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Armello
Developer League of Geeks
Armello is a 2015 digital role-playing strategy board game developed by League of Geeks. Announced as an iPad title in September 2012, the game has been in development since mid-2011, with music by composers Lisa Gerrard and Michael Allen. Between April and May 2014, a successful Kickstarter campaign was started to help fund a port to Microsoft Windows as well as stretch goals to bring the game to Android and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
356 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
138 positive · 44 negative
95% range 69–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 138 | 44 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 51 | 3 | 96 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 1 | 8 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
6,951 of 8,479 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 133 yes, 45 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 178 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (13,151 of 16,070 positive).
Players praise the game's beautiful art, music, and board game feel. [1][2][3] Many note the game is best enjoyed with friends due to a dead online community. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize the game's bugs, lack of support, and poor AI. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
Really enjoy this game. Have come back to it many times over the years, but more as a distraction than a committed timesink. Can't recommend. Game is dead. You're lucky to get 1 group of 4 people in the middle of the day(in American timezones) and never will any other time(even in the game's home of Australia). It's a 10 year old indie game, so unless its name is "Terraria", it can't really be expected to have much …
- [2]
Armello feels like someone mixed a tabletop board game with a fantasy RPG and somehow made it work. Every match is a mix of strategy, RNG, politics, and betrayal, which makes even losing entertaining sometimes. The art style and soundtrack are gorgeous, and each character has enough personality to make experimenting with different playstyles fun. Matches can drag a little with bad luck, but overall it’s a really …
- [4]
Great Game, Dead Online Armello is an amazing and unique game with beautiful art and solid mechanics. It’s genuinely fun and well designed. Unfortunately, online matchmaking is basically unplayable. If you don’t have friends to play with, it’s a rough experience. That said, if you have three other friends, I definitely recommend this game. It shines in private matches.
- [7]
This game is really fun and I always have a good time playing it with my friends. The big issue with the game is that the game is INCREDIBLY buggy and some features like reconnecting to a friends match just fails to work, along with not being able to connect to matches, open up your gained chests ect... It's very unfortunate because this game is soooo good. With some workshop support and bug fixing by the devs it …
- [1]
Armello is one of the most successful indie games funded entirely by public funds, marking an era within independent development in the mid-2010s. Nowadays, the game hasn't aged—at least not much; the art, music, and creative/artistic direction remain among the best seen in decades for a game of its genre. The stories, written by author Alex Kain, are not only free in the in-game store but are also incredible at …
Summarised from 34 of the 310 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
75% of the 178 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Armello. The complaint that keeps coming up: dead online matchmaking. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to Metacritic, Armello has received "generally favourable" reviews on Windows, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and "mixed or average" reviews on PlayStation 4 and iOS. GameSpot awarded the game 8 out of 10, commenting that while it could use some "fine tuning", it remains "one of the best virtual board game experiences available." PlayStation LifeStyle also awarded the game 8 out of 10, saying "It's a well-balanced and good-looking experience that shows originality is still possible in a format that's centuries old." IGN was less positive, presenting it with a score of 5.6 out of 10, saying "Armello makes a great first impression, but it has a bad habit of making you feel like you're…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 356 · most liked firstThe Armello TTRPG game has ended, so now we're gonna play the TTRPG Tales of Myriad. So I made a Froglin Performer named Hoppa! Hope you guys like them as much as I do! 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →My take on Horace, the Iron Poet, from the game Armello, training outside on a hot day. The in-game model's fur pattern differs from the official art, and much of his fur is covered by armor anyway, so I just did my best!
neutral · AI labelView post →Illustration I made for the Armello Board Game, from last year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Old Patreon piece featuring... Mercurio from Armello There is a lot of eye candy in that game 😭 #R34 #Armello
neutral · AI labelView post →You should play Armello with me. It will be a normal game, where I will be normal.
