Greymoor Heath: open downland with a castle and farmland on the horizon, the company deployed against a pack of beasts

Captain a mercenary company. Bring home the crests.

Greymoor Heath, where the first contract begins.

what it is

A tactics RPG where the battle is only half the job.

Crestbound is turn-based hex tactics and mercenary company management, at full depth on both sides. A patron who never shows their face funds your company and wants one thing from you: crests.

You’re the Captain. You hire the soldiers, sign their contracts, decide who fights and who rests, and lead them into battle across Noverra.

Wishlist on Steam Coming to Steam Early Access

For players who wanted Battle Brothers’ battles and Football Manager’s front office in the same game.

Sealed Orders

A Letter from your Patron

Your Patron, somewhere in Noverra

  • Greymoor Fields
  • Danger: Low
  • Reply by Week 14

To the Captain of my company, greetings. I write to you in hopes that you succeed where others have failed me. Your charge is to bring me crests. Do this promptly, and we will have no issue.

My own scouts tell me that a crest has been spotted among beasts in the Greymoor Fields. Start there — you will be rewarded.

Your PatronWho decides your fate.
how it plays

Win the fight. Then pay for it.

Every contract is fought on a hand-painted hex battlefield, and every one is settled in the company ledger afterwards.

On the field

turn-based, on hexes
  • Pace, not roundsEvery action costs pace, and whoever has spent the least acts next. Quick soldiers really do act more often.
  • Pips and StrainAbilities spend action pips each turn, and the heavy ones build Strain, so nobody can push forever.
  • Cover and sightWalls block line of sight; rocks, crates and logs give cover.
  • CrestsThe great fighting traditions of Noverra, shattered into fragments. Bring ten home and your scholars assemble the crest. Then your soldiers learn to fight its way.

In the ledger

settled every week
Payroll
Your patron funds the company with a salary cap and a weekly payroll. Every contract you sign comes out of the same purse.
Recruiting
Every recruit carries a hidden strength. Send scouts to find it before you sign.
Wounds
A soldier knocked down survives the fight wounded, and recovery is counted in weeks. The Infirmary only has so many beds.
Wear
Soldiers tire when they fight week after week. A deep roster is how you keep winning.
from the game

Captured in game

Select any shot to see it full size.

On the field

hand-painted battlefields
A battle in Wisp Wood among giant blue mushrooms, with the turn queue across the top, the active soldier Odran’s panel along the bottom and an Arcane Blast tooltip showing damage and hit odds against a Possessing Wisp
Wisp Wood, ErudA turn in full: the turn queue along the top, the active soldier’s HP, Strain, movement and action pips below, and the hit and crit odds before you commit.
The company fighting hooded outlaws and hounds at a castle drawbridge over a moat, with wisteria-hung walls and a Dazed callout
Castle Gates, FleurentA fight at the drawbridge, below the garden terrace.
A rainy stone quay where the company faces drowned crewmen and a huge barnacled sea serpent struck by lightning
Brine HarborLightning on the quay in the rain, and something big up out of the water.
Chain lightning arcing from a mage through rust-red stone golems in a forge, with damage numbers and a crit
Golem Forge, ErudChain lightning arcing through the forge’s golems.

Between battles

where the ledger lives
The company’s camp: a watchtower, tavern, forge, command tent and other buildings, with ten soldiers gathered in front
The campHome between contracts. Each building runs a part of the company.
The Argent region map with mission markers, above a row of commission cards showing threat ratings and gold rewards
The map tablePick the next commission. Each one shows its threat and its reward before you sign.
The Holy crest research tree, a web of gold nodes around a shield, being researched for the soldier Evander Nash
Crest researchIn the Scholar’s Tent, each soldier spends Insight on their own crest tree. Here, the Holy tree.
what lasts

Soldiers retire. The company remains.

A soldier’s rank, weapon upgrades and crest training leave with them when they retire. The camp, the equipment stock and the company’s reputation stay. Your job is finding who replaces them.

  • A veteran sergeantretiring next year
  • Your best duelistretired in year three
  • A fresh recruithidden strength unscouted
early access

Early Access begins in Zephyros

Early Access covers all of Zephyros, the first of Noverra’s four continents, and its five nations. Wishlist Crestbound on Steam and you’ll be notified when it launches.

Wishlist on Steam
  • Argent
  • Fleurent
  • Brine
  • Corvus
  • Erud