About Alderun
Alderun is a fantasy game that blends real-time strategy with hero RPG combat. Choose a hero, learn powerful skills, gather equipment, and lead allies through battles across varied maps. Each map brings different goals and tactical choices — defend a castle against waves of enemies, fight arena duels, capture strategic objectives, or clash with rival armies. Solo play against the AI and online battles with friends are both available.
How to Play Alderun: Defend, Capture, and Defeat
Begin with the guided practice, or go straight to New Game, select a map and mode, and pick your hero. Before the action starts, read the map briefing — your objective might be defending a castle, capturing objectives, or defeating the enemy team. Defeating enemies earns experience and gold, which fund skill learning, equipment purchases, and support for allies.
For online play, choose Multiplayer and then join or create a battle.
Controls
Desktop
- Left-click: Select a hero or unit
- Left-click drag: Select a group of units
- Right-click on battlefield: Move, attack, or interact
- On-screen ability buttons / keyboard shortcuts: Use abilities
- Mouse wheel scroll: Zoom in or out
- Hold Space: Follow your hero
Touch
- Tap: Select units and issue orders
- Tap ability, then target: Activate an ability on a target when needed
- Drag battlefield: Move the camera
- Pinch: Zoom in or out
- On-screen menus: Access skills, equipment, and options
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Browse the full Strategy games catalog for more titles in this genre, or explore 1 Player Games and Action RPG games for additional picks that match Alderun's solo and combat-driven style.