Summary
Stray Kite Studios has announced Wartorn, a real-time strategy roguelite boasting destructible environments, challenging moral choices, and a striking painterly art style. Launching in early access on Steam and the Epic Games Store in Spring 2025.
Wartorn is the debut original title from Stray Kite Studios, a team of industry veterans with experience on major projects like BioShock, Borderlands, and Age of Empires. Founded in 2025, the Dallas-based studio (approximately 30 employees) previously developed the standalone Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure and numerous creative maps for Fortnite.
Wartorn follows two elven sisters on a perilous journey to reunite with their family. Their quest will be filled with intense battles and morally complex decisions, shaping their path through a deeply divided and chaotic world.
Wartorn: Chaos and Choice
Wartorn's fantasy setting is a world steeped in conflict, testing the sisters' resilience in countless ways. Adding to the unpredictable nature of the game is its physics-driven environmental destruction system, ensuring each playthrough is unique. The game explores themes of finding purpose amidst chaos, with co-founder and creative director Paul Hellquist stating, "We’ve poured our hearts into creating a game that not only entertains but also makes players think deeply about sacrifice, survival, and the bonds that unite us."
Tough Decisions Define Your Path
Between battles, players face difficult choices—deciding who to save, who to feed—influencing the narrative and shaping each playthrough. Combat offers similar freedom, with a dynamic magic system allowing players to creatively combine fire, water, and lightning. Spells interact uniquely with each other and the environment, adding strategic depth (e.g., shocking enemies in water, igniting tar-covered foes).
We’ve poured our hearts into creating a game that not only entertains but also makes players think deeply about sacrifice, survival, and the bonds that unite us.
The roguelite progression system allows upgrades to carry over between runs, making subsequent attempts easier. The painterly art style enhances the dramatic setting, and for maximum accessibility, Wartorn includes a slow-motion feature for precise command control during the intense action. Launching in early access on Steam and the Epic Games Store in Spring 2025.
