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Wintermoor Tactics Club
Developer EVC Games
Wintermoor Tactics Club is a tactical role-playing game developed by EVC Games and published by Versus Evil in 2020. Gameplay combines elements of turn-based tactics and visual novels as players attempt to save a high school club from being disbanded. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
211 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
163 positive · 28 negative
95% range 80–90%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 163 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
406 of 448 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 163 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 192 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (576 of 654 positive).
Players praise the game's charming story, characters, and art style. [1][2][3] Some find the tactical combat too simple or easy. [4][5][6] The game is often described as a visual novel with light tactics. [7][8][9]
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- [8]
TL;DR Wintermoor is a visual novel with acceptable puzzles that masquerades as a tactics rpg and a less then stellar story that ultimately undermines and lessen the experience. Wintermoor Tactics Club is not a horrible game just from the gameplay. But it's selling itself as a tactics rpg when it's more so puzzles structured like a tactics rpg. You don't level up or become better, you simply equip a few pieces of …
- [2]
What a game, absolute sleeper hit for me. You can complete this game in one sitting. In 10 hours I 100% the game including achievements. This game has an incredible amount of charm, likeable characters and a surprisingly engaging story. If you like story rich feel good games you can blow through in a weekend, Then you should play this. All you need to do to decide if this game is for you is to look at the negative …
- [3]
An excellent game. Its strengths are its humor, its plotting, and its diversity. The gameplay is a little on the easy side, but that's in keeping with the relaxed and fun nature of the game itself. If you'd like to spend a pleasant day or two in a fantasy school world, I can't recommend anything more than this. I really did laugh and cry.
- [4]
Pros: - Great character writing and story. Feels like a family movie in all the best ways. - Decent tactical gameplay with some replay value - Engaging sidequests and non-tactical gameplay - Could be a good introduction to turn-based tactics as a genre Cons: - Low tactical depth. I'd compare this to Tactical Breach Wizards or, to a lesser extent, Into the Breach in how it plays, but the game is much less complex …
- [1]
I don't think it's actually a polarizing game, and yet I'm weirdly polarized by it. Wintermoor Tactics Club is a loosely dnd themed trpg puzzle game. It's mostly cozy and low stakes with a wild escalation in the final act, and overall feels like a playable Faith Erin Hicks comic. The characters are kind of caricature-y, kind of fleshed, and there's a lot of warm humor that lands only occasionally, but the art and …
Summarised from 34 of the 212 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
85% of the 192 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Wintermoor Tactics Club. The complaint that keeps coming up: low tactical depth and simplicity. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Wintermoor Tactics Club received positive reviews on Metacritic. RPGamer said it is a "tightly paced, well balanced alternative" to the Persona series. RPGFan said the game may be too easy for hardcore tactical role-playing game fans, but the reviewer enjoyed the uncomplicated gameplay and immersive world. Praising the narrative and combat, Gamereactor UK called it "one the most delightful indie titles I have played this year". NintendoWorldReport praised the game's "accessible gameplay and charming story beats" but suggested interested people play it on Windows because of performance problems on the Switch.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 211 · most liked firstWintermoor Tactics Club, part tactical rpg part VN. Very cute and lots of fun EDIT: https://store.steampowered.com/app/917840/Wintermoor_Tactics_Club/
positive · AI labelView post →Unfortunately there is a moving background during battles that triggers my motion sickness. If you're not sensitive to this type of motion sickness then you can ignore this review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR Wintermoor is a visual novel with acceptable puzzles that masquerades as a tactics rpg and a less then stellar story that ultimately undermines and lessen the experience. Wintermoor Tactics Club is not a horrible game just from the gameplay. But it's selling itself as a tactics rpg when it's more so puzzles structured like a tactics rpg. You don't level up or become better, you simply equip a few pieces of gear that changes a character abilities to solve whatever puzzle fight your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels too light for a real tactical game and only having a couple characters to use at a time is something that makes things feel limited. The characters are interesting but not enough to drive the story. I feel like this game could be better if they gave more development to the actual combat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is