Formation warfare
Right-drag to draw a regiment's front line: its length sets how wide and deep the men stand, the drag sets their facing. Groups march together and keep their shape.
Real-time ancient warfare · Free playtest
Ancient Battle Arena
Command regiments of soldiers in Total War-style battles. Draw your lines, send them in, and watch them push, grind, waver and break - every man simulated, every regiment commanded as one.
Windows · 115.6 MB · released 14 Oct 2026
Command the whole regiment
Every regiment is a formation block of individual soldiers who fight, tire and break together. You give the orders; they hold the line - or don't.
Battle lines that hold
Clashing regiments lock together and push. Depth, bracing and momentum decide who gives ground - and spear walls stop cavalry charges cold.
Morale and routing
Casualties, flank and rear attacks and allies breaking all drain morale. Broken regiments rout, may rally - or shatter and flee the field.
Armour that matters
Head-on infantry fights grind for minutes. Tactics break them fast: flanking, charges and armour-piercing weapons.
Missile fire that makes sense
Archers lob over friendly troops or fire low and direct - and more piercing - when the path is clear. Friendly fire is real where arrows land.
Terrain
High ground hits harder going down. Woods give cover, slow the going, blunt charges and hide your men until the enemy is close.
Fatigue
Marching rests men; jogging, fighting and climbing tire them. Tired regiments fight worse and break sooner.
Objectives
Seize watchtowers for wide sight. Take the enemy camp by outnumbering its defenders - lose yours and you lose the battle.
Build and deploy
Build an army to a points budget, deploy it in your zone, then give the order.
Play online
Log in with your account, create or join a 1v1 or 2v2 room - empty seats can be filled by the battle AI.
Eleven unit types
Every type reads at a glance on the battlefield - in your colours or the enemy's. (Current models are early placeholders.)
Line infantry
Swordsmen
Solid all-rounders who hold the line.
Elite infantry
Heavy Infantry
Slow, heavily armoured, hit hard.
Anti-cavalry
Spearmen
Brace into a spear wall that stops charges cold.
Missile
Archers
Lob over friends, or fire direct - piercing up close.
Skirmisher
Slingers
Outrange archers and move fast, but can't pierce armour.
Close support
Javelinmen
Short-range, hard-hitting, armour-piercing volleys.
Shock
Cavalry
Fast, devastating charges into flanks and rear.
Mounted missile
Horse Archers
Shoot on the move - harass and run.
Siege
Catapults
Long-range stones with splash. They hit friends too.
Siege
Ballistae
Longest reach: flat, accurate, piercing bolts.
Command
General
Steadies and rallies nearby regiments. Don't lose him.
From the battlefield
Screenshots and battle footage from the playtest.
Screenshot coming soon:
two battle lines clashing
two battle lines clashing
Screenshot coming soon:
a cavalry charge into the flank
a cavalry charge into the flank
Video coming soon:
a full battle in two minutes
a full battle in two minutes
Join the playtest
Download the client to fight the battle AI. Sign up for a free account to play 1v1 and 2v2 battles online.
Coming next: matchmaking and ratings, more maps, real art and sound, bigger battles.