The Iron Oath
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| Developer(s) | Curious Panda Games |
| Publisher(s) | Humble Games |
| Composer(s) | Alex Roe |
| Engine | Unity[1] |
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Iron Oath is a 2023 tactical role-playing video game developed by Curious Panda Games and published by Humble Games. Players manage a mercenary company, complete quests, engage in turn-based combat, and can optionally follow a revenge-themed main story. It entered early access in 2022 and is available for Windows and macOS.
Players run a mercenary company in a fantasy world. The world changes as time goes on, such as the various kingdoms declaring war on each other or dragons attacking cities.[2] Random events can also change the world, and these events can be unique to specific geographical region.[3] Travel takes place on an overworld map.[2]
Mercenaries age as time progresses, and old mercenaries may retire. Players must also keep their morale up and feed them. As they become more experienced, mercenaries require higher salaries.[2] Failing to pay mercenaries, or making choices that they disagree with during quests, can cause them to permanently leave the mercenary company.[4] Each mercenary has a class that grants them unique abilities in a skill tree.[2]
Combat is turn-based and tactical and follows the XCOM remake series streamlined system of allowing movement and one action per turn. Mercenary jobs can involve simple escort quests that do not necessarily involve combat, or combat-heavy quests that require a dungeon crawl. Dungeons become more difficult and impose harsher penalties as players spend more time exploring them. The main quest involves seeking vengeance for a betrayal, but it can be ignored if players wish. If they ignore these quests for too long, players may miss out on being able to follow up on them.[2] It uses retro pixel art graphics.[5]
Development
Developer Curious Panda Games is based in the United States.[6] raised double their crowdfunding goal of $45K in 2017.[7] The Iron Oath entered early access on April 19, 2022. Humble Games released it for macOS and Windows on November 2, 2023.[5]