Sword & Banner
Mount & Blade meets Total War with classic RTS controls - brought to life in pixel art. Lead your warband across a living fantasy world, raid settlements, trade goods, and fight large-scale tactical battles with formations, dynamic weather, and an army you build from peasants to knights.
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6 itemsAbout the Game
Sword & Banner is a real-time strategy game where you lead a warband across a fantasy medieval world, raiding settlements, hunting down bandits, trading goods, and building your army for large-scale pixel-art battles.
Command Your Warband
Select, group, and maneuver your troops with classic RTS controls. Form shield walls to absorb incoming attacks, order devastating cavalry charges, and rain longbow volleys on enemy formations. Every unit is an individual with a name, experience, and an upgrade path from peasant to knight.
Fight Beautiful Pixel-Art Battles
Battles play out on procedurally generated maps across multiple biomes and seasons - from sun-drenched grasslands to snow-covered mountain passes. Watch rain darken the earth and snow settle on the ground as you fight. Zoom in to see every sword swing, or pull back to command the full battlefield.
Explore a Living World
Travel between towns and villages on a sprawling overworld. Settlements have populations, industries, and dynamic economies - prices shift with supply and demand. Buy low, sell high, recruit fresh troops, and upgrade your veterans.
Build Your Army
Start with peasants and shape them into swordsmen, archers, spearmen, and beyond. Every unit earns XP in battle and carries their kills with them.
Key Features
A blend of classic RTS combat and grand strategy. High micro potential for individual units mixed with formation 'Rank and Flank' style
Procedural battle maps with weather systems between different biomes, seasons, and geography
Deep unit upgrade tree with 15+ unit types across multiple races
Procedural economy with production chains, trade routes, and seasonal events
Multiple races: Human, Goblin, Undead, each with unique units and playstyle, more coming soon!
Pixel-art visuals
