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Age of Reforging: The Freelands
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Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend! From the Steam store page
226 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
143 positive · 83 negative
95% range 57–69%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,841 of 2,569 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
A promising but buggy RPG that divides players with its punishing start and jank.
Many players praise the game's addictive, deep gameplay and rewarding progression from nobody to hero, comparing it to Kenshi, Baldur's Gate 3, and Mount & Blade. They highlight the fun of exploration, character builds, and the sense of accomplishment. [3][10][13]
However, critics point to numerous bugs, poor translation, and a steep difficulty curve that can feel like a grind. Some report game-breaking issues, while others note the game feels unfinished despite its 1.0 release. [2][24][26][28][29]
Praised addictive gameplay · rewarding progression · deep character builds
Criticised bugs and jank · poor translation · steep difficulty curve
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 8, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 226 · most liked firstThe game has, potential. High, potential. Sadly its marred by bugs, some technical issues, a crappy camera, lack of polish and missing features. Why did it leave Early Access in this state? Likely because the Publisher forced the one single developer to. Yes, thats right, this is being made by one guy now. According to a very recent steam discussion thread made by someone who knows the developer, the game once had a full indie team of 20 people working on it. Now its down to one guy, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the concept. Needs refinement. Multitude of errors in messages (missing spaces, wrong syntax, etc.) Characters some times stop taking actions mid-combat, needs fixed. Difficulty curve is pretty steep, loot system needs some tuning - cleared out an entire bandit nest and only gained 2 daggers and a few materials. I would recommend this game, after some of the worst issues are patched/fixed. Until then, I cannot.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jank. Good Lord, so much jank, playing it feels like swimming in Ganges river. Items which can only be picked up in a specific camera mode, load not loading sometimes, getting stuck in a wall after being pushed by enemies, unique adventurers disappearing forever into some limbo, even walking through doors is a freaking struggle and so on and so forth. I dare not to think how it looked like on 'release'. I wish devs would focus on stitching this zombie together before trying to do anything…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is incredibly good once you dive deeper into it. Yes it has some bugs (no game breaking ones), and there is no hand holding, darn right challenging. But once you find your character (Mage, fighter, defender, ranger, bard, etc) and your groups characters, what you want them to be, the adventures are so fun. So many quests, so much exploration, a lot of fighting, it takes me into its world. I will say "save often", also I found that I had to start over n over till I got the hang of it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game came out in Early Access in 2023. It came out as a 1.0 release in April 2025. It still feels like it needs 12 months of a UI overhaul to be recommended as a paid game. The stink of AI-generated slop permeates most of the look and feel of the game. The concepts are great. A mercenary-type game where you have to start from the bottom, to the point of taking odd-jobs in town to make ends meet? Sign me up! Ohhh, then you get to the UI, and everything falls apart. The first issue…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Age of Reforging is a game that is a little bit complicated to recommend. To start with what I consider to be the major downsides: the English translation is pretty bad, and contains a lot of typos and moments of awkward phrasing. It has never gotten to the point where I didn't understand what characters were saying, but it is noticeable. Also, the game does have a number of bugs that are still being worked on at the time of this writing. I haven't encountered anything that truly broke the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wtf. This should be early access! There are all kinds of unfinished things, like nothing happening when I shoot at someone, my companion not following me, camera not following, there's nothing telling me where I should go for my main quest, nothing happening after I kill the bear I was told to kill, it feels like hardly anything works like I expect.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Refunded before 2hours due to gamebreaking bug...Game is unplayable as of NOV 2025 due to a duplication bug.For instance instead of 4 wolfs youl fight 8 and have no chance..Also multiple npcs spawning as copys of each other in towns...Hopefully itll get fixed but seems to been like this for a while..which is a shame as the game looks good
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved Kenshi, 100's of hours. Loved the Mount and Blade series. Loved Baldurs Gate 3. I Desperately tried to enjoy this but so many of the mechanics just don't feel good to play or flow right. The camera is a constant frustration, the modes reset on scene change and some camera modes don't have the same movement controls. The map doesn't rotate to align with your view. It's a small frustration but is annoying. The level ups and skills/powers feel weak. It's just not fun to play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a highly addicting mashup of so many games: D:OS/BG3, Kenshi, and Wartales are the main influences I see. Character Creation and starting skills/talents are VERY much like D:OS/BG3 Overland travel, capturing/recruiting prisoners, world loot are all like Wartales Interactions and janky combat is very much like Kenshi. -Pros: Highly addicting gameplay. Starts very hard (like Kenshi... well not THAT hard) and you have to scrap out a living at the beginning while trying…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is fun but way to many bugs and i barly got to play 2h and i already had these issues. npc bugging out running into a wall on a quest to help them kill a bear Low health debuff not disapearing even when im at full health things that was lootable not lootable after reloading a quick save. If this is in the begining of the game i cant imagin how bad its going to be later on..