Battle for Wesnoth
BANGER · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
PLAY IT.
A BANGER, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 23.2h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
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The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 98 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Card Hunter (free, scores 62) and Age of Conquest IV (free, scores 56).
The main story runs 23.2 hours. Doing everything runs 207, 8.9 times as long.
157 players were online in it when we last checked, on Oct 1, 22:47 UTC.
Players
157 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 22:47 UTC.
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
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Battle for Wesnoth scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/599390/battle-for-wesnothReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.
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