About This Demo

Sun Tzu can see your hand.

You hold 3 cards and a losing position. One bad trade and he walls off your territory for good. Pick the right card and the whole board flips — fold, and you lose ground you'll never win back.

That's Warlore: a 15-minute tactical duel on an 11×11 grid where Go-style territory meets rule-bending cards and 16 historical commanders. No grinding, no luck of the draw — just two minds. And this free Demo lets you play the real game, with no match limit, before you buy.

The free Demo just received its biggest update

• A stronger first five minutes — clearer onboarding, tutorials, prompts and commander unlocks
  
• A smarter battlefield — improved pathfinding, deployment and anti-stall behavior
  
• Sharper tactics — reworked cards and commander passives, clearer targeting, better localization and stability

A free, limited preview of Warlore: play 5 of 16 commanders, 12 of 30 cards, Duel and Battlefield against AI, and only the first 20 of 500 challenges. The full campaign, remaining content and additional features are reserved for the full game.

What's in This Demo

• 5 of 16 commanders — Sun Tzu (peeks at your hand), Caesar (free first move), Hannibal (encirclement), Han Xin (ambushes), Zhuge Liang (the empty fortress)
  
• 12 strategy cards — the core pool of feints, traps and alliances
  
• The first 20 of 500 challenge levels — handcrafted tactical puzzles
  
• Single Match & Battlefield mode vs AI — play as many times as you like, no cap
  
• The full tutorial

What the Full Game Adds

• All 16 historical commanders — each one rewrites the rules
  
• 30 strategy cards and all 500 challenge levels
  
• Conquest — a roguelike campaign of linked battles and unlockable commanders
  
• Online multiplayer and Steam Achievements

Wishlist Warlore

If the Demo wins you over, add Warlore to your Wishlist — you'll be notified the moment the full game launches, with a launch-week discount applied automatically.

🤖 AI Generation Notice

Some visual content (commander portraits, promotional art) and music are AI-generated; all of it was reviewed and edited by the developer before being included. The game performs no AI generation while it runs — the opponent AI uses the classic minimax algorithm.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

AI tools were used during development only for pre-generated content, including concept/reference artwork, store assets, music/audio drafts, and localization or translation assistance.

The game does not generate AI content at runtime. Players do not interact with any live AI system, and no text, images, audio, or gameplay content is dynamically generated by AI while the game is running.

All AI-assisted content is reviewed, edited, and integrated by the developer before release.