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
- 66% of 581
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 14 in 30 days
- Players
- 11
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 2 months ago
- Aug 24, 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
66% of 581 reviews are positive · 71% of 14 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.
Players over time
▼ -52% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 22 players on Oct 3, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 11 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 7 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 7 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 5 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 9 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 3 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 10 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 10 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 6 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 13 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 19 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 12 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 22 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 10 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 13 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 14 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 16 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 18 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 18 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 20 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 21 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 22 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 20 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 22 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 13 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 7 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 9 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 5 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 10 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 7 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 10 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 9 |
How many players finish Warside?
11% of Steam players have unlocked «Checkmate», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Warside system requirements
Minimum: OpenGL 3.3 compatible, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Warside?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →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
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel i5 or equivalent (9th Gen)
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.3 compatible video card
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Does Warside have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Warside run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 22
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian.
Does Warside use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Strategy
- Wargame
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Pixel Graphics
- Grid-Based Movement
- PvP
- Multiplayer
- Level Editor
- Tactical
- Military
- Tanks
- Retro
- War
- 2D
- Singleplayer
Recent updates
- Apr 30, 2026 · Update 1.6.1
- Mar 18, 2026 · Update 1.6 Now Live - The Creators' Update! Plus Skirmish & More!
- Oct 27, 2025 · Bug Fixes for v1.5
- Oct 17, 2025 · Update 1.5 Now Live - Balance Changes & Campaign Refinement
- Oct 2, 2025 · Bug Fixes for v1.4.1