YAR: Forgotten Throne
Open-world action RPG with factions, crafting, and mythological themes
Honor Games · Released Apr 3, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 1,345
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 5 months ago
- May 15, 2026
What is YAR: Forgotten Throne?
In this single-player, open-world RPG, you explore Borea as a warrior, mage, or archer, completing quests to uncover what is poisoning its forests and wildlife. You develop active and passive skills as you travel between varied biomes and three large settlements.
For you if...
- +you want difficulty settings from story-focused play to limited-save hardcore
- +you enjoy cooking, fishing, alchemy, and making your own equipment
Not for you if...
- −you want a cooperative adventure rather than a solo RPG
What players say
90% of 1,345 reviews are positive
Players praise its old-school role-playing design, frequently comparing it to Gothic. Common complaints concern inconsistent English translations that obscure quest instructions and bugs that can block progress.
Screenshots and trailer
YAR: Forgotten Throne system requirements
Minimum: GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM, 9 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 8, 10, 11 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 9 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 8, 10, 11 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i7-2520 or AMD FX™-6300 or better
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 560
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 12 GB available space
Does YAR: Forgotten Throne have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does YAR: Forgotten Throne run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default configuration is not performant
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 38
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: Russian, English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Indonesian, Portuguese - Portugal, Finnish, Czech, Swedish, Kazakh, Serbian, Polish.
Does YAR: Forgotten Throne use AI-generated content?
Steam's data marks it as containing AI-generated content, but its Steam page had no statement from the developers when we checked it.
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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Open World
- Action RPG
- Sandbox
- Choices Matter
- Magic
- Spectacle fighter
- Historical
- Co-op
- Difficult
- Mythology
- Action
- Building
- Atmospheric
- Survival
- Third Person
- Dark Fantasy
Recent updates
- Apr 13, 2026 · Patch 1.1.2
- Apr 3, 2026 · Release tomorrow! English Voices, and patch 0.9.6.2
- Apr 1, 2026 · Patch 0.9.6.0 - Important Archer Ability and Bug Fixes
- Mar 29, 2026 · Tier 2 and Tier 3 outfits for Dark and Light Volkhvs. Fixes.
- Mar 29, 2026 · 0.9.5.6 - Polishing object interaction.
2 DLC available.