The Viking RTS Ancestor’s Legacy is now free to play in multiplayer. You can also try out a few single-player missions for free. We will explain what exactly to expect.
What is Ancestor’s Legacy? The real-time strategy game was released in May 2018 and can now be partially played for free in the Peasant Edition.
In the paid base game, you experience a single-player story influenced by historical events of the Middle Ages. You are the leader of one of these factions:
- Vikings
- Anglo-Saxons
- Teutonic Knights
- Slavs
You guide your people from the early Middle Ages until the year 1250. Each nation offers five missions in which you raid villages, gather resources, build an army, and try to destroy your enemies in large real-time battles.
Ancestor’s Legacy aims to impress with as much historical accuracy as possible and bloody, brutal battles.
Besides the single-player campaign, you also compete against each other in multiplayer battles.
Free and Bloody Viking Battles
What is free now? You can now get the Peasant Edition of Ancestor’s Legacy for free via Steam. This version includes the following content:
- All 17 multiplayer maps from the base game are included
- You can play all four factions
- 4 single-player missions from the story campaign are also included
Basically, you now experience the multiplayer part of the strategy game for free and get a glimpse of the campaign. The trailer gives you an insight into the version:
What are the limitations? You experience most of the campaign only in the regular version, which you can purchase for 29.99 euros via Steam.
Additionally, crossplay between the two versions is not possible. So if you play the Peasant Edition, you cannot fight against players who own the standard version.
How does the game score? Ancestor’s Legacy currently has a rating of 81% from 3,430 votes (as of: March 10, 11:35 a.m.).
The ratings from the past 30 days are at 79%.
However, the player numbers according to Steamcharts leave much to be desired. In the last 30 days, the peak was only 43 concurrent players. The free Peasant Edition is expected to generate more interest and an increase in player numbers.
If you want to experience a dark and brutal real-time strategy game where Vikings meet knights, then Ancestor’s Legacy in the Peasant Edition is worth a look.
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