Warlord: Awaji field note

Warlord: Awaji Demo Guide

Find the official Warlord: Awaji demo, see what Demo Update 2.0 added, and understand how its combat scenario differs from the campaign.

Reviewed 2026-09-08Pre-release facts are dated and attributed

Quick answer

The official Warlord: Awaji Steam page offers a free, separate demo identified as Steam app 3182460. Use it to try the combat scenario, but do not treat its progression limits as rules for the full campaign.

Open the official Steam listing and use its demo section.
Demo Update 2.0 added cavalry and ranged combat on June 17, 2025.
A March 28, 2026 developer reply says the demo uses six retainers.
The developer describes the full game as a continuous conquest campaign rather than the demo's combat scenario.
No official source used here confirms demo-to-campaign save transfer.

How to get the demo

Open the official Warlord: Awaji Steam page.
Find the demo section on the page.
Start the download through Steam.

The separate app identity matters when you check updates or troubleshoot an installation: the demo is app 3182460, while the main game is app 3123060.

What Demo Update 2.0 added

The official Demo Update 2.0 announcement, dated June 17, 2025, says the update added:

Cavalry
Ranged combat

An older guide describing the demo as melee-only predates this update. Check the date before following old videos or posts.

The October 14, 2024 Next Fest update records the earlier transition from public playtest to demo and the historical addition of level 13. That is version history, not a complete current rank table.

Why do I only have six retainers?

A player asked about reaching the apparent end of demo progression with six retainers. In a March 28, 2026 reply, the developer confirmed that the demo uses six retainers and said campaign progression works differently.

Use this boundary as follows:

If you are in the demo, six retainers matches the dated developer statement.
Do not use six as a published maximum for the full campaign.
Do not turn the demo's historical level path into a final campaign rank chart.

See Ranks, Retainers & Army Progression for the described campaign organization.

Demo versus full campaign

Demo	Full game description
Separate Steam app	Main Steam app
Combat-scenario scope	Continuous exploration and conquest campaign
Six retainers in a dated developer reply	Campaign progression differs; no final retainer cap is established here
Demo version history includes level 13	No final campaign rank table is published here

The distinction comes from the developer's campaign and demo explanation.

Will demo progress transfer?

There is no official public statement in the cited material confirming demo-to-campaign save transfer. A historical playtest-to-demo update does not answer whether demo saves work with the full campaign.

Unless Darkmatter Games publishes a specific compatibility statement, plan to keep the two experiences separate.