Songs of Steel: Hispania
Meteorbyte Studios · 2024 · Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical RPG, 2D
PC
Positive91% · 47
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About Songs of Steel: Hispania
Lead your people to victory and make history: Relive the confrontation that took place, from 153 BC to 133 BC, between the relentless Roman Republic and the brave Celtiberian people of Numantia.
Choose your side and immerse yourself in a system of classic combat strategy and tactics mechanics based on positioning, flanking, and covering, in-battle missions, and decision-making, through battles and cinematic with powerful hand-drawn illustrations.
Manage your resources and skilfully mobilize your troops in challenging settings, from dense forests to ancient cities and majestic mountains, taking advantage of the environment and weather to defeat far more powerful armies.
Every choice you make will resonate in the narrative. Face moral dilemmas, make political decisions, and guide your people into an uncertain future.
Explore this war event through hand-made illustrations, capturing the beauty and brutality of the time. Each stroke will immerse you more in the past, making you feel the intensity of each battle and the emotional burden of each choice.
Meet great figures of the Numantia War such as the great Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio and the fierce Celtiberian warriors Rhetogenes, Megara, Ambo, and Leuco, who played a fundamental role in a turbulent era of conquests and wars. His legacy and decisions will accompany you as you enter a world full of challenges and change. Are you ready to follow in his footsteps and become part of Hispania’s history?
Choose your side and immerse yourself in a system of classic combat strategy and tactics mechanics based on positioning, flanking, and covering, in-battle missions, and decision-making, through battles and cinematic with powerful hand-drawn illustrations.
Manage your resources and skilfully mobilize your troops in challenging settings, from dense forests to ancient cities and majestic mountains, taking advantage of the environment and weather to defeat far more powerful armies.
Every choice you make will resonate in the narrative. Face moral dilemmas, make political decisions, and guide your people into an uncertain future.
Explore this war event through hand-made illustrations, capturing the beauty and brutality of the time. Each stroke will immerse you more in the past, making you feel the intensity of each battle and the emotional burden of each choice.
Meet great figures of the Numantia War such as the great Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio and the fierce Celtiberian warriors Rhetogenes, Megara, Ambo, and Leuco, who played a fundamental role in a turbulent era of conquests and wars. His legacy and decisions will accompany you as you enter a world full of challenges and change. Are you ready to follow in his footsteps and become part of Hispania’s history?
- Live historical confrontations and forge new paths with two full campaigns to choose from, featuring battles and historical figures from a war that lasted two decades.
- Experience the intensity of decision-making and its impact on combat and history. In-battle missions are a real challenge, where objectives can change in the blink of an eye. Prepare to adapt and make crucial strategic decisions in real-time.
- Strategy for everyone, from beginners to veterans. Immerse yourself in a strategic combat system that perfectly balances tactical depth with universal accessibility.
- Experience a complete combat system based on positioning, flanking, and covering as you face challenging scenarios, from dense forests to ancient cities and majestic mountains.
- With each battle, your units will evolve, improving their skills and acquiring new ones to strengthen your army. Outside the battlefield, wisely manage your resources to upgrade your troops' equipment—key to surviving one more day of war.
- Use every resource at your disposal to defeat armies bigger than your own; in "Songs of Steel: Hispania", your strategic skill is the key to success.
- Meet historical figures such as Rhetogenes, Scipio, Megara, Ambo and Leuco with hand-drawn illustrations that capture the beauty and brutality of that era.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
All achievements achieved in under 30 hours, review time. Neat and sweet game that kind of reminds me of Expeditions: Rome, but shorter and more grounded in historical reality. Story is short, yes, but still sufficient to get me immersed (and also serve as a mini history appetiser for those who don't know about it, though if you're buying a Rome game you probably already know the history). Combat involves very little RNG; you hit your enemy, you deal damage. You fight on rough terrain or low ground, you get penalties. You flank an enemy, you deal more damage. Your missile troops have obscured line of sight, they deal less damage. No 50% chance to miss at literal hugging distance because you didn't luck out on dice rolls. The hand drawn graphics are charming. Soundtrack is wonderful and deserves its own paragraph. The English narration sounded awfully familiar, until the credits showed that it was done by Guy Michaels who also sometimes does narration for the Kings and Generals channel, so if you've watched K&G you might like the narration. Conclusion: game good deserves more attention, buy if you are a Rome enjoyer, soundtrack amazing go listen to it.3 found this helpful
The creators of this game attempted to create a strategy game with some verisimilitude vis-a-vis the Roman conquest of Spain. There were fun parts to this game - but I can't recommend it for two major reasons. First, numerous bugs - I can no longer progress my campaign because of crashes after I complete a side mission in Chapter X. The second is more nuanced: there are issues concerning the depictions of the Romans and the Celts. Playing as the Romans, one gets a glimpse into the difficulties of the campaign, the real loss of war, and a challenge to the myth of Roman hegemony in battle. All of that is to be praised. That being said, following certain romantic, post-Roman notions concerning the siege of Numantia, the game breaks down at least in the Roman campaign - the Celts are far more numerous and powerful than their battle-hardened Roman adversaries to the point of breaking the verisimilitude towards which the devs aimed. Celtic skirmisher units or basic infantry take down Triarii simply because they are "ferocious Celts." Celtic heroes abound and have special abilities that the Roman units do not have. Rather than commend the player for making use of combined arms warfare, on…3 found this helpful
Game looks to be excellent for the time period. It is a little bit difficult properly viewing the terrain at first. However once you get a feel for it. This is absolutely is great buy for Roman warfare and unit upgrades!1 found this helpful
Fun tactical turn based game
Needs to offer more content and freedom for how you field your armies. The Celt campaign was definitely way easier, confirming that the Romans were getting hamstrung badly by rule limitations and constantly unfavorable scenarios. I hope they make a sequel, and if they do, they let me just field whatever units I want, and let them perma-die because there are so many feeble and useless ones that clutter up your ranks. Otherwise this was a fun and addictive distraction.
Short: I don't normally go for linear games, but treat this one as an engaging, challenging (if somewhat rough around the edges in terms of gameplay - although that gives extra charm). Graphics: A+ Gameplay: B+ Immersion and Music: A
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