Realm Royale Reforged

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

Positive · 87%Positive · 87%2018

The verdict

Realm Royale Reforged was a quirky fantasy battle royale with classes, forging and chicken revives, but the servers were shut down in February 2025 and it can no longer be played. Skip it.

Great for

Nostalgic fans only; nobody can actually play it now

Main risk

Servers are shut down, so the game cannot be played at all

What players love

Unique classes, forging and abilities

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The class system with specialization into specific weapons and abilities seemed so silly in the beginning but put enough hours and you could see the top players making an axe or a sniper something to fear”
Steam review · 438.4 h played ↗

“Collecting resources and using them to create better equipment gives you something to do beyond simply searching buildings for loot.”
Steam review · 494.9 h played ↗

“Unique class mechanics. Unlike other battle royales, you can pick a mage, warrior, hunter or assassin, each with their own abilities.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

Fun with friends, great memories

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“This game got my wife into gaming. We played it all the way from 2018 with a group of mates all the way through covid.”
Steam review · 160.4 h played ↗

“it was something i could always come back too for comfort food”
Steam review · 61.5 h played ↗

Colorful fantasy style and simple gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“The vibrant, stylized art style and lively community add charm that few BRs match today.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗

“The game was decent, cozy and warm, with beautiful locations and a pleasant visual style.”
Steam review · translated · 820.3 h played ↗

Runs well on weak PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“Works on weak PCs with stable fps, a good Fortnite or PUBG replacement for low-end PCs.”
Steam review · translated · 86.2 h played ↗

“Great for weak PCs. An excellent battle royale, I recommend it if your PC is weak.”
Steam review · translated · 25.6 h played ↗

“this was my fortnite when i didnt have a good pc”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗

Chicken revive mechanic

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“Getting eliminated and having a chance to run away as a chicken is ridiculous, but it's also one of the things that makes the game memorable.”
Steam review · 494.9 h played ↗

“A fun battle royale where a killed enemy turns into a funny chicken and tries to run away from you.”
Steam review · translated · 22.6 h played ↗

“I keep coming back to this game just to become a chicken and waddle awkwardly towards my inevitable demise.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

No building, easier than Fortnite

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“Similar to Fortnite, but a huge plus is the absence of the damn building.”
Steam review · translated · 34 h played ↗

“If PUBG runs badly for you and Fortnite's building annoys you, this battle royale is made for you.”
Steam review · translated · 275.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Hi-Rez abandoned and mismanaged the game

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“Hi-Rez got into the BR industry, got their $, and got out.”
Steam review · 2026.7 h played ↗

“Game is fun but the developers have given up and haven't updated the game in over a year.”
Steam review · 118.4 h played ↗

“the game used to be very good when it launched but then you know...Hi-Rez happened and they killed off their game cause they hate maintaining good games.”
Steam review · 282.4 h played ↗

Patches removed classes and ruined balance

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“They removed all the classes, fcked up the TTK and did many unnecessary changes which ruined the game.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗

“After the update that added runes and removed the game's main feature, classes, there was nothing left to play.”
Steam review · translated · 47.1 h played ↗

“devs decided it would be a good idea to remove the class weapons from the forge, and put them in the chests on the map. the game died instantly.”
Steam review · 238.2 h played ↗

Laggy servers, bugs, login and launch problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Their servers just lag all the time.”
Steam review · 195.2 h played ↗

“Realm.exe is not responding. All I did in the game was wait for it to load.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗

“Upon engaging one of the last few people I was apparently disconnected from the game and sent to the main menu.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗

Lobbies full of bots, tiny player base

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“this game fills its empty slots of it's ghost town of a community with BOTS.”
Steam review · 49.1 h played ↗

“95% of 100 players are bots”
Steam review · 31.7 h played ↗

“More than half of the opponents we met were bots. Real bots, not bad players.”
Steam review · translated · 65.3 h played ↗

Servers shut down, game unplayable

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Game is dead, servers have been shut down, and it can no longer be played.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“Servers were shut off in February 2025. In 7 years the game never left early access.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

“Dead game proving why Stop Killing Games is a necessary consumer movement”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗

Cheaters and overpowered axe meta

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“In my case i always see a Warrior with a maxed out Throwing Axe winning the game.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗

“EAC either doesn't work in this game at all or ignores cheaters.”
Steam review · translated · 1.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer

ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800 GT

Storage30 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 8/10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 660 or ATI Radeon HD 7950

Storage30 GB available space

OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer

ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800 GT

Storage30 GB available space

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