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Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord GOLD
Developer Leslaw Sliwko
Play as either Bel'Kara, a seductive Succubus at odds with the Underworld, or Katzok, a brutal Orc Chieftan fighting for his clan's dominance. The Age of Fear series is a deep and complex turn-based strategy (full of humour!) that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements. From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
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154 positive · 36 negative
95% range 75–86%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
268 of 338 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 190 · most liked firstOnce I got in to it, this hooked me well enough that I played through until the end of one of two campaigns in it, but there are too many rough edges for me to recommend it overall. One of the core mechanics here is all your units (not just your heroes) earn XP, and the stat gains they get from that are significant given how few HP they start with. They can also die in battle, so I fear losing those upgrades. In many tactical games, that means figuring out how your units can use the terrain…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My friends on steam know that I have to completely love a game, or absolutely hate it, to bother with a review. Unfortunately that surprise is ruined by the thumbs up spoiler they put on these reviews. All I can do to make up for that spoiler, is tell you what you will be getting yourself into with this title. Bear in mind, this game is a trilogy and I have only played this installment (What can I say, I love Chaos on Warhammer, and the succubus looks like that girl all of us took home after…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another nice turn-based tactical battler from the Age of Fear team. This time you get to fight as a demon or an orc as they seek glory and conquest. Troop placement is the same as last time, a pleasure requiring forethought. Everything works as it should. It does a simple thing well, rather than overreaching and falling flat. Well worth playing :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like the first one. This game is heavily story driven You have a choice of two campaigns with two different roles you can assume. There is a lot of text in between the battles. The text gives meaning to what you are doing next. It's not the best looking game, but the writing fills in the gaps that aren't there visually. That being said, the tactics side of the game is pretty strong. The men that survive the battles gets stronger and are better suited for the battles ahead. It lacks some polish…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turn based strategy without hexes (gasp), garbage graphics, but surprisingly competent mechanics and interesting tactical battles. Units are persistent from battle to battle so it's in your best interest to keep ♥♥♥♥ alive because you can level up between fights. There's a campaign but it's all text and it's that kind of text that has way too many ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ apostrophes (f'ukin 'd''um fan'tasy names') so I skimmed it and there were some demons doing some crap who cares. It legitimately is a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has been a while I didn’t write a serious review of a game. It also has been quite some time before the last time I had fantastic experience of an old-school strategy game. Strategy games are the victims of the long misleading direction of the development of the video game industry. Now the old-school indie & strategy games get so little attention is a sad story of ‘graphic does matter’ problem which I strongly disagree. I was dying to see a marvelous old-school chess types of game back…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like an adolescent's weird fantasy. Writing and art both are kinda whack. Couldn't stomach it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy what? Over 8 years on Steam and 18+ years playing this type of game, I've never been inspired to write a review until now. I'm a huge fan of turn-based strategy, rpg's, adventure, and fantasy work so this seemed right up my alley. Such a great concept, unique mechanics.. I really liked it in so many regards, but they totally ruined it on a few different fronts. 1. The actual software ran abysmally on my computer. If you played more than 5-6 battles in a row the game would get so laggy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was going to thumbs down, since most missions are boring, and storyline is crap, constant glitches with graphics... But then gave it a thought - I actually finished both campains, and enjoyed a few highly tactical missions. Does not worth 17$ though - buy on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an enjoyable strategy title which offers good value for those who can forgive a little clunkiness. The game is rough around the edges and thing like the UI and graphics options are areas which could use significant improvements (you can only load games from the main menu for instance) but the core gameplay loop is solid and quite fun if you do not need your hand held. Upgrading your units and heros offers good prgression and makes it painful to lose any veteran unit but not fatal as the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AoF2 is fairly simple tactics game if just viewed by its cover; however underneath this, the game features probably one of the best AI's I have seen. Most AI's are fairly restricted, not knowing how to handle more forethought than two seconds into the future. Where others fail, the AI is where the game shines; as example: most AI's use brute force to siege defensive positioning, AoF actually can break a defensive position without having to result to tactics of a peon... In addition to a robust…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Age of Fear 2 is quite similar to Age of Fear, just with different units and campaigns, so for the most part my review of AoF applies here: It is, at its core, a turn-based tactical game about small unit battles similar in feel to Battle for Wesnoth. It has some RPG elements and a unifying story for each campaign, along with the occasional text adventure-like choice to make. The battle system is strong and well balanced. The game is not hex-based and allows for free movement. It takes a bit to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Second of a trilogy for now, AoF2: The Chaos Lord is an effective gridless turn-based combat with fluid gameplay! The battle system is pretty clear and the amount of tactical differences between factions makes each campaign a true different challenge. The one dev is still pushing updates, improving each of the Age of Fear episode along the way. Modding is also an option that already has solid material to toy with.