Game2016

Champions of Anteria™

RPGStrategy

Developer Blue Byte

Champions of Anteria is a 2016 action role-playing game for Windows. Developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft, it was released in August 2016. In October, Blue Byte released two DLC packs; The Alchemist and The Beastmaster, featuring new characters and buildings. The game tells the story of Anteria, a once-prosperous kingdom that has fallen into disarray and factionalism. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

48 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 5, 2025 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

40
Mixed

19 positive · 29 negative
95% range 27–54%

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Steam's own rating
Mixed
80 of 162 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What people are saying

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  • Steam user Steam user …5540Steam reviews · Sep 2, 2016 · 21 h played

    The game is firmly "meh". - It's pretty, following Blizzard's art style; - It tries to be funny, but isn't; - The gameplay is not overly engaging, nor exciting; - The missions quickly feel repetative; - The skill trees are not inspiring. They don't add much to the repetative combat; - The upgrades are all about enabling more upgrades, not changing the game play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7124Steam reviews · Sep 1, 2016 · 7 h played

    Try the demo to get a feel for the game. Its a pretty casual rts/rpg where you advance through a city building game. For me the major flaw of the game is the horrible level design. For example: There is a Map in which you have to destroy a strong enemy before he reaches his goal. While this is happening you get attacked by a group of 3 mobs. As soon as the last of the 3 mobs dies, a new group spawns. So after you realized that you just keep one of them alive. Another example would be a map…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5934Steam reviews · Aug 31, 2016 · 7 h played

    Having only played for two hours my review will be based on the initial impressions of the game. So far it has managed to capture my childish spirit, the game does not take itself seriously and has a somewhat shallow humoristic cover attached. Some will like it, som won´t. The game itself is a bland of RPG mixed with a bit of city building and some RTS elements, you control 3 characters from a top down view and like in Arklash Legacy they have skills to suplement one another. Sometimes you get…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9733Steam reviews · Sep 1, 2016 · 1 h played

    Just didnt do it for me sadly. I love these types of games but this one just didnt feel good to me. I enjoy city building and rpg games, so I gave this a shot. The combat in this one just feels kind of clunky. Often I would miss skill shots because my characters would freeze for a second before using them and the enemy would just straight up move out of the way of it. Now I dont mean that I 100% didnt hit anything, but it made it hard to hit multiple enemies at once because of this. Enemies…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8217Steam reviews · Jun 29, 2017 · 2 h played

    The game is fun but pre-release and for the first few patches Ubisoft was very communicative about future content plans as well as support for Ultrawide displays coming in the September patch. They never followed through with the 21:9 support and the last patch was in Oct. They've also removed many of the posts from Ubi employees discussing these topics. It really seems they've pulled the plug on future support despite saying otherwise at release.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8873Steam reviews · Sep 4, 2016 · 39 h played

    Plenty of descriptions already on here, so I'll say what I like and don't like about the game. Ups: There's a decent amount of Strategy in the different ways you can build your town, how you conquer territories, your research path and what abilities you give your heroes. That should make for some replayability. The missions are interesting tactically because you have to choose 3 heroes from 5, decide how to approach the map and what/when hero abilities and consumables get used. I like the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4573Steam reviews · Apr 29, 2017 · 1 h played

    2/8 for the voice acting of the dude... gameplay is slow and gets boring extremely fast, in fact there is not much you have to do, it feels like a game designed for mobile that was poorly ported to PC. Town building is this game's strongest point, but unfortunately that doesn't mean much as it's below mediocre. One element that could have saved the game was the humour, which worked for their previous title Epic Quest for Mighty Loot... but in this case most of the jokes are flat and someone…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9033Steam reviews · Dec 28, 2016 · 1 h played

    I wanted to like this game but I just can't. The whole game feels like a phone/tablet port. The combat is slow, all you really do is select a hero and match elements to do the most damage and let them swing/shoot away. Never got some of the heroes skills to work at all. The town building is all right. The voice acting is bad, and the jokes are even worse. The grahics are nothing special either.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3453Steam reviews · Oct 19, 2016 · 9 h played

    An interesting mix of RPG and RTS. This game had potential, but became boring really quick. I like the city building/management aspect of the game, but the part where you enter zones and fight with your heroes is really lame and repeating.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5249Steam reviews · Sep 4, 2016 · 13 h played

    It's a charming mix of RTS, MOBA style heroes, RPG character development and some limited city building. Could be deeper, but it's accessable and quick to learn. The mix of 5 heroes when you can only bring 3 to a mission combined with the craftable turrets and potions make strategic choices on mission loadouts important. Oh, and heroes can only pick 4 of up to 10 skills in their loadout -- another strategic element. I like it and recommend the game -- pick it up for sure if it goes on sale.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1739Steam reviews · May 31, 2019 · 72 h played

    Champions of Anteria is a sort of hybrid of genres involving real-time combat (sort of) and "puzzle"-based base building outside of combat. Pros: The puzzle-based nature of the base building was amusing. Combat was OK. I like the ability to choose which battles I will do. Upgrade paths for characters were OK, if uninspired. Cons: Uplay Game was way too long. By the end, I was begging for it to end. Mechanisms had become way too repetitive by end-game. Story was meh. If you try to…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7362Steam reviews · Apr 21, 2018 · 57 h played

