Wargroove 2
Wargroove 2
Game
Game2019
Wargroove
Developer Chucklefish
Wargroove is a turn-based tactics video game developed and published by Chucklefish. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, Windows and Xbox One on February 1, 2019, with a PlayStation 4 version released on July 23, 2019. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
331 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
60
Fresh
116 positive · 76 negative
95% range 53–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 116 | 76 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 29 | 4 | 69 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,571 of 3,178 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
61% recommend · 113 yes, 73 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (4,355 of 5,284 positive).
Players compare Wargroove to Advance Wars, with mixed feelings on its execution. [1][2][3] Many find the campaign repetitive and the turn-based gameplay slow. [4][5][6]
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- [8]
Style Over Substance I personally find Wargroove extremely aesthetically pleasing. I own the game on multiple platforms just because I love the design - the characters, the world, the units, the music, everything. I believe the game is generally pretty aware of that too, there's a lot of content centred around the visuals and the art direction the game took. For example you can grind to unlock extra artwork and …
- [5]
I've been trying to figure out how best to describe Wargroove, and I've finally settled on "Advance Wars, but annoying." Okay, so the history - I got this game when it first came out, excited to have something to fill the Advance Wars niche that Nintendo was leaving open. Played to Chapter 2-2 in the campaign; dropped it. Since then, them memories of it weren't fond, but the why was a little hazy. I'd vaguely …
- [1]
This is a bit of a mixed review. If you're looking for a score right off the bat, I'd give it like a 6/10. Buy it in a sale. Now, let me start off by saying, I am not good at tactics games. I don't pretend to be. I play them for the animations, and it's satisfying to kill enemy units. Wargroove is a bit like Advance Wars - from what I hear, never played it - in that it's armies fighting each other, rather than …
- [7]
I like this game a lot but good LORD does it piss me off. To list off everything I like about the game: - The art style is neat. - I've never played Advance Wars but from what I can see this is very similar, so if you like Advance Wars this is a good pick for you. - When you get deep into a level you get really into it mentally and it's a ton of fun. - The music is good. - The story is relatively little and …
- [2]
This was sitting at a "mostly positive" for years if I recall correctly but is now firmly in the "very positive". It does feel like a solid Famicom/Advance Wars style game to me. I don't really have complaints with it (though character voices are a bit too loud, had to turn that down in the options). The thing for me is, Symphony of War has really raised the bar for what I want out of the genre now. The …
Summarised from 34 of the 303 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
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Wargroove sits at 60% positive across 192 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Wargroove received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. The game's development cost was recouped three days after its launch.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 331 · most liked firstHi #PortfolioDay! I'm Lu, I enjoy doing everything 2D in games! I've done art for Overthrown, Moonglow Bay, Loco Motive, Wargroove, etc I'm now available for key art work, illustrations, concept art & any and all pixel art work :) ✉ E-mail: [email protected] 🖼 Portfolio: lunascimento.art
neutral · AI labelView post →Sep 14 - Nintendo Direct MegaThread - All Announcements, with Youtube Links and Release Dates!. Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecsVny3ebQ0 Announcements In order announced: * [Splatoon 3 DLC - Side Order](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Jjeko4wMs) * Spring 2024 * [Mario vs Donkey Kong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sPwqplxHXc) * Originally a GBA game * Feb 16, 2024 * [Prince of Persia - The Lost Crown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydt6Q6ajwj4) * Jan 18, 2024 *…
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi new people, I've been making games for a decade now! You can see my Art & Animation in games like Wargroove, Starbound, Kingdom Two Crowns, Witchbrook and more! I'm now working on my own game, Loco Motive - where you have to solve a murder aboard a steam train! #gamedev #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockups I made for a custom faction for Wargroove, I think they end up looking very good and mix very well with the overall game aesthetic. I still want to work on a mod for the game. #pixelart #BRart #wargroove #indiegamedev #gameart
positive · AI labelView post →Titles leaving Game Pass in 2 weeks: -We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie -Wargroove 2 -All You Need is Help
neutral · AI labelView post →You will like my indie game if you played these games: 🔫 Advanced Wars 🌳 Wargroove ♟️ War, Carcassone, Scythe or any other board game! Wishlist/Play the Demo now: store.steampowered.com/app/3172160 #indiegame #gamedev #steam #demo #strategy #turnbased
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favorite games of all time. Unfortunately, the developer Chucklefish, in their usual unprofessional fashion, silently abandoned support for this game about one year ago. This is important because the feature to upload custom content to the game's online library is broken. I am not sure if this is because Chucklefish have shut down their game's servers, or if an error/bug just appeared one day and nobody bothered to fix it - knowing the company, it could easily be either. In any case,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Any Advance Wars: Reboot Camp players up for a friendly match of Adv. Wars 2?. I play a lot of strategy games. I tried to get into Wargroove competitively a few years ago, can't say I was too successful but... I got the general gist of overall strategy games (ie: economy, economy, economy). I'm up for a couple of Adv. Wars 2 matches. The "S-tiers" seem to be banned in most competitive games (Sturm and Hatchi), while "A" tier seems to be banned more-often than not, but I'm cool with an A-tier…
neutral · AI labelView post →Getting back into the, uh...groove, of WarGroove. 😁 I stopped short of earning all stars and uncovering all secrets, because life got busy and this game takes concentration and time to play well. ♟️ Look at that pixel art! Isn't it great? 😄
positive · AI labelView post →A mediocre clone of better games. It's ok but if you haven't played Fire Emblem or Advance Wars... play that instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey o/ I finally arrived here too. I'm Simon, I'm part of @robotality.bsky.social as artist and game designer. Our games Pathway, Halfway and recently Wargroove 2. Currently we work together with Chucklefish on Witchbrook.
