Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

See Hyrule 100 years before the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game and experience the events of the Great Calamity. Join the struggle that brought Hyrule to its knees. Learn more about Zelda, the four…

80 19 November 2020

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Strategy Action Fantasy

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 19 November 2020 on Nintendo Switch.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2020. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story begins 100 years before the events in the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game. A young soldier named Link is asked to guard Princess Zelda. Impa, Zelda, and Link are shown. Link stands alongside the champions of Hyrule. They travel with Impa to four different regions to recruit mighty champions to help defend Hyrule against an impending attack from Calamity Ganon.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 1 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is the 115th of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. The next entry was Nintendo Hearts Fun Trivia Quiz in 2020. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points below the series average of 86. The highest-rated entry is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past at 100.

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How it was received

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 72 votes.

What it launched against

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity launched on 19 November 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

Cheats and codes

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