Battle Brothers
Battle Brothers is a tactical role-playing game developed by Overhype Studios. It was released by Overhype on the PC in 2017, and console versions were released in 2021 and 2022. In 2025, Hooded Horse acquired the publishing rights for the Windows version of the game.
Battle Brothers
- Date
- 2015.
- Publisher
- Hooded Horse.
- Language
- English.
- Genre
- tactical role-playing game.
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Battle Brothers is a tactical role-playing game developed by Overhype Studios. It was released by Overhype on the PC in 2017, and console versions were released in 2021 and 2022. In 2025, Hooded Horse acquired the publishing rights for the Windows version of the game.
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Key facts
• Title — Battle Brothers • Developer — Overhype Studios • Publisher — Overhype Studios Hooded Horse (Windows) • Platforms — Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S • Genre — Tactical role-playing • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
Gameplay
Players establish a mercenary company in a fantasy world inspired by medieval Germany and take contracts. Early game recruits are frequently drunks, criminals, and people who have crippled limbs, as they are the best the player can afford. Characters can become crippled during combat, both physically and emotionally. In the late game, additional challenges appear in the form of major crises. The game's difficulty, including the initial crisis, is configurable. The game features permadeath and can optionally prohibit save scumming.
Development
Development
The Windows version of Battle Brothers left early access on March 24, 2017. It was released for the Switch on March 11, 2021. PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S versions were released on January 13, 2022. Downloadable content, some of it free, has continued to be published through 2022, and the game supports mods through third-party websites, such as Nexus Mods. On December 2, 2025, American publisher Hooded Horse announced that it had acquired the publishing rights for the PC version of Battle Brothers, although the deal would not affect the game's console versions.
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Reception
Although he criticized the game's lack of a useful tutorial and poor inventory management, Ian Birnbaum wrote in this review for PC Gamer, "Battle Brothers takes a formula I love and twists it to fit a wide-open medieval setting." RPGFan reviewer Bob Richardson wrote that the PC version "demands your time, but grants rewards with a thrilling and earthy experience". PCGamesN included it in their list of best turn-based strategy games for the PC. Commenting on the game's punishing difficulty, Joel A. DeWitte of Nintendo World Report said, "It's a world I want to dive into again and again, even if I know this incarnation will be just as taxing." Jon Jansen of RPGamer praised the game's combat system but said the user interface was poorly designed for consoles. Digitally Downloadeds reviewer, Matt S., called the Switch version's tutorial incompetent and said it would cause many potential fans to give up on the game. However, he said, "Once you get the hang of Battle Brothers, though, it's very difficult to put it down."
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- 1.Birnbaum, Ian. Battle Brothers review. PC Gamer. April 4, 2017.
- 2.Vega, Sin. Have You Played. Battle Brothers?. Rock Paper Shotgun. June 23, 2020.
- 3.Jansen, Jon. Battle Brothers Review. RPGamer. January 13, 2022.
- 4.Sykes, Tom. Medieval tactical RPG Battle Brothers exits early access. PC Gamer. March 25, 2017.
- 5.Fuller, Alex. Battle Brothers Switch Version Launching in March. RPGamer. February 20, 2021.
- 6.Fuller, Alex. Battle Brothers PlayStation, Xbox Console Date Revealed. RPGamer. December 15, 2021.
- 7.Stanton, Rich. Six years on, the free DLC keeps coming for tactics RPG Battle Brothers. PC Gamer. March 11, 2022.
- 8.Robinson, Joe. The best Battle Brothers mods. PCGamesN. October 4, 2021.
- 9.Ashraf, Amirul. Hooded Horse picks up Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew to give Mimimi’s final game the support it deserves. Gamer Matters. December 2, 2025.
- 10.Battle Brothers (PC). Metacritic.
- 11.Battle Brothers (PlayStation 4). Metacritic.
- 12.Battle Brothers (Switch). Metacritic.
- 13.Green, Jarrett. Star Renegades review – Resist. Die. Repeat. PCGamesN. October 20, 2020.
- 14.DeWitte, Joel A. Battle Brothers (Switch) Review. Nintendo World Reporter. March 17, 2021.
- 15.Richardson, Bob. Battle Brothers. RPGFan. April 16, 2017.
- 16.The best turn-based strategy games on PC in 2022. PCGamesN. January 4, 2022.
- 17.S., Matt. Review: Battle Brothers (Nintendo Switch). Digitally Downloaded. 17 March 2021.
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