A Year Of Rain

Team-based real-time strategy with hero-led armies and a cooperative campaign

Daedalic Entertainment · Released Mar 13, 2020

Reviews: Mixed; 43% of 535
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 6 years ago; Apr 20, 2020
Minimum PC: GTX 960; 8 GB RAM · 14 GB disk; Full requirements

What is A Year Of Rain?

This real-time strategy game takes place in a resource-scarce world, where two friends try to end a cycle of war. You choose one of three factions, gather resources, construct and upgrade buildings, and recruit troops for campaign missions and skirmishes, working with another player or directing an AI ally.

For you if...

+you enjoy campaign missions with varied objectives
+you like coordinating specialized roles with a strategy partner

Not for you if...

−you prefer turn-based battles to managing armies in real time

What players say

43% of 535 reviews are positive

Players praise the campaign's story, voice acting, and heroes. The most consistent complaint is poor unit pathfinding, alongside uneven difficulty and the lack of mission saves. Recent reviews continue to describe the game as unfinished and abandoned, with bugs and matchmaking problems.

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A Year Of Rain system requirements

Minimum: GTX 960, 8 GB RAM, 14 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 8 (8.1) 64Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4690K 3.50GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 2GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 14 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does A Year Of Rain have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and LAN; PvP online and LAN. It also has a single-player mode.

Does A Year Of Rain 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 graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 28
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: German, French, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America.

Does A Year Of Rain 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam