So far so good!
Game is responsive and optimized (i'm running it on a laptop under min requirements).
Full keyboard and mouse support.

You basicaly create a party of six characters from 20 units (melee/range/support.Ogre, snakeman, blood shaman...) and then start the Hub>turn-based tactical battle>Hub festivities. The story is light but serves its purpose without getting in the way.
Once in your hub, you can:
- replay every level you've already finished.
- pick a quick battle from a list that expand as you progress (think replayable side quests/adventures).
- change your units (switching heroes doesn't cost anything and the new unit gets the same level as the one you removed and gear is kept if usable or sent to your inventory).
- gear them up with post battle rewards and trips to the shop.
- spend some gold to get the gods' favor (also obtainable through combat and allows you to use special powers during battles).
- recruit a demon for a few battles (play with seven units instead of 6).
During battles use cover, morale and special hexes to your advantage.
Each unit has its movement, action points and skills that evolve as units level up.
The option to speed up battles is also there and adds to the already fast paced overall flow.

For the price, i expected a lot less polish and depth, so hat down to Wave Light Games Inc!

Nice little game.

Pro:
-You play evil characters.
-The variety of anti heroes to play is quite nice: Warbears, Trolls, Black Orcs, Vampire Knightress, Shaman, Corsair
-There are many maps and challenges.
-Campaign with story.
-You can collect loot and equip your party
-6 party members
-Nice variety of enemy models.
-You have to use strategy to win some maps.
-You can grind to win some battles. Or just use the right a heroes.
-Great money value.
-different tile sets for maps
-no microtransaction (phone game)
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Con:
-Grafics are functional but not too great.
-Small loading screens between all menu option. 0,5 sec load time.
-its a phone game port

A great small game for the price. You can defenitely have fun with it, if you are into turn based squad tactic games.

Thank you for reading, have a nice day

I almost didnt get this from the negative reviews but glad didnt listen. This is pretty much perfect mix of RPG and TBS game. It's just about the only thing that's come out recently that is perfectly optimiized with just enough graphics to keep you interested but not kill you on loading times. I played for hours and never had 1 slow loading screen going from 1 thing to next. I can overlook simplistic graphics for that alone! I was never bored and there's nice balance between side missions and main quests. Which you can replay any of them once completed to go back for more gold.

For those saying the game is too hard it's a strategy game. You have to manage team to achieve a goal. You're going to be swarmed by smaller baddies but more of them. On the flip side you're going to get some bosses that better than any 1 guy you have. Build a typical RPG team (tank, missle / magic support, healer, etc). Then you use AOE's, ranged attacks, buffs for your guys, de-buffs for bad guys and environment for cover. I originally started this on Easy due to reviews but soon shifted it to Normal as was too easy.

Recommendation is to start off on the Side Quests This will help skill up your team. Dont sweat any mission as you can start over again if you fail. Once side missions get to where you find them difficult. Then go buy some Faith points from the Temple. Faith points are how you Buff / Debuff in game. You will get to missions that will be extremely difficult if you don't figure out the Buff / Debuff Faith point system. These are only thing really permenantly spent during missions

Then ride the Campaign missions until you find them getting hard. Will also skill up your team. Now start using your Faith Points to help buff your team to get thru campaign missions ya find harder. When you get to point you find you're getting your butt stomped...then switch back to campaign missions again. This will allow you to keep building up teams so strong enough for next mission rotation.

After I figured out enough random loot drops from most missions, you dont really need to spend gold on anything but faith points. I really enjoyed the Faith system plus loot drops. I can see this having lots of re-playability as you see if you can try out differnt types of teams to get thru the missions. Based off this game I've already made purchases for other games by same developer.

TLDR: Decent replayability coupled with a multitude of team combinations make Demon’s Rise: Lords of Chaos an engaging game for fans of turn-based tactical combat.

+ Endless combinations in selecting your 6 team members (out of 21 character classes)
+ Solid turn-based combat system, with tactical movement, line-of-sight, cover, flanking elements
+ 30 missions in the main campaign plus quick battles for immediate XP and gold
+ Lots of loot, from post-battle treasure to store items
+ Decent graphics, sound and storyline
+ Several difficulty settings, for added challenge

- Some minor issues encountered, including UI buttons disappearing during a battle (team character portrait, end turn, undo move)
- Dragon trap attack range says 5, but I got blasted from over 7 hexes away, with no influencing enemy spell effects
- Divine blessing screen is messy; hard to look at and select from. Takes a while to get used to

DR:LoC is not a game that all gamers will enjoy; however, there is a lot of appeal if you are a fan of pure tactical combat and planning. Even at the easiest settings, you will often be outnumbered, but therein lies the fun and challenge. Another refreshing change is that you will be playing on the side of a Demon attacking the human race, so your team members often comprise the dark and foul creatures.

Personally I think the single campaign is a little short, and there are no Steam achievements, but given its price point, DR:LoC is a game that’s still worth checking out.

7.0/10.0

This is a really great game that needs attention.
If you're a fan of Turn Based Tactics and/or Fantasy, get this.
I'm urging you to try this out and give it back if you don't like it.
The stupid name is misleading, should be called "DnD but only fights".
Don't let the ugly aesthetics and bad controls fool you, there's a lot to the game.


+ Complex Fighting System
+ Character diversity, interesting Designs
+ Good level design
+ Addictive Fight-Loot-Equip Loop
+ Quick Pacing
+ Lots of Content

The Game still needs:
- Better controls
- Better interface
- Debugging

Seriously this game fits players like me, who like hard Turn Based Fantasy Battles with a lot of tactics, perfectly.
Absolutely get it if it's on sale.

this game isn't bad but does feel very bland. i don't like how you can not place your units before a fight because my melee keep getting stuck behind me ranged units. some of the characters you can use are creative and the levels are good enough. i just can't recommend this over something better. i think this is a solid 5/10 so if you can get past the blandness you can have alot of fun here.

I was expecting a 40+ hour game based upon the description. I completed every battle in 10 hours. The last 11 quick battles remain locked until the campaign is done. I completed those in less than 30 minutes. For the first 7 hours I only used 1 character per turn as counter attacks were killing most enemies. I did grind quick battle 3 for a few hours to get gear in the 10K+ range and that made everything utterly trivial for campaign battles 13+ and the second half of the quick battles.

I do not recommend for the following.
1. The game is not even close to 40 hours unless you run all 30 character classes, which is 5 runs.
2. Weak story. Is there even 10K words between character class descriptions, battle descriptions, and world map entries?
3. Just a series of battles and no map to move around on with places to visit.

60/100 GRIND!! OK? then it´s for you...

Just stay away from this, If you like good turn-based rpg games, where progression is guaranteed by story. Because this game wants you to GRIND your gear. (Grind = Progress)
Still interested? ok. then keep reading..

This game is:
- a loose story with some ingame scenes
- ok GFX (runs on OfficePC or even Tablet)
- the GAME itself is dozens of small levels
- aside from the Campaign, you have Quick battles to grind money and items
- the merchant pays the same price as you bought it (very convenient)
- main task is upgrading your 6 heroes´ GEAR
- after about 20 hours your gear should be quite decent and Story plus quick battles at least half through


->>> IF you like a different challenge, buy it on SALE (~$2 is good price for steamkey)

In some ways Lords of Chaos makes great strides over War for the Deep but in others it's not quite as good.
Battles are on a much grander scale in some maps than they are in the previous game and this, along with the improved atmospheric music, makes a big difference to the overall feel of excitement whilst playing. It's also more challenging. On the other hand, characters aren't quite as diverse and the ones that are there seem to have more of a limitation on how you would go about equiping them towards a certain approach.
So it's half a dozen of one and 6 of the other and, on balance, I wouldn't say one game is REALLY better than the other. If you prefer that epic sense of grand battles then you would prefer this and if you are more into trying out different character builds you will likely prefer the other.
Either way both are great games and a steal at their ridiculous price point.

It's a port from smartphons.
Usually, I don't really like turn-based games, but some of them are fun enough like this one.
Although really NOT polished in various ways (e.g., weird text mistypes, multiple bugs but not game-breaking , etc.), this game is very enjoyable.

However, IMO it is overpriced for what you get so I'd wait for a sale of 50% or higher!

It has A LOT of potential, I wish it could have been like HoMM, in terms of story and length as well.