    Initially I enjoyed it. Gets repetitive very quickly. Last boss fight is a bit ridiculous using some unknown "crystal" element (guess all that so called element strategy prep in the game gets chucked). You can only carry so many potions / healing and you cannot escape some of the attacks (very high dmg - like 1500+) so it goes from a fairly enjoyable / repetitive game to one that is frustrating that I will not finish - playing the last level is like scraping your face against shards of…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9217Steam reviews · Aug 28, 2017 · 1 h played

    I want settlers, not this piece of sh**

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  • Steam user Steam user …6191Steam reviews · Sep 7, 2016 · 40 h played

    Greetings Everyone! First of all I want to say I enjoyed this game and just recently finished the game on Normal Difficulty. Overall it is an enjoyable game that has some minor flaws and infrequent crashes. The game is comprised of three major genres: City Building, Fiction and Tactical RPG. Fiction: Largely forgettable, it tries to be funny and in some parts it is but largely it is eye rolling and simplistic fiction. I almost feel this was intention as a pun towards other RPGs but we…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5273Steam reviews · Dec 24, 2017

    Only works with UPlay and if you can't get on the game won't load. Screw UPlay. Get it off all Steam games since it causes nothing but frustrations and makes it impossible to play any their games.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9273Steam reviews · Sep 11, 2016 · 17 h played

    note: i recommend this game... however not for the price it currently has. read below for more information. I like this game. However 30 euros (the current price) is simply too expensive for what you get. Get this game on a sale for about 15 to 20 euros. That would be a reasonable price. Overall i enjoyed the game though. I wished you could do more with your town.. perhaps have a little more gear choice... more abilities/heroes..

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  • Steam user Steam user …9175Steam reviews · Apr 8, 2018 · 2 h played

    Love the visual art style, and the characters are entertaining enough. However, the games controls are by far some of the worst ive seen in a game like this. For example, using the left mouse to scroll the camera AND move your characters is just a huge brain fart design decision. Gameplay wise, the game feels like an enhanced mobile game. (not the graphics, the actual gameplay). Battle scenarios are basically "Explore a narrow path with invisible walls fighting a preset group of enemies."…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3202Steam reviews · Dec 6, 2017

    Great, Another game from "uplay" that never works! I have gettting a collection of them and none of them work. It should be called "u-won't play" uplay = won't work = waste of money

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  • Steam user Steam user …4274Steam reviews · Sep 2, 2016

    Crash to desktop, never got it to run. Steam gave me a refund.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2257Steam reviews · Dec 25, 2018 · 10 h played

    Needs Uplay to actually play the game. Looked cool, but I can't stand U-play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7315Steam reviews · Jun 25, 2017 · 2 h played

    An awesome game, with elements of RPG and an strategy map similar to the one we had in Rise of Nations, but with different kind of missions. I enjoyed it very much and I am sure I am going to play a lot more.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6252Steam reviews · Oct 2, 2016 · 12 h played

    sounded like a cute game. got real repetitive after a while.. even on the easy setting you just start losing land. I uninstalled.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0746Steam reviews · Dec 4, 2016 · 3 h played

    Preordered it, because I have been wanting a game like this for a long time... Then came the battles... they got old very quick. If you don't mind slow repetitive fighting then this is the game for you. Unfortunately, it is not for me. -1

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  • Steam user Steam user …5240Steam reviews · Mar 28, 2018 · 60 h played

    This is an amazingly addictive game! I really enjoyed playing it and have no doubt you will enjoy it too. Lots of funny dialogues. Fun soundtrack that always play the right music for the right moment. Game can be played with complete relaxation and enjoyment or in a challenging way - depending on how you choose to play. RPG style potions, magics, unique powers for each champions and completely different kinds of locations and enemies makes the game one of a kind. There's a huge skill tree…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9786Steam reviews · Jan 3, 2018 · 19 h played

    Poor ai. it just ruins the fun of the game play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0022Steam reviews · Jan 3, 2017 · 1 h played

    The game is charming in its own way, but the humor is too cartoony for me. The combat is also very bland. After the first couple of times going through, you will find yourself bored but trying to force some fun out of it. I returned the game before it was too late, thank god I played the demo. If you are looking for a city building game or an RPG, this one is a very weak version of both.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9656Steam reviews · Dec 26, 2016 · 13 h played

    Awfull game. The mix of genre seemed good at first, but it feels terrible in the end, especially the combat. It leaves me the sour taste of wasted money. Don't make the same mistake as I did.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5962Steam reviews · Dec 19, 2016 · 4 h played

    I tried this game so far only for 4 hours, passed the tutorial and started expanding my village and in nearby territories and from my first impression I would recommend this game. As the description goes it's an action game with a big component of strategy and character building. Therefore it's a mixture of different genres, but does it excel in all those? No, absolutely not. Does it mix them nicely? I believe so, so let’s analyze the different components of this game: You have a group of…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8407Steam reviews · Oct 17, 2016 · 2 h played

    Nice little RTS and RPG mix. Feels a bit like the Warcraft 3 heroes only story missions. Having fun so far. For 30 Euros nothing to complain (yet).

