Obscure

Horn of the Warlord

97% positive of 34 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by MagicKrol.

About the game

Lead a Viking clan to glory in this accessible turn-based conquest strategy game. Expand your kingdom, raise armies, besiege castles and outsmart a challenging AI across handcrafted worlds built for endless replayability.

Tagged by players

4X
Vikings
Turn-Based Strategy
Grid-Based Movement
Historical
War
Hand-drawn
Procedural Generation
Strategy
Stylized
Combat
Local Multiplayer

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Horn of the Warlord

97% positive of 34 Steam reviews

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Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by MagicKrol.

About the game

Tagged by players

4X
Vikings
Turn-Based Strategy
Grid-Based Movement
Historical
War
Hand-drawn
Procedural Generation
Strategy
Stylized
Combat
Local Multiplayer

What players say

Recommended
I purchased the game because it looked interesting and I was in the mood to playing a medieval game. The graphics is what '"pulled me in" they are great! The graphics and design are clean, crisp, and neat - giving you the information needed at a glance. As I started playing the game I began to have doubts about it. I was saddened by this because it looked interesting and I wanted to like the game. It just seemed…
41 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I'm going to cvopy another review and add a little commentary: This is basically the old Vikings:Fields of Conquest with meaningfull upkeep rules to prevent doomstacking and vastly, vastly improved siege rules. Given it also has hotseat, it's as close to perfection as one can expect. This may look simple on the face of it, but it's actually a very good strategy game meant to not take too long. It plays similarly to…
4 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Pretty limited. Your success in the missions is determined by the presence of gold and iron in the hills you occupy which is decided by RNG. So your ability to win is determined by RNG. Your army size is limited by the food produced by your provinces which was controlled by the pre-made maps. So your access to food in the early game was predetermined by the guy that made the map. In short, this game is just about…
5.7 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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