positive · AI labelView post →[CLOSED] [STEAM] Christmas Steam Key Giveaway -- Part 1. I have amassed lots of extra Steam keys (some games I already have, some I'm just not interested in). I will keep adding to this list over the holidays, trying to get them to people who might use them. Note: I realize that I have many, many games available, and sometimes multiple keys for a game title, so you can request up to 5 games (in 1 message, please!) and at the end of the day I will allocate keys (randomly selecting if there…
neutral · AI labelView post →NOBODY’s safe from Joline Ravers in the squared circle. Don’t matter if it’s some babyfaced rookie, prizefighter, wannabe champ- It’s all the same bagwork to Big J. This “Butcher Baronness” Griotte? Fresh meat for the mitts. (Griotte from the game Armello) (Art’s from @sheeppizza2.bsky.social!)
neutral · AI labelView post →03 - Mercurio The Grinning Blade Let's have a rat. I need a lot more practice with rats... I haven't played Armello yet, but it is on my plans, looks like fun. This entirely fair and trustworthy fine gentleman was suggested by Knightfall.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yordana appreciation post ♥️ My favorite old bear crone from Armello, a game I will always hold dear in my heart 🙏
positive · AI labelView post →River, Champion of the Wolf Clan from the game Armello, which recently had its 10th anniversary.
neutral · AI labelView post →Once upon a time, during the dark times, I made a physical version of #Armello. It remains a life goal to actually play it one day, even though it would probably be a slog to do without some serious concessions.
neutral · AI labelView post →Brun here spent a whole game of Armello filled to the brim with corruption and getting bullied. I innocently set him on fire, and he immediately tore a potential victory out from under me. Jokes on him, I'm gonna write about him inflating and popping to get revenge!!! >:C
neutral · AI labelView post →After losing his barkskin armor and leaving him slightly vulnerable. The fight for the crown can wait for a few turns, can't it? Commission, of my sona as Ghor from the game Armello, from the awesome @onebigbeaw.bsky.social !!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Reposting some of my old Armello art because aaaa, thinking of the game again and how much I like some of the characters there 😳👉👈
positive · AI labelView post →I put it in the alt text but I just wanted to say that this artwork wouldn’t have existed without BYGZGZ who commissioned their fav game bear ;) as I’ve never played Armello myself
neutral · AI labelView post →The game itself is great, but why on earth the system around it is designed like that? 1. Nothing to do while match making and need to be quick to click "Ready" I have been playing this game on mobile for a good few years, and I can't fathom why on earth the mobile version allow single player play while waiting, but in better, prettier PC version, I have to stare at match making menu. When 4 players are finally matched together, everyone have 30 seconds to "accept" their match invitation.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gonna receive my Armello board game very soon aaaaaa, so excited 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →Oh do gifs work here? This was one of the many cards I painted and animated for Armello a really cool digital board game, I learnt so so so much on this game. This card was called “bubble tea” #illustration #gamedev #animation #art
neutral · AI labelView post →"Yield." Magna the Unbreakable, from Armello! Need to get back into playing that game, the character design is peak #Armello #Gooart #Furry #Magna
positive · AI labelView post →I don't like Armello much because the game feels like it's built from stem to stern to piss me off but holy shit Griotte is so fucking hot dude
neutral · AI labelView post →NEVERMIND THIS GAME SUCKS SWAPPING TO ARMELLO
negative · AI labelView post →What in the Armello but only needing one copy of the game to play with friends, DnD, furry GAME IS THIS How did a Furry game escape my radar?? Do any of you folk own this yet? tried it? I might want to get my paws on this 👀 Sunderfolk Im watching u
neutral · AI labelView post →Really enjoy this game. Have come back to it many times over the years, but more as a distraction than a committed timesink. Can't recommend. Game is dead. You're lucky to get 1 group of 4 people in the middle of the day(in American timezones) and never will any other time(even in the game's home of Australia). It's a 10 year old indie game, so unless its name is "Terraria", it can't really be expected to have much of a multiplayer scene these days to be fair. But the singleplayer not only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I miss doing 4 player Armello with friends aaaaaa, that game means so much go mee 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →'strategy' that easily gets completely derailed and unplayable because of random map and trash AI programming, fun with friends, but the AI is abhorrently set to target players primarily, they don't complete their own objectives at all
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long ago when I still played Armello I drew this small gif and uploaded it to the Steam community as an artwork with the title "That's it, that's the game". Also, unrelated, I always thought it was funny that the priest character was the best for evil routes. Originally posted in august 2018.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gosh I love Armello I wanna talk about Armello and squeeze many waifus of that game aaaaa 😳
