The Little Soldier

HISTORICAL ROGUELIKE — NAPOLEONIC WARS

“You are nobody. A conscript from the south. The army hasn’t paid you in weeks. Your shoes are falling apart. But a young general has just arrived — and he says everything is about to change.”

French soldier

A survival RPG about being the least important person on the battlefield

Create a soldier. Join the ranks of Napoleon’s army. Survive battles through volley fire, narrative choices, and desperate melee. Build bonds with comrades who can die. Manage your health, morale, and stamina across camp and combat. When you die — and you will — your glory carries forward.

Three campaigns span Napoleon’s wars. Italy: the lightning war, audacity, victory against the odds. Egypt: isolation, disease, a veteran army stranded at the edge of the world. Russia: the long death, the retreat, survival — if you’re lucky.

For fans of A Legionary’s Life, Heads Will Roll, and anyone who’s wondered what it was really like to stand in the line.

3 CAMPAIGNS Italy · Egypt · Russia
18 CHAPTERS Raw recruit to veteran
PERMADEATH   Glory carries forward
Camp life — rest, train, and bond with comrades

Camp Life

Rest, train, forage, or gamble your pay. Build bonds with the men beside you. Your choices here echo on the battlefield.

Volley fire — the musketry drill is your lifeline

The Line

Load. Present. Fire. Endure the return. The musketry drill is your lifeline — but the man next to you just dropped.

Narrative choices that shape your story

The Story Finds You

Between the volleys, a sergeant bleeds out. An officer gives an impossible order. What you do next shapes everything.

Close combat — bayonet against bayonet

Melee

When the lines crash together, it’s stance against stance, bayonet against bayonet. Every round drains stamina and nerve.

ITALY 1796–1797

Lightning war. Audacity. Victory against the odds.

6 Battles · Montenotte to Mantua

EGYPT 1798–1801

Isolation. Disease. A veteran army stranded at the edge of the world.

4–5 Battles

RUSSIA 1812

The long death. The retreat. Survival — if you’re lucky.

4–5 Battles

“Your stats, rank, scars, and the names of the dead carry forward.”


“We are abandoned in the depths of Italy. None of the expected help has arrived… The Army of Italy, reduced to a handful of men, is worn out.”

— NAPOLEON TO THE DIRECTORY, NOVEMBER 1796

TITLE
The Little Soldier
GENRE
Survival RPG / Historical Roguelike / Tactical Narrative
SETTING
Napoleonic Wars, 1796–1812
PLATFORM
PC (Steam)
PLAYERS
Single-player
STATUS
In Development

About the Game

The Little Soldier is a survival RPG that puts you in the boots of an ordinary French soldier across Napoleon’s campaigns. Create your character, survive battles through volley fire and bayonet combat, make choices that shape your story, and carry your glory forward through permadeath. Historically grounded, mechanically deep, and brutally fair.

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