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good sequel to an already good original. If you like turn-based tactical combat games with a splash of RPG and an unusual story, this is the right game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really nice game for players that enjoy turn based strategy game with a lot of RPG elements (Leveling up, items etc...). Not only that but you can play as demons, ... isn't it awesome ? Honestly it features a lot of progression for each of your units, lots a different units and 2 Campaigns. One as Orc one as Demons. Both have fairly different mechanics on how to manage/recruit yout units that adds to the feeling and the flavor of what race you play. If you are bored of the old strategy game,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun tactical, squad, turn based, RPG. If you like the first one you'll like this. I like it better than the first. I don't have loads of playtime but I played the first game too and I have a newborn, just turned 3 months taking my time. I like it and I will continue playing it as time permits. I've also not seen any bugs. I recommend it to people who typically like this type of game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've only played a few turn-based strategy games (though I intend to play a lot more), but Age of Fear felt different from those I have tried – in a good way. The tabletop-style maps are not fundamentally all that different from the grid-based battlefields of Fire Emblem and XCOM, but I personally got a warm fuzzy sensation from painstakingly positioning my troops where I thought they would be most effective – plus, the lack of a clearly-defined grid makes human error a more distinct…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you liked the first one, you'll like this one... because they're pretty much the exact same game. I'm slightly disappointed, usually a second installment of a game series will have noticable improvements over the original, but I'm not seeing that here. That said, it's still an enjoyable fantasy turn-based stategy game, so I recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't like obscene nudity. And this game, advertise self with sado-maso chick. I I feel treated like 12 yo kid or 21 yo nerd.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has decent basic storylines to the campaigns, but there are lots of branching options for players; with different results obtained from different choices selected. I thought the greenskin campaign was the better one in this version of the game, though I actually liked the demon units better (very nice portrait artwork, and I also liked the abilities far more). The writing is ok, mostly standard classic RPG fare, but good enough. The campaign alternates between telling the story through…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The voice acting, the graphics (especially some of the backgrounds) and a certain thing where units would stop animating their turns properly could all stand to be better. However, the movement mechanic is totally great and pretty unique, poor positioning makes your units trip over each other and fail to reach the enemy, while good positioning keeps the enemies from walking by and slaughtering your squishy people, and there's a fun amount of subtlety in trying to get the latter instead of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For 15€, the game is way to short. While there are random missions you can do ad infinitum, there is only a handfull of story missions, and they arent even different from the generated ones. Aside from that, the game is archaic in its presentation, ui etc. and while I dont mind the grafic, the art direction isnt that good either. Last but not least, the game constantly annoys you with dumb pop ups that want to explain the game or even that you should buy the other titles in the series.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oof. I saw the screenshots, but it still didn't prepare me for just how awful the graphics are. I can understand the ganeplay graphics being simplistic and crude, I guess, but why does the Ui and the text have to be from 1995 as well? I believe everyone else is telling the truth when they write that the gameplay is good, but I couldn't get past the first two missions. I already lived through the 90s...and 80s of videogames. I don't need to go back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game in a bundle together with AoF 1 and 3. All the games share the same engine and the developer updates all of them frequently: this is important because it means that AoF 1 and 2 are not obsolete compared to AoF 3: they just have different campaigns. I needed about 20 hours to complete both campaigns (orcs and demons) at the expert level (the 2nd of 4): however I found the orc campaign a lot more difficult. Basically orcs haven't healing units and the “berserker” trait makes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game in an awesome series! If you love turn-based strategy games, then this is a series for you! Highly recommended and actively supported.