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The bones of a good game are here. Inconsistent control scheme and lack of thought in the intro mission kinda turned me off the game. Example: I selected to play the mage and I cant carry a torch because I have a staff in both hands. I can not equip it in my second weapon set because "You cannot equip only an off hand item." Example: "Follow the bloody foot prints" - Its night time and you cant see anything. Example: Camera you have set changes to default when changing areas. Example: You get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →45 hours in and i have finally perfected my 14 day start. If that sounds like your type of game keep reading. This is like my fantasy Kenshi. I wish Wizards of the Coast would support developers like this and make games like this in the Forgotten Realms. Loving this game. If you are a min/maxer there are no real guides out there you will need to figure it out yourself. I really hope the word of mouth goes around and this game starts selling more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all, please don't pay attention to the negative reviews. This game is great, and the potential here is unlimited. It's a slow burner as it is difficult initially, but if you can get past the first few stages of the main story and recruit and develop your team effectively, you will have a blast. Items and equipment are not cheap, so a good strategy from the beginning, I found, is to find work in a town very quickly. You can make money working with the blacksmith, the doctor, or the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game runs flawlessly on Linux. Game is a bit hard in the beginning, almost like a swords & sorcery version of Kenshi. Lot of fun plenty to do, I'm 80+ hours in and still working on the main quest. The only negative is there are no mods for the game. If there was good modding support, I can see myself with 1000+ hours in this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy and fall for this scam. Its still in early access
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really do like the actual game, but the bugs make it hard. If you do buy this, be prepared to save before everything you do and make it a proper manual save with a name you can remember because otherwise you'll lose hours of progress or be forced to continue with old quest markers and quests that just straight up don't work half the time(probably more like one bugged out quest for every 5, but you get my point.). Played a bit more after the recent update, it REALLY helped with a lot of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →garbage state which is so sad because i loved the original... Literally not even 2 actual hours in and already finding game breaking glitches - like not allowing me to engage in combat against wolves so my whole party just dies. I've tried reloading and same issue is happening, cant even get auto combat to work for that fight.. The fact that this game is suffering from such basic bugs while offering an ironman mode is insane.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a *VERY early access* game with no *early access* label on it. And rather of the worst type of early access. The slop is so immense, the density of bugs so severe, its about to form a bug hole, that nothing can escape, not even light. *UPDATE 1* Did I wrote the game is VERY early access? I was wrong. This game feels like a prototype stage. *UPDATE 2* I think I need to add this as an example, because its relevant to making up mind based on reviews. They could have been worse than…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had a lot of bugs but for the most part it was playable and a lot of the bugs could be overlooked through changing gameplay settings or in game tactics. The game as a whole was enjoyable even with the minor bugs. However after the last update, previous saved games were not loading correctly and were causing error messages that booted the user to the main menu. One of the encounters in the early game became unplayable because the wolves were not targetable whereas in an earlier…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a buggy mess. I cannot recommend it to anyone in the current state. Many bugs are very obvious such as the setting to pause when combat starts simply not working at all. Combat itself is a huge mess too. The game is designed to want you to set AI tactics for everyone in your party and then just let them fight automatically, but then your characters will do extremely stupid stuff like running into a table and not going around it, just standing still in a running animation, unless…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game certainly offers some pleasant variations to the adventure RPG genre, the current level of game breaking bugs make the game unplayable at this time (Nov 2025). For example, after one (tough) combat my party, when leaving the area, was teleported miles from where the combat started and high above the map where we fell and substained broken legs and other injuries. Now damaged and far from anywhere and every direction seemed blocked by mountains and rivers. The group eventually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs some further work. At its current state, it's really not enjoyable to play, especially early game. The loot system seems dull, and the combat system, at its current state, just isn't really that fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game certainly has great potential, and the changes and improvements they've made since Blackthorn Arena are very noticeable. There are more weapons and armor, and while the crafting system needs some streamlining, it's more accessible than before. I appreciate the updates they're making, but none of that matters if you can't save your game after turning off your PC and lose everything the next day. I've lost my progress six times now, including all my armor and component collections.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love to use third party tools to make my gaming experience better for the time I am going to put to most games. Such as Cough "Cheat" Engine. This game is a complete replica of BlackThorn a previous title game before this one. Anyone can check the files and see many of the same codes work the same or are copied and if not. Recycled Assets. Even my new scripts can hook onto the old game and work. With recycled assets and a name change only goes to show, this game was just a patch job. =( set…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate comparisons but if you like Kenshi and can put up with bugs and some jank..then you will like AOR. The grind and early game is punishing but rewarding and before you know it those broken bones and bandit hunting will pay off..Alot of fun so far and aside from a few hiccups due to bugs I recommend this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the early game is rough, but building a party from a bunch of broke nobodies into something actually dangerous feels great
