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Draw Steel

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98%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
98% User Score Based on 190 reviews

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Draw Steel is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by MCDM and was released on April 8, 2026. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

A new role-playing game for a new age! Draw Steel is the breathtaking new, action-oriented, fantasy RPG from MCDM that’s both fun to play and fun to run! A game about heroes, heroes who stop the villains, save the villagers, rescue beautiful dragons from ravening princesses. Draw Steel heroes worry about monstrous villainy and perfidious treachery, not spell slots or armor class. Draw Steel incl…

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98%Audience ScoreBased on 190 reviews
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Exceptional automation and integration of Draw Steel rules, significantly reducing bookkeeping and simplifying gameplay.
  • Robust and user-friendly map editor with advanced features like verticality and parallax effects, enhancing tactical gameplay immersion.
  • Active and responsive development team with frequent updates and a supportive community, ensuring continuous improvement and assistance.
  • User interface and user experience suffer from cluttered design and confusing layouts, with a steep learning curve for new users.
  • Currently in early access with some bugs, incomplete content, and occasional glitches requiring manual fixes or workarounds.
  • Requires each player to purchase the software, which can be a barrier for groups with rotating players or casual participants.

  • gameplay

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    29% positive mentions, 28% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The gameplay is highly praised for its comprehensive mechanics, smooth integration of the Draw Steel system, and strong support for environmental interactions and player customization. The starter adventure effectively teaches the mechanics, and the evolving virtual tabletop enhances the experience by reducing the director’s workload. Despite a somewhat cluttered UI, the gameplay is considered innovative and competitive with leading titles in the genre.

    • “Its ability to build in mechanics for environmental damage (breaking walls, windows, etc. - often by throwing monsters through them), incorporating individual player-character customization such as multiple tokens and player anthems (or wrestling themes, if you're anything like my players), and natively supporting so much of Draw Steel's punchy, crunchy combat makes this a niche diamond amongst a wider market of more generically available VTTs.”
    • “The starter adventure works well, at least the early part, to teach the game mechanics.”
    • “Phenomenal custom VTT for Draw Steel... played for six months during the beta and it just got better and better and keeps improving... amazing devs and community... takes so much of the mechanical load off of the director and players as well.”
    • “It's an opportunity for me to run and play the game to really solidify the mechanics before I play with people for real.”
    • “Its ability to build in mechanics for environmental damage (breaking walls, windows, etc.—often by throwing monsters through them), incorporating individual player-character customization such as multiple tokens and player anthems, and natively supporting so much of Draw Steel's punchy, crunchy combat makes this a niche diamond amongst a wider market of more generically available VTTs.”

  • stability

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

    The game’s stability is generally solid for an early access title, with the core functions working as intended. However, occasional bugs and glitches—such as disappearing maneuvers and duplicate items—still occur but are being actively addressed by the development team.

    • “There are some clear growing pains though, weird glitches like multiplying saddles and maneuvers vanishing out of nowhere.”
    • “There are still some bits that are buggy but it's early access after all, and the dev team are constantly fixing and improving things so issues are becoming rarer.”
    • “Right now, the VTT does basically everything you need it to do, although it's important to note that this is early access and there are some bugs and glitches.”

  • story

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

    Users appreciate that the story is well-supported by the codex, allowing them to focus on narrative elements while bookkeeping is handled efficiently. With additional quests, adventures, and classes planned, the story experience is expected to become even stronger for running pre-made content.

  • music

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

    Users appreciate the sound effects but express a desire for the ability to play music within the game.

  • grinding

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

    Grinding is streamlined by minimizing tedious bookkeeping, making the process less tedious while preserving creative freedom.

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Draw Steel is a open world role playing game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. Common tags for Draw Steel include turn-based, magic, tabletop, early access, combat and others.

Draw Steel is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Draw Steel was released on April 8, 2026.

Draw Steel was developed by MCDM.

Draw Steel has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players disliked Draw Steel for its gameplay.

Draw Steel is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Icewind Dale, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, Baldur's Gate 2, Legends of Eisenwald, Wildermyth and others.