Fit check
Is Fantasy Wars worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want turn-based fantasy campaigns rather than modern or historical warfare
- Players who enjoy managing armies across sieges, raids, defense, and reconnaissance missions
- Groups seeking turn-based matches with LAN, internet, or hotseat options
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat instead of turn-based battles
- Players looking for a short, single-scenario game rather than three connected campaigns with army development
- Players who prefer a single faction instead of several fantasy armies and unit types
Our take on Fantasy Wars
The broad campaign structure trades concentrated scenario depth for a longer arc across three connected stories. Managing multiple army types, upgrades, artifacts, and spells adds planning overhead that may feel less direct than a narrowly focused battle game.
What is Fantasy Wars?
Turn-based strategy unfolds across three connected campaigns in a fantasy setting of human kingdoms, orc clans, dwarven strongholds, and elven forests.
Players command orc, goblin, human, or elven forces through castle sieges, village defense, reconnaissance, and raids. Victory depends on coordinating different unit types and using terrain, rather than relying only on troop numbers or experience. Each campaign includes army recruitment, unit improvements, magical artifacts, and spell research. The game presents more than 70 units across nine army types, with characters developing during play. Multiplayer supports LAN, internet, and hotseat matches.
How Fantasy Wars plays
- 01Three linked campaigns
- The story follows three campaigns connected by a single conflict involving human, orc, dwarf, and elven factions.
- 02Terrain-based tactics
- Battle plans can combine different unit types with battlefield terrain instead of depending only on army size or experience.
- 03Army development
- Campaign progression includes recruiting forces, improving units, collecting magical artifacts, and researching spells.
- 04Nine army types
- The game includes more than 70 units distributed across nine types of armies.
- 05Multiple battle objectives
- Scenarios include assaults on castles, village defense, reconnaissance missions, and fast raids.
- 06Multiplayer modes
- Matches can be played through LAN, the internet, or hotseat play.
Fantasy Wars compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with direct control over individual units, while Fantasy Wars uses turn-based fantasy campaigns, army upgrades, magic, and terrain-based coordination. Xenonauts centers on small squads of persistent soldiers defending Earth from aliens and recovering technology; Fantasy Wars instead follows larger fantasy armies across three connected campaigns.
Fantasy Wars: platforms & release
Is Fantasy Wars worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want turn-based fantasy campaigns rather than modern or historical warfare. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat instead of turn-based battles.
Where can I download Fantasy Wars?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Fantasy Wars's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Fantasy Wars on?
Windows only.
