Warhosts (Ratoborcy) is a free browser strategy game for computer and phone. Three factions, 24 units, a five-level castle, battles of 10–15 minutes. Play against bots or against real players with a ranking for every faction. Age 12+.
What is Warhosts
Warhosts (“Ratoborcy” in Russian) is a tactical strategy game where two armies meet on a long field. Each side has three lines of defense: the palisade, the wall and the citadel. Whoever destroys the enemy citadel wins.
You do not control each unit. You make the key decisions: whom to buy into the next wave, when to spend gold on a castle upgrade or workshops, where to cast the hero spell. Units fight on their own, so the game can be learned in a single match and mastered over a long time.
The game in numbers
- Three factions: the Kingdom, the Wilds and the Pale Court.
- 24 units of five tiers, each with its own ability. Reference: all units.
- A five-level castle: 250, 550, 1000, 1600 gold for levels 2–5.
- A wave leaves every 30 seconds, a battle lasts 10–15 minutes.
- Three bot difficulty levels and 1v1 online battles.
- Elo rating separately for each faction and for the Random mode, starting at 1000 points.
- Russian and English, age 12+, free.
Why we build Warhosts this way
- Decisions matter more than finger speed. There is no micro-management: the winner counts gold better, picks counters and upgrades the castle in time.
- Fair online play. The battle is computed identically for both players and on the server: results cannot be forged and everyone sees the same picture.
- No pay-to-win. Army strength depends only on your decisions in battle.
- Short matches. A battle fits into a break: 10–15 minutes from the first wave to the citadel.
- One style. Every faction is drawn as collectible miniatures on bases: a unit reads as well on a phone screen as on a monitor.
How the game works technically
The game is written with Phaser 3 (HTML5, Canvas), so it runs without installation in any modern browser. The battle itself is a deterministic simulation: the same commands always produce the same result. That is why online play uses a lockstep scheme: the server sends both players' commands to everyone, each client and the server simulate the battle independently and checksums reveal any divergence. Only the server awards rating.
Development
The web version was released on 2026-10-23 and evolves with player feedback. See the news for what is new and the guides for how to play.
Contacts and feedback
The best way to reach us is to write in the in-game global chat (an account is required). The administrator with the nickname Snikqq reads the chat; their messages are highlighted in red. You can also report a bug or suggest an idea there. Chat rules and the data policy: privacy.