Factsheet
Developer:
Studio Draconis
Based in Paris, France
Founding date:
July 2015
Website:
https://studio-draconis.com/
Press / Business contact:
contact@studio-draconis.com
Social:
Discord
Game Twitter
Developer Twitter
Zodiac Legion
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Steam page
Release date:
Q4 2026
Platforms:
Windows PC
Description
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Zodiac Legion is a turn-based tactical RPG featuring lethal combat, formation fighting, squad management and kingdom building. Lead specialist parties of knights on daring raids through mysterious ruins and extensive dungeons where enemy garrisons actively thwart your efforts and adapt to your actions. Expand your influence in a feuding realm beset by a forgotten menace, master the power of the stars, and defeat death itself in your quest as the Lord Ascendant.
Features
- Lead your knights in turn-based tactical battles in a merciless war against the Dragon Covenant.
- Engage in authentic combat based on medieval martial arts and troop formations. Your fellow knights are your cover – stand together to support each other and form an impenetrable wall in the face of the enemy advance.
- Don the right gear, as armour is more than just a modifier. Layers of plate, chain and gambeson work together to prevent attacks from drawing blood. Find gaps in protection with precise strikes or overwhelm armoured enemies to drag them to the ground where no defences may save them.
- Smash your way through procedurally generated and fully destructible dungeons. There is no single "correct" route to the objective, and often the best path is the one you make yourself.
- Explore ancient ruins and places of power, where enemies actively seek you out and scramble their forces to stop you. Local defences improve with time taken in a mission and may flood you with foes.
- Reshape the battlefield to your advantage. Move targets in and out of position with telekinesis, flank enemy parties through terrain destruction, teleport to critical locations, and block the way behind you with walls of ice.
- Progress along a strategic campaign with dynamic missions, events and setbacks ensuring that no two playthroughs are the same. Expand and strengthen your Citadel, research new abilities and improve the equipment of your knights.
- Forge alliances with neutral nations before they are subverted by your adversary. Disrupt the operations of enemy parties, follow their trail to their secret strongholds, and wipe their corrupting influence from the realm.
- Ascend your warriors into mighty Zodiac Champions. Empowered by the stars, they become the embodiments of the Zodiac Signs, and as the reckless Aries rushes into combat head-on, the two-faced Gemini warps around the field to backstab his foes. Yet even these great Champions may fall, and those who die in battle, die for good.
- Proceed through diverse environments with different gameplay characteristics. With ancient temples, gloomy dungeons, vast caverns, city streets, castles, forests and swamps, Zodiac Legion takes you to battlefields as complex as they are varied.
- Mix and match your warriors’ gear for endless customisation.
Lore
As the Grandmaster of the Zodiac Order, it will be your duty to restore this knightly brotherhood and rally its champions under the banners of the thirteen Zodiac signs. But beware, for your adversaries are many, and they will not hesitate to crush you. The return of magic to the world has awakened your foremost enemy – the Dragon Covenant, an alliance of undying sorcerers who wish for nothing but your destruction.
The four cabals of the Covenant endeavour to subjugate the entire realm to their wickedness. For now, they are still recovering from their long slumber, but given time, their Archons will reclaim all their legendary powers. With undead and mutant thralls, black magic and unholy craftsmanship, their influence appears unstoppable, and petty lords fall under the dragon banner one by one. Yet the Archons’ hatred of you is matched only by their fear. The Zodiac Legion banished them in days of yore, and they know it can do so again. But as history ebbs and flows with the currents of astral magic, will it repeat itself this time?
Inspiration
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The work on Zodiac Legion began because we shared the vision of a game that would combine the tactical combat and strategic campaign of X-COM, with the fantasy aspects and dungeon crawling typical of most roleplaying games. We decided to use the theme of the Zodiac because of its association with classical mythology, and due to its ties with distinct character archetypes, which served as the foundation of our class system. There are hundreds of distinct features and qualities attributed to the signs by astrology, which lends itself to a robust and interconnected system that has an impact on all the aspects of Zodiac Legion's gameplay and storytelling.
Awards & Recognition
- Région Sud (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Regional grant supporting the development of Zodiac Legion, 2023 - CNC
FAJV grant request approved on May 2021 - TactiCon 2025
Developer talk on translating medieval manuscripts into game mechanics, July 2025 - IndieCade
Showcased, November 2022 - Tabletop Gathering
Showcased, November 2022 - TactiCon
Developer livestream and dev talk on flanking, support and pinning, September 2022 - Games Made in France
Showcased with a commented playthrough, September 2022 - Tiny Teams Festival
Selected, August 2022 - DreamHack Beyond
Showcased, June 2022 - Digital Dragons
Showcased with a demo update, May 2022 - Guerrilla Collective
Selected for the showcase, June 2021 - Gamescom
Developer livestreams and launch of the combat demo, August 2021 - PAX Rising - Play Paris
Showcased, April 2018
Press
Trailer • YouTube
Gifs
Images
Audio
Roadmap
October 2021: Demo October 19-26, 2026: Steam Next Fest Q4 2026: Early access releaseLogo & Icon
Members
Alexandre Boureau (Email)
Developer/Producer
Maciej Bogucki
Writer/Level designer
Alcibiade Minel
Composer/Sound designer
Antoine "TonioPxl" El Amouriq
Pixel artist
External contributors
Thomas "Cyangmou" Feichtmeir
Pixel artist
Ben "Wolfenoctis" Adendorff
Pixel artist
Valery "Thu" Kim
Pixel artist
Artyom "Brullov" Nevinchanyi
Pixel artist
David "DaaWeed" Martins
Pixel artist
Contact
Contact email
contact@studio-draconis.com
About Zodiac Legion
Summary
Studio Draconis is a small game development studio located in France focusing on bringing old school games that combine tactics, strategy and role-playing.
More information
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