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  • Steam user Steam user …1552Steam reviews · Sep 4, 2016 · 33 h played

    I like it. The building part has a learning curve which makes me want to start over and play again. The combat is kind of meh for me. There is some strategy, the elements are very important. For the most part, I struggle to click my targets and AI runs the enemy and your guys around in circles far too often. There's a nice variety of missions, although some of them take a few tries before it's clear what you are supposed to do. The upgrade system is quite good and DOES change my play style…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4663Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2017 · 3 h played

    This game is a disgrace to it's predecesors. They tried to do something new that everyone else already have done and in spite of all this they still managed to do a worse job of it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5167Steam reviews · Jan 14, 2017 · 31 h played

    I nice and fun game. Not terribly complex and the "city management" portion was pretty basic, but overall it was enjoyable for the first playthrough.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7669Steam reviews · Mar 7, 2020 · 4 h played

    There are realy better games out there, the mechanics appear very repetative (Rating: 2/5)

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  • Steam user Steam user …3192Steam reviews · Mar 31, 2018 · 11 h played

    не рыба не мясо

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  • Steam user Steam user …0180Steam reviews · Jan 6, 2017 · 21 h played

    A great game with an amazingly blended RPG/RTS/Village Builder combination for the win. Only two cons I can see are the maps can get a bit repeatative and if your playing it through Steam you have to have Ubisoft UPlay (Ubisoft's version of the Steam Client) running while you play as well.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6206Steam reviews · Sep 10, 2017 · 3 h played

    good game....if without UPLAY!!!!

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  • Steam user Steam user …0702Steam reviews · Nov 25, 2016 · 6 h played

    Nice game that is mix of RPG and Strategy

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  • Steam user Steam user …3681Steam reviews · Sep 5, 2025 · 10 h played

    Ub-sh-t screams and screams about DEI, inclusivity, multiculturalism, respecting other cultures *ahem* BLACKWASHING and ERASING Japanese culture *ahem*, and yet they don't let you pick a language you WANT, they FORCE you to play with the language they ASSUME you know just because you live in a certain region. Even if I know that said language, THERE IS LITERALLY NOT A SINGLE LOGICAL AND SANE ANSWER TO WHY I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A FREEDOM OF CHOICE!!!

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  • Steam user Steam user …5552Steam reviews · May 18, 2020 · 2 h played

    The game is firmly "meh".

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  • Steam user Steam user …2848Steam reviews · Oct 25, 2016 · 35 h played

    This has nothing to do with the settlers, it's a funny mix between squad based combat (heavily focused on rock paper scissor combos) and an easy city management between the missions

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  • Steam user Steam user …7616Steam reviews · Oct 30, 2022 · 28 h played

    AI less than zero, the characters move where they want and not where you command. It is exhausting to do everything and it is absolutely not true that empowering or besieging an enemy makes it easier to defeat him.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9650Steam reviews · Jul 20, 2022 · 31 h played

    Started off with a good idea but developpers managed to royally screw up the game. Theres no sense of rpg, everything is repetative. In the end levels, you start off the map with 20 enemies, but they CONSTANTLY SPAWN IN and in the end you have to go through 200 enemies. Level that should be cleared in 5 minutes now takes an hour because you have to grind and grind through respawning enemies. NOT FUN

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  • Steam user Steam user …8552Steam reviews · Mar 23, 2022 · 3 h played

    May look fun on paper but everything this game does sucks. RTS/RPG hybrid may sound fun but this game has no RPG elements whatsoever, combat is super boring and game forces you to fight way too often. Research tree is large but if you look closer, it is full of flat bonuses. You can take gadgets that will help you in game but the amount you can take is limited which makes higher difficulties frustrating rather than challenging. Overall, zero depth, almost zero fun, slow boring fights.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4698Steam reviews · Jun 30, 2017 · 1 h played

    Humorous tactical fantasy.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6921Steam reviews · Jan 26, 2025

    a overcomplicated diabloclone ish

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  • Steam user Steam user …8946Steam reviews · Dec 4, 2019 · 18 h played

    how come the game doesn't load??? and if i try to load it via Uplay it's asking me for cd key? ------------------------ game is working again! as of July 6,2020

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  • Steam user Steam user …0000Steam reviews · Sep 19, 2016 · 15 h played

    A city builder/ party based RPG hybrid. Both aspects are very simplistic and not very fleshed out but it's worth a shot because of it's uniqueness. I finished the whole game and a lot of the missions are very repetitive but overall I enjoyed my time with this game. It's a relaxing little gem, just don't expect it to blow your mind.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9655Steam reviews · Sep 2, 2016 · 1 h played

    I liked the Demo. I liked the translation - quate good!(even female voice lost it charm - but it is not bad). Update: problem fixed. --------------- Then I stuck in battle - heroes stop responding to my commands. Kinda sucks to forfit a turn to replay same battle. I`ll wait for a patch. I have a saves that can be loaded - even 'stuck' still in saves. I have a feeling leaving a bad review will help to fix this issue.

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