Heresy

Heresy is a medieval strategy game in which you play as a god influencing the lives of your followers. You build villages and castles, defend them from raiders and advance your civilization by unlocking technologies, buildings, abilities and equipment. You can possess any follower to take direct control of their actions.

Build and manage your kingdom

You can construct, manage and fight over your buildings, and automate duties across your empire to focus on other tasks. Followers gather wood and ore automatically or under your direct control, then use resources to build structures and equipment. Specialized buildings let them forge weapons, while research unlocks more buildings, equipment and abilities. A central command building or keep provides commands for managing the kingdom.

Lead followers

Take direct control of any follower during battle or exploration, or issue commands to individuals and squads. You can play entirely as a real-time strategy game or view the world from a first- or third-person perspective. Followers can equip weapons, armor, shields, helmets, clothing and bows, and family trees track their generations over time.

Combat and game modes

Combat includes melee and ranged fighting, with damage statistics that affect different body parts. Buildings can collapse realistically when they take too much damage or catch fire. Heresy has three current modes: Siege, Free Build and Onslaught (Survival).