Ageforge

Grow a realm from Wood to Steam and take the island, one swipe at a time. Battles run three to six minutes; the Daily Battle is the same map for everyone.

Ageforge is a real-time strategy game for one thumb, played on a small island of holds and roads. Four ages of history pass in about four minutes: your palisades become stone walls, then iron keeps, then steam foundries, and your spearmen end up with cannons.

HOW A BATTLE GOES Every hold you own musters troops. Swipe from one of your holds to another and a column sets off down the road. It fights whatever it meets, and takes the first hold you don't own if it's strong enough. You never steer a soldier: you choose where columns march, what each hold builds and when to spend gold on the next age.

• Farm: troops muster faster • Barracks: stronger troops • Market: more gold • Tower (Stone Age): defends the hold and shoots at passing columns • Workshop (Iron Age): siege columns that break forts • Foundry (Steam Age): steam columns, armoured and quick

Battles run three to six minutes against AI rivals, who age too. Pause whenever you like.

THREE FACTIONS The Hearthfolk muster faster, the River League earns more gold, and the Iron Order holds its walls longer.

THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Campaign: 40 battles across the Dawn Isles, the Highland Marches, the Steam Coast and the Ember Isles, with three stars to earn in each • Skirmish: random islands against one to three rivals • Daily Battle: the same map for everyone each day, and a streak to keep

ALSO • Portrait, one hand • Plays offline, with no account • Banners to earn with your stars; yours flies over every hold you take • In ten languages • No ads, no subscription, no tracking

WHAT'S FREE Chapter 1 of the campaign (10 battles), skirmishes against one rival, the Daily Battle and the Hearthfolk are free. The Full Realm is one purchase: Chapters 2 to 4 (30 more battles), the other two factions, and skirmishes against up to three rivals on large maps. Family Sharing included.