How many people are playing Battle for Wesnoth right now?

140 people are playing Battle for Wesnoth on Steam right now, making it the 1808th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 222 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Battle for Wesnoth's all-time peak player count?

Battle for Wesnoth's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 1,020, reached in May 2018.

Is Battle for Wesnoth good? What do Steam reviews say?

94% of 6,055 Steam user reviews are positive (Very Positive).

How much does Battle for Wesnoth cost on Steam?

Battle for Wesnoth is free to play on Steam.

Does Battle for Wesnoth work on Steam Deck?

Battle for Wesnoth is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Battle for Wesnoth

by The Battle for Wesnoth Project · published by Wesnoth Inc. · Released May 2, 2018

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Platinum

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Players now

#1,808

140

▼ 13.6%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

94% positive

Very Positive6,055 reviews

Owners (est.)500K–1M

24h peak

222

Highest seen1,020

May 20188.5 years ago

Price on Steam

Free

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Players -13.6% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 13:05 UTC · tracking since 2018-05-01

Concurrent players

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Reviews

94% positive of 6,055 · Very Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Controller glyphs do not match deck device
✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant

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Patches & builds

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Aug 18, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC
Build 24804200the current build when we started tracking710 MB on Windows

Betas and other versions (1)

Oct 22, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC
1.19 · build 26145667
Development release

Patch notes

Nov 19, 2025
PatchWesnoth 1.19.18
Campaigns Dusk of Dawn Added to mainline. This is a new troll campaign. 4 scenarios, novice level. Heir to the Throne Add new "Heir to the Throne" revision to mainline. Rename existing HttT campaign to "Heir to the Throne, Classic" Merge "Battle Training" into…
Nov 2, 2025
PatchWesnoth 1.19.17
Editor Move items/unit/labels when map is resized Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Czech, Polish, Spanish Units Sergeant: Crossbow damage changed from 4-3 to 6-2 Lieutenant: Crossbow damage changed from 5-3 to 7-2 General: Crossbow …
Sep 25, 2025
PatchWesnoth 1.19.16
Campaigns Liberty Changed some of Maddock's dialogue to stay consistent with The Deceiver's Gambit. Difficulty scaling now follows the same pattern as the other beginner campaigns: 1x enemies, 2x enemies, 3x enemies. Use the new Elensefar map from the revised …
Aug 25, 2025
PatchWesnoth 1.19.15
Lua API Toggle panel now have the event handler `on_double_click`. If set, it will be fired when the user left double clicks on that widget. For other widgets, they can be wrapped inside a toggle panel for this to work. Translations Updated translations: Ancie…
Jun 23, 2025
PatchWesnoth 1.19.13
Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Czech, Italian Units Added Dune Rover attack, defend, and standing animations User interface Fixed sidebar unit tooltip no longer taking damage resistances into account Fixed the progress bar for sub…
Jun 2, 2025
Patch1.19.12 (Beta)
Add-ons client Fixed downloading an add-on causing a crash. Campaigns Son of the Black Eye S15: improved AI behavior. The Deceiver’s Gambit Easy and Normal difficulties are now more challenging Delfador now references Elende's prophecy much more in Part II Num…

Other news (14)

Sep 25, 2026
Wesnoth 1.19.28
Campaigns Heir to the Throne S43 Cliffs of Thoria: greatly reduced the influence of randomness on Drake spawns. Drakes now spawn before Lisar's turn, not between Lisar's and Konrad's. S50 The Battle for Wesnoth: AI-controlled Li'sar is less likely to get caugh…
Aug 18, 2026
Wesnoth 1.19.27
IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this version. Additionally, due to the nature of the vulnerability, ve…
Aug 18, 2026
Wesnoth 1.18.8
IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this version. Additionally, due to the nature of the vulnerability, ve…
Aug 11, 2026
Wesnoth 1.19.26
Campaigns Of Pearls and Pirates Don’t show the tutorial hint about save-loading when Biased RNG is active S05 "Lady Maudie": fixed Fireships being healable. The Deceivers Gambit Fix missing siphon attack sound, which would cause a crash anytime the attack was …
Jun 28, 2026
Wesnoth 1.19.25
Campaigns Heir to the Throne S01 "The Elves Besieged": reduced starting gold, but added gold pickups near enemy keeps. Added more swamp hexes. S03 "Blackwater Port": added a secondary, coastal entry point for this scenario, so Konrad can make better use of Mer…
May 24, 2026
Wesnoth 1.19.24
Campaigns The South Guard S04 "Choice in the Fog": both choices should now be more similar in difficulty S06a "Vengeance": increased the survival turns, but decreased initial enemy gold/units. Heir to the Throne S07 "Muff Malal's Peninsula": fixed incorrect po…

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History

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Review score: 94% on 2026-11-01 → 94% today (6,055 reviews)

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