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Knights Of Frontier Valley

Platform(s): PC
Genre: RPG/Strategy
Publisher: Microprose
Developer: Adamant Studios

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'Knights Of Frontier Valley' Is A Roguelike RPG Coming To PC, Dungeons & Dragons Pioneer Rob Kuntz Joins Dev Team - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on March 13, 2025 @ 3:01 p.m. PDT

Knights Of Frontier Valley is a challenging, old-school-inspired roguelike RPG that brings the depth, danger, and discovery of classic fantasy adventures to a living, breathing digital world.

Go from humble beginnings to glory in this challenging, roguelike RPG inspired by classic titles.

Explore a unique open world each new game, face enemies in tactical combat, venture from bustling cities to dark dungeons, customize your character, solve quests, make impactful choices, and survive!

Get ready for unlimited adventures in Frontier Valley, a mystical and fabled place. Take on the role of an adventurer and guide him through years of his life in this unique and ever-changing world. Gain fame and fortune, while never losing sight of the most important goal: surviving!

In many ways, the world of Knights Of Frontier Valley feels familiar. Days grow longer in summer and shorter in winter, weather changes follow a realistic pattern according to the season, and even the moon phase changes as days pass by.
Honest citizens sleep at night, work during the day, and enjoy their time off. Less honest ones might have different working hours.

You will get hungry, thirsty, and tired. You will suffer from the heat or the cold when wearing garment that is inappropriate for the season. You can get sick, poisoned, intoxicated, encumbered, and more. Wounds sustained in combat will take time to heal. Protecting yourself with armor, and avoiding the attention of powerful enemies, is safer than relying on a backpack full of potions. Taking risks can be lucrative, but it can also end badly.

Knights Of Frontier Valley was inspired by classic titles from the golden age of RPGs in the '80s and '90s. Like many games from back then, it is not easy to beat and making it to the end is a true accomplishment. Since your choices really matter, important decisions such as skill selections are usually final. All information needed to proceed and to win is out there waiting to be found, but there are no quest markers.

The game was designed to be played many times. Most aspects of the world are procedurally generated, including most maps, characters, items, faction relations, and more. No two games will ever be the same.


In a major development for the RPG community, tabletop gaming legend Rob Kuntz — one of the founding pioneers of Dungeons & Dragons — joins the project to bring his unparalleled experience and creative vision to the game.

Rob’s influence on tabletop fantasy gaming is immeasurable. This extraordinary collaboration marks a rare moment where the origins of fantasy role-playing meet the cutting edge of indie game development. As a close friend and collaborator of Gary Gygax, Kuntz co-created the iconic Greyhawk setting, penned some of the earliest D&D modules, and helped lay the foundation for modern RPG storytelling.

Rob Kuntz himself shared his excitement: “Frontier Valley immediately spoke to me because it captures what I loved about the earliest days of D&D — the thrill of discovery, a world that breathes on its own, and the feeling that every decision matters. This is a world that evolves with the players,” said Kuntz. “This is a world that breathes, challenges, and reacts. Knights Of Frontier Valley isn’t just a game - it’s an adventure in the truest sense.”

“Having Rob Kuntz lend his creative vision to Knights Of Frontier Valley is nothing short of historic,” said Chris Ansell, CMO of Microprose. “This is a designer whose fingerprints are on the very foundation of tabletop role-playing. Fans of Dungeons & Dragons, classic CRPGs, and deep strategic role-playing should take notice - this is a game built for you.”

With an original score from world-class composer Kevin Manthei (Neverwinter Nights) and the amazing Rob Kuntz contributing to the game’s lore design, worldbuilding, and quest structure, players can expect the kind of layered storytelling, organic world creation, and player-driven discovery that defined the golden age of role-playing.


Key Features:

  • Explore a vibrant and dynamic world with realistic day/night-cycles, seasons, weather changes, and townsfolk working their shifts and meeting at the local tavern after hours.
  • Fight in gridless, turn-based tactical combat, or choose to have battles automatically resolved for you quickly.
  • Survive the dangers of both the wilderness and faction politics in a procedurally generated world full of secrets and lore.
  • Choose your character from a number of different classes, customize his skills and appearance to your liking, and pursue a profession that fits your style of playing.
  • Join a faction to gain titles and glory, or go at it alone in your search for long-lost wisdom and powerful artifacts.
  • See your actions become part of the valley's story, impacting friends and foes alike.
  • Hand-drawn art, proudly created without generative AI.
  • Procedurally generated world full of unique characters, factions, dungeons, and mysteries waiting to be uncovered.

 Knights Of Frontier Valley is in development for PC (Steam).


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