Planned Release Date: Q4 2025

In Development/Coming Soon:

Follow Home Before Winter for updates!

The demo is just the beginning — new features, modes, and polish are on the way leading up to the October Steam Fest!

Upcoming highlights:

• In-Game Tutorial – Learn faster, fight sooner.

• Fortress Mode – New strategic battles with defensible strongholds.

• Quality-of-Life Tweaks – UI polish, balancing, smoother gameplay.

• More Visual Effects – Make every battle feel epic.

About This Game

Found a bug in the demo? Let us know at support@corereactionstudios.com

Home Before Winter will be featured in the October 2025 Steam Fest!

Watch for our official event page, updated trailers, and livestreams as we ramp up to the full release.

Home Before Winter is a turn-based, strategy game with a shoot'em up mini game. Feel the cold power of your Gatling gun rip through your enemy, mobilize your troops and send them to conquer adjacent territories, but be sure to save enough men for when the enemy sends out a counter-offensive. Complete objective cards to gain bonuses and help your men conquer the world!

Turns are broken down into three phases:

• Phase 1: Place units on your territories.

• Phase 2: Attack from your territories and conquer more land and regions that will give you bonuses.

• Phase 3: Move your units to strategic points on your land.

Once all players have taken their turn, a shoot'em up minigame starts. Depending on how well you perform, you will get bonuses that will aid you in conquering the world!

Privacy Notice for HBW demo:

• Home Before Winter does not collect personal data.

• All gameplay statistics are stored locally on your device and are never transmitted or shared.

• The game includes stylized fantasy violence appropriate for players aged 13 and up, and contains no chat, no user-generated content, and no interaction with strangers.

• Multiplayer is limited to direct connections with known players.

For our full privacy policy, visit our website:

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