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Warband

Strafe Games · Published by Strafe Games · Official site ↗

Last updated 28 Sept 2026

Warband is a wave-crusher, boss-rusher and mystery-busting roguelite. Choose your commander, recruit for your warband and stock up at the shop to create unique combinations every run whilst fighting off waves of enemies and bosses a plenty. Can you turn the tide and get Thornhallow back on its feet?

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Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy · 2026 · More free games

About this game

Warband is a roguelite about a frontier town that refuses to die. You are the new Steward of Thornhallow and your duty is to return the town to its' former glory. Head out to the wilds where beasts and bosses alike await you, and whilst you're out there, see if you can uncover the mystery of the Sixth Legion.

Warband is quick to pick up and get going, but will keep you chasing bigger, better runs long after you've beaten your first, and each will give you the choice to spec out a unique combination of commanders, recruits, relics and items that makes every playthrough feel fresh.

Create Your Warband

Pick a commander to lead your warband, recruit hopeful recruits for coin as you continue on your journey, unlock companions to take along with you and relics to ease (or harden) your run. Once you've got your Warband set, outfit your members with an array of items to tweak and tailor your Warband's playstyle to your liking.

The gameplay has been built to be played again and again, with no two runs alike. Relics, recruits, companions, and commanders combine into a run that can pivot on a single choice, across three distinct campaigns and a roster of leaders that each play entirely differently.

Boss Rush, Wave Crush

Warband sits halfway between a boss rush and a survivors-like in its gameplay. Campaigns contain twenty levels, with three planned for launch. Each of these campaigns has its' own roster of enemies to defeat, posing different threats and challenges to you and your Warband, and each holding its' own secrets and story beats. Across these campaigns there are twelve mainline bosses to beat, four per campaign, and more to be found off the beaten track.

Once you beat the main three campaigns, you gain access to the mainline boss-rush campaign that lets you play all the mainline bosses in a row, and after beating that, the full boss-rush which contains all of the secret bosses too! 

Restore Thornhallow

You've done well, you've beaten your foes, you've recovered some coin, and you've spent it all on fancy items and fresh new faces... oh no! Your coin at game-end is added to the Thornhallow coffers, and you can use it to rebuild the Keep and fancy up your personal quarters. After all, you might be here a while whilst you investigate what happened to the Sixth Legion. 

The Sixth Legion were a renowned Warband that marched out of Thornhallow ten years ago. They walked out and never walked back. Little information was ever recovered regarding what happened, but through your campaign runs you will find scraps of information that you can piece together to better understand what went down that fateful day.

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Supported Languages

English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Latest news

  • AnnouncementsOfficial

    Warband Playtest - Live Now!

    Today marks the start of Warband's first online playtest, live right now, here on Steam.With MCM Comic Con out of the way, the next step was to get the many, many people queued up for a Steam Playtest in to the build and giving feedback. So, what is it that the Steam Playtest covers? Let's start with the three game modes:Campaign DemoEndless ModeBoss Rush ModeRead on below to find out more about each.Campaign DemoThis is a shortened campaign run, just under half the length of a regular campaign run (or one-sixth of the three mainline campaigns that will ship with Warband). It showcases the general flow of the main game, cinematic sequences, dialogue, and a short tutorial on how to play the games' main mode.Endless ModeThis is an end-game mode that in the full game, will be unlocked post-campaign number one. It is your more typical survivors-like experience, with on-the-fly upgrading of your Warband and progressive enemy encounters.Boss Rush ModeThis is another end-game mode, that is unlocked post campaign number two and getting to level 30 in Endless Mode. It contains boss-after-boss action, with all the bosses you've managed to find, and defeat, stacked end to end. In the demo, this is a maximum of three - there's a hidden boss in the first area if you can find out how to unlock it.In addition to the modes above, there are... Three commanders to unlock and master, spanning a variety of play-styles.Many companions and relics from the full game to trial in endless mode.Leaderboards for both most coins at campaign victory, and highest endless wave reached.I feel his should be more than enough to give early play-testers a feel of the full experience, perhaps a bit too much! All being well though we'll be able to talk over your feedback, find out the good and bad parts of Warband, and iron out the wrinkles ahead of an open demo, and full release later down the line.Please join the Discord here: LinkLooking forward to hearing from you all,Frew, Warband Dev.
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