About This Game

Scarred Steel is a gritty, solo medieval tactical RPG focused on survival, injury, and consequence, inspired by games like Heads Will Roll Reforged.

You play as a betrayed commander, aiming to take revenge on the Council of Seven who betrayed your Kingdom.

You are a survivor navigating brutal duels, limited resources, and a world that remembers what you do.

Every fight carries risk.
Every victory leaves a mark.
Every decision shapes what follows.

Tactical Duels With Weight

Combat in Scarred Steel is immediate and unforgiving.

• Attacks cost stamina

• Balance determines control

• Weapon reach, weight, and armour matter

• Overextension leaves you exposed

Target specific body parts, cripple limbs, and exploit armour gaps.
A heavy strike can stagger an opponent, or leave you wide open if mistimed.

There are no safe patterns. Poor decisions are punished quickly.

Persistent Injuries & Scars

Damage is not temporary.

Injuries persist beyond individual fights, affecting stamina, balance, and combat effectiveness.

Scars tell the story of past failures and hard-won victories, shaping how you approach future encounters.

Survival is not about perfection, it’s about enduring what you’ve already suffered.

Randomized Characters: Every Run Begins Differently

Each run begins with a draft of three randomized characters.

Every character comes with:

• Different weapons and armour

• Unique traits

• Varied starting stats and limitations

You don’t create an ideal build, you adapt to what you’re given.

Success comes from understanding your character’s strengths, compensating for weaknesses, and surviving long enough to improve your odds.

There are no perfect starts. Only difficult ones.

Decisions Shape Your Path

Your choices extend far beyond combat.

How you spend your time preparing, moving and acting all carry consequences.

A Story of Ruin, Corruption, and Survival

The Kingdom is fractured, corrupt, and rotting from within.

Through dialogue, encounters, and the outcomes of your actions, you uncover its downfall and your place within it.

Will you spare your enemies? Or cut down all that stand in your way?

There is no single path forward, only the one shaped by what you choose to endure.

The Kingdom & The Council of Seven

Beyond individual battles lies the greater struggle for the Kingdom.

Travel across a fractured land ruled by the Council of Seven, powerful figures whose influence spreads corruption, instability, and control.

To survive, you must confront their power one by one before the Kingdom collapses around you.

• Move across the Kingdom map, choosing routes carefully

• Avoid enemy patrols and dangerous encounters

• Manage Kingdom stability as chaos spreads

• Undermine Council members before their influence overwhelms you

Each Council member represents a different threat, ideology, and path through the story.

Ignore them too long, and their power grows. Confront them unprepared, and your journey may end abruptly.

This is not a race, but time is never on your side.

🗒️ A Note from the Developer

Scarred Steel was built solo using AI-assisted tools for code, visuals, and video.
If you’re interested in the development process, you can follow the journey through devlogs on YouTube.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Scarred Steel uses generative AI tools during development to assist with the creation of visual assets, audio, video, and code.

Visual assets (including character visuals, environments, UI elements, and animations) were generated using AI tools and then reviewed, edited, and integrated by the developer.

Music and audio, including voiceovers and narration, were generated using AI-assisted tools.

Code and gameplay systems were made with AI, then checked and tested by the developer during development.

No AI systems run during gameplay.
The game does not generate content dynamically and does not connect to external AI services while playing.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains depictions of medieval violence, blood, and injury. Combat includes injury effects and death.

Mature themes include references to suffering, and societal collapse within a dark, survival-focused setting.

The game does not contain sexual content, sexual violence, drug use, or depictions of self-harm.