Battle Poet

Battle Poet

Jesse Calder · November 1, 2024 · Strategy, Roguelike, Turn-Based, Replay Value, Turn-Based Strategy

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Battle Poet is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Battle Poet

Demons have come from the north.

You are Yutai, an acolyte of the Holy Men. When monsters descend on your village and the blades of warriors are found useless against them, the responsibility falls on you to go to the Holy Mountain and defeat them using the only weapon they fear; poetry.

Become a Battle Poet


Mix and match lines of poetry strategically to defeat your enemies. Every line has a unique effect, and the poems you create with them are up to you.

Overcome Ever-Changing Dangers


Every attempt to reach the mountain's summit plays differently. The enemies you face, the poetry lines you choose from, and the characters you interact with will change every playthrough.

Reclaim the Holy Mountain


Cleanse the mountain from the Yokani, demons who have corrupted its holy places, encountering characters from the world of Idaris on your journey.

Discover a Labour of Love


Created entirely by a single person, Battle Poet has been hand-crafted with a love of mythology, poetry, and roguelike games.

Battle Poet — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 27, 2026
I love the style of this game. The combat is quite easy to understand (if a bit confusing on order?), though I constantly fail and falter. Runs perfectly on a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Windows 11 Laptop.
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Recommended May 27, 2025
6/10 CCG in poetry setting TLDR: the unusual "citing of poems" setting might feel too abstract for a comprehensible TBS/CCG. But one has to admit it's a fresh idea. You have to be both the "math" and the "poetry" type to enjoy this, which I guess is a rare combo Good: + unique setting where "attacks" are lines of a poem that influence your character's stats and inflict damage to "spiritual" enemies + minimalistic grayscale presentation resembles traditional Chinese/Japanese illustrations So-so: +/- the setting is so abstract that it's hard to get into the game. It seems that the narrative here is bound in Asian mythology/religions(?) so it's all kinda opaque to a European player like myself +/- tutorial isn't clear enough. Maybe it should have been more technical- and less narrative-centered Bad: - nothing [table][tr][th][i]I'm a Steam curator, you can [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43946907-Friendly-Nerd/]follow me[/url][/i][/th][/tr][/table]
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Recommended Jan 1, 2025
Great little free rogue-lite game. Uses lines of poems instead of cards. As you move through the story your "deck" of poetic lines expand. There is an actual story and lore as you progress which was a nice surprise. It was not obvious at first. I actually am very interested in more world lore and seeing this expand to something more. Great "freebie" if you like rogue-lites and lore to go with your playing. Only negative feedback I have is this: It took me few runs to figure out the difference between the two stances in your opening move. The tutorial wasn't clear on them really. Once I got that I was able to effectively build my poems and enjoy the game a lot more.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 4, 2026
Truth be told, i was constantly tageting myself to observe how the combat works out, i was wrong i guess. I wholeheartedly admire, encourage and support such games.Highly recommended.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 27, 2024
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Recommended Nov 1, 2024
The art style is awesome, it reminds me of the dream sequence in the beginning of Kung fu panda 1 (if you can do somethign with that), the soundtrack is very zen and relaxing, the "combat" is interesting and engaging and very strategic overall 9.5/10 (i have played two runs)
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