neutral · AI labelView post →FIVE ✋ games I’ve worked on are on the Tokyo Game Show floor today: - Astral Ascent - Wargroove 2 - Rose and Camelia - Felicity’s Door - Helvetii If you’re going to TGS today, please check them out!
neutral · AI labelView post →New Game Pass Games (and a new layout). • Wargroove 2 – September 19 • Frostpunk 2 – September 20 • Ara: History Untold – September 24 news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Open Critic Wargroove 2 Reviews 85% Top Critic Average 92% Critics Recommend.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's my second #NintendoSwitch #indiegame highlight for today! 🎮👍🏼 Game - Wargroove 2 Developer - @robotality.bsky.social Publisher - @chucklefishltd.bsky.social Release date - October 5 2023
neutral · AI labelView post →Style Over Substance I personally find Wargroove extremely aesthetically pleasing. I own the game on multiple platforms just because I love the design - the characters, the world, the units, the music, everything. I believe the game is generally pretty aware of that too, there's a lot of content centred around the visuals and the art direction the game took. For example you can grind to unlock extra artwork and lore, which is a nice touch and gives you something to work towards. But as much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a bit of a mixed review. If you're looking for a score right off the bat, I'd give it like a 6/10. Buy it in a sale. Now, let me start off by saying, I am not good at tactics games. I don't pretend to be. I play them for the animations, and it's satisfying to kill enemy units. Wargroove is a bit like Advance Wars - from what I hear, never played it - in that it's armies fighting each other, rather than individual characters. You still have individual character, but they're not really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been trying to figure out how best to describe Wargroove, and I've finally settled on "Advance Wars, but annoying." Okay, so the history - I got this game when it first came out, excited to have something to fill the Advance Wars niche that Nintendo was leaving open. Played to Chapter 2-2 in the campaign; dropped it. Since then, them memories of it weren't fond, but the why was a little hazy. I'd vaguely remembered feeling like the gameplay was slow and the balance was a little off...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#VideoGameBacklog "Wargroove" (PC, 2019) is a turn-based strategy game by @chucklefishltd.bsky.social with cute #pixelart and story. The gameplay is fairly standard, but it kept my interest and is worth giving it a shot! #indiegames
positive · AI labelView post →Very little actual strategy, more like a puzzle game. Most of the campaign missions are just you, with very limited resources, fighting excessive unit spam (clearly the devs thought up *their* way of completing a mission and that's it). I had no interest in 'S-ranking' any of the missions, because good strategy isn't about speedrunning. Got bored about halfway through the campaign and couldn't be bothered to carry on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shining Force is a classic. Basically Seva's answer to Fire Emblem. Wargroove is pretty good too. Kind of like Advance Wars, but in a more medieval fantasy setting. From an indie dev with pixel art. My only real complaint is one I have with all modern "retro pixel art" style games: the "pixels" can move by much smaller increments than themselves. I wish games that used that style would align everything, including animation, to the fake pixels. It looks kind of busy and messy imo. It doesn't…
neutral · AI labelView post →This was sitting at a "mostly positive" for years if I recall correctly but is now firmly in the "very positive". It does feel like a solid Famicom/Advance Wars style game to me. I don't really have complaints with it (though character voices are a bit too loud, had to turn that down in the options). The thing for me is, Symphony of War has really raised the bar for what I want out of the genre now. The re-arrangement of squads and progression of characters throughout the missions, in an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Niria Wars is a game inspired by Advance Wars, Wargroove and Chess. Units don't have HP, they can all take each other in one hit like chess - strategy comes in the way each unit moves & how it handles terrain! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Sadly, I cannot recommend this game, even for lovers of turn based strategy, It has quite a few issues: Horrible map designs for the campaign, they are often long drawn out slogs, and weirdly focused on pre-deployed missions Unit replenishment (healing or reinforcement) are tied to funds, you barely get any Pathing seems to be bugged, which is an issue, because some troops get bonuses based on distance travelled or terrain, it is a coinflip if they decide to follow outlined travel route or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SNAPSHOT An otherwise fun game ruined by a time-based rating mechanic OVERALL - 0 / 10 (or 7 / 10 without the time limit) PROS + fairly balanced units + a good mix of strategy + beautiful pixel art style CONS - ratings based entirely on how many rounds it took and not skill - RNG that can ruin a level with a single bad roll FULL REVIEW I was having a ton of fun with this game until I realized your post game rank was literally based on number of turns and nothing else and it completely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey hey! I'm Stefan and I work as a programmer and game designer as part of Robotality. We're a small indie studio and have made games like Wargroove 2, Pathway and Halfway. Currently I'm busy working as a gameplay programmer with Chucklefish on Witchbrook.