About the Game

In Development/Coming Soon:

Follow Home Before Winter for updates!

The demo is just the beginning — new features, modes, and polish are on the way leading up to the October Steam Fest!

Upcoming highlights:

• In-Game Tutorial – Learn faster, fight sooner.

• Quality-of-Life Tweaks – UI polish, balancing, smoother gameplay.

• More Visual Effects – Make every battle feel epic.

• Single Player coming soon!

About the Game

Found a bug in the demo? Let us know at support@corereactionstudios.com

Home Before Winter will be featured in the October 2025 Steam Fest!

Watch for our official event page, updated trailers, and livestreams as we ramp up to the full release.

Home Before Winter is a turn-based, strategy game with a shoot'em up mini game. Feel the cold power of your Gatling gun rip through your enemy, mobilize your troops and send them to conquer adjacent territories, but be sure to save enough men for when the enemy sends out a counter-offensive. Complete objective cards to gain bonuses and help your men conquer the world!

Turns are broken down into three phases:

• Phase 1: Place units on your territories.

• Phase 2: Attack from your territories and conquer more land and regions that will give you bonuses.

• Phase 3: Move your units to strategic points on your land.

Once all players have taken their turn, a shoot'em up minigame starts. Depending on how well you perform, you will get bonuses that will aid you in conquering the map!

We have a known issue with host migration: if the current host leaves a match, the game may crash instead of smoothly transferring hosting duties. We’re actively working on a fix, but in the meantime, we recommend that hosts stay in the game until the end of a match.

Thank you for helping us test the demo and for your patience while we iron this out—your feedback means a lot as we prepare for full release.

Privacy Notice for HBW demo:

• Home Before Winter does not collect personal data.

• All gameplay statistics are stored locally on your device and are never transmitted or shared.

• The game includes stylized fantasy violence appropriate for players aged 13 and up, and contains no chat, no user-generated content, and no interaction with strangers.

• Multiplayer is limited to direct connections with known players.

For our full privacy policy, visit our website:

corereactionstudios website → HBW Privacy Policy