Greetings, Crusaders!

We’re excited to announce that Band of Crusaders is preparing for a Kickstarter campaign. This decision may come as a surprise to some of you, since the game already has a thriving community and the backing of NCSOFT as its publisher. After serious discussions within the team, we concluded that Kickstarter is the perfect way to further expand our community and open ourselves up to even more discussion and scrutiny beyond our current channels.

We believe this will ultimately help us deliver the quality, depth, and experience our community deserves. With your support, we can make Band of Crusaders a truly special game.

Our Kickstarter page is now live — follow it today to be notified the moment we launch! We’re also preparing some exclusives for early supporters, so you won’t want to miss out. Early momentum is key in helping Band of Crusaders reach as many players as possible.

🔗 Follow the Kickstarter page here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/virtualalchemy/band-of-crusaders

Thank you for being part of this journey. We can’t wait to share more with you soon — onward to battle! 🛡️⚔️

Band of Crusaders is participating in the From Poland with Love 2025 event on Steam! As part of the event, you’ll find highly anticipated upcoming games as well as major discounts on games from top Polish developers and publishers — from iconic classics like The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077 to indie gems like Ghostrunner and Tower of Time — many at their lowest prices ever.

We encourage you to explore the sale and discover just how many incredible games have been brought to life by Polish creators — some may truly surprise you! Band of Crusaders is participating in the From Poland with Love 2025 event on Steam!
As part of the event, you’ll find major discounts on games from top Polish developers and publishers — from iconic classics like The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077 to indie gems like Ghostrunner and Tower of Time — many at their lowest prices ever.

We encourage you to explore the sale and discover just how many incredible games have been brought to life by Polish creators — some may truly surprise you!

Despite this being our very first public test, we made the adventurous decision to open access to content creators. They were not only able to preview the game, but also stream, record, and publish videos about Band of Crusaders. This creator-focused phase ended on July 6th, so it’s high time for a proper summary.

To our incredible community playtesters — thank you for sharing your first look at a playable version of the game. You’re all awesome!

While Band of Crusaders is a game that fulfills our own creative fantasies (we're building it for ourselves, in a sense), we’re equally building it for you — and this playtest has shown we can build it with you.

●     Over 150 participants joined the playtest
●     According to Steam, players spent a median of 1.5 hours playing
●     Some players exceeded 5 or even 10 hours — a huge milestone for us!

During the playtest, we released 4 patches, addressing stability and UX issues. And speaking of improvements — the feedback was tremendous. We received over 500 pieces of feedback through:

●     The BoC Playtest Discord
●     The dedicated feedback questionnaire
●     Social media comments
●     A fantastic written essay compiled by mdval_de and his Twitch community[www.twitch.tv]

You expressed that the Campaign Map and Combat are equally important priorities for the next development phase.

●     On the Campaign Map side, many suggestions revolved around features we already plan to add — particularly world simulation and player influence.
●     For Combat, we noticed the need for better onboarding and tutorials, and you often asked for more varied combat encounters and overall deeper tactical gameplay.

We’re now focusing on fixing some remaining bugs and synthesizing your feedback with our dev and publishing teams. And yes — we also noticed your encouraging words and praise for specific aspects of the game, even at this early stage. That means the world to us!

After 3.5 years of development, we still see so many missing pieces and imperfections — but your support recharges our motivation.

●     Most active member in the playtest channels: Danny Benny 😎
●     Most watched video: Jackie Fish●     Most concurrent viewers on a stream: Writing Bull[www.twitch.tv]●     Most “ambassadorship-y” streamer: Mr AtomicDuck[www.twitch.tv]

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We’re extremely grateful for all the communication, feedback, and effort from our community. Rest assured: your input is shaping Band of Crusaders into the best game it can possibly be.

That’s it for now. We can’t wait to deliver an even stronger experience next time you return to Band of Crusaders!

Secret Sauce kicks off today! Over 60 great games, including Band of Crusaders, are featured with new content, reveals, and gameplay.

📅 Watch the Showcase – July 19th, 8PM CEST / 2PM ET / 11AM PT

We've just launched an exclusive gameplay showcase, featuring in-depth developer commentary from our co-founder and Creative Director, Kamil Mickiewicz.

🟢 Watch it now on Band of Crusaders Steam page or on Secret Sauce’s Steam page!

Check out the event, watch the showcase, and dive into our gameplay preview.