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Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows

Also known as Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows, afss, ancient frontier steel shadows

Steel Shadows is a standalone tactics RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG.

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AnnouncementPublished 09 Oct 2019

Steel Shadows - Trading Cards are now Live

Greetings Commanders We are happy to announce that Steam Trading Cards are now available for Steel Shadows. Have fun collecting the whole set. This also means that all new badges, backgrounds and emoticons are ready to…

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May 2019
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.07Greetings Commanders! Today we bring you a large balance patch and a few polish improvements. Read on for the details. Balance Update - The Whole Game is Easier As mentioned in our last patch we looked over all of the p…Announcementv1.071 changeMaps13 May 2019
April 2019
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.06Greetings Commanders! We hope that everyone is enjoying their exploits on the Frontier. Today is a huge update as we finally reveal the voice acting. We also bring you new events and a few balance changes. Voice Acting!…Announcementv1.064 changesFixBalance29 Apr 2019
January 2019
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.05Greetings Commanders! We hope that everyone is enjoying the new year. We bring you a patch today that adds two new features and a group of bug fixes. New Events We continue to expand the number of random events in the g…Announcementv1.055 changesFixGameplay28 Jan 2019
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.04Greetings Commanders and Happy New Year! Today we bring you Steam Achievements, a new Mercenary, and several minor bug fixes and tweaks. Steam Achievements 75 Achievements are now live and working. Almost all of these w…Eventv1.041 changeFix05 Jan 2019
December 2018
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.03Greetings Commanders! We have not had any more major bug reports since the last patch, and so we were able to spend a little time working on balance tweaks and small quality of life improvements. We are still listening…Announcementv1.034 changesBalanceGameplay29 Dec 2018
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.02Greetings Commanders! We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. Today's patch brings a host of minor and one major bug fix. Thanks again to everyone who has been active on the forums and by email to let us know a…Eventv1.026 changesFixGameplay24 Dec 2018
Steel Shadows - Patch 1.01Greetings Commanders! Thank you to each and every one of you that decided to engage in a new adventure on the Frontier. We hope that everyone is enjoying their time with the game so far. Today we have for you a small pa…Announcementv1.015 changesFixGameplay17 Dec 2018
Steel Shadows is now available!It has been a long road, and now Steel Shadows is available! Dive back into the world of Ancient Frontier playing as an all new faction through a new campaign. Let us know what you think! Be sure to drop us an email, co…Announcement1 changeMaps12 Dec 2018
The Beta is now closed. Thank you for playing.We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who played the beta, and especially those who submitted feedback and bug reports on the forums and by email. The beta is now closed and is no longer accepting new play…Event6 changesFixGameplay06 Dec 2018
November 2018
FREE Steel Shadows Beta is now live!Great news! A free demo of Steel Shadows is now live. If you are curious about the game go ahead and give it a test drive. Let us know what you think in the forums. Thank you for playing our games.Announcement24 Nov 2018
October 2018
Unit Preview - Interceptor Light FighterThe Interceptor is a surprisingly high tech light fighter that is heavily deployed by pirates on the frontier. Ripper guns are short range high fire rate weapons that allow the Interceptor to take down fighters or escor…Announcement3 changesBalanceGameplay29 Oct 2018

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