Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%2022

$19.99

US Steam price, checked 4 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 21, 2026: $6.99

The verdict

A deep squad-building tactical RPG in the Ogre Battle and Fire Emblem vein with addictive army customization. Skip it if you need a good story or a smooth UI.

Great for

Fire Emblem, Ogre Battle and Unicorn Overlord fans who love min-maxing squads and army customization

Main risk

Clunky menu-heavy UI and weak story and dialogue, with easy combat on normal difficulty

What players love

Deep, addictive squad building

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“I can confidently say that I've spent more time building squads and theorizing about which units synergize well than fighting campaign battles.”
Steam review · 55.8 h played ↗

“I probably spent more time tinkering in the camp screen than I did on the battlefield, and I have zero regrets about that.”
Steam review · 62.5 h played ↗

“There are so many troops, classes, items and squad layouts that you constantly want to redo something and try a new combination.”
Steam review · translated · 79.5 h played ↗

Great for Fire Emblem and Ogre Battle fans

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“I started playing this because I like Fire Emblem but ended up wishing FE was more like this, mostly because of the gameplay.”
Steam review · 129.1 h played ↗

“I love Fire Emblem. This is FE on crack. You actually get more customization to your unit”
Steam review · 55.8 h played ↗

Excellent gameplay and strategic depth

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Story is alright, music is fine, but the gameplay is absolutely stellar.”
Steam review · 223 h played ↗

“Its simple in principle but the mechanics go deep enough to allow for much variety and challenge.”
Steam review · 33.9 h played ↗

Strong replayability and well-designed difficulty

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“One of the best utilizations of permadeath I've ever seen.”
Steam review · 102.5 h played ↗

“The fact in ng+ characters can be brought over is awesome.”
Steam review · 37.4 h played ↗

Great pixel art and battle animations

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“Top notch sprite art”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗

“The battle animation and sprites are wonderful.”
Steam review · 102.5 h played ↗

Good value and lots of content

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“you get a solid 35-45 hours of enjoyable playtime out of this bad boy for $26.00 CDN”
Steam review · 35.9 h played ↗

“It has lots of content for its price”
Steam review · 103.4 h played ↗

What players complain about

Poor writing, story and characters

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“the writing is painful to sit through, the characters are forgettable, the pacing is tedious and the plot twists are too straightforward and expected to be called twists.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗

“The writing is really bad, there's no way around it. It's painful to read, the characters come out as shallow and the story does not manage to pull you in.”
Steam review · 34.5 h played ↗

“The story is quite weak, and while chapters 1-14 look decent, after that it becomes boring and predictable.”
Steam review · translated · 37.5 h played ↗

Clunky, click-heavy UI

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Doing simple tasks requires 12+ clicks.”
Steam review · 47.5 h played ↗

“the biggest battle in it is against the game's own UI. It is absolutely painful to navigate”
Steam review · 31 h played ↗

“the tedium of adjusting squads really dragged the game down to feel like a mostly clunkly spreedsheet simulator”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗

Too easy, shallow tactics and weak AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“This game's "normal" difficulty is a joke.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗

“Braindead AI always attacks if it can, regardless of circumstances, in a predictable and exploitable pattern.”
Steam review · 45 h played ↗

“even on warlord difficulty you simply need your squads to hit first and you win every chapter”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗

Poorly explained mechanics

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“the game needs a good step by step tutorial for ALL features and mechanics.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“you don’t even know what your damage or defense is.”
Steam review · 69.8 h played ↗

Difficulty spikes and unfair late-game fights

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“if you haven't structured your party in exactly the way the game needs you to withstand the final boss, then it crosses its arms and says "♥♥♥♥ you"”
Steam review · 33.9 h played ↗

“Chapter 9 is a mockery!”
Steam review · translated · 13.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 10 / 98 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8

Processor1 Ghz

Memory256 MB RAM

Storage1 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 / 98 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8

Processor1 Ghz

Memory256 MB RAM

Storage1 GB available space

OSWindows 10 / 98 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8

Processor1 Ghz

Memory256 MB RAM

Storage1 GB available space

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