The Iron Oath Early Access Release Date Announced

The Iron Oath, a gritty turn-based RPG with a focus on tactics and guild management, was originally crowdfunded back in 2017. And according to this here Kickstarter update, the game will be launching into early access on April 19, 2022.

Check out the official release date trailer:

And here’s the actual update:

Hello backers! We can finally reveal what we’ve been so secretive about for the last few months: The Iron Oath will be releasing into Early Access on April 19th!

Check out our new trailer below!

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Early Access

As many of you know, this was always an ambitious project. We’ve poured years of work and passion into The Iron Oath, and while development wasn’t always as smooth or fast as we would have preferred, we’re both very happy with how the game has turned out. With that said, there is more work yet to be done before we can call it complete.

Player feedback will play an important role in this next phase of development, which is why we’ve chosen to release into Early Access. With the demos we’ve released over the years, we’ve already seen how valuable community feedback can be, and we’re looking forward to continuing that relationship with you all as we add new features and content into the game.

Kickstarter Rewards

Before getting into details here, please be sure to fill out your BackerKit survey if you haven’t already done so! There are currently 89 backers who haven’t completed it. Doing so is necessary to ensure you get your game key(s) when they are automatically sent out through BackerKit.

For those who requested DRM-free keys through Humble, we unfortunately won’t be able to fulfill that request as Humble’s storefront can’t support DRM-free for an EA title. We will most likely be launching on GOG however, so if you had requested a DRM-free key, it will be delivered on GOG instead. We will leave the BackerKit surveys open for another week roughly, so if you wanted to change your platform choice, now is the time! We’ll follow up in another post at a later date about when you can expect your keys.

During the course of Early Access, we will begin to implement the in-game rewards (such as the Corpse’s Journal). We would prefer to handle all of it through Discord as it would be the easiest and most efficient way for us. Each reward has a dedicated backer channel for discussion and submitting your ideas (if you don’t have access to the channels, please send us a message in Discord and we’ll sort out your Discord Role). Other rewards such as the digital manual will be fulfilled when the game releases into 1.0, which we expect to be roughly 1 year after EA begins.

Closed Beta Reward

Because we’re not launching into 1.0, we won’t be having a traditional beta period. We do plan to make this up to you so you get your money’s worth. For starters, we will be giving you access to an updated version of the demo (this weekend) with all the newest changes we’ve recently made, giving you a chance to check it out and give your feedback on it.

Throughout early access, you will also be able to play every new major update in advance through a beta branch, helping us to fine tune mechanics and content before we push it live to the public. We are planning our first major update to come out at the end of May, so you won’t have to wait long to get access.

If you’re a Beta Backer, we encourage you to join our Discord so you can take part in the discussions in the private channel. If you pledged for beta access but don’t see the channel, please message us on Discord so we can assign you the appropriate role.

Lastly, we want to give a heartfelt thanks to each of you for backing our game and starting us on this journey. Your support over the years has been amazing and we can’t wait until you finally get your hands on the game. It has been a long five (ugh!) years, so thank you for being with us every step of the way 🙂