Battle Realms: Zen Edition

Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.

Battle Realms: Zen Edition is a strategy, action and rts game developed and published by Ed Del Castillo.
Released on January 27th 2025 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Russian.

It has received 3,582 reviews of which 3,140 were positive and 442 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Battle Realms: Zen Edition into these genres:

Strategy Action RTS Classic Multiplayer Early Access Fantasy Fast-Paced Singleplayer Base-Building

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows 10 or later
Processor: Pentium III 750MHz or equivalent
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 8 compliant 16MB VRAM 3D AGP accelerated video card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 1024 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9 compliant sound card

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

I wanted to refund this game but I chose otherwise since it gave me good times when I was little. I know this game is old but this game needs a lot of rework. Isn't that the point of Zen Edition? Some things that needs to be updated (I haven't played this game a lot, probably won't play this game again if the QoL doesn't change but.) 1. If peasant place a foundation, please give an indicator for where did I put the building for responsiveness. Sometimes I'm not sure if I have put a building or not. 2. If I tell military unit to attack peasant, please make it attack peasant and not auto change target to another military unit attacking it. It's annoying when I want to manage my economy back home only to see my harass swordsman attacking an acolyte as opposed to the peasant I told it to. On other note peasant will keep working while being attacked by military unit, this is similar to SC 2; while in AoE 2 peasant will run away getting attacked. Never do I find military unit auto retarget. 3. Add show healthbar UI, for a game with 40 max population (which means each unit is precious) not having health bar to micro them is tedious. 4. (non)Buildable land grid, please show a better non-buildable land better. This allows player to plan their base layout better and more intuitive placement if played on a new map. 5. Animation cancelling, by this I meant that when I want my attacking unit to run away from unfavorable matchup, cancel whatever attack animation they are in and let them run the hell away. I spend energy microing that unit and want to be rewarded for good play. All in all, I had good times when I was little, but the core mechanic doesn't really aged well compared to SC 2 and AoE 2 BR feels extremely weird.

Dec. 2024

Even though it’s an older game, Battle Realms still holds up surprisingly well. The graphics have a certain charm, the music is atmospheric, and the gameplay feels timeless. It's like revisiting an old friend who’s still full of surprises! If you love classic RTS games with creative mechanics and rich lore, Battle Realms is a must-play. It's a hidden gem that deserves more love, and once you get into it, you'll understand why it still has a dedicated fanbase.

Nov. 2024

I bought this because my girlfriend and I loved this game when it came out back when we're still in Elementary school. LOL. It's one of the games that we play to relax. Nothing's new but it's still fun to play.

June 2024

THIS GAME IS SO NOSTALGIC. I CAN STILL MEMORIZE ALL THE HEROES NAME. I EVEN NAMED MY PUPPIES AFTER THIS GAME (Kenji, Yvaine, Vetkin, and Gaihla) ONE PUPPY FOR EACH CLAN

June 2024

Absolutely love this game, and wish the devs all the good luck in developing this game further. Battle Realms, Heroes of Might and Magic III and Shogun Total War are my all-time favourite strategy games, that i come back to, after all those years. Cheers!

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14.79€

8.5

3,140

442

Online players

133

Developer

Ed Del Castillo

Publisher

Ed Del Castillo

Release 27 Jan 2025

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