Fit check
Is Heads Will Roll worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want survival mechanics alongside turn-based battles
- Players who enjoy medieval warfare with branching social consequences
- Replay-focused players who want randomized campaigns and varied equipment
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking fast, low-management combat may find the many combat variables demanding
- Players wanting a fixed, predictable story may dislike randomized events and consequential choices
- Players looking for a non-medieval setting will not find that setting here
Our take on Heads Will Roll
Its survival focus trades immediate accessibility for layered decision-making. Fatigue, injuries, weapon familiarity, supplies, crafting, and relationships all compete for attention, making the medieval soldier experience more involved but less suited to players seeking a simple combat-led RPG.
What is Heads Will Roll?
Play as an ordinary medieval foot soldier during the Hundred Years War between England and France.
Survival depends on turn-based battles and decisions made outside combat. Combat considers character attributes, weapon familiarity, weapon reach, fatigue, injuries, and other conditions. More than 150 items include weapons, armor, trinkets, poisons, medical supplies, and crafting materials. Supplies can be combined into medical goods, utility items, and crossbow ammunition. Nonlinear events respond to actions and alter relationships with non-player characters. Randomized starting equipment, enemies, choices, and events create different playthroughs. Dozens of weapons have distinct movesets tied to different statistics and skills. Relationships with several characters form another part of the campaign.
How Heads Will Roll plays
- 01Turn-Based Combat
- Battles account for attributes, weapon experience, reach, fatigue, injuries, and other combat conditions.
- 02Item-Based Crafting
- Collected materials can become medical goods, utility items, and several forms of ammunition for crossbows.
- 03Branching Consequences
- Character behavior changes non-player character opinions, future interactions, and some events.
- 04Randomized Campaigns
- New runs can vary in starting gear, statistics, opponents, decisions, and events.
- 05Medieval Arsenal
- The game includes dozens of weapon types with different movesets, statistics, skills, and counters.
Heads Will Roll compared to similar games
Back to the Dawn is also an RPG built around survival, investigation, and escape, but places its story in a maximum-security prison rather than the Hundred Years War. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition centers on an unconventional story, characters, and exploration, while this game emphasizes survival mechanics, weapon variables, crafting, and randomized playthroughs.
Heads Will Roll: platforms & release
Is Heads Will Roll worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want survival mechanics alongside turn-based battles. Skip it if: players seeking fast, low-management combat may find the many combat variables demanding.
Where can I download Heads Will Roll?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Heads Will Roll's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Heads Will Roll on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
