StrategyDragonWorks is a Fitzroy game studio building deep, competitive real-time strategy for mobile — ranked ladders, cross-platform battles, and living worlds that fit in your pocket.
Our Studio
Founded on Gertrude Street in 2016, StrategyDragonWorks is a 22-person independent studio obsessed with one thing: strategy games that respect your intelligence and your commute. We design for the five-minute ranked match and the five-hour empire campaign alike.
Every title ships simultaneously on Android and iOS with shared accounts, cloud saves, and 60fps combat tuned on hardware from flagship tablets to three-year-old phones. No pay-to-win, no dark patterns — just tight systems and honest competition.
What We Build
Our current lineup, live now on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
A 1v1 real-time strategy duel that ends in 8 minutes. Draft your warband, seize the ember nodes, and climb an eight-tier ranked ladder with seasonal resets. Cross-platform matchmaking under 20 seconds.
Free to play · Season Pass AU$9.99
Turn-based squad tactics with 60+ units and destructible hex terrain. Full offline campaign plus asynchronous PvP, so a move can wait for your lunch break. No energy timers, ever.
Premium · AU$14.99 one-time
A slow-burn 4X builder where alliances of up to 40 players share a persistent map that resets each 90-day age. Deep diplomacy, real logistics, zero forced spending to stay competitive.
Free to play · Founder Pack AU$24.99
Screens & Concepts
A look inside the worlds our team paints, prototypes, and ships.
Dragonspire — Ember Reach arena
Ironhold Tactics — hex skirmish
Skyforge Empires — alliance capital
Concept art — the Ashwing dragonPlayer Verdicts
Dragonspire is the first mobile RTS where I never feel cheated by my wallet. I hit Diamond rank on a bus commute across Melbourne. The 8-minute matches are ruthless in the best way.
Good To Know
Yes. A single StrategyDragonWorks account carries your progress, purchases, and ranked standing across both platforms. You can start a Dragonspire match on an iPhone and finish reviewing replays on an Android tablet with the same cloud save.
Never. Every competitive advantage is earned through play. Purchases are limited to cosmetics, season passes, and one-time premium unlocks. There are no energy systems that stop you from playing when you want.
We target Android 9.0 and above, and iOS 15 and above. Our combat runs at 60fps on flagship hardware and remains fully playable at 30fps on devices up to about three years old. Ironhold Tactics also has a complete offline mode.
Our team works from 119 Gertrude Street in Fitzroy, VIC. We are not a public storefront, but we host playtests and hiring events throughout the year. Email us and we will add you to the invite list for the next session.
Use the contact form on this page or email [email protected]. Our live-ops team reviews reports every weekday and ships balance patches roughly every two weeks during an active season.
Get In Touch
Press, partnerships, playtesting, or a stubborn bug — reach the team directly. We reply to studio email within one business day.