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game Pass adds Ara: History Untold, Frostpunk 2, and Wargroove 2 in late September www.gematsu.com/2024/09/game...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wargroove | Multiplayer Update – v1.2.5 Live Now.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not strategy. It's rote memorization of the order of operations the devs want you to do. The other negative reviews were right. The thing is, Advance Wars, which this game is clearly inspired by, also has the same issue. But at least with Advance Wars it lets you get around halfway through the game before succumbing to rote memorization "difficulty". This game starts off with that right away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TODAY! Special Satyrday! 4:00 PM Pacific! Pirates! Tactics! Twitch integration (maybe)! Chucklefish sent us an EARLY COPY of Wargroove 2, just for us to share! Come join us and take an early look at the killer sequel to an extraordinary game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Loco Motive is my 'debut' game, but I've worked as a 2D Artist on titles for nearly 10 years, including Starbound, Wargroove, Kingdom Two Crowns & Witchbrook! #gamedev #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →They really need a way to speed up things in this game. Everything takes forever, which I just don't have the patience or time for. I recommend playing Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga instead. They're both similar, but it's much better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spell your username with video game titles Yakuza 0 Okami Undertale Resident Evil 8 Etrian Odyssey 4 Ace Attorney 3 WarGroove Emio: Smiling Man Super Mario Bros 2 Octopath Traveler 2 Metroid Prime Elden Ring #Blutoid #VideoGames 🎮
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming Soon to Game Pass: Ara: History Untold, Frostpunk 2, and Wargroove 2. 
neutral · AI labelView post →Very pretty visually but the game really offers little else. Each campaign mission is really just you fighting hordes of enemies because the opposing commander always has way more resources than you, they always get the stronger units first and you just get the thing that specifically counters them and does little else, so even though the game is constantly introducing new units, every scenario ends up feeling the same. Adding up to that repetitive nature, there's only two tracks during any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not necessarily a bad game, but it certainly aims to be a spiritual successor to Advance Wars, which is its biggest flaw. Wargroove is way too simple to compete with such a series. Aside from commander powers, every faction's army is identical offering no variety whatsoever. The enemy AI is also underwhelming, which makes missions repetitive rather quickly. I can see people having fun with this title, because despite what I mentioned, it's clearly polished. However, there are far better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all, stretching. The same stuff I learned back in gym class. The same stuff my soccer coaches made me do in elementary and middle school. Having a morning routine is good, but also taking a moment to stretch before physical activity helps. Whether that's working out, mowing the lawn, moving the Christmas decorations down from the attic, having sex, or whatever else. Then there is exercise. I have had a basic structure for years that I landed on in high school, and I keep changing it…
neutral · AI labelView post →Wargroove came out back when Nintendo hadn't released a new game in its Famicom Wars / Advance Wars series for nearly a decade, and was a fairly interesting new take on those games. The overall gameplay is very similar to its inspiration, with some twists and streamlining made to the Wars series gameplay. For example, the equivalent to Famicom Wars' tanks are now cavalry units, and bombers are now dragons. Each unit from the first Advance Wars game seems to have a direct counterpart in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I sure hope so because that sure is the scope and scale of game that could make a team a lot of money if reasonably budgeted and priced. Punchuin, Wargroove and Eastward specifically give me GBA vibes but I'm waiting for a Minish Cap-like with some real fire in its eyes
neutral · AI labelView post →😱 WOW! 21k people played Wargroove 2 during the Nintendo Game Trials and we want to say: THANK YOU ALL! 📢❤️ If you are considering taking it home with you, we have great news. There will be a BUNCH of sales coming up on all platforms! We'll keep you informed! 😉
neutral · AI labelView post →If someone is releasing, say, a western XCom clone and expecting Baldur’s Gate 3 level success, they might have another thing coming… Since it would have a niche audience. Like, obviously I’m not talking about games like Baldur’s Gate 3 here, I assumed that was obvious from context but I may not know what Lamplighter’s League is like! I was assuming it was more like Hard West, or Wargroove, the Fire Emblem series, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics… there’s a difference between a specific…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ragna @kimlinhtran.com Video Game: Wargroove Year: 2019 Along with Kimlinh Tran, the voice cast for this turn-based tactics game included Tamara Fritz, @shockdingo.bsky.social, @sonicmega.bsky.social, @jmarnocha.bsky.social, @elsielovelock.bsky.social, @dawnmbennett.com, and more. #Wargroove
neutral · AI labelView post →Wargroove 2 is coming to mobile! Pocket Edition fits this huge game in your palm, dropping on July 30. Writing the music for this game was a blast and I hope you enjoy it and the game! youtu.be/vgGMCcqcSgI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Did people play Wargroove 2? What did you think? Was it an improvement over the first game?