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Version 1.30 This game got a HUGE potential but still got bugs. Recovering health during resting is broken since it's not filling your health like the recovery bar said. Trading is broken and you won't be able to make profit from the beginning as a merchant. Instead of merchant which is hard to earn profit from trading, be a thief and steal everything or craft armor. Sometimes you get stuck during quest or battle and got to force close the game. It should be early access rather than released.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really excited about playing this game after watching a streamer for a few hours on youTube. But in it's current state I'd avoid it. I'm getting crashes randomly, corrupted files that needed reinstalls, there's bug I'm getting that means you can't form a party and go outside of towns / cities to adventure. And on top of that the help and bug reporting forums and such are pretty much useless, I've had no help or replies ... Hopefully the game will pick up, and if it does I'll be straight…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing this game for quite hours at this point, I wanted to update my review. Overall this game is pretty fantastic. I will say right off the bat that you will need to be able to tolerate a bit of jankness. I have a pretty high tolerance to look past some clunkiness if the underlying gameplay is good. I have found some pretty terrific RPG's this way, and Age of Reforging definitely falls into this category. That being said, I really have not ran into anything game breaking. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The loading screens are crazy long, the lag is terrible. Did not get too far. Really wanted to play this game but in its current state its a no go. Dont waste money on it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PLEASE read at least this piece if anything: This is a hard game to recommend to anyone that isn't a massive fan of punishing CRPG's or sandbox games that do little to hold your hand or value your time. The early game is a grind. The whole game tends to feel like a grind, but the early game is the worst about it. I found the early game grind somewhat endearing in a way, and getting past it made the rest of the game feel like the reward. If that's not the kind of experience you're looking for,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Went in expecting a pure RPG, but somehow I ended up playing it like Mount & Blade + Kenshi lol, oh and also Pokémon haha. Gotta say, it’s pretty immersive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't mind the steep learning curve but the bugs are bad. I am constantly having to reload past save to get a quest to work right. Sometimes they work and sometimes not. Frustrating.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels like a cross between Baldur's Gate 3 and Mount and blade. I do highly recommend this game, but only to those who understand the pros and cons. Pros: The game is very addictive and fun. choices matter and there are multiple ways to solve quests. Cons: The game is very buggy, however its 90% visual. I haven't ran into any game breaking bugs and a restart every now and then will usual fix most bugs you are having. As someone who has developed with Unity game engine…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What is Age of Reforging: The Freelands? On the surface it's a cRPG, but below that it's a rather deep and layered game. There are some technical flaws with the game. Moreover though, it's a game with huge potential. The combat system alone is worth it's weight. It feels grounded and exploratory. It does have a few caveats, especially with command structure for your party members. Overall, the combat is extremely fun, you can multi-class, use a wide variety of weapons, there's a fully…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed this one! It's really fun to go from being scared of a single wolf to taking on 5 bandits at once and totally wrecking them! Naturally, that only happens after you work at a bakery, smithy or alchemy shop for a few hours, to get your skills up and make some sweet $$! The power fantasy is great in this one. There are plenty of classes and unique items, but most of them are locked by quests, so you might unlock a really fun spec when you're almost done with the game. It's fun to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Need's a lot of work for the English version, almost every dialogue is misspelled and hard to make out. Fun game, but since it's not voice acted and has to be read like a book most of the time I have to give it a pass for now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Freelands is a silly game that feels unfinished but has some interesting game mechanics. Its a bug riddled charm reminiscent of kenshi and bethesda games. The story leaves much to be desired but the game makes up for it with deep character builds and lore. It can be a time consuming game but there is a 2x speed option which I strongly suggest to be utilized if you want to get anywhere in the game. The magic system can get overwhelming but in a good way and the hidden class unlocks are really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of bugs and issues for being out of early access.. https://steamdb.info/app/1161830/patchnotes/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun sand-box, exploration game with a great character development system. There is a main-plot which you can pause (by not doing the plot quests), giving you a chance to explore and focus on other aspects of the game. There are plenty of side-missions as well. --- PROS ---: I linked my specs, game runs without issues. Interesting character progression system. It's not unique by any means, but is done well. The more a character does or use something, the better they get at it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is all about the rise of a nobody – unlike other games where you start off powerful, here you're a complete rookie. You can't even take on a wolf at the beginning. The good part is that most jobs in the game actually boost your stats, so going from a total weakling to something stronger has its own charm. Roaming around the big map is pretty nice too – and if you run into named NPCs, they give you special side quests that are really interesting. Just be patient with the bugs, and for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too many annoying bugs... Was fighting against some wolves and couldnt attack them or initiate the fight, so had to watch them completely destory my party.