Elemental: Reforged

Elemental: Reforged is a fantasy strategy game set on Anthys, a world shattered after mortal sorcerers defeated the immortal Titans who had stolen its magic. The Cataclysm broke continents and drowned cities; generations later, kingdoms use life magic to revive the land while empires wield death magic to control it. As a sovereign, you build a civilization and dynasty, claim the Titans’ crystal shards and reshape the world.

Kingdoms and empires

Ten rival Kingdoms and Empires compete in an ideological struggle over magic. Each faction has its own play style, and the AI follows the same rules as you, without cheats or rubber-banding. Among them are Procipinee’s sorcerers of Pariden, who can use every school of magic; the magic-resistant Ironeer of Gilden, stocky miners who field Iron Golems; the Trogs of Yithril, who fight as Juggernauts; and the Titan-blooded Quendar of Magnar, who enslave captives and turn them into mana.

Build your dynasty

Your sovereign can marry and have heirs who inherit traits across generations. Your children can become Champions, and your dynasty remains part of the campaign as rulers succeed one another; the throne does not stay empty when your sovereign falls.

Design your army

You create unit types from scratch and equip them with gear you craft. Each unit is an individual with a name and history, and its members develop through battle. Losing a veteran has a cost, while a squad you have built and developed can carry its strength into the endgame.

Shape the world

Elemental shards give you power to alter Anthys itself. You can turn scorched wasteland into fertile land, raise mountains to close a border, or corrupt revived land into Fallen terrain and push that corruption back. The map can look very different by the end of a campaign.

Anthys is procedurally generated, with locations including the Pits of Namtur, whose dungeons descend to the underworld; the Lombard Desert, which hides the lost Library of Illuna; and the Shroud, which swallows travelers. Hundreds of quests, recruitable Champions and encounters that respond to your choices fill the world, which changes from one game to the next.

Research and crafting

Three research branches—Civilization, Warfare and Magic—let you develop your empire in different ways. You can unlock sorcery that alters the world or leave magic aside and pursue victory through steel and economy; the research tree allows campaigns to develop differently.

Gather resources to forge weapons, armor, scrolls, potions and enchanted artifacts. Heroes can carry equipment you have made, including custom-forged weapons.

Tactical battles

When armies meet, combat takes place on a tactical battle map. Position units to use their distinct strengths and abilities, and cast spells that can have a decisive effect on a battle. The AI uses the same combat systems and does not hold back.

Story campaigns

Three campaigns—Prelude, The Fallen Enchantress and The Legendary Heroes—cover different eras of Anthys. Their stories span the rise of Ceresa’s Fallen armies, the corruption of Mirdoth and the reign of the Sorcerer King.

Mod support

The game supports creating and sharing custom maps, scenarios and total conversions through Steam Workshop.