being marketed as some kind of tactical RPG or at least tactical strategy game. There is a battle system, but it's just a series of deterministic tactical puzzles. That could be good, but even those are extremely same-y and simplistic. All but a handful of them are "solved" by maximizing damage output per turn, which you can do using the same broken combo of "magimist" and "spark" on nearly every level. There are no new mechanics introduced between roughly Chapter 2 and the final boss.,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steam Summer Sale 2025 - 15 Hidden Indie Gems. The 15 games mentioned in the video, each with a short description/review segment: - Unbox: Newbie's Adventeure - Utopia Must Fall - Chroma Squad - Shadow Gambit - En Garde! - Tinykin - Our Adventurer Guild - Timespinner - Renowned Explorers - The Brutale - Wintermoor Tactics Club - Unsighted - Wayhaven Chronicles - Demon Turf - Roadwarden
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think it's actually a polarizing game, and yet I'm weirdly polarized by it. Wintermoor Tactics Club is a loosely dnd themed trpg puzzle game. It's mostly cozy and low stakes with a wild escalation in the final act, and overall feels like a playable Faith Erin Hicks comic. The characters are kind of caricature-y, kind of fleshed, and there's a lot of warm humor that lands only occasionally, but the art and soundtrack are consistently lovely. My problem---and this is a me problem---is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a game, absolute sleeper hit for me. You can complete this game in one sitting. In 10 hours I 100% the game including achievements. This game has an incredible amount of charm, likeable characters and a surprisingly engaging story. If you like story rich feel good games you can blow through in a weekend, Then you should play this. All you need to do to decide if this game is for you is to look at the negative reviews, long thought out paragraphs on why people didn't enjoy it. Almost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wintermoor tactics club is both a visual novel and a puzle game (rather than a tactics one) It is subpar in both cases, and while the writing starts great it becomes increasingly worse as the game progreses. You can find better visual novel, better tactics or puzzle games and worse of all... the combination of both. Utawarerumono (or however its written) is a better tactics game and a better visual novel. Murder by numbers is a better puzzle and visual novel. Symphony of war has some visual…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played **Wintermoor Tactics Club** earlier this year but forgot to review it, so I thought I'd add some quick thoughts now. First off, it was fully Steam Deck compatible, which was nice. No adjustments were necessary and it was generous with the battery life as well. Alright. So....Wintermoor Tactics Club was a fun mix of Saturday Morning Cartoon graphics and feel with solid, isometric free roam gameplay and concise turn based tactical combat. The story is your group, the aforementioned…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a small tactical game, nothing exciting, each mechanism is pretty well known at this point. And it could have been okeyish, but then characters are highly imbalanced, and this is no accident: this game wants to be a ideological propaganda vehicle. It weights down on the already weak narrative and experience considerably. Not worth your time, even less your money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 4: Wintermoor Tactics Club #games #gamechallenge #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →All this doing you could describe by one word - primitive. Everything here is out of date. At the first glance I could say that graphics resembled me about old Anastasia cartoon, but without attention to details. It is just pictures here. Not cinematic scenes and even no animations. Like in visual novels. And, you know, I had a feeling about of drawn game from 2000th. As the Freddy Fish for example. But Wintermoor Tactics Club lost in that comparison. Plot is awful and silly. Principal of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The list: Unbox: Newbie's Adventeure 1:58 Utopia Must Fall 3:26 Chroma Squad 4:49 Shadow Gambit 6:07 En Garde! 7:38 Tinykin 9:23 Our Adventurer Guild 10:52 Timespinner 11:52 Renowned Explorers 13:52 The Brutale 15:18 Wintermoor Tactics Club 16:51 Unsighted 18:35 Wayhaven Chronicles 19:58 Demon Turf 21:03 Roadwarden
neutral · AI labelView post →A cute, cozy game with a fun narrative and engaging tactics gameplay. Granted the game is about 10 hours long and the tactics part of the game isn't as in-depth as other games, but for a casual to this genre like myself, I had a good time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thumbs up! This was a nice mix of a visual novel and turn-based tactics. I liked the overall story and experimenting with different combinations of characters in the battles. It’s a shame they never made a sequel. The Wintermoor Tactics Club consists of three high school students who just want to play Curses and Catacombs, a reference to Dungeons and Dragons. However, all the school clubs are forced to compete in a snowball fight tournament. At first, the tactics club doesn’t want to be in it,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ferret does DnD but whats this.... now its a tactics game? Wintermoor Tactics Club www.twitch.tv/ferretmagic
