Battle Brothers
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
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Guides
Guides
Battle Brothers Beginner Guide — Build a Company That Survives the Early Game
Battle Brothers throws you into a punishing sandbox with little guidance, and early companies wipe easily. This beginner guide explains what matters first — taking safe contracts, recruiting smartly, managing wages, and avoiding the fights that end runs. Follow these habits and the brutal opening becomes survivable, letting you train your brothers, build an economy and grow a company strong enough to face the world's real threats.
guideBattle Brothers Combat Guide — Master Fatigue, Morale and the Shield Wall
Battle Brothers combat is a deep tactical puzzle built on action points, fatigue, morale, positioning and weapon-specific skills. This deep dive explains how those systems interact and how to use them to win fights you should lose. Learn to hold a shield wall, manage fatigue, keep morale from breaking, and match the right weapon to each enemy, and the game's punishing battles become a rewarding test of planning.
guideBattle Brothers Perks Guide — Best Perks and Builds for Your Mercenaries
Leveling in Battle Brothers is permanent and unforgiving, so a good build starts with a plan. This guide covers the must-have perks, how to spend stat points on level-up, and clean build templates for frontline, two-handed and archer brothers. Whether you are raising a shield-wall anchor, a greatsword berserker or a backline archer, you will learn which perks matter most and how to avoid wasting the levels your brothers fight so hard to earn.
guideBattle Brothers Backgrounds Tier List — The Best Recruits Ranked
In Battle Brothers, who you recruit shapes your whole company, and backgrounds set stat ranges, traits and cost. This tier list ranks the most useful backgrounds by their stats and value, from elite premium hires to budget bodies that outperform their price. You will learn which backgrounds become top-tier fighters, which cheap recruits are secretly excellent, and how to weigh stars and traits so your crowns are never wasted.
Overview
What's the Game?
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Two-layer play
— Manage a company on the world map (contracts, wages, recruiting) and command it in deep turn-based, hex-based battles.
Permadeath stakes
— Brothers who fall are gone with their levels and gear, creating real attachment and emergent stories.
Deep tactical combat
— Action points, fatigue, morale, positioning and weapon-specific skills make every fight a puzzle.
Recruit and build
— Backgrounds set stat ranges, stars and traits; permanent perk builds spec each brother into a role.
Huge replayability
— Procedural worlds, many company origins and three escalating endgame crises keep campaigns fresh.
Value and fairness
— A cheap, content-rich single-player game with paid expansions and no microtransactions.
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Supported Languages
| Language | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ✓ | — | ✓ |
Spec
System Requirements
Windows
Minimum
Minimum: OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2100 (dual-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X2 565 (dual-core) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5770 (1 GB) / Intel® HD Graphics 4000 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: GPU requires OpenGL 3.3 support
Recommended
Recommended: OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-4300 (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6670 (1 GB) Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: GPU requires OpenGL 3.3 support
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