- ⚔️ Thermopylae Update Now Available – New Campaign & Massive Improvements - 23 June 2026
Greetings, Strategists!First and foremost, thank you all for your incredible patience, support, and passion for this project. This is one of the biggest updates I have ever released, representing a huge milestone and a major step forward toward the final version of the game.Today, I'm excited to bring you a massive update packed with new content, gameplay improvements, and numerous fixes.🆕 New Features & Content🛡️ New Campaign: The Spartan Campaign – The Battle of ThermopylaeExperience one of history's most legendary battles in an entirely new campaign featuring 9 missions, where you'll lead the Spartans against overwhelming odds.⭐ Hero Experience PersistenceHeroes now retain their accumulated experience between campaign missions. You will no longer lose the experience earned during previous missions, allowing your heroes to continue growing throughout the campaign.🐘 Improved Automat…
- 🔥 Huge Update Coming + $50 Video Challenge + Community Investment Opportunity! - 12 March 2026
⚔️ Big News for the Ancient Wars CommunityFirst of all, thank you for supporting our games. The Ancient Wars community has grown thanks to passionate strategy fans like you.Because of that support, I have two major announcements.🚀 A Major Update Is ComingA large update is currently in development for the Ancient Wars series.This update will bring improvements, new features, gameplay refinements and more content. More details will be revealed soon.But before it arrives, I want to celebrate the community that made these games possible.🎬 Community Video Challenge – Earn $50 Per 100K ViewsTo thank the community, I am launching a Video Creation Challenge for the following games:Ancient Wars: Sparta HDAncient Wars: Sparta Definitive EditionAncient Wars: Medieval CrusadesCreate videos about the games and upload them to:TikTokYouTubeInstagramBiliBiliVK Video💰 RewardsEvery video that reaches…
- 📢 Steam Next Fest Begins – 3 Civilizations & 8 Maps Available for Sparta HD! - 23 February 2026
Strategists,Steam Next Fest has begun, bringing a fresh Content Rotation to Ancient Wars: Sparta HD Free to Play!✨ New Content To celebrate Steam Next Fest, the Egyptian, Persian, and Spartan civilizations are all unlocked and playable until March 2.🗺️ New Maps AddedA total of 8 maps are now available to play until March 2.Thank you for your continued support and valuable feedback. Stay tuned for next month’s rotation and more exciting additions to the battlefield!Download now and join the battle in Ancient Wars: Sparta HD Free to Play!
- Ancient Wars: Sparta DE 0.88 – Major Update with New Systems & Enhancements! - 17 December 2025
Greetings, Strategists! First and foremost, thank you all for your continued support and for helping build such an amazing community!We’re thrilled to announce a major new update, packed with improvements, exciting new features, and community-requested additions. This update is just the first of three major updates leading to the final version of the game, polishing and enhancing every detail to perfection.🆕 New Features & ContentMatch Customization System: Personalize your battles with a wide range of options.Improved Naval System: Better pathfinding, ships now navigate better and no longer get stuck, reacting intelligently to map obstacles.Campaign Cinematics: Cinematics added for all campaigns.In-Game Interface Upgrades: New UI elements for each civilization, including 3D models showing selected buildings or units.Weapon Info Display: See detailed stats of weapons in researches to p…
- Early Access Date Revealed + New Free Game Out NOW! - 21 October 2025
⚔️ Hello, Strategists!First of all, thank you for your incredible patience and support throughout this journey. While I’ve been silent for a while, I’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make everything I’m about to announce today a reality.Get ready — major news is here.🕰 Early Access Release Date – Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive EditionThe moment many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived! 📅 Early Access launches on December 8th, 2026This date isn’t random — it marks the 20th anniversary of the original game’s release. And what better way to celebrate than with the rebirth of Ancient Wars: Sparta, completely remade and evolved for a new generation.🔄 From Early Access to Full ReleaseThere will be three major updates along the way:Two big updates before the Early Access launch.One massive update on the full release day.Each will bring new improvements, communit…
- What if the next golden age of RTS had your name on it? - 15 July 2025
Greetings, Strategists!🎮 Want to be part of the return of the golden age of RTS games? We're looking for community testers for something much bigger than just a playtest: You'll be part of the team shaping the future of our real-time strategy games.🧪 What will you be testing?You’ll start with a new version of Sparta, bringing back the classic gameplay the community has been asking for — now with improved multiplayer, an optimized engine, revamped UI, and much more.You’ll also get early access to upcoming updates for:Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive EditionAncient Wars: Medieval CrusadesPlus, access to brand-new games currently in development (6 active projects!).💬 Your voice truly matters. This isn't just another beta. Unlike many companies, we give real power to the community. We want your feedback, your ideas, and your gameplay to help shape what comes next.🔒 How to join: This is a…
