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Real-time strategy for one thumb

Four ages of history, in about four minutes.

Swipe from one of your holds to a fort and a column of spearmen sets off down the road. By the Steam Age the palisades are iron keeps and the spearmen have cannons. You never steer a soldier; you choose where they march and what each hold builds.

Chapter 1, the Daily Battle and skirmishes against one rival are free. No ads, and it plays offline.

A skirmish in Ageforge: holds on an island joined by roads, with columns marching between them

How a battle goes

  1. Swipe to march

    Every hold you own musters troops. Swipe from one of yours to another and a column takes the road, fights what it meets, and takes the first hold you don't own if it's strong enough.

  2. Tap to build

    Each hold builds one thing: a Farm to muster faster, Barracks for stronger troops, a Market for gold. Towers come with the Stone Age, Workshops with Iron, Foundries with Steam.

  3. Spend gold on an age

    Wood, Stone, Iron, Steam. Each age makes your troops stronger and your holds rebuild themselves around it. Your rivals age too, so the gold goes somewhere either way.

On the island

A skirmish with columns on the roads The title screen with the campaign, skirmish and Daily Battle A crowded island in the Iron Age The build menu of a mine The campaign's three chapters Victory in Battle 7, the Two Hearths

The campaign

Thirty battles in three chapters, with up to three stars in each. Battles run three to six minutes.

  • Chapter 1 · FreeDawn IslesOne rival on small maps, from First Landing to Dawnkeep, where a second rival joins.
  • Chapter 2Highland MarchesForts and mines in the hills, and rivals who reach the Stone Age early. It ends at Highcrown.
  • Chapter 3Steam CoastTwo and three rivals, later ages and bigger maps, from Cinder Harbour to Steamcrown.
  • Skirmish: random islands against one to three rivals.
  • Daily Battle: the same map for everyone each day, and a streak to keep.
  • Banners: earned with stars; yours flies over every hold you take.

Three factions

  • HearthfolkMuster faster. Free from the start.
  • River LeagueEarn more gold from every hold.
  • Iron OrderHold their walls longer and hit a little harder.

What it costs

Free

$0

Chapter 1 (10 battles), skirmishes against one rival, the Daily Battle and the Hearthfolk.

Full Realm

$3.99one purchase

Chapters 2 and 3 (20 more battles), the River League and the Iron Order, and skirmishes against up to three rivals on large maps. Family Sharing included.

There are no ads and no subscription, and the whole game plays offline.

Ageforge

For iPhone, on the App Store.