Planned Release Date: Q2 2027

About This Game

COMMAND AN ARMY. LEAD FROM THE FRONT.

Standard of Iron is a real-time strategy game set during an altered Second Punic War.

Command the armies of Rome and Carthage across large battlefields, organize troops into tactical formations, build and defend your supply lines, assault fortified positions, and take direct control of a battlefield commander when the fighting becomes personal.

March with Hannibal from the Rhône and the Alps to Cannae and Zama — while an unnatural force known as the Iron Sepulcher gathers around a war that is beginning to stray from history.

FIGHT AT ARMY SCALE

Control infantry, archers, cavalry, war elephants, healers, siege engines, builders, and commanders.

Move individual units or entire formations, hold defensive lines, patrol key routes, protect vulnerable troops, exploit terrain, and coordinate attacks against enemy armies and fortified settlements.

Formation choice matters. Shield walls, cavalry wedges, faction doctrines, troop roles, terrain, and battlefield positioning all influence how your army fights.

TAKE DIRECT COMMAND

Switch between the strategic battlefield view and direct control of your commander without leaving the battle.

Fight alongside your soldiers using melee and ranged weapons, guarding, dodging, abilities, lock-on combat, and commander auras while the orders you issued to the rest of your army continue to unfold.

BUILD AND SUSTAIN YOUR WAR MACHINE

Victory requires more than winning the first engagement.

Gather timber, stone, iron, and gold. Establish stockpiles, recruit new troops, construct and repair buildings, raise walls and gates, set rally points, and trade through marketplaces.

Protect your economy and supply infrastructure while looking for opportunities to disrupt the enemy's.

BREAK FORTIFIED POSITIONS

Battlefields include rivers, forests, mountains, settlements, walls, gates, towers, and siege routes.

Use catapults, ballistae, infantry, ranged troops, cavalry, and elephants to overcome defensive positions while fire, projectiles, morale effects, and close combat reshape the battlefield.

MARCH THE BARCID ROAD

Follow Hannibal's campaign across eight missions inspired by the Second Punic War:

Rhône — The Alps — Ticino — Trebia — Trasimene — Cannae — Campania — Zama

Objectives range from major field battles and settlement capture to survival, economy management, timed assaults, enemy waves, and commander elimination.

But this is not the history you know. As Rome and Carthage exhaust themselves in war, the Iron Sepulcher begins to emerge.

KEY FEATURES

• Real-time strategy with large-scale formation-based battles

• Top-down army command and direct commander combat in the same battle

• Playable Roman and Carthaginian forces

• Infantry, archers, cavalry, war elephants, siege engines, healers, builders, and commanders

• 29 authored formation layouts across multiple military doctrines

• Resource gathering, recruitment, construction, repair, fortifications, and trading

• Siege warfare with walls, gates, towers, and capturable structures

• Eight-mission campaign following Hannibal from the Rhône to Zama

• Campaign and skirmish battlefields with varied terrain and settlements

• Rebindable gameplay controls and accessibility options

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

Standard of Iron uses some pre-generated visual artwork created or assisted with generative AI tools, including artwork used in the game and its store presentation. Generative AI tools such as ElevenLabs were also used to assist with some pre-generated audio assets. The developer personally created or recorded other audio, including voice-over and environmental recordings. AI-assisted coding tools have been used during development; the developer reviews and tests this work. No generative AI is used during gameplay to dynamically generate content for players.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Standard of Iron contains depictions of large-scale historical and fantasy warfare. Characters fight using swords, spears, bows, cavalry, war elephants and siege weapons, and units can be killed during combat. The game includes combat impact and death sounds and supernatural enemy forces. It does not contain graphic gore, dismemberment, sexual content, sexual violence, self-harm, or drug abuse.