Hold the line
Command pixel phalanxes in real-time battles across the ancient Mediterranean. Free in your browser and in Telegram.
No download. Phones, tablets and laptops.
Features
Real-time battles you can pause
Battles run live. In the campaign, pause any time and give orders while the clock is stopped.
Formations you shape
Line, column, wedge, loose order and shield wall. Drag a group to move it, turn it by its knob.
Morale breaks lines
Flank a line and it wavers. Hit it from behind and it runs.
Every soldier has a name
Each man has a name, a class, gear and perks. Lose him in battle and he is gone.
Choose your men
Twenty-one classes across three cultures, from village levies to the Sacred Band, plus wolves, boars and bears.
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Spartan hoplite
Heavy
Hellenes
Braced spear wall. The line cavalry breaks on.
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Thracian rhomphaia
Heavy
Hellenes
Two-handed blade that breaks shields. Weak to missiles.
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Celtic swordsman
Heavy
Galatae
Long sword, tall shield. A hard first rush.
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Cretan archer
Ranged
Hellenes, Carthaginians
Longest range. Pierces armour.
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Rhodian slinger
Ranged
All three cultures
Lead bullets at long range. Carries the most ammunition.
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Scythian horse archer
Ranged, mounted
Carthaginians, Galatae
Shoots from the saddle on the move.
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Peltast
Light
Hellenes, Galatae
Throws, then closes. Hunts archers.
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Thracian falx
Light
Hellenes, Galatae
Fast and hits hard. No shield.
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Companion cavalry
Cavalry
Hellenes
Shock riders for flank and rear charges.
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Scythed chariot
Cavalry
Carthaginians
Breaks loose foot. Wrecks in woods and stones.
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Royal guard
Elite
Hellenes
Picked men with silver shields.
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Sacred Band
Elite
Hellenes
Sworn pairs who hold when others run.
Also in the ranks: militia, thureophoroi, peltast javelineers, Gallic warbands, fanatics and Thessalian horse.
Beasts
Wolves, boars and bears fight on the field. Mythical beasts hold lairs on the war map: the hydra, the cyclops, harpies, the Nemean lion, the minotaur and the chimera.
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Wolf
Hunts in packs and circles to a flank.
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Wild boar
Charges straight in, tusks low.
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Brown bear
Each swipe can fell a man.
Four ways to fight
Every tile is recorded from the game.
![The overland map: the party marches from Rhegion toward Pylos, past a band of fifteen.]()
Campaign
March across an overland map, hunt or flee bands, recruit in villages and towns. Time passes only while you march or camp.
![A ranked duel: two duel armies close and meet.]()
Duels
Ranked 1v1, live or against another player’s saved defence. A separate duel army, no losses, and Glory to spend in the duel shop.
![The war map: a pan over the regions toward a rival army on the march.]()
War
A shared seasonal map of the western Mediterranean. Take regions, garrison them, join a clan, hunt mythical beasts in their lairs.
![The smith in a town’s services: a legendary falcata’s stat line is reforged.]()
Forge
At a town’s smith, reforge one stat line of an item. The campaign’s endgame.
The war right now
See it move
Recorded from the game.
![Cavalry charges a Celtic flank and the line routs]()
A formation breaks
Cavalry rides round the Celts’ flank and charges. Their line breaks and runs.
![A pass over the war map to a rival army]()
The war map
The shared seasonal map: towns, rivers and a rival army on the march.
![A shield wall holds in a ranked duel]()
A ranked duel
A phalanx in shield wall holds as two duel armies clash.
![An item’s stat line reforged at the smith]()
At the forge
One stat line of an item, reforged at a town’s smith.
Questions
Is it free to play?
Yes. In Telegram, Stars buy Drachmae for cosmetics, the season pass and shortcuts; gear and heroes are never sold. Purchases are not available on the web yet.
Do I need Telegram?
No. The campaign plays in your browser with no account. Sign up with your email to play duels and the war on the web too. Already play in Telegram? Link the two and keep one account on both.
Can I play on a laptop or tablet?
Yes: phones, tablets and laptops, by touch or with mouse and keyboard, battle hotkeys included. You can rebind every key in Settings.
Is my progress saved?
Your campaign saves on your device. With an account, on the web or in Telegram, it also syncs to the cloud, so you can carry on from another device. Duels and the war live on the server.
Which languages?
English and Russian.
What happens to my data?
Only what the game needs. Read the privacy notice. You can delete your account and its data at any time in Settings, under Account; in Telegram, /delete_my_data takes you there.