positive · AI labelView post →The moment I realized Armello was an incredible game was when I used a banish spell in myself as a replacement for teleport
positive · AI labelView post →25 bucks for a game which servers are so frail you're guaranteed to never be able to actually learn how to play a good game online. Truly I struggle to understand why Armello has been abandoned in such a state of non functionality, several UI issues, connection issues out of the wazoo. And the game is still 25 bucks. With an extra ten for three different DLCs each. The game itself can be very fun to play, but it by all means not worth purchasing in this state (in which it is going to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't recommend, despite the amount of hours and items possessed, as the current state is unplayable. It is a fun game when played with friends, though it does have issues with investment versus backstabbery. It hits a sweet spot where the amount of time in a game can make someone going through a bad turn swear an oath to prevent someone else from moving forward. The RNG can put all your quests on furthest ends of the map and your rolls can be with max odds and still fail. Finally, the way to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We're live today with our dear friend @shadowdragonclaw.bsky.social ! Going to play some Armello and eat some animals. Or befriend them? I can't remember how this game works. But it has animals! Live Now: 🔴 www.twitch.tv/kyllier #Armello | #Vtuber | #BoardGame | #Tabletop
neutral · AI labelView post →I forgot that Armello is a good game and also how infinitely fuckable River is omg
positive · AI labelView post →Armello is one of the most successful indie games funded entirely by public funds, marking an era within independent development in the mid-2010s. Nowadays, the game hasn't aged—at least not much; the art, music, and creative/artistic direction remain among the best seen in decades for a game of its genre. The stories, written by author Alex Kain, are not only free in the in-game store but are also incredible at explaining the lore behind the four main clans. However, behind the world's epic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Vore art of that old Armello game! Long overdue… Scarlet usually gets one over on River due to her trickery, but every so often, the wolf gets lucky!
neutral · AI labelView post →In light of finally receiving Armello: The Board Game, here are two pieces of fanart I've commissioned from @jlarkstories.com featuring myself and my friends @fenradwulfrath.bsky.social, @douglascorgi.bsky.social, and @cosmoscoyote.bsky.social!
neutral · AI labelView post →STREAMING TONIGHT AT 9PM EASTERN ‼️ It's about to get heated. @marxfifty.bsky.social and I got @fatgrosskitty.bsky.social and @cleanplague.bsky.social on for a game of ARMELLO! Who will win...who will get the angriest...who will pick the sexiest character... FIND OUT AT twitch.tv/SilverKingOtter
neutral · AI labelView post →We had a good run heroes. Armello was once one of the most beautiful tabletop board games around. It was amazing. Yet, a decade later, it’s a shadow of its former self. The game suffers from poorly optimized DLC characters, and the developers have abandoned the project entirely. Community feedback was never addressed, leaving persistent issues like client-side information vulnerable to basic Cheat Engine abuse. As a result, players inflate their stats, freeze the game, or quit after a bad…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had the privilege of working as a writer on OG Armello and the one thing everyone was asked was "real board game when?" Well... RIGHT NOW. It smashed its funding goal before I could even wake up yesterday, and now they're nearing TEN TIMES that amount. www.kickstarter.com/projects/and...
positive · AI labelView post →Working on the board game version of Armello... 🦁 www.kotcgames.com/armello
neutral · AI labelView post →It hurts me a lot to put a negative review on this game, because it is genuinely very fun with friends; the art, the music, the characters, the general balance, it's all very enjoyable. What pushes me to put a negative review after so many hours tho is the lack of support this game gets, AKA none. I don't mind not finding players online because we always play as a group of 4 friends, but there's been an increased in bugs that makes the game downright unplayable. Few years back we would get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Armello feels like someone mixed a tabletop board game with a fantasy RPG and somehow made it work. Every match is a mix of strategy, RNG, politics, and betrayal, which makes even losing entertaining sometimes. The art style and soundtrack are gorgeous, and each character has enough personality to make experimenting with different playstyles fun. Matches can drag a little with bad luck, but overall it’s a really unique multiplayer game that deserves more attention.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Commission for Snow on discord! Thanks for the support~ Wallpaper art of Twiss from the game #Armello! Have ya'll ever played? She looks like such a fun chara! This one was mainly a challenge of my knowledge of colors 😅✨ I'm very happy with how it turned out! #art #digitalart #artcomm
neutral · AI labelView post →Sunday Game day! Today is Armello, based on the video game of the same name. It’s always silly to me when they make a digital board game and then an analog version of it, but much like Slay the Spire (analog) it is very much it’s own thing and is VERY good!
