Stormgate Explained

Stormgate
Developer:Frost Giant Studios
Engine:Unreal Engine 5[1]
Platforms:Windows
Released:August 5, 2025
Genre:Real-time strategy
Modes:Single-player, multiplayer

Stormgate is a 2025 real-time strategy video game developed by Frost Giant Studios.

Gameplay

Stormgate is a real-time strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. As standard for the genre, players concurrently gather resources, build bases and troops, and upgrade assets. The game is free-to-play with free and monetized content. It was developed to make a typically complex genre accessible to new audiences while providing the option of balanced, competitive one-on-ones for more advanced players.

Development

Former Blizzard developers Tim Morten and Tim Campbell founded Frost Giant Studios in October 2020 with intention to build an accessible real-time strategy game. Morten previously was production lead, and Campbell had been campaign lead designer. They raised nearly $5 million in seed funding,[2] an additional $5 million in March 2021,[3] and $25 million in its January 2022 Series A funding.[4] Frost Giant debuted Stormgate in June 2022. A closed beta started during December 2023. Stormgate became available for early access on Steam on July 30, 2024,[5] [6] and was fully released on August 5, 2025.[7]

Reception

Reviewing Stormgate for IGN, Leana Hafer wrote: "Stormgate still has a long road ahead of it, but it's already a special game, combining the familiar and the fresh into a satisfying RTS experience."[8]

References

  1. Web site: Wutz . Marco . Stormgate is mechanically promising, but lacks the character of its inspirations . Video Games on Sports Illustrated . en . 8 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Sinclair . Brendan . Blizzard vets form Frost Giant Studios . . 2020-10-20 . en . 2022-06-11 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Dealessandri . Marie . Frost Giant Studios raises $5 million . . 2021-03-24 . en . 2022-06-11 . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: Rousseau . Jeffrey . Frost Giant Studios raises $25m in Series A funding round . . 2022-01-25 . en . 2022-06-11 . mdy-all .
  5. Web site: Stormgate on Steam . 2024-08-02 . store.steampowered.com . en.
  6. Web site: After a $2m kickstarter on a fully-funded game, the strategy game from former Warcraft and StarCraft devs is now looking for even more funding. Cryer. Hirun. GamesRadar+. February 19, 2024. May 18, 2024.
  7. Web site: Lane. Rick. Stormgate is leaving early access before it's technically finished: 'We believe that our campaign and 1v1 are ready for a broader audience'. PC Gamer. July 27, 2025. August 4, 2025. On August 5..
  8. Web site: Hafer. Leana. August 5, 2025. Stormgate Review. IGN. August 24, 2025.

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