Holdfast: Nations At War

Released: Mar 5, 2020
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 07:12 GMT

Updates & announcements

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04 Jul 2026Developer post
July 4th Major Update! Out Now.
The 250th anniversary of America's declaration of independence is here and it's time to celebrate with some stars, stripes and Holdfast. Join us from today for the July 4th celebrations update. Featuring new maps, fireworks, uniforms and weapons all packed full of patriotism. If
18 Jun 2026Developer post
Reinforcements Are Here! Fixes & Additions V1
The King hasn't been too pleased with the failure to squash out this rebellion in a timely manner. Reinforcements are now arriving! Starting from today players supporting the losing faction (currently British) will contribute 3x more score to their supported nation's side, consid
15 Jun 2026Developer post
American Revolution July 4th Roadmap
It's been a revolutionary last couple of days since the release of Holdfast: American Revolution. Players across the world and on all platforms have been battling it out in an intense tug of war for freedom and for order. So far, almost 150,000 players in total have supported a s
11 Jun 2026Developer post
Holdfast: American Revolution. Out Now!
The revolution has arrived! Time to hop on Holdfast and take part in the elegantly chaotic warfare of the American Revolution. We're also hosting a massive Shilling and player EXP boost for the next few days to celebrate the release. This update is absolutely colossal with 5 new
07 Jun 2026Developer post
American Revolution Gameplay Trailer. Releasing June 11th
We're just a short 4 days away from the beginning of the fight for freedom. Holdfast: American Revolution releases on June 11th to all the patriotic fanfare, elegantly chaotic warfare and iconic proximity voice chat we've all come to know and love. To get you ready for battle her
31 May 2026Developer post
Future Games Show! American Revolution
Join us on June 6th for the official gameplay reveal of Holdfast: American Revolution live on the Future Games Show. We'll be celebrating the showcasing of Holdfast on the big screen with giveaways across all our socials so be sure to follow along as we close in on this monumenta
23 May 2026Developer post
Dev Update! American Revolution
Welcome to the first update showcase video for Holdfast: American Revolution , the next major expansion releasing to the game for free as a show of thanks to our beloved community. 5 Historically inspired battlefields will arrive at launch ready for some good old fashioned revolu
30 Apr 2026Developer post
Holdfast: American Revolution! Releasing June 11th
For Liberty & Freedom! The next major expansion for the game Holdfast: American Revolution will be releasing on June 11th for free as a show of thanks to our beloved community. Get ready to take a small step back in time to engage in this massive Revolutionary War update and
12 Mar 2026Developer post
Fixes & Additions! Age Of Sail
It has been a week since the release of Holdfast: Age Of Sail and what a week it has been. Not only did we set a new Steam concurrent player peak record but we also smashed through the Naval concurrent players record not once but twice! Today we're dishing out a few additions and
08 Mar 2026Developer post
Shilling Boost! Game Sale & Player Records
Holdfast: Age Of Sail released on March 6th 2026 to roaring success! Already we have broken our all time Naval concurrent player count record by a country mile with an impressive 5,000+ players connecting to the game and sailing the seven seas. To celebrate this, Holdfast is now
05 Mar 2026Developer post
Holdfast: Age Of Sail - Out Now!
The time has finally arrived! Prepare to embark and set sail to earn your shillings fighting for Britain, France and the newly introduced Spain or the Plundering Privateers. Age Of Sail is a major expansion for Holdfast, releasing for free as a show of thanks to our beloved commu
13 Feb 2026Developer post
Holdfast! Age Of Sail Releasing March 5th
All hands on deck! The Spanish navy is arriving to the oceans of Holdfast along with the free Age Of Sail expansion on March 5th 2026 . Available cross-platform on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S | X. They'll be joining the British, French and Privateers on the seven seas
17 Dec 2025Developer post
Very Scottish Christmas! Update Released.
Christmas has officially arrived and this year it's packed full of Scottish festive cheer. A Very Scottish Christmas is here and tis certainly going to be an unforgettable season with the new kilted fellows on the battlefields along with 5 new Scotland themed maps making their wa
05 Dec 2025Developer post
A Very Scottish Christmas - Announcement
The highland bells are ringing and the men are ready to give em some Scottish steel. On December 17th 2025 the tartan army is coming to Holdfast. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 They'll be bringing with them new thematic maps, including one special siege scenario, uniforms, a unique musket and ba
21 Nov 2025Developer post
News. Christmas & Naval Expansion
We've been working overtime polishing off the next major expansion coming to the game, Holdfast: Age of Sail. Thanks to the exceptional response to the console release what was planned to be a major update soon turned into a full expansion with new factions, maps, a new ship, gam
28 Oct 2025Developer post
Holdfast Halloween! Increased XP Event.
That time of the year again has come around... Fred and his minions begin their invasion of the Holdfast battlefields from the 28th of October until the 9th of November . 💀 During this spooky period, players will be able to equip unique Fred cursed versions of heads found within
25 Aug 2025Developer post
Third Person Shooter Fest! Game Sale.
Steam’s Third Person Shooter Fest is here! To celebrate Holdfast’s participation in the fest Holdfast and all its DLCs will be be available for purchase on Steam at up to 20% off until September 1st 2025. With the release of Holdfast onto Xbox and Playstation consoles there’s nev
21 Aug 2025Developer post
Holdfast: Age Of Sail - Announcement
Raise the black flag, capture and plunder ships or take a break with some ranting and roaring by singing along with the new accordion instrument in this massive expansion coming to Holdfast’s naval front. Welcome to the Age Of Sail. Holdfast: Age Of Sail will release for free as
Raise the black flag, capture and plunder ships or take a break with some ranting and roaring by singing along with the new accordion instrument in this massive expansion coming to Holdfast’s naval front. Welcome to the Age Of Sail.
Holdfast: Age Of Sail will release for free as a show of thanks for the outstanding response to the games console release. Players across all platforms will be able to crew up and set sail before the year ends. We’ll be teasing more out in the coming months so be sure to stay up to date on our socials.
Before taking a deep dive into some of what this massive expansion will offer below, have a watch of the Holdfast: Age Of Sail announcement trailer for a first glimpse of these new ‘sea dogs'.
Watch on YouTube
There Be ‘Pirates’
Ahoy! Privateers are coming. Based on real sailors under the black flag the new Privateer faction makes their way to Holdfast’s Naval front. With instantly iconic uniform variety and entirely new voice lines this mixed bunch of rag tags will be a fearful sight for any distinguished British captain.
It wouldn’t be fitting to introduce Privateers without a bit of piracy now would it? The Age Of Sail expansion will enable chancing crews to board enemy ships and capture them claiming it as their own and removing the ship from the enemies spawn list and adding it to their own.
Keeping with the theme of capturing, a new Naval Conquest gamemode will be introduced into the game and feature a whole slew of new maps specially curated for the mode. Capture and hold fortified islands and command the open seas with your firepower.