Fit check
Is Telestians worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players who want dark-fantasy armies and castle conquest
- Players who prefer faction-based warfare with more than 120 unit types
- Strategy players interested in randomly generated maps and custom battlefield creation
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time battles rather than turn-based warfare
- Players who prefer a tightly scripted campaign instead of randomly generated maps and player-created scenarios
- Players looking for a modern military setting rather than dark fantasy
Our take on Telestians
The presentation foregrounds faction variety, large armies, ruins, and custom maps, but gives little sense of how those systems connect during a typical turn. The result is a broad feature outline rather than a clear picture of the game's moment-to-moment rhythm.
What is Telestians?
Telestians is a turn-based strategy war game set in a dark-fantasy world.
Players begin with a Hero, recruit armies, defend castles, and capture enemy strongholds. Nine factions are available, including Barbarians, Dwarves, Elves, Knights, Orcs, Reptilians, and Undead. Heroes can gain reputation by defeating enemies, taking fortresses, and completing divine quests, then lead expeditions into ruins to find artifacts, mythical allies, and weapons. Battles feature more than 120 unit types, customizable regiments, and terrain-based tactics. Maps are randomly generated with varied environments, while the Map Maker allows custom battlefields containing obstacles, fortresses, and landmarks that can be shared.
How Telestians plays
- 01Nine playable factions
- The available sides include Barbarians, Chaos, Dwarves, Elves, Gadiantons, Knights, Orcs, Reptilians, and Undead.
- 02Hero-led armies
- A starting Hero can gain reputation and levels through combat, fortress captures, and divine quests while attracting additional troops.
- 03Ruins expeditions
- Heroes can search dangerous ruins for artifacts, mythical creature alliances, and weapons.
- 04Large unit roster
- Armies can draw from more than 120 unit types, including colossi and assassins.
- 05Random battlefields
- Each game can use a randomly generated map with different terrain types that affect faction tactics.
- 06Custom map creation
- The Map Maker supports user-built battlefields with obstacles, fortresses, and mystical landmarks that can be shared.
Telestians compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II battles with direct control over individual units, while Telestians uses a dark-fantasy setting, Heroes, factions, ruins, and castle conquest. Xenonauts centers on a multinational organization defending Earth from aliens with persistent soldiers and small squads, whereas Telestians emphasizes army building, more than 120 unit types, randomly generated maps, and custom battlefields.
Telestians: platforms & release
Is Telestians worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players who want dark-fantasy armies and castle conquest. Skip it if: players seeking real-time battles rather than turn-based warfare.
Where can I download Telestians?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Telestians's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Telestians on?
Windows only.
