Heads Will Roll: Reforged
Text-based medieval RPG where choices shape permadeath runs
1917 Studios · Published by Valkyrie Initiative · Released Oct 4, 2023
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 1,720
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 53% of 45 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 75
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 4 months ago
- Apr 25, 2026
What is Heads Will Roll: Reforged?
A single-player, text-based RPG set during the Hundred Years War, where an ordinary footman tries to survive and potentially rise in status. You make story decisions, manage loot and crafting, and fight turn-based battles shaped by weapon skills, fatigue, and injuries. Random starting conditions, enemies, choices, and events vary each playthrough.
For you if...
- +you enjoy optimizing builds across repeated, high-stakes runs
- +you like dark medieval war stories with consequential choices
- +you want crafting, loot, and detailed combat systems
Not for you if...
- −you want fast combat with little reading
- −you dislike restarting and replaying familiar story sections
- −you prefer predictable outcomes over random setbacks
What players say
83% of 1,720 reviews are positive · 53% of 45 in the last 30 days
Players praise the branching routes, varied character builds, and the hardest mode's persistent progression. The most common complaints are tedious restarts, slow combat, and random failures after long runs. Some recent players criticize what they describe as AI-generated art and dialogue in newer DLC.
Screenshots and trailer
Heads Will Roll: Reforged system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7/8/10
- Processor
- Any CPU with SSE2 instruction set support: Intel Pentium 4+, AMD Athlon 64+
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.0
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 8.1
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 184
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Turkish.
Tags
- Replay Value
- War
- Dark
- Perma Death
- Choices Matter
- Medieval
- RPG
- Historical
- Story Rich
- Text-Based
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Romance
- Difficult
- Turn-Based
- 2D
- Interactive Fiction
Recent updates
- Apr 25, 2026 · 'Tailor's Chest' mini DLC and Patch 2.99
- Feb 14, 2026 · Update 2.8 and Devlog
- Feb 1, 2026 · Collector’s Edition Update: DLCs Will Be Included
- Dec 1, 2025 · Update 2.74 and QOL improvements
- Nov 9, 2025 · Update 2.72 Released
10 DLC available.
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