Commander Quest

About

Commander Quest mashes up deck-building and real-time strategy into a chaotic roguelike. You shuffle through a card-based roster of squishy fantasy soldiers and deploy them onto the battlefield where they wail on each other in pixel-perfect carnage. Each run forces you to balance card combos with unit behavior, a fire mage might burn enemies but also torch nearby allies if you’re not paying attention. The story’s a generic fantasy mess about warlords and monsters but the gameplay loops are tight, demanding both planning and reflexes. What pops is the game’s refusal to let you slow down. Every decision blends forethought and panic, you’re building decks between battles but adapting to their outcomes mid-fight. The art style leans into absurdity with cartoonish units that look like they belong in a children’s book until they start dismembering each other. Early access feedback highlights the depth without overloading new players, though some gripe about steep difficulty spikes. Flyway Games is set to drop it on April 4, 2025 for PC.

Storyline

Chaos reigns in Middle-earth, and war is unending. All factions have turned against each other, and this chaos has led to problems arising everywhere. Bandits and deserters are increasing, and major strongholds have been taken over by large monsters. Some factions seek commanders to lead them through the many battles ahead, and someone, seeking to fulfill that wish, summons famous commanders from our world into theirs. Thus, the player embarks on a peculiar adventure, leading a Dwarven legion as Richard I.