Battle Brothers

Battle Brothers is a turn-based tactical RPG that blends company management, simulation and strategy. You lead a mercenary company through a medieval fantasy world that has fallen apart: the old empire is gone, the undead rise from their graves, greenskin armies gather in the distance, and bandits roam the roads. The map is randomly generated and includes busy cities, roaming beasts and points of interest you can explore whenever you like.

The core loop moves between the world map and the battlefield. You travel between towns and fortresses, recruit new members at taverns, sell loot and buy better gear at markets, and take contracts from settlements and nobles, whose payment rises and falls with the difficulty of the job. Each contract and the way you complete it shapes your relations with the factions and your company's reputation. You can also trade along profitable routes or search tombs and ruins for treasure, and your choices feed into events that change the political situation.

Combat is where the game's reputation for difficulty comes from. Terrain, high ground and obstacles all matter, and fatigue matters more than initiative or action points: heavy armor and strong attacks wear fighters out quickly, and a fatigued soldier can barely move. Morale can break a unit, and injuries from arm wounds to damaged knees have lasting effects, so you rotate wounded fighters out and keep wages and food supplies in order.

Each recruit comes from a different background and has eight attributes, traits that can develop over time, and a skill tree that lets you shape their role. Your roster therefore becomes a set of individuals rather than fixed classes, and the grim tone of the world reinforces that every decision carries risk and reward.

• A randomly generated map with busy cities, roaming beasts and points of interest you can explore freely at any time.
• Turn-based tactical combat where terrain, high ground and obstacles can decide the outcome of a fight.
• A fatigue system that makes heavy armor and powerful attacks exhaust your fighters quickly.
• An injury system where arm wounds can heal over time while elbow damage permanently weakens combat skills.
• Recruits from varied backgrounds, each with eight attributes, evolving traits and a skill tree that shapes their role.
• Single-player play with Steam Cloud saves, achievements, trading cards, family sharing and Remote Play on tablet.

Battle Brothers holds a Very Positive rating on Steam, shown as 極度好評 on the Taiwan store, with 88% of its reviews being positive. The review volume is in the tens of thousands, which gives the label a solid sample behind it and suggests that the strong verdict is consistent across a large group of players.

Steam review labels are calculated from the percentage of positive reviews and the total number of reviews, so a high percentage backed by a large volume is generally more dependable than the same percentage from a small group. A small review count can swing sharply after a few opinions, while a large one tends to settle into a stable picture of how the game is received. Keep in mind that a high rating reflects how most reviewers felt, not whether the game will suit your personal taste, especially for a title this demanding.

Prices here are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. Battle Brothers is currently NT$ 599, which is also its regular price, so there is no sale running at the moment. The lowest paid price in our record is NT$ 179, which we logged on the first day we began tracking it, and the highest price we have recorded is NT$ 599.

Discounts have appeared often in our records, with the deepest cut reaching 70 percent off the regular price. The game has not been free to keep in our records, so there is no free claim to consider at this point.

Our price record is still short, so any verdict on timing is tentative. At full price, waiting for a sale is a reasonable choice, and a wishlist entry will alert you when a discount starts. If you cannot wait, buying now is defensible given the strong reviews, but the 70 percent discount we have seen shows how much you could save by being patient.

1. Open the Battle Brothers store page in the Steam client or on the Steam website and check the current price in NT$.
2. If you want to play now, add the game to your cart and complete checkout, which places it in your library.
3. If you prefer to wait, click the wishlist button to save it to your Steam wishlist.
4. Turn on wishlist sale notifications in your Steam settings so you hear about discounts as soon as they begin.
5. Check back here for the price trend before you decide, since the game is not free right now.

Battle Brothers supports English only, so there is no Traditional Chinese text available. The game is not flagged for adult content. All prices shown are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions or currencies. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.