- Thronefall, the excellent RTS from Grizzly Games, is out now on iOS
- Take on hordes of monsters at night and build your city during the day
- Enjoy a ‘back to basics’ strategy experience in the palm of your hand
The RTS genre is one that has had virtually every twist and turn under the sun. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s also ripe for a back-to-basics approach and return to form. Which is exactly what developer Grizzly Games has done with Thronefall, paring it back to the bare essentials.
Well, perhaps not just the essentials. Thronefall is a stylish-looking RTS that splits between a daytime portion where you build and prepare your defences, and a nighttime portion where you have to hold out until dawn against waves of monsters. You’ll need to balance out the necessary functions of your city with the defences necessary to hold off the encroaching hordes.
In many ways, Thronefall resembles survival strategy releases like They Are Billions. However, the scale has been reduced somewhat, and there’s a greater emphasis on classic medieval-style defence, with walls, archers, knights and so on.
No more Thrones
In terms of style, it’s no exaggeration to say that Thronefall looks very appealing. With its cel-shaded graphics and lush colours, there’s plenty to enjoy even on a small screen. Thronefall was also previously released back in 2024 for PC, so there’s a bevvy of updates and changes that mobile players can enjoy from day one.
Thronefall also doesn’t just restrict you to purely static defence, such as tower building, and you’re free to either sit back and snipe at the enemies or pull your own little Ride of Rohan and charge right into them. So if you’ve thought you could pull off a defence of a bastion better than Theoden, maybe it’s worth giving it a go?
In the meantime, of course, you can also expand your to-play list with our selection of the top 25 best strategy games on iOS and Android, all hand-picked by us!
