Open now · By request
Sword & Banner playtest
by Bitrot Games
Mount & Blade's campaign meets classic RTS battles, in pixel art. Lead a warband across a fantasy continent at war, raise peasants into knights, trade, and carve out your own faction. Command every soldier in fast, brutal real-time battles and sieges.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Jul 16, 2026
- Planned release
- Q1 2027
- Developer
- Bitrot Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian and 7 more
How to join the Sword & Banner playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Sword & Banner playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Sword & Banner
Lead a warband through a fantasy continent at war. Recruit soldiers, take contracts, trade between towns and fight your way from a band of peasants to a power that can forge a kingdom.
Command Your Warband
Form shield walls, wheel cavalry into the flank, loose volleys over your front ranks and watch a charge smash men off their feet. Battles are fast and decisive. Use formations, terrain and abilities wisely to gain the advantage.
Siege warfare
Raise ladders, bring up catapults and cannons, and batter the walls! Storm breaches or control the parapets to seize territory from your enemies.
Five races, with distinct playstyles
Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, and Undead offer their own unit trees, equipment, and special abilities. Build a formidable dwarven gunline, an elite group of elven casters, or perhaps a swarm of feral goblins.
Raise your army
Every soldier in your warband is a named individual who earns experience in battle. Give them the gear and they rise from a lowly peasant to a veteran fighter.
Carve out your own realm
Choose your path through a sandbox world with a living economy, warring factions and world-shaping events. Serve a realm, or stake your own claim to the land, forming alliances and pitting your enemies against each other.
From the game's Steam page.
