at a time.
• Time to hang out: The post says to discuss plans with your teammates. The talk is about the task in front of you.
• Calm and coziness: The post calls camp one of the few places to relax between attacks.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Release status, Release date.

• Release status: The maker's post of 2023-03-23 says the 1.0 launch ends Early Access.
• Release date: The post says Wartales releases on 12 April 2023. Early access began earlier, on 1 December 2021.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Platforms.

• Platforms: The maker's post of 2023-09-14 says the game is available now on Nintendo Switch, with co-op in the Switch content.

gamespress.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online, Platforms.

• Most players online: The maker's press release of 2023-10-31 describes four-player co-op.
• Platforms: The release says the game is available on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC via Steam. It names no Xbox generation.

xbox.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online, Platforms, Free base co-op.

• Most players online: The feature list says Online co-op (2-4) and the player count tops out at 4.
• Platforms: Store data lists Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S next to PC. The press release and Wikidata name no Xbox One, so that one rests on this page.
• Free base co-op: The Xbox page sells the game for $39.99. Game Pass is a subscription and does not count.

nintendo.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online, Platforms, Free base co-op.

• Most players online: The player line reads Online cooperation, up to 4 players.
• Platforms: Nintendo sells the Switch edition and marks Switch 2 as supported with the same behaviour. Switch 2 play is backward compatibility, not a separate edition.
• Free base co-op: The Switch page sells the game for $39.99.

gog.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online, Free base co-op.

• Most players online: The GOG text says 4 player cooperative.
• Free base co-op: GOG sells the game as a paid download.

wartales.netOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs About, Exploring.

• About: The maker's page sets the game a century after a plague felled an empire, with mercenary work and banditry all over the land.
• Exploring: The page promises a massive open world to lead your group through.

itemlevel.netPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Kind of game, Working in sync, Laughter and chaos, Story, Exploring, Planning ahead, Getting better.

• Working in sync: Says everyone shares one pool of turns in battle, so a friend can spend a turn on you.
• Kind of game: Item Level review, updated 2023-04-24, says you act more like a tabletop adventuring party than a mercenary band.
• Laughter and chaos: The co-op section describes a friend using a turn to throw poison bombs at you just for the laugh.
• Story: Says each region has its own story and a finale, and calls some of them engaging. Other reviews call the story thin, so story stays minor.
• Exploring: Says the world is full of things to explore and every point of interest on the horizon pulls you in.
• Planning ahead: Says turn-based fights let you pick any unit each turn and have a lot of strategy.
• Getting better: Says the mechanics are simple to grasp but have a high skill ceiling.

itemlevel.netPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Working in sync, Time to hang out, Fighting.

• Working in sync: Guide updated 2023-04-22 says only the owner of a character can move it, and that you must talk to plan battles.
• Time to hang out: Guide says town and shop visits take much longer in co-op because everyone waits for one player. Talk stays on the task, so hangout is minor.
• Fighting: Guide says co-op combat is the same turn-based fighting as single-player.

grimdarkmagazine.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Sessions, Tension and danger, Exploring, Unlocks and progress, Building and creating, Story.

• Sessions: Review from 2023-05-25 says there is no underlying narrative and calls it a sandbox where you forge your own destiny.
• Tension and danger: Says food and pay need constant care, which keeps players on their toes and bites harder on higher difficulties.
• Exploring: Says the overworld has dozens of locations to explore and a breathing open world.
• Unlocks and progress: Says an unlock system adds bonuses and crafting options.
• Building and creating: Says characters can take professions such as crafting and cooking.
• Story: Says there is no overarching story.

thexboxhub.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress, Story.

• Tension and danger: Review from 2023-12-13 says an ally who is hit again while down is gone forever, and that an underfed company fights worse.
• Unlocks and progress: Says troops level up at the campfire and can be promoted to captains for extra perks.
• Story: Calls the story scarce and a bit throwaway.

nintendoworldreport.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Getting better.

• Getting better: Switch review from 2023-09-26 says many systems go unexplained, so the first hours are trial and error.

roundtablecoop.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Getting better, Exploring.

• Getting better: Review from 2023-12-09 says the learning curve is steady but the game punishes you if you rush.
• Exploring: Says exploration is excellent and at your own pace.

gamewatcher.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Working in sync.

• Working in sync: Guide from 2026-07-21 says each player runs their own units, food and gold are shared, and the group must stay close together.