- Massive Update: New Features, Campaigns Improvements, Multiplayer & Major Fixes! - 9 June 2025
Greetings, Strategists!First and foremost, thank you all for your continued support and for helping build such a fantastic community!We're thrilled to announce this massive update, packed with many of the most requested features and improvements from the community. Even more exciting—this marks the beginning of a new development approach: major content updates (features, improvements, and new mechanics) will now be released periodically as we work toward the full release out of Early Access.And don’t miss it—a major announcement is coming this October! 😊🛠️ Massive Update - Full Patch Notes Below:🆕 New Features & ContentNew Icon System:Unit icons now use the player's chosen color.Icons dynamically change based on unit specialization.Units display icons representing the weapons they are currently carrying.Health bars are now visible for units garrisoned in buildings, vehicles, or ships…
- Massive Update Available! Egyptian Campaign, Siege and Wall System,New Maps, etc - 22 January 2025
Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. The community means everything to me, which is why I’ve worked tirelessly to include many of the features you’ve been asking for in this update. I truly hope this makes the game even more enjoyable for you, and I can’t wait to bring you even more improvements in future updates as we march toward the full release! 😊 Below is the list with all the content of this update: New features/content: Egyptian Campaign (9 missions, all featuring secondary objectives and bonus systems) Updated Wall System: - Walls now require entrances to station units on them - Unit placement on walls has been improved to allow proper defense building - Units no longer dismount from walls when moved along them (unless there's no available placement space) - Pathfinding for…
- Join the RTS Revival: We're Seeking Talent!! - 27 October 2024
Greetings Strategists! Have you always dreamed of developing an RTS game or being part of its creation? This is your chance! The RTS community is full of talented fans with brilliant ideas who rarely get the opportunity to shine. Let’s change that! We’re inviting all RTS enthusiasts to join us in building the Ancient Wars franchise. If you want to help create new projects and enhance existing ones, join us and be part of the RTS revival! Choose your role and bring your passion to life: Multiplayer Tester Cinematic or Trailer Creator C++ Programmer C++ Debugger 3D Modeler and Animator Texture and Art Creator GUI Artist VFX Artist Concept Artist Level and Map Designer Turkish Translator Balance Tester Historian Gameplay Designer If any of these roles speak to you, we’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] with the subject "Collaborate" and include your resu…
- Update 0.72: Persian Campaign, Improvements and Bug Fixes!! - 16 October 2024
Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. You've been asking for more Campaigns for the game for a long time and the community always comes first for me. So it's a pleasure to finally announce the launch of the Persian Campaign along with other game improvements. Change List: New features/content: Added Persian Campaign (9 Missions) Improved building construction pathing (now decorative animals on the map do not block building construction) Added Improved behavior and handling for some Support units (Like Flautists) Bug/Error Correction: Fixed Bug in garrisons that does not allow units to train using prisoners to level up Fixed a large part of the Desyncs in the Egyptian and Indian Civilizations (They can now be used in multiplayer without major problems) Fixed Bug that caused the Healin…
- Update 0.70: Steam Workshop Available! - 24 July 2024
Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for supporting the project and continuing to build such a fantastic community. It is a pleasure to announce this great update, which stands out for adding a feature that many of you wanted, such as Steam Workshop support(how to use it is described below). You already know that the community is the most important thing for me and I hope that this addition helps you to enjoy the game a little more. I hope you like this update and feel free to give your feedback or any suggestions as always. Official Discord of the game:Link Steam Workshop User Guide: To create a Workshop item and upload it: 1 - Open the game's Map Editor 2 - Create the map with all the features or modifications you want (You can create maps for new game modes, mission maps, great battles, simple skirmish maps, etc...) 3 - Save the map you have created 4 - In the editor too…
- HotFix For Massive Update - 21 June 2024
- Improved the time indicator and changed it to mm:ss format - Fixed bug that did not show the price of weapons in the unit builder
- Massive Update Available! Asymmetrical Civilizations, Balance, Optimization, etc - 18 June 2024
Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. I have never asked the community for anything, but this time I would value that if you like this massive update to the game, please contribute a positive review of the game. It will help keep me motivated to do such big updates that take many months and hard work to complete. Below is the list with all the content of this update(Some changes are summarized below, due to the large number of changes that have been made): New features/content: Rework of all civilizations to make them much more asymmetric. Role system for weapons (each weapon has bonuses against certain types of units, increasing the strategic aspect). Added optimization to the game: about 10% performance increase(depends of user PC). Added time cost indicator for all objects that re…
