Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

Wage a campaign of brutal conquest in this realm-shattering real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. Command four unique factions in dynamic battles as part of a story-driven…

65 17 November 2023

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy Action Fantasy

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Frontier Developments, released 17 November 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Frontier Developments and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Cobra.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Experience the Mortal Realms brought to life in Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin, a real-time strategy game set in Games Workshop's expansive fantasy universe. Become a warlord and lead four unique factions to conquer the wild and savage Realm of Ghur in tense and tactical battles.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warhammer series

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is the 89th of 95 entries we hold in the Warhammer series. The next entry was Total War: Warhammer III - Thrones of Decay in 2024. Its critic score of 65 is almost exactly the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at 90.

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How it was received

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin launched on 17 November 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, The Finals, The Talos Principle II and Against the Storm. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, The Finals, The Talos Principle II, Against the Storm.

Cheats and codes

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