Early Access
Is Of Crowns & Chains still being updated?
Yes, but updates are hit or miss. Last updated 3 days ago, with about 1 update per month.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
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About the game
A solo-developed grand-strategy sandbox where you lead a nation in a dynamic, historically-inspired world.
- Indie
- Simulation
- Strategy
The newest build is on the remake-alpha branch, more than 36 hours after the public branch. Steam's own Early Access notice looks at the public branch and can miss that beta activity.
AI Generated Content Disclosure
The developer filed this on the Steam store page. It is not a guess by active.games.
AI is used for localization (pre-generated translations of English interface text to supported languages for accessibility purposes).
Update history
Recent updates
Oct 18, 2026 · Build
remake-alpha branch build 26021293
Latest build time Steam reports for the remake-alpha branch.
Oct 16, 2026 · Patch note
Remake Progress Update (Severn) (opens in new tab)
The Of Crowns and Chains remake has reached its second alpha milestone, Severn, and an early playable build is now available through Steam's remake-alpha beta branch. Important: This is a very limited development alpha, not a complete game or a replacement for the current public version. At present, the map only contains England and Wales , meaning there ar…
Aug 19, 2026 · Patch note
Remake Progress Update (opens in new tab)
There's some progress to show for the remake. It's been a while since the last announcement. The tiles are essentially done for the first region (England and Wales), though the remake isn't playable yet, so nothing has shipped to the live build. And, the foundations of the new shader and planet-rendering pipeline have also been set. [img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IM…
Jan 22, 2026 · Patch note
Alpha 1.0.4.05 (opens in new tab)
Changes: Another Graphical Overhaul to make the game look better (not too different from Alpha 1.0.3 - 8 direction, 8 pixel ray marching maintained for performance reasons). Naval Unit Spawning & Movement Fixed (Naval combat in-development). I'm publishing this update despite the changes being minor since I believe the visuals introduced by Alpha 1.0.4 were…
Jan 22, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 21608536
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Questions
When was the last Of Crowns & Chains update?
Of Crowns & Chains last shipped a build on the remake-alpha branch 3 days ago (Oct 18, 2026).
How often does Of Crowns & Chains update?
It got about 1 update per month over the last year and is irregular (53/100). 4 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Gaps between updates are fairly even.
Is Of Crowns & Chains abandoned?
No. It shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days, though updates are hit or miss.
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