- Important announcement & Roadmap for the coming months!! - 12 April 2024
Greetings Strategists! First, thank you to all of you who are supporting Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition. As always, satisfying the community is the most important thing to me, so I'm pleased to officially announce that some content you've been asking for, is coming to the game. This content is: Original Spartan Campaign, remastered and improved Original Persian Campaign, remastered and improved Original Egyptian Campaign, remastered and improved Videos of the original campaigns Remastered Original Voice Overs for other languages So the game will finally have 6 campaigns instead of the originally planned 3, I hope this satisfies your nostalgia and gives you many more hours of gameplay. On the other hand, many of you have asked about the game development plans, so I have decided to publish the content and improvements that will arrive over the next 6 months. To have the best poss…
- Second Anniversary Update: Romans Campaign, New Features & Improvements, Fixes! - 29 February 2024
Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. Many of you wanted and voted for a new campaign focused on the Romans, so it is a pleasure to announce its launch, along with new features and improvements, which I hope will help you enjoy the game a little more. Below is the list with all the content of this update: New features/content: New Campaign: Romans - The Beginning of an Empire Worker system: After constructing a building, workers detect the number of workers required by the building and auto go to work in it. Improved Construction Queues: Construction queues are maintained even after the construction of buildings that require workers, if there are free workers available. New Stance System: More convenient to use, in which you can simply assign holding position and the units return to…
- Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades is now available! - 26 January 2024
Greetings Strategists! We are pleased to announce, that the new in the saga, Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades is now available! Many of you have been waiting for it and I have taken into account the feedback from the community during the Betas to try to offer the best launch experience. The game has the following content at launch: 5 Asymmetric Civilizations: Arabs, Byzantines, Crusaders, Mongols and Russians 1 Campaign: The Crusades 12 Skirmish Mode Maps Fully functional AI Multiplayer Map and Campaign Editor I hope you enjoy it and do not hesitate to contribute with your opinions as always to keep improving the Ancient Wars saga. Official Discord of the game:Link
- Second Anniversary Updates Announcement! - 1 January 2024
Greeting Strategists! First of all, Happy New Year to all and I hope that your goals are met during this 2024! This month is an important date for Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition, as its second anniversary is nearing. For this reason and for all the love that you have given to the project with your support, help and suggestions, it is a pleasure to announce the launch of a series of 2 major updates (the first will be this month or the beginning of the next), on the occasion of the Second Anniversary that will bring the game to the next level, with a new campaign, a large number of improvements, numerous bug fixes, balance and much more! I hope you like this news and feel free to give your opinion as always. Official Discord of the game:Link
- Update 0.62: Improved AI, New Map, Improved Macedonian Buildings and much more!! - 20 November 2023
Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. Many of you were waiting for the arrival of more improvements, so I bring you a new update with some of the improvements that you have frequently requested (such as a more balanced AI on Easy and Medium difficulties), along with other necessary improvements or corrections. Below is the list with all the content of this update: New features/content: New textures for some Macedonian buildings: Forge, Workshop, Machine Shop and Dock Improved AI for Easy and Medium difficulties New Naval Map: (3) Capture of the rebel leader GUI: Added New Wind Bars for each Race New Ambient Music for Egyptians, Persians and Imperial Romans Bug/Error Correction: Fixed bug that caused the AI to stop attacking on some occasions or when the game was long Fixed bugs in…
- Multiplayer HotFix - 16 September 2023
Another round of some Multiplayer Desyncs Fixes to make game stable and enjoyable in Multiplayer. - Fixed some desyncs triggers that has not been reported before - Fixed Desyncs issues related to Imperial Rome Civilization
- Update: Important Multiplayer HotFix - 5 September 2023
This update has focused on providing a proper, stable and fun multiplayer experience for all players. Changelog: Fixed 128 game-breaking Desync Triggers in multiplayer Fixed AI bugs that would cause Desync when playing multiplayer with AIs Fixed numerous crashes that occurred in multiplayer related to Desyncs between users Fixed errors sending data to memory that caused significant FPS drops and Lag in the game I hope you can enjoy the game much more after this update! If you continue to have any incidents in Multiplayer, do not hesitate to report it. Have a nice day!
