Fit check
Is Becoming Saint worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy players who want battles centered on converting towns rather than only defeating enemies
- Roguelike fans who enjoy carrying a campaign through repeated attempts after defeat
- Players interested in shaping a movement through doctrine choices and political or spiritual decisions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking large-scale battles may find the focus on small engagements limiting.
- Those who prefer a fixed campaign structure may not enjoy runs that change through choices and repeated incarnations.
- Players looking for a puzzle-focused or character-driven RPG experience may find the military and conversion strategy central.
Our take on Becoming Saint
Rather than framing a strategy campaign around military expansion alone, the game makes conversion and religious leadership part of territorial conquest. Its roguelike structure also allows a failed attempt to lead into a new incarnation, instead of ending the overall pursuit.
What is Becoming Saint?
Choose a doctrine and lead followers across medieval Italy in a real-time strategy roguelike.
Recruit from as many as 16 unit types, each with distinct strengths, weaknesses, abilities, and synergies. March selected forces into small-scale battles, use terrain, and apply blessings or curses; direct control of units is also available. Decisions during each run shape political and spiritual traits, with effects on followers, the economy, and conversion strategy. The goal is to convert city-states and reach sainthood. If a run ends in death, a new incarnation brings further challenges and strategies. Set in 14th-century Italy, the game combines military conquest with choices about belief and leadership.
How Becoming Saint plays
- 01Doctrine-Based Units
- Recruitment offers up to 16 unit types, with the available roster tied to the chosen doctrine.
- 02Run-Shaping Choices
- Decisions affect political and spiritual traits, followers, the economy, and conversion tactics.
- 03Direct Unit Control
- Take command of individual units during battles rather than relying only on group orders.
- 04Repeated Incarnations
- Death ends a run but leads to a new incarnation with further challenges and strategies.
Becoming Saint compared to similar games
Xenonauts is a turn-based strategy game about small squads defending Earth from aliens, while Becoming Saint uses real-time battles to convert medieval city-states. Old World centers on leading an empire across generations, whereas Becoming Saint ties progress to religious choices and repeated incarnations.
Becoming Saint: platforms & release
Is Becoming Saint worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy players who want battles centered on converting towns rather than only defeating enemies. Skip it if: players seeking large-scale battles may find the focus on small engagements limiting.
Where can I download Becoming Saint?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Becoming Saint's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Becoming Saint on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
