Empire Revenant
Empire Revenant is a free-to-play, browser-based strategy title that mixes hero collection with formation-based battles and competitive PvP progression. You pick a classical empire, build your roster from scratch, and chase status through fame, upgrades, and steady dungeon grinding, with the long-term goal of rising high enough in the ladder to claim the King title.
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Publisher: AMZGame Playerbase: Medium Type: Browser Strategy Release Date: 2016 Pros: +PvP ladder progression that feeds directly into the fame system. +Real tactical value in 3×3 formation placement. +Large roster of collectible characters. Cons: -Monetization pressure through microtransactions. -Auto-questing can make parts of play feel hands-off. -Story/campaign presentation feels disjointed and hard to follow. |
Empire Revenant Overview
Set in a loosely historical, myth-tinged ancient world, Empire Revenant starts you as an unknown recruit within one of three factions (Greeks, Romans, or Persians). From there, the game is about building fame and influence while assembling a reliable army, because status in Empire Revenant is tied closely to how well you perform in battle, especially against other players.
The core loop revolves around recruiting Heroes of different rarities and backgrounds, then slotting them into a three-by-three formation. That “array” is not just cosmetic, positioning affects how fights play out, which units take pressure first, and how well your abilities land. Each Hero comes with a set of abilities (up to three) and their own equipment, so progression is split between improving the roster and improving the gear those units carry. You will spend plenty of time upgrading weapons, armor, mounts, and shields to push stats upward.
Outside of Heroes, the game also features Guardians that provide passive combat bonuses. On the account progression side, you can research tactics and work through the Library’s texts to enhance your main character’s capabilities. Content is delivered through a range of dungeon-style activities, including PvP modes like the Arena, a campaign-focused story path, and special challenge dungeons that target specific reward types. One example is Final Stand, which leans into endurance by asking you to survive long streaks of battles in a row. Ultimately, the game’s prestige chase points back to the same goal, climb PvP, earn enough fame, and establish yourself as King.
Empire Revenant Key Features:
- Choose One of Three Empires – start your climb within the Greek, Roman, or Persian faction, each with its own campaign route and narrative framing.
- Recruit Heroes and Guardians – collect a large pool of Heroes and Guardians, with rarity tiers that heavily influence power and long-term team building.
- Strategic Array – use the 3×3 formation to your advantage, placement matters for survivability, matchups, and overall fight efficiency.
- Upgrade Gear – equip and improve gear across the full nine-slot lineup, letting each deployed Hero scale through item progression.
- Lots of Battles – rotate between PvP activities, story/campaign battles, and specialized dungeons that focus on targeted rewards and challenge rules.
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Empire Revenant Review
Empire Revenant plays like a roster-builder wrapped around a browser strategy shell, with most of its decision-making living in team composition and formation choices rather than direct moment-to-moment control. If you enjoy optimizing squads, squeezing value out of upgrades, and steadily climbing a competitive ladder, the game has enough interconnected systems to keep you busy, at least for a while.
The best part is how the fame chase is anchored to PvP. Many free-to-play strategy games treat PvP as an optional side activity, but here it is a primary driver of prestige, and it gives the daily routine a clear purpose. The Arena and related modes encourage you to keep refining your lineup, and the three-by-three grid creates meaningful differences between “similar power” teams. Small placement changes can swing outcomes, which is satisfying when you are trying to counter common defensive setups.
Progression, however, is also where the game’s rough edges show. Like many hero-collection games, power growth is layered: levels, gear, upgrades, and auxiliary boosts (such as Guardians and research). That can be engaging for players who like long-term planning, but it also means the gap between a new account and an established one can feel steep. The presence of microtransactions adds to that perception, especially when you run into walls where speed, convenience, or better pulls are clearly for sale.
The game’s automation options are a mixed blessing. Auto-questing can help reduce repetitive clicking during routine tasks, but it also makes some sessions feel like you are supervising menus rather than actively playing. In a browser game this is not unusual, yet it does reduce the sense of agency once you have settled into an efficient loop.
Narratively, Empire Revenant gestures toward faction identity through the three empires and their campaigns, but the story delivery is not its strength. The campaign is serviceable as a backdrop for battles and rewards, though it often feels fragmented, with transitions that do not always build momentum or clarify what is happening. If you are here primarily for a coherent narrative, this is unlikely to satisfy. If you treat the story as context for progression, it is easier to accept.
Overall, Empire Revenant is best approached as a competitive, systems-driven strategy game where the fun comes from collecting, upgrading, and arranging a team to perform better in PvP and dungeons. Players who dislike monetization pressure or prefer more hands-on tactical control may bounce off, but roster optimizers and ladder climbers will find a familiar, functional loop.
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Empire Revenant System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP or later
CPU: 2 GHz Dual Core
RAM: 2 GB RAM
Video Card: GeForce 6600 or better
Browser: Chrome, Firefox
Recommended Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP or later
CPU: 2 GHz Dual Core
RAM: 4 GB RAM
Video Card: GeForce GT 730 or equivalent
Browser: Chrome, Firefox
Official system requirements have not yet been released for Empire Revenant. The requirements above our based on our experience and will be updated when official numbers become available.
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Empire Revenant Additional Information
Developer(s): AMZGame
Publisher(s): AMZGame
Closed Beta Release Date: May 28, 2016
Open Beta Release Date (by Server):
- 1st Server Kadesh (US East): June 4, 2016
- 2nd Server Troy (US East): June 30, 2016
- 3rd Server Marathon (Europe): July 18, 2016
Development History / Background:
Empire Revenant is a free-to-play browser-based strategy game created and published by AMZGame. The game entered a short closed beta in late May 2016 before moving into open beta in June 2016. Early open beta support rolled out first through two US-based servers, followed by a European server that opened in July 2016.