positive · AI labelView post →First game of ARMELLO this afternoon - my kid tapped out after 90 minutes (long games are a hard sell for them) but L and I got through 3 hours and came close to finishing. I don’t think anything here is surprising or innovative but in the cards/dice adventure space it works well for me!
neutral · AI labelView post →Armello is a great game. I feel like they could have made bank if they made a ttrpg for it, or like, a 5e sourcebook god forbid
positive · AI labelView post →Where are all the games featuring skunks as playable characters?. There's like a thousand games where there's a playable cat, fox, dog, and/or bird, or an anthropomorphic version of such - either as the main character, or a playable one in a funny animal roster. But for skunks I don't see any major new titles coming out as such. I know of Punky Skunk from 1990s, and Pine Seekers from 2010s which has skunks as the main playable characters, but not much else. Tooth and Tail also had a skunk…
neutral · AI labelView post →Armello announces a physical board game version, designed by Rob Heinsoo of D&D 4th Edition and 13th Age fame. Looks like a very faithful adaptation of the digital version and will crowdfund on Kickstarter in Q1 2024
neutral · AI labelView post →Game still crashes every time. That combined with the inability to rejoin games in progress makes this game unplayable. DO NOT BUY!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly? Out of all of the tabletop games I've ever played? This game has consistently earned nothing but my sheer contempt and hatred. How this game ever released from beta in this horrid state is beyond my comprehension. The game balance is awful--like the entire game is RNG-based and after playing like 10 games in a row where you tend to lose 90% of all contests? Perils are just death. Period. Unless you're playing one of the 'meta' heroes, don't even bother. The Stranger? Sorry,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, that's Player Level 100 reached in Armello. Also have all achievements/obtainable dice/amulets/rings and all Heroes at Level 10. I can now finally play the game without "efficiency waste".
neutral · AI labelView post →I've recently got back into playing Armello lately. I guess a game about overthrowing a tyrannical leader just seems really appeasing to me these days.
positive · AI labelView post →For a game that's so fun to play with friends and requires very little investment to set a session up, it's incredibly disappointing to see that this game has become abandonware. We had about a dozen games before bugs and problems that have been left unaddressed due to lack of maintenance made this unplayable for us. This really feels like a great game that's been left to rust away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →👎Fun game, but don't pick it up in currentyear. The servers are still up, but there are very few players, it's been buggy for years, you can't reconnect to a game if there's an issue, and development has [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/290340/discussions/0/3467225783136531505/]officially ended as of 2022.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing Armello the board game with the crew!!! @cardboardontap.bsky.social 🎲 www.twitch.tv/Cardboardontap
neutral · AI labelView post →New board game get! #Armello
neutral · AI labelView post →Got a two things in today! First, the Collectors Edition of the Armello Board Game finally came in! I was a backer back in 2024, and due to Geopolitical shit, the game had multiple delays till now! I'm excited to play this when time allows!
neutral · AI labelView post →Got back from the beach to a surprise Armello board game!
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is allergic to giving you information. Obscuring visuals, tons of stealth, hidden opponent quests, hidden perils, hidden opponent hands, information buried the depths of the UI; you name it, this game goes out of its way to hide it. Hidden information in games is a perfectly legitimate game mechanic, of course, but the problem here is that 'hiding stuff' goes from being an interesting mechanic to an intrusive theme that permeates this whole game like the Rot. You can't even tell at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, cute, and very pleasing to the eye. I love playing this game - especially without timers. no stress, just serotonin
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Armello board game by Quillsilver is looking absolutely PHENOMENAL. There'll be a crowdfund soon, and I cannot wait to support them.
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