neutral · AI labelView post →Want to experience the highs and lows of high school in a special way? It was hard enough for Alicia at the famed Wintermoor Academy before the Principal declared a snowball war between clubs! Now her club's only hope is to transform from nerdy nobodies into fantasy heroes. Unravel a reality-bending mystery with your friends and test your strategic mettle against an avalanche of colorful characters. And remember! High School is all about learning and making friends! Wintermoor Tactics Club is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent game. Its strengths are its humor, its plotting, and its diversity. The gameplay is a little on the easy side, but that's in keeping with the relaxed and fun nature of the game itself. If you'd like to spend a pleasant day or two in a fantasy school world, I can't recommend anything more than this. I really did laugh and cry.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: - Great character writing and story. Feels like a family movie in all the best ways. - Decent tactical gameplay with some replay value - Engaging sidequests and non-tactical gameplay - Could be a good introduction to turn-based tactics as a genre Cons: - Low tactical depth. I'd compare this to Tactical Breach Wizards or, to a lesser extent, Into the Breach in how it plays, but the game is much less complex than either and the characters are only minimally customisable. Balance is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My recommendation is Wintermoor Tactics Club https://store.steampowered.com/app/917840/Wintermoor_Tactics_Club/ Its a really cute and funny tactics game where you control the Tactics Club in a series of snowball fights to determine the future of the school. Each club is full of silly little jokes and the tactics got me well enough for me to replay multiple stages for a better score.
positive · AI labelView post →In my 0.3 hours of gameplay the word fascist turned up 3 times and your crew of heroes is ofc as diverse as it gets. I got the feeling that this game is mostly a vehicle for political messaging and decided to stop playing for now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wintermoor Tactics Club is a console ported E-book with a lightweight turn based tactical combat game tacked on. I guess on the upside, I was very surprised to see these developers did the right thing and hired an artist. The hand drawn art for the E-book sections is very well done. That's good stuff. Unfortunately, that's in the E-book section, so let's all go over this again... developers must learn to tell their story through the mechanics and narrative of the game itself. Gamers don't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absurdly well written but somewhat easy tactics game with life sim elements and compelling social commentary. Worth playing for the characters and the humor alone, even if you're not a big fan of turn based tactics games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Play "Fell Seal" instead Wintermore Tactics Club is an FFTA-clone without the class variety and depths. Story/dialog -wise the game tries to be be woke, but it's rather forced and often ends up feeling edgy / cringy instead. Gameplay-wise Wintermoor "Tactics" remains barebones, especially when we're talking about enemy variety - here we face countless of re-used assets. Story: "You are fightning snakes" - Gameplay: The same rats you have been fighting since the tutorial. Story: "You…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#Beaten - Around 10 Hours A fun visual novel/turn-based tactics game. The emphasis here is on characters and story and not the combat, so dont go expecting anything crazy or complicated. Or Difficult. The writing is charming, the characters are likable and relatable (if you think back to being /or are a younger teenager) , and the combat is fun but not difficult or complex. A fun game an a recommendation, especially if you like visual novels. If not, you might want to skip.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 do side quests for moody teens until they play D&D with you, thats the game! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ same song on loop 80% of the time 85% of the game is talking to people and doing fetch quests, the other 15% is gameplay this is really just a visual novel with a minigame and if you go in thinking its not, your gonna have a bad time. and the minigame is a puzzle game, not really turn based tactics
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lovely turn-based game, with lots of references to D&D. The story is about a few students from the Tactics Club, who regularly play boardgames together. Suddenly the principal of their school orders them to fight the other clubs of the school instead, forcing them to expand their club and train their abilities. The combat is surprisingly good. Each character has a unique class, and has a selection of possible upgrades and special attacks. You can only use 3 of your characters in battle, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little game. Very enjoyable, but a few bugs in the pipeline can lead to loading issues. Usually a quick restart fixes it. Great story. Enjoyed it. Very cozy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steam Summer Sale 2025 - 15 Hidden Indie Gems. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/5293159 The 15 games mentioned in the video, each with a short description/review segment: - Unbox: Newbie's Adventeure - Utopia Must Fall - Chroma Squad - Shadow Gambit - En Garde! - Tinykin - Our Adventurer Guild - Timespinner - Renowned Explorers - The Brutale - Wintermoor Tactics Club - Unsighted - Wayhaven Chronicles - Demon Turf - Roadwarden
