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Battle for Wesnoth

The Battle for Wesnoth Project · Wesnoth Inc. · 2018-05-01

Steam

IndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 29, 2005 (Amiga), Aug 02, 2005 (Linux), Aug 02, 2005 (Mac), Nov 24, 2009 (iOS), Apr 21, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.

Battle for Wesnoth is a free-to-play Indie, Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2018, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 5999 reviews).

118
playing now
94%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The Battle for Wesnoth is a free and open-source turn-based strategy video game with a high fantasy setting, designed by Australian-American developer David White and first released in June 2003. In Wesnoth, the player controls a particular faction/race and attempts to build a powerful army by controlling villages and defeating enemies for experience. The game is loosely based on the Sega Genesis games Master of Monsters and Warsong.

Trailer

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The Battle for Wesnoth – 1.16 Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 339 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
55555520182026Week of 2018-05-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

283912026-09-15 13:00 — 154 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 185 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 105 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 201 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 283 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 111 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 124 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 220 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 144 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 181 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 202 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 145 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 118 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 221 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 188 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 91 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 177 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 164 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 92 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 219 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 246 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 120 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 134 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
488108May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 488 · peak 985Aug 2018 — avg 165 · peak 280Nov 2018 — avg 113 · peak 224Feb 2019 — avg 127 · peak 249May 2019 — avg 121 · peak 234Aug 2019 — avg 109 · peak 198Nov 2019 — avg 160 · peak 308Feb 2020 — avg 169 · peak 315May 2020 — avg 224 · peak 452Aug 2020 — avg 147 · peak 261Nov 2020 — avg 158 · peak 288Feb 2021 — avg 151 · peak 286May 2021 — avg 143 · peak 272Aug 2021 — avg 142 · peak 258Nov 2021 — avg 165 · peak 303Feb 2022 — avg 144 · peak 256May 2022 — avg 146 · peak 264Aug 2022 — avg 155 · peak 321Nov 2022 — avg 163 · peak 320Feb 2023 — avg 177 · peak 312May 2023 — avg 152 · peak 272Aug 2023 — avg 146 · peak 243Nov 2023 — avg 145 · peak 251Feb 2024 — avg 150 · peak 282May 2024 — avg 160 · peak 322Aug 2024 — avg 169 · peak 289Nov 2024 — avg 151 · peak 266Feb 2025 — avg 162 · peak 284May 2025 — avg 148 · peak 254Aug 2025 — avg 170 · peak 281Nov 2025 — avg 165 · peak 299Feb 2026 — avg 171 · peak 318May 2026 — avg 166 · peak 291Aug 2026 — avg 173 · peak 323
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French, Czech, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieFantasyHex GridMedievalStrategyTacticalStory RichTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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