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Yevhen Rebrakov · Published by Yevhen Rebrakov
Mostly Positive — 76% positive (38 reviews) · 11 achievements
Last updated 29 Sept 2026
Create your own story in a deep Strategy/Tactical RPG. Manage your party and fortress, explore, craft gear, research technologies, and make impactful choices that shape the world.
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Indie, RPG, Strategy · 2025 · More £15 - £30 games
In Shards of the Realm, craft your party and fortress, explore vast lands, and research technologies to forge a unique story. Manage every aspect of your kingdom with impactful decisions that shape the world.
About this game
Create your own story — manage your party and fortress, explore, craft, forge alliances or become the enemy they fear.
Shards of the Realm is a complex old-school Strategy/Tactical RPG, inspired by the classic X-Com series. It features a living open world and a wide range of deeply interconnected mechanics across both tactical and strategic layers, with over 50 hours of gameplay.
Develop your stronghold, manage workers, trade, build — everything demands smart strategic planning. On the battlefield, a flexible class system, multiclassing, skill synergies, and destructible environments allow for a wide variety of tactical approaches. A deep research and crafting system lets you prepare your squad for any challenge the world throws at you.
Tactical combat — physics, positioning, destruction
No dice rolls or abstractions — real projectiles and physical collisions drive the combat. Positioning, cover, and interaction between units are crucial.
No grid and no fixed number of actions — action points are your only limit. Spend them however you want.
Anything can be used as cover: terrain, trees, even allies or enemies.
Directional armor zones (front, flanks, rear) reward clever flanking and ambushes.
The environment is destructible — blow up cover or open new paths.
Friendly fire is enabled — even melee attacks can harm allies if you're reckless.
Build your team — no templates, just your tactics
Squad of up to 9 fully controllable characters
4 base classes and 8 unique subclasses with distinct playstyle, roles and abilities
Multiclassing support and a skill tree with 60+ active and passive abilities
Deep status effects system with differenct auras, buffs, debuffs, synergies
No "correct" builds — design your heroes your way: classic tank/DPS/support setups or hybrid roles
Strategic depth — your stronghold, your rules
There’s no loot rain — nearly all gear is hand-crafted via research and production.
Your fortress is the core of your economy, science, recruitment, and crafting
Over 200 various items such as weapons, armors, tools, rings, trading goods to develop and produce
People are your main resource — who goes to the lab, who to the forge, who to the battlefield?
Six NPC factions with their own goals and rivalries. Your choices shape the political map — trade, ally, or wipe them out
Day-night cycle affects visibility on both global and tactical levels
Hidden dungeons with unique rewards and challenges
Demonic Sieges — a global threat and a tactical opportunity. They can destroy your stronghold or help you eliminate a rival
Shards of the Realm is a game where one mistake can cost you everything.
But if you enjoy meaningful decisions, deep mechanics, and a world that reacts to your choices — this is the game for you.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia RTX 2060
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia RTX 3060
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.1.7.0 Additional mod support
This patch introduces new moddable entities that allow you to extend or modify existing classes, as well as adjust enemies and how they are grouped into parties. Workshop integration is not available yet, so for now, mods can be found and uploaded here: https://www.nexusmods.com/games/shardsoftherealmRead full article on Community Announcements (Fenyx)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.1.5.0 Brute Force and Backstab crash at the beginning of battle
I've noticed a very tricky bug at the start of a battle which caused a crash. This patch should fix this specific case. I would like to say sorry to affected players (today I saw this crash for only one player). I hope this fix will help; if not, please contact me on the forum or any other way. My apologies )Read full article on Community Announcements (Fenyx)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.1.4.0 Bug Fixes
This minor patch includes several crash fixes, as well as various typo corrections and general bug fixes.Read full article on Community Announcements (Fenyx)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.1.0.0 — Armor Infusions
ImportantExisting saves remain backward compatible.Due to changes in character portrait generation, previously generated portraits may appear darker than intended.To fix this, simply open each character’s inventory to regenerate their portrait.Armor InfusionsAdded a new system that allows you to infuse armor with special items to grant random bonuses.Introduced 6 new infusion items, each capable of enhancing armor with unique effects.These items can be obtained from battles, dungeons, and town raids.Combat ImprovementsHit prediction now displays the chance to hit not only the main target, but all potentially affected targets.This makes it easier to evaluate risks, especially when dealing with possible friendly fire.Ring InfusionsAdded non-class-specific skills as part of ring infusions.These skills inherit all bonuses from their corresponding main skills, but can be used by any character wearing the ring without requiring multiclassing.Such skills consume MP and either have slightly increased base damage or apply additional debuffs.Visual ImprovementsAdded ring indicators under characters to improve visibility and clarity during battles.Balance & ProgressionReduced infusion time for both the new armor infusions and existing weapon essences.Removed essence research from the game — it is no longer required to perform infusions.New EnemiesAdded a powerful armored demon to improve endgame challenge.Comes in 4 variants: Mage, Archer, Healer, and Tank.These enemies are tied to the world level and will begin to appear a couple of in-game weeks after the required level is reached, once existing enemy parties are refreshed.UI & TutorialsUpdated tutorials to reflect new mechanics and changes.Redesigned parts of the UI and made various visual improvements.Quality of LifeNumerous quality-of-life improvements across the game.Improved Escape key behavior and overall input handling. Thank you for playing and supporting the game. Your feedback and bug reports help shape future upda...Read full article on Community Announcements (Fenyx)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.0.9.0 – Healing
A couple of recent patches introduced a new mechanic — the Damage Multiplier. It allows battles to be sped up and, at higher values, can significantly change tactical combat gameplay. This parameter can be adjusted at any time outside of battles. Another notable improvement is Shrines. They are scattered across all lands, but discovering them may require better party transport equipment. Shrines grant a 2-day buff that increases the party’s regeneration speed on the global map, but have a 3-week cooldown. Additionally, the base healing rate in the fortress has been doubled. Together, these changes should reduce the time spent waiting for healing in the fortress and increase the overall pacing and dynamism of both global and tactical gameplay. Thank you for your feedback and continued support.Read full article on Community Announcements (Fenyx)
