Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge

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Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge is a single player and multiplayer tactical role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Ragnarocket and was released on September 22, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

OVER 1,500,000 INSTALLS WORLDWIDE – NOW ON STEAM!After two years of forging, countless battles, and thousands of blades created, your turn has come. Battlesmiths: Blade & Forge is the perfect blend of RPG, deep crafting, strategy, and auto-battler — available now on Steam! Build your town, manage your forge, master the blacksmith trade, create legendary weapons and gear, and lead a squad of h…

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68%Audience ScoreBased on 127 reviews

graphics7 positive mentions

monetization4 negative mentions

Enjoyable and relaxing gameplay with a unique mix of crafting and tactical turn-based combat.
Good graphics and animations with a charming medieval atmosphere.
Crossplay available with steady updates and an active, helpful community.

Heavy grind and pay-to-win mechanics, with aggressive monetization pushing players to spend money for progression.
Numerous bugs and technical issues including frequent disconnects, crashes, and buggy UI that hinder gameplay experience.
PvP mode is poorly balanced and buggy, often matched against unfair opponents and considered unfun by many players.

gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
58%
21%
Gameplay receives mixed feedback, with some appreciating the blend of semi-idle resource collection, crafting, and tactical combat mechanics, while others find it repetitive, shallow, and limited in variety. Although the crafting and PvP balance are noted positives, many criticize its lack of depth, challenging gameplay, and monetization impact. Overall, it offers a decent but ultimately uninspired experience that may bore players after a few hours.
- “Technical issues aside, it's a fine semi-idle game that mixes the shop heroes type of resource collection and craft gameplay with some mild RPG and tactical combat elements.”
- “Premium classes: halberd and crossbow - it doesn't render the old classes useless, spices gameplay a bit.”
- “Recommend to all who like Shop Titans, but want way better combat mechanics.”
- “The game is ludicrous with the shortage of options you have unless you swap all and try everything; it feels mediocre at best regarding its mechanics. Certain resources can only be acquired from map encounters.”
- “Low tier PvP is quite balanced due to a large number of non-paying and low-paying players, and the crafting/equipment system is good, but the progression curve is flawed, and there is little to no actual gameplay.”
- “You actually lose all of your stamina on a failed attempt; it takes 10 stamina per stage and when I started with 150 stamina, I lost 30 stamina on the very first stage experimenting with game mechanics without being informed beforehand.”
story
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
46%
27%
The story in the game receives mixed feedback, with some players finding it enjoyable and engaging, especially in the early stages, while others criticize it as clichéd, shallow, and leading to repetitive grinding. Despite this, the integration of story elements through unique quest tracking and art is appreciated by some users. Overall, the narrative lacks depth and can become tedious for certain players as the game progresses.
- “The storyline is enjoyable and the mechanics are wonderful.”
- “Looking forward to seeing where the game and story takes me.”
- “I'm at lower levels, but already deeply invested in the story and amazed by the art.”
- “Sadly, while it starts as a somewhat interesting tactical RPG with crafting and shopkeeper sim elements, it quickly (around tier 7 and story chapter 5) devolves into an endless and pointless grindfest.”
- “The story is a nonexistent, trite, stock-fantasy tale, and the game is a poorly optimized Unity project (big install size, low performance, constant loading screens), but that's not the problem.”
- “Its a good game regarding graphics and animations, but the story is a bit meh.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
78%
22%
The graphics are consistently praised for their quality, art style, and visual appeal, featuring a charming cartoon aesthetic and medieval atmosphere. While the visuals are stunning and well-designed across platforms, some users suggest minor improvements in UI interaction for better gameplay experience. Overall, the game delivers immersive and visually pleasing graphics.
- “The art style and graphical designs are of good quality.”
- “Awesome game, crossplay available, medieval atmosphere and nice cartoon graphics.”
- “A beautiful game with a stunning art style.”
monetization
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
25%
50%
The monetization in the game is widely criticized as aggressive and predatory, heavily pushing microtransactions that are necessary to progress. Premium features are often broken, and in-game advertising disrupts gameplay, while support and communication fail to address these issues. Overall, the monetization detracts significantly from an otherwise fun experience.
- “Tl;dr: promising concept ruined by aggressive monetization, broken premium features, incompetent support, and absent community resources.”
- “Unless you enjoy throwing money at a game with predatory monetization, terrible communication, and support that refuses to acknowledge its own mistakes, stay far away.”
- “The game is surprisingly fun, but it is held back by millions of annoying things designed to force you to use microtransactions, else you won't be able to progress.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding is a core part of the game, involving extensive resource farming through fights and crafting, making it time-consuming and challenging without in-app purchases. While suitable for players who enjoy grinding and self-discovery, those playing casually or avoiding PvP will likely find the progression slow and difficult. Cosmetic rewards are especially grind-heavy, even with spending, but overall, the game functions decently as a mobile grinding experience.
- “You will be looped into farming resources via fights, farming resources via craft, crafting items and using them to craft other items. For example, to craft one item of level 5 you will need to do multiple layers of crafting.”
- “If you don't plan to play PvP and just want to play 1-2 hours per day, even then I wouldn't recommend it because you will spend the majority of your time grinding. Otherwise, you will be stat-checked really hard by increasingly difficult enemies.”
- “If you like grinding and figuring out the game yourself, it's a good game and somewhat free-to-play, but like almost every free-to-play title, you won't enjoy it fully or reach top tier without paying.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game shows promise but is significantly hampered by technical glitches and bugs, affecting overall stability and enjoyment.
- “There is a good game in here but it's hampered by technical glitches and bugs.”
- “Game is enjoyable but super buggy.”
- “Unfun, buggy.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
100%
The game suffers from poor optimization, characterized by large install size, low performance, and frequent loading screens, leading to a frustrating experience. These issues seem designed to push players into spending more money rather than providing smooth gameplay.
- “I haven't come across any performance issues.”
- “The game is a poorly optimized Unity project with a big install size, low performance, and constant loading screens.”
- “It is optimized to be as crappy as possible to entice you to pay repeatedly, unlike the days when you got a ton of playability for $60 instead of this barely playable crap.”
- “The story is a nonexistent, trite stock fantasy, and the game is poorly optimized.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features a charming medieval atmosphere complemented by appealing cartoon-style graphics, enhancing the overall immersive experience.
- “Awesome game with crossplay available, medieval atmosphere, and nice cartoon graphics.”

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Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge is a tactical role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes.

Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge.

Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge was released on September 22, 2025.

Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge was developed by Ragnarocket.

Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Battlesmiths: Medieval Life, Shop Titans, Mecharashi, Puzzle Quest 3, Watcher of Realms and others.

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