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to say that I love the game, but the font and UI are so incredibly tiny and colored for unreadability that I can't tell what I'm doing half the time. I appreciate the aesthetic decisions to make the game's user interface look and feel like classic baldur's gate, but My monitor grew up since last I played BG1. I want to play more of the game but I can't do it without severe eyestrain after about 20 minutes of play. I don't want to recommend a game that I personally can't play, despite…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Age Of Reforging is an hidden gem. A mix of Baldurs gate and Bannerlord, a bit of Wartales, a bit of Kenshi... You could think it won't work and be a huge mess, but actually not! It's actually a pleasant game, that unfold like a christmas gift if the player give it some times :) The whole game system and feature are well made, you can feel a lot of passion and though has been poured in the whole concept... Classes builds, faction, morale, valor system, mercenary, capture, trading etc The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I REEALY wanted to like this game but there are so many bugs that it becomes unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has been a long time since i have so much fun with a game. Yes, it has minor bugs, but damn its good, its as if Kenshi and Age of Decadence had a child, and wartales is the uncle. Loved it so far, Keep going guys!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would never recommend this game to anyone. It is so buggy that many portions of the game are broken and bug out. I've gotten to end game because I went over the 10min time frame to return. And let me tell you, Quicksave and save scum are basically necessary to play the game. The game is so buggy that it feels like a cash grab. And it's clear the devs are too incompetent to fix the bugs. If you do not do certain main story quests and side quests in the correct order the game will bug out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had me absolutely hooked for some time. It feels like Kenshi meets a more traditional style cRPG with a load of jank. No base building, but lots of other things to do. Cons: Janky, occasionally buggy (don't try it in iron man mode), hard to get into the story because (assuming the original script is good) the translation work is bad. Pros: Expansive, varied world. Very solid real-time with pause combat system that works well and feels satisfying and beefy. Tons of enemy types, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible balancing issues, you hire a merc and all the points are put into class levels with no skills, so a lvl 11 basically has no skills but 5 levels in a couple classes. (hiring a merc should be given points to use or a respec option), while enemies have several. You could be wiping out enemy after enemy then the next 5 steps an enemy agro of death squad. Not even knowing your eminent death, like on most games a mob should have a skull and crossbones, but you can't run either because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's unplayable. Character creator is bugged where you cannot see your character and you cannot even hit start. Seen in their discord bug reports that its a bug all the way since June, looks like its not getting fixed any time soon. Shame, looked like a rough-gem game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unreal to play this game... should be pretty active and fast, but there are so many visual/movement bugs, that it is just impossible!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sandbox RPG with Kenshi vibes. Not as free as Kenshi. But not as empty and aimless as Kenshi. Main story, side quests, npcs - all is there. The world is sufficiently big and diverse. Somewhat technically junky and buggy, but I have not encountered any major issues myself. Combat is very fast, so manually controlling all the party members is a chore. But the game allows you script characters AI and it is quite deep. You can capture your enemies alive and then 'convince' them to work for you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Other than being a bug riddled mess that breaks constantly in the first few hours, it also forces you to role play a cookie cutter cynical anti theist. No middle ground dialogue options. Its boring and uninteresting. If I wanted to RP as Sam Harris, theres better options.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've read several reviews for this game saying that its too hard, maybe unforgiving, and that's true for the first couple of hours. The problem is, I suspect, a lot of the players struggling haven't played Kenshi, which also has a pretty steep early learning curve. You need to be a rat in the early game, avoiding most fights, cheesing money making opportunities, and getting fighting experience joining one-sided battles between two parties. Once you hire on some companions, or recruit story…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game once you give it a chance. there was a lot of love put into this, the longer you play the more you realize that. it has lots of features and open world stuff. It really scratches the need for fantasy open world adventure. the isekai kind or the sandbox kind. lots of class options / unlockables, lots of compainions and much more. it also has a main story that you can follow but you could easily put 100+ hours into it without really touching that too much. the minus point i give…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The bugs are something that prevented me from going back to the game plus the games feels unpolished from alot of borrowed ideas of older games, and now adding generative AI to replace drawn artworks with the promise that you wont turn it into AI slop? I can understand proper use of AI in the right context, but this reeks of just replacing assets with slop. Add an AI disclaimer to your store page, if you take that leap you better be honest with your customers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game, reminds me of unmodded Skyrim, it has issues for sure, but the free elements are there. You can skill every day skills like cooking, smithing, alchemy. Your stats increase depending on your actions, you're not limited to any class or weapon. If you have enough experience you can technically get every skill and passive. Class building and theories are so much fun, seeing what would work, what wouldn't, all the different benefits of the various elemental spells, summons etc.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a reading game, lots of reading, so if you like reading. AI generated garbage that will make millions. No Enough Money....Null
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →what is this game crap controls crap camera overall poor bugs kill this game. rant over uninstalled
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