Warside

Pixel-art turn-based tactics with commanders and land, sea, and air units

LAVABIRD · Published by First Break Labs · Released Apr 14, 2025

Reviews: Mixed; 70% of 648
Recent reviews: Mixed; 66% of 12 in 30 days
Playing now: 7; peak 24h 10
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 4 months ago; Apr 30, 2026

What is Warside?

Warside is a pixel-art, grid-based tactics game set on forest, desert, ice, and wasteland battlefields. You choose a commander, position ground, air, and naval units, and use commander powers in a mission-based story campaign. It also has multiplayer battles and a map editor.

For you if...

+you enjoy planning moves across grid-based battlefields
+you like single-player campaigns with varied military units
+you want to create maps for custom battles

Not for you if...

−you prefer real-time action over turn-based planning
−you want free exploration instead of separate tactical battles

What players say

70% of 648 reviews are positive · 66% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the pixel art and familiar turn-based combat, particularly the unit variety and new tactical ideas. They complain about uneven mission and commander balance, awkward menus, and bugs; some also report weak AI.

Screenshots and trailer

Warside system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel i3 or equivalent (6th Gen)
Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible video card
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 22
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian.