Year 707 of the Crown

Ashen Crown

Пепельный Венец

The Crown has been found. Four powers march for it.

Whose side will you take?

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Prologue

That winter the snow fell grey over Valdmar. The old ferryman at the ford was the first to notice that the river would not freeze: beneath the ice, if you looked long enough, there were faces. Three nights later a faceless rider came out of the east and threw a sack at the gates of the Citadel. In the sack was the head of a monk, and in its mouth a coal, still warm. One word was burned into the coal:

"Found."

So began the War for Valdmar. Not the first war — but the last.

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powers, each with its own magic, economy and laws of war

lands of Valdmar in the campaign for the Crown

200+

soldiers in a single battle — rank against rank

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ways to take a fortress — or keep it from being taken

The Chronicle of Valdmar

A hundred years of ash

Year 0

The star that became a crown

Fire fell from the sky — an ancient hunger from beneath the world. The smith Vald chained it into an iron circlet and set it on his head. So the Crown and the kingdom of Valdmar were born.

Year 612

The Night of Ash

In the crypt, Count Valdrek read the names of sixty kings backwards. The Crown burst into flame, the capital burned in a single night — and everything it had held for six centuries broke free.

Year 612

Saint Irma

At the ford of the Black River a simple priestess broke a lamp holding a coal from the capital's ashes against the chest of the first of the dead. The dead fear fire. So the Order of Ash was born.

Year 707

The Crown is found

Monks dug the Ashen Crown out from beneath the Ruins of Ardenna. Now all four powers are marching for it — and each has its own purpose.

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Four powers

Choose whom you will bleed for

Every power is a game of its own: its own soldiers, buildings, resources, powers and laws of war.

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The Order of Ash

«Fire cleanses»

Fanatical knights who burn the dead. The shield wall, the burning arrows of the Sisters of Ash, heavy templar cavalry and trebuchets.

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The Cursed Court

«Death is only the start of service»

The undead, who raise the fallen. Countless dead, death knights, ghouls and plague catapults. Stronger at night and on the Corruption.

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The Wild Clans

«The blood of the fathers never cools»

The northern clans under the hand of Chieftain Grokh. Axes and spears, huntresses, war wolves, bull riders, berserkers and rams.

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The Abyss

«Everything burns»

Demons from the burning Rift. Spawn, fire imps, hellhounds, Maws and the Titan. They devour souls and set everything ablaze.

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War as it used to be

Not just another strategy game

The sieges you dreamed of

Walls and towers with garrisons, staked ditches, moats of water and lava, wolf pits, caltrops, oil and fire, drawbridges, tunnels under the walls. Build an impregnable fortress — then find a way to break someone else's: ladders, rams, fascines, catapults.

Battle order decides everything

Shield wall, tortoise, wedge, hedgehog, loose order — every formation has its strength and its price. Shields in front, spears in the second rank, archers behind, horse on the wings. Bind your squads to keys and wage war like a general.

An impact you can hear

Cavalry charges, crush in the ranks, the rout of the shaken, morale and fear, fatigue, high ground and fords. Templars in a wedge tear through a line of the dead — unless the spears meet them first.

The fallen never vanish

Bodies stay on the field, rot and turn to bones. The Order burns the fallen for Faith. The Cursed Court raises them into its ranks. The clans strip them for trophies. The Abyss devours their souls.

The rear wins the war

In Realism mode, peasants build and gather everything: fields, farms, mines on ore veins. The army eats bread, every town keeps its own stores, and guarded caravans carry them where the fighting is.

Become one of them

Take control of any soldier — a spearman, an archer, a hero — and fight in third person in the middle of your own army. And when you just want to watch, switch on Cinema mode and the battle becomes a film.

Powers that reshape the field

Rain of Fire and Wrath of Heaven, Army of the Dead and Hand of the Crypt, Call of the Pack and Earthquake, Meteor and Call of the Titan. Six powers for every faction — unlocked as the battle goes on.

Campaign

The War for Valdmar

Twenty-five lands, four capitals and one crown. Lead your army across the map, storm fortresses, repel invasions, choose the gifts of victory. Your hero grows from battle to battle — and the Corruption creeps across the land unless you burn it away.

Map and lands of Valdmar

Order of AshCursed CourtWild ClansThe AbyssNo one's land

Stills

Straight from the game

Everything you see was captured in the game engine.

Early access

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The game is already alive: four powers, the campaign, skirmishes, sieges, Realism mode, third-person combat. Early access means playing right after purchase, every update, and the full version at release at the vanguard price.

Play immediately after purchase — Windows
Every future update for free
The full version at release — no extra charge
Your name in the credits as a Chronicler of Valdmar
A voice in deciding what we add next

Purchases open very soon — join the waitlist and you'll hear first.

Waitlist

Be the first to know

News, dev diaries, release dates and closed tests — only for those on the list.

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The messenger is on his way. Call your comrades — no war is won alone.

Road to release

What's next

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In the game now

4 powers, a 25-land campaign, skirmishes, sieges and fortifications, Realism mode, third-person combat, Cinema mode, save anywhere.

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Next updates

English version, new campaign events, faction balance, more battle maps, achievements.

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Towards release

Steam and Epic Games Store, story campaigns for every power, voiced heroes, multiplayer — shaped together with the vanguard.

Questions

FAQ

Which platforms?

Windows 10/11. After release — Steam and the Epic Games Store; everyone who bought early access gets a key.

What does early access mean?

The game is fully playable already, but we keep developing it. You get it now, plus every update before and after release, for free.

System requirements?

Windows 10/11, a Vulkan-capable graphics card, about 1 GB of disk space. For reference: on a laptop with an RTX 4050 a large battle runs at 50–70 frames per second at 2560×1440. On big screens the game renders 3D at a lower resolution and restores it with AMD FSR.

Is there multiplayer?

Right now: the campaign and skirmishes against the AI. Multiplayer is being discussed with the vanguard.

Can I get a refund?

Yes — if the game does not run on your computer, write to us and we will refund you.

The Crown is waiting.

The only question is whose hand will take it.

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