neutral · AI labelView post →Wargroove 2 is Europe’s next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial nintendoeverything.com/wargroove-2-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Why is half of this game a tutorial and half scripted fights
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game's based on the Advanced Wars game series. This said game was well thought out, was decently balanced, had decent graphics for its time (GBA), and was fun. Wargroove is pretty much the same game, with a fantasy-like dress up (they ripped off 80% of the features from AW, leaving them with 20% to actually put their own touch to it. Now, an average person, taking a finished, decent work, and writing their own name as if it were theirs. You would imagine they would use this 20%…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like it but there's like 10 tutorial missions when maybe 3 would do, and the game very heavily weights in the AI's favour
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Agreed! There are several good ones on 3DS. Advance Wars is also a great option - you can play a couple of them on 3DS with back-compatibility. Or, of the pocket can play GBA, there's those. And there are some PC games out there (although much more recent than 2005) that are in similar genres, like WarGroove or Dark Deity.
neutral · AI labelView post →⛰️ Why is this game so beautiful and plays so well, but has such a rough balance? It's simple — there is none. Always only one tactic for one map in a tactical game? Oh wow, how cool. Maybe it's "realistic", but it's not chess (or just a puzzle). Why are the limits so strict? It's a real rollercoaster, where you can easily run through several maps at S rank, because the tactics are obvious, and then get stuck on one, losing five to seven times, hours to nowhere, until you find that very linear…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today’s game(s) of the day! Working on both Wargroove games was amazing! As a kid I would literally play Advance Wars to death, and this is certainly the spiritual successor!
positive · AI labelView post →Cute game though don't go in expecting Advance Wars or else you'll end up feeling betrayed and might quit the game for multiple years after initially playing it, like me, only to still come out feeling more negative than positive about it. When viewed by itself it can be fun though it's fundamentally flawed and I honestly think I would have enjoyed it more if I had never played Advance wars. I enjoyed the coop campaign from the dlc when my wife and I played it but struggled to like the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On the surface it looks like Advance Wars but just with fantasy units. Yes, there is obviously a lot of passion in this game. I absolutely adore Advance Wars but this game did not not click at all with me. Missing Co Powers is one thing, but somehow Advance Wars just felt much more polished overall, the gameplay was just better. You might want to pick this up during a sale, it's not bad, but it ain't great either.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great successor to games like Advanced Wars. I would recommend it to anyone who likes strategy games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →According to the achievements, ~50% of players haven't made it past the first area. I can definitely see why.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow the real true Game of the Year award is such a hard choice this year! - Friends vs Friends - Wargroove 2 - Small Saga Such an interesting and unbiased assortment of games to choose for Game of the Year!
neutral · AI labelView post →[Steam] Wargroove (Closed). So I've won a couple of games here and I wanted to give back to the community. I looked into my Humble Bundle Account and found a key for Wargroove that I have not redeemed. So pick a number from 1-100 and I'll pick a winner after 24 hours. I'm not sure if the key is region locked though and I apologize in advance if you can't redeem the key. In any case, good luck everyone!
neutral · AI labelView post →a truly fine "Advance Wars" clone. very welcome to see on PC, and it really works nicely. however it's plagued by a disease like so, so many games these days: a sense of humor. or "humor". like many / most devs, these talented designers thought their writing was absolute gold, so injected their game full of it. problem is, it's not a comedy point-and-click adventure, it's a simple and straight-forward Advanced Wars tactical game. so when you want to be strategizing, first the characters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game a lot but good LORD does it piss me off. To list off everything I like about the game: - The art style is neat. - I've never played Advance Wars but from what I can see this is very similar, so if you like Advance Wars this is a good pick for you. - When you get deep into a level you get really into it mentally and it's a ton of fun. - The music is good. - The story is relatively little and therefore doesn't get in the way of the gameplay. It also isn't *entirely* without…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Initially was thrilled to do this game for doing turned based tactics, I wouldn't recommend this game at full price though. It felt more like a chore not in a thinking capacity but mindless repetition if because I didn't find myself caring for the story and there wasn't really incentive to do s rank clears since it seemed the same regardless.
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