neutral · AI labelView post →In the 46th episode of the podcast, we discuss nearly 50 games from the Kinda Funny Spring Game Showcase and the Future Games Show. After, we share our thoughts on Wintermoor Tactics Club and Kingdom Come Deliverance II. youtu.be/G1izC1WlkOA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Simple tactics game wrapped inside a visual novel about diversity and inclusion. Starts out easy, then started to get challenging until I realized I missed something important: the enemies tell you who they are going to target next turn and why (e.g., closest, fewest hit points, etc.). They will ignore a character right next to them in order to get to their target. Once I used that information the game became trivial, other than the final few battles. I enjoyed it. Simple, but entertaining.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The tactical part was pretty simple and constantly felt constrained in terms of actual decisions, but it wasn't bad per se. I kept wishing for fights that let me play with more than 3 characters at a time or on bigger maps that would justify that, but alas, no. The requirements to S-rank every fight can also be quite aggravating, especially since 1) there's no way to see what the requirements are within battle to see how close you can be to par and 2) using X tactical powers in a fight was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed this game immensely; a fun story, entertaining characters and a unique art style. I also really enjoyed the tactical turn-based combat, particularly toward the end when you have lots of different abilities and there's no obvious best strategy. In the final battle I even used one of the characters which I'd completely discounted previously as being too weak. I also liked the side quests and optional challenges since you can tell that there's been real thought put into them and they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I suspect this game is actually for children but I'm having a nice time with it all the same
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wintermoor Tactics Club. Such a cute little game and the tactics combat was fun and funny. Just wanted more or another one after
positive · AI labelView post →It's for the lover of the genre. Both story and gameplay go through up and downs in terms of entertainment. The last chapter is filled with nice twists in mechanics and story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game: 19: Wintermoor Tactics Club A great game held back by a late fight, luckily there is a no-KO option. The writing is lovely, the love for RPGs is clear, the art is solid and the music was catchy. A must-play for anyone who loves D&D or kind of tabletop game and tactical RPG video game!
positive · AI labelView post →Wintermoor Tactics Club is a fantastic game and excellent fun! The gameplay is very well-thought out and is very fun, it has just the right level of complexity. The story is good fun and fairly well-written, I definitely enjoyed it quite a bit. The art is great and the music is solid, and everything functions quite well! I highly recommend Wintermoor Tactics Club to everyone who loves turn-based strategy games, as well as people who enjoy a good RPG.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute game with memorable characters! Love the out there storylines.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not really received it for free but asked for a refund. Got in a sale but even the € 3,something price was not enough motivation to keep this game. Maybe it is fun if you are a young (kid) player who has not played a lot of turn based tactics. But if you have done a few or more than a few this game is a bit boring and slow. Still credits where credits are due. The D&D inspiration shows and that is heartwarming.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is specially made for those who like to get all the achievements in games (minor spoilers ahead). Description: Wintermoor Tactics Club is an indie low budget point and click visual novel with turn-based tactics combat. You will explore the world, complete quests and side quests and battle monsters and enemy teams. The story takes place in a college where magic events are taking place and where there are a lot of different student clubs. The one you belong to is the Tactics club…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I must admit I initially picked this up because of the art and also that it was said to be D&D-inspired. But it ended up so much more than that. Not only everything beautifully drawn, but the narrative has so many layers to it because, to an extent, every character significant - emphasised by how every single character has a little written epilogue post-WTC. I find Alicia so relatable in how she writes her stories via campaigns to reach out to people through the love of tabletop gaming, which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good enough to hook me in for about an hour, but not interesting enough to keep me going.