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You read part of a story in a screenfull of text, and then you get an interactive turn-based combat to play. Then you read some more of the story, which inevitably leads to another combat scenario that you get to play. It goes on like this. If you're looking for a battlefield management system and a combat system, this is a nice indie take on it. It's not as advanced (yet) as something like Warhammer but it's a solid turn-based battlefield game with a liitle bit of a story thrown in for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a nice complex strategy game with a simple to learn interface. It brings me back to my final fantasy tactics, tactics ogre, and ogre battle days. The different factions throughout AoF1 and AoF2 are different enough that it's worth playing all campaigns. Highly recommended to players of all skill levels. Also, the developer is active and responded to my questions in less than a day. That's very important to me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good game it is. But just too aestheticly not beautiful..... Good skill design and story telling. But I found a serious problem I'm not sure if it's my problem: after the 3rd or 4th battle, all commands from me are lagging for seconds, later the lagging is even longer, like 5 seconds. So I have to click and click, and wait for another round of clicks and mistakes will happen sometimes, which is reaaaaly annoying. _______________________________________________________________________ Later,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game surprisingly was way more challenging then I thought it would be. Underneath the simple graphics lays a game that will challenge you to new levels of strategizing. Will keep you busy for days on end.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i havent played it as much as the first one, but i can safely recomend it. and besides the dev is constantly updating the game. it is updated more frequently than any other game in my library. the creator really seems to be puting his soul in this game, and it´s working. what a hidden pearl. i consider it more a visual novel than an adventure, but with really deep tactics and character development, beautiful soundtrack, enthralling storyline in all campaigns i´ve played.(there are 2 in each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+Gameplay is nice, very similar to first. +Music is nice. +Voice acting is terrible, I disabled text voice-overs. I really enjoyed Age of Fear 1. For that reason I decided to give the sequel a chance. Sadly, the experience has been dissapointing due to repeated perma-freezes of the application that I also cannot minimize or close with Task Manager, Alt F4 or other means. That means everytime it happens, I need to sign out of Windows. This event happens at fight start. Now the frequency of this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PC Steam Duration: 13 hours Both main campaigns completed. Age of Fear 2 is a tactical combat game with two campaigns leading a demon/barbarian army and an orc/goblin/troll army. If you enjoyed the first age of fear, this is generally more of the same. Although this installment allows you to "grind" random battles, which is not necessary to do. Story is alright. Biggest gripes are how the game breaks the fourth wall on numerous occasions, most annoyingly to advertise. Also some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very well excuited series of turn based TRPG's with pixel based movement. To be honest I was really put off by the series promotional art, and delayed buying this for a very long time, but found a much nicer game under the hood than I was expecting. Bascially you have a set of heros who can equip gear, and a set of generic troops who can't, but everyone has extensive exp development options, you put together a crew and rampage around the world in a series of fixed campaign missions which are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: An interesting story (for a turn based strategy game) and the ability to upgrade your regular units as well as your heroes. The ability to choose options in the story Cons: The interface is really, really hinky - double right click ?what?, some of the units can be quite inbalanced - summoners allow you to throw free disposable forces at the enemy and the not-beholders paralyise on their basic attack Is it the best turn based strategy game you are ever going to play? No but it does some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just like the first game, AoF 2 offers up two fun and funny campaigns full of hex-free turn-based goodness. This time around there are more choices to make in each campaign, both on the overland map and in a few dungeon-like encounters. The price is just right for a game of this length, with the total play time being around 25 hours. I am definitely happy I picked this up, and I'll be looking forward to getting AoF 3 for Christmas :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If this game was made in 1980 id say "it good" - but its made in 2015, so ill say its embarasing - waste of money and time
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun turn-based strategy game. I like how there are 2 difference faction campaigns to do. Very well done from an indie. Don't judge it based on the graphics, well, don't just it too harshly for those. It's a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fear it. Fear this game. If you can even call it that. No VO, no gameplay meets story. Not even a graphics engine to speak of. Only images moving around. Oh do I even have to mention zero Animation? Also the worst first impression is a Java Launcher with a message box telling you to disable Steam overlay... Wow... just wow. It's not even worth free.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Truly a great game. Played it all the way thru, then again at hard, and then hardest. Great plot, great writing, amazing scenarios. Couldn't ask for more
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relatively simple to get, seems like it will be easy but then theres a few levels where the difficulty increases. I enjoyed the story although the ending feels a bit abrupt. Not the longest, ample save ability, was a great sale game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →overall a pretty good tactics RPG that I thoroughly enjoyed. the graphics aren't great and the art of only ok and the story, writing, characters etc are similarly fine but nothing to write home about. none of this interferes with game play however, which, as far as I'm concerned is where this one shines. choice of units, upgrades, gear, etc. is all quite important, and even if not everything is totally balanced, most vaguely reasonable strategies are at least viable. the combat itself is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like CRPG, Mini war games, Taple top RPGs, Then this game will be great for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable and basically the same game as the first one except the campaigns differ. Here you play with demons and orcs whereas in AoF1 humans and undead. Pick this up if you are craving for more Age of Fear. Don't pick this up if you are expecting improvements over the first one or something new. Check my review of the first game for more info.