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Is Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players who want battles with RPG-style unit customization
- Fantasy campaign fans who prefer choosing assignments and pursuing side quests
- Players who want to recruit and manage a mixed-faction army
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short, linear campaign rather than an open-world structure with side quests and generated battles
- Players who prefer battles without lasting losses, since fallen units stay dead unless raised by a Necromancer
- Players looking for real-time combat rather than turn-based battles
Our take on Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat
Battles use movement without a hex grid, while fallen units remain dead unless a Necromancer raises them as zombies.
What is Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat?
Play as Indulf, a mercenary in the Undead Legion, and pursue revenge, wealth, and power alongside the witch Lexa.
The campaign combines a fantasy story with turn-based battles based on tabletop wargames and RPG customization. Choose assignments, loot the realm, craft items from gathered ingredients, and recruit units from different races and factions. Battles use movement without hex grids, and fallen units stay dead unless a Necromancer raises them as zombies. The world also offers side quests and procedurally generated battles. Steam Workshop support lets players download community mods or make their own, including units, items, scenarios, and campaigns.
How Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat plays
- 01Nonlinear assignments
- Choose jobs and loot lands as Indulf pursues wealth and power.
- 02Grid-free battles
- Units move without being restricted to a hex grid.
- 03Permanent unit death
- Units lost in battle remain dead unless a Necromancer brings them back as zombies.
- 04Workshop mod support
- Download community creations or make mods, including scenarios and full campaigns.
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Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat: platforms & release
Is Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players who want battles with RPG-style unit customization. Skip it if: players seeking a short, linear campaign rather than an open-world structure with side quests and generated battles.
Where can I download Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Age of Fear 5: The Day of the Rat on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