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An approachable tactics game with great character writing and a heart of gold. It's very sweet (until you're obliterating half of the Dorklings on the screen with a Hellburst) and I think more people should play it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i bought this game on a whim, and i ended up enjoying it a lot! it's exactly the fun casual game i needed & it was nice to try out some turn-based combat :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a simple, but loving game. It's short (~6 hrs), and not specially hard. Most of the good this game has goes from the "visual novel" part, rather than the "tactics" part (too easy). Anyway, nowadays it's very uncommon to me to even finish a game (most of them doesn't keep my attention for more than a couple of hours). Anyway, loved the story and the characters :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its cute, but the story seems more aimed towards a younger audience and the tactics are somewhat average.Worth a one time play for some people.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun tactics game with quick levels and a cozy plot. Levels are more akin to puzzles than really SRPG-adjacent, with small maps and reduced amounts of enemies and players with different abilities, which is really nice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cozy turn based game that only takes a couple hours to finish. Fun subversion from the typical rpg game for a fan of the ttrpg games. It doesn't have to take 1000 hours, be overly complex, yet the characters are still unique and compelling. A nice break from playing baldur or divinity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →41. store.steampowered.com/app/917840/W... WINTERMOOR TACTICS CLUB have to admit i am running a bit low on recommendations as i really don't remember much about this tactics game, but i DID complete this game and i had a good time the whole way through
positive · AI labelView post →(THIS REVIEW SPOILS MAJOR PARTS OF THE GAME. DO NOT READ BEYOND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUYING THE GAME. JUST PLAY IT.) Let me start at the end with my verdict: I recommend you buy and play this game. I will be criticizing it severely, but for an asking price of not even 15€ it's very much worth it. It's a fun little game made by a cool dev team that gets you your money's worth in fun. HOWEVER. This is not a perfect game or honestly maybe even above par. The game's biggest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished Wintermoor Tactics Club. Nice game. I would hate to run anything for these people (except Colin maybe), but they are nice kids!
positive · AI labelView post →I have to correct myself because “Wintermoor Tactics Club” exist and I really enjoyed that despite being somewhat frustrated by it 😅 It plays like a tactics game but it actually is more puzzle-like and gives you stars for completing objectives. I’ve gave up on stars the moment I can’t get one 🙂
neutral · AI labelView post →like now that I’m awake, it’s obvious my brain was cribbing off of Highway Blossoms and Wintermoor Tactics Club and Get In The Car, Loser. So I could replay those and maybe scratch the itch but I really want the specific game I dreamed about to be a thing I can play
neutral · AI labelView post →Wintermoor tactics club is a pretty wonderful little game. While the tactics never get overwhelming or especially hard, If you played similar games before you will probably breeze through most of the game, especially since the rules are set in stone, if you do the same moves with the same characters the battle will always progress the same way. So no RNG here, but it also makes it so that when you understand the rules you know how the enemies will move around the battlefield, making it more of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the 46th episode, we discuss nearly 50 games from the Kinda Funny Spring Game Showcase and the Future Games Show. After, we share our thoughts on Wintermoor Tactics Club and Kingdom Come Deliverance II. #FutureGamesShow #KindaFunny #KingdomComeDeliverence2 youtu.be/G1izC1WlkOA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Did I like the game well enough to see it through to the end? Yes. Did I "enjoy" the game? Unfortunately, not really. This review sums up my thoughts 100%: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994668668/recommended/917840/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Done with Wintermoor Tactics Club 🫡 It might look like a simple game but damnnn does it fry your brain once in a while 😂😂 Definitely do all the side quests and challenges and talk to everyone you can find. Very enjoyable for me 👍🏻
positive · AI labelView post →This is a simple tactics game where you can just sit and playthrough nearly all in one go. It distributes all its content in a homogeneous way that you will never run out of new things to play with your characters. If you are looking a tactics game where you do not want to simply think complex mechanics, just want to play along, this is the game.
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