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm writing this so I can have that achievement, so it seems your insidious scheme worked. But seriously, I enjoyed this game. Thumbs up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't work properly, it's a game made for Steam but doesn't work with Steam's features, how does that make sense. I guess the developers are too lazy to fix the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only played a few missions but already enjoying the story. The game has a unique combat interface and saving frequently is automatic. The only thing I dislike is that icons in the field don't get a tooltip when you hover over them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First thing ..l The Dev support is AAA++ ..committed and responsive Do I like the game ? A BIG BIG yes and If you are a turn based rpg fan , you should put this in your library. Good Story line , fast and smooth turn based tactical combat , a lots of units that you can upgrade to get new abilities / skill (they(units) have their own name , not just any archer , footman or goblin) These units follow your Hero to battle one after another as the story progress but beware once they fall in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best indie games I've played. I'd be comfortable recommending this game to any of my friends. The game is a lot like fire emblem, but ha enough of its own flare to make it well worth the investment. Highly recommended to all those who love strategy games!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Same as with AoF1, this game delivers what it promises, and does it very well too. The developers are constantly updating the game, and adding content or touching balance every week, proving they love their creation. For those who didn't read my review on the first game, this one also plays a lot like a Warhammer game, there are no hexagons, you move according to the distance each unit can move. The units you take with you to the battle gain experience and when they level up, get new skills.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly my expectations were completely smashed by this game because it was really fun. There were difficult parts on top of fun mechanics of the game, and the permadeath of your soldiers trying to keep them alive so you can level them more was really entertaining. If your looking for a turn based game to lay back and enjoy along with the occasional challenge and interesting story this is a game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Call me a malcontent, but a game that is this badly put together doesn't really warrant much thoughtful criticism. This is something a hobbyist slapped together A** and somehow found enough of an audience to encourage him to keep going and make more. If you look for any form of good graphics, presentation, UI, good player experience, sound, etc, DO NOT BUY THIS. I would have made use of Steam's refund feature, but I was stupid enough to buy this from a "bundle site". What a waste of money.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game. I think I would have if I could have gotten it to run properly. I played about 8 hours and easily half of that time was just dealing with crashes and game lagging all over the place. Edit: After writing this review the developer contacted me and helped me out. A great response from some one who cares about their game. That, plus the fact that most don't seem to have my troubles running that game, made me come back and change my review to recommended. Just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got Age of Fear 2 after playing the first part of the series "Undead King" and I feel the developers improved over the first delivery of the series, not only that but it feels as a sequel/continuation within the storytelling. One of the things that IMHO is missed on the modern world of videogames is storytelling, which has been displaced by the need to create impacting graphics. Age of Fear series have a simple design, yet you can see the devs put good heart and effort in each detail.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible UI, excused away because it's an Indie game. Lots of text to click through filled with cringe-inducing dialogue. I've tried three times to get into this game and each time I just give up to play some game that rewards the effort. Simply cannot recommend this game to anyone but hardcore tactical gamers who feel that inacessible ==good game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting story, but for a combat based game, it is a bit repetitive and with an unusual and slow interface.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice mixture of strategie and RPG style leveling of your troops. There are 2 playable campaigns in A0F2 (Demons, Orcs) wich play very diffenent . If you enjoy turn based strategie games this could be the gem you where always searching for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The tactical battles are different and interesting and the party-building is quite satisfying. The writing is so bad it's good - hilarious in a probably semi-intentional way. That said, it has a lot of heart, and the mechanics are more satisfying than a lot of far more polished games. Like the first AoF, a very solid game for people who like turn-based tactical RPGs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game and dev. I had done a slightly better review of it's predecessor, but at the risk of sounding redundant I kept this short and to the point.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have played and enjoyed the Darklords franchise, you will LOVE this game. However the game lacks the strategic map depth and the feeling of wonder that was tied to it, you may see this game as the "battle phase" of the Warlords games. Played for a few hours as of yet, but the game brought me back to a time where I thought was gone forever. Thanks, developer!
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