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Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge

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65%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
65% User Score Based on 148 reviews

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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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65%Audience ScoreBased on 148 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
monetization4 negative mentions
  • Engaging crafting system where players forge and upgrade weapons and armor, adding strategic depth to battles.
  • Enjoyable town-building and resource management elements that provide a sense of progression and purpose.
  • Appealing art style and animations with cross-platform play between mobile and PC, enhancing accessibility.
  • Heavy pay-to-win mechanics and aggressive monetization, with key features and progression gated behind premium purchases.
  • Frequent bugs, technical issues, and server disconnects that disrupt gameplay and cause frustration.
  • Gameplay eventually becomes a repetitive grind with limited tactical variation and overly time-consuming crafting.

  • gameplay

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 56% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    Gameplay is generally basic and repetitive, with a mix of semi-idle resource collection, crafting, and mild tactical combat elements. While some praise the balanced PvP and crafting system, many criticize the lack of variety, technical issues, and aggressive monetization tactics, making the experience feel mediocre and potentially frustrating for paying players.

    • “Technical issues aside, it's a fine semi-idle game that mixes shop heroes type resource collection and craft gameplay with mild RPG and tactical combat elements.”
    • “Premium classes like halberd and crossbow don't render old classes useless, but spice up the gameplay a bit.”
    • “Recommend to all who like Shop Titans but want way better combat mechanics.”
    • “Its ludicrous with the shortage of options you have unless you swap all and try everything. I have a feeling that's all about this game... kinda mediocre at best regarding its mechanics. Certain resources can only be acquired from map encounters.”
    • “I see why I got it free now... seems like an ok game, but the mechanics are atrocious!”
    • “On the rare occasions when strength is equal you can do some tactical gameplay, but after a while most fights are the same so it's not a challenge; you just repeat the cookie cutter build.”

  • story

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    21% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 21% negative mentions

    The story in the game receives mixed feedback, with some players finding it somewhat engaging and enjoyable early on, while others describe it as mediocre, clichéd, and quickly succumbing to repetitive grinding. Progression can be slow without premium upgrades, and bugs in daily missions affect the overall experience. Despite these issues, the story is supported by appealing art and some unique event integrations, keeping some players invested.

    • “Looking forward to seeing where the game and story takes me.”
    • “When you're stuck at some point and forget the whole story, replaying previous nodes will replay the story.”
    • “The only downfall is that the gameplay is not really varied from what I've seen so far, so I will probably get bored with it, but the storyline is enjoyable and the mechanics are wonderful.”
    • “Sadly, while it starts as a somewhat interesting tactical RPG with crafting and shopkeeper sim, 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.”
    • “The story is a bit meh but is okay.”

  • monetization

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 30% neutral mentions, 40% negative mentions

    The game's monetization heavily relies on microtransactions with premium currency, creating a resource-management feel and restricting progression without spending money. While there are no ads, intrusive popups and aggressive monetization tactics, along with poor support, significantly hinder the experience. Despite some fun gameplay elements, most players find the monetization predatory and detrimental to enjoyment.

    • “There are in-game purchases and premium currency, and some of the progression can make me feel like I am managing several different resources at once.”
    • “There are no ads which is refreshing.”
    • “If the monetization model is based on crystal donations rather than a subscription, then it’s understandable.”
    • “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.”
    • “Anyway, having said all that, the game is surprisingly fun, but it's designed that way, and it's held back by millions of annoying things to force you to use microtransactions else you won't be able to progress.”

  • graphics

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    78% positive mentions, 22% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features high-quality, visually appealing graphics with a distinctive art style that enhances its medieval and cartoon atmospheres. Users appreciate the smooth animations and overall aesthetic, though some UI elements, especially on PC, could be more user-friendly. Overall, the graphics are praised as a strong aspect of the game.

    • “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.”

  • grinding

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features a heavy grind focus, requiring extensive farming of resources and crafting to progress, which may deter casual players or those not investing money. While less pay-to-win, reaching top tiers demands significant time and effort, making it challenging for free-to-play users. Grinding is integral, especially for progressing against tougher enemies, and cosmetic rewards remain difficult to obtain without grinding or spending.

    • “If you don't plan to play PvP and just want to play 1-2 hours per day, 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.”
    • “You will be looped into farming resources via fights, farming resources via crafting, crafting items and using them to craft other items. For example, to craft one item of level 5, you will need to:”
    • “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 and be top tier without paying.”

  • stability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent bugs and technical glitches, particularly in its ports, which negatively impact the overall experience. While some players find it enjoyable, stability issues remain a significant drawback.

    • “Ports are always buggy; I will give it another try. The only saving grace is that it happened early in the game.”
    • “There is a good game in here, but it is hampered by technical glitches and bugs.”
    • “Game is enjoyable but super buggy.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game suffers from poor optimization, characterized by large installation size, low performance, and frequent loading screens, leading to a subpar experience. Additionally, it requires constant online presence, negatively impacting gameplay if offline for over two hours. Overall, the optimization appears designed to encourage in-game spending rather than provide smooth playability.

    • “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, sacrificing playability.”
    • “What happened to the days when you got a ton of playability for $60 instead of this barely playable crap with constant $10 payments?”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features a captivating medieval atmosphere complemented by charming cartoon-style graphics, enhancing the overall immersive experience.

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Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge is a tactical role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Battlesmiths: Blade and Forge include indie, trading, pirates, war, swordplay and others.

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 gameplay but disliked it for its story.

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, Knighthood - RPG Knights, Puzzle Quest 3 and others.