Lords of Ravage

A campaign of conquest unfolds from the villain’s side, casting you not as a scrappy band of heroes but as the looming threat entire kingdoms must unite against. Lords of Ravage is a dark fantasy tactical RPG with roguelike structure, where each campaign follows one of three aspiring tyrants hunting an artifact powerful enough to reshape the world’s fate. The mood is deliberately cruel and theatrical: armies burn across the map, nobles are bought or broken, and celebrated defenders become obstacles on the road to domination. Rather than saving the realm, your objective is to make it desperate enough to fear your arrival.

Turn-based battles form the heart of the experience, with squads of minions positioned and commanded against enemy heroes and their forces. You build an army from several factions, mixing dependable Dark Alliance troops with hired mercenaries and using their differing strengths to create combinations that fit your approach. Between confrontations, political and economic sabotage weakens kingdoms before the decisive clash, letting you bribe influential figures, erode resistance, and stack the odds in your favor. Orders and magical artifacts add another layer of tactical control, offering timely advantages that can rescue a damaged formation or turn a winning battle into a massacre. Roguelike elements encourage adaptation, since the forces and tools available shape how each run develops.

The three playable Lords give the game its strongest identity: Berold favors merciless conquest, Zavris channels dangerous forbidden magic, and the abyssal demon Azneya brings her own faction and methods to the campaign. Their distinct stories and mechanics make repeated attempts feel less like replaying the same route and more like trying a different brand of villainy. Its combination of army-building, map-level manipulation, and compact tactical fights should appeal to players who enjoy the unit synergies of turn-based strategy games alongside the run-to-run unpredictability of roguelikes. Fans of games such as Iratus or Heroes of Might and Magic, especially those tired of being cast as the righteous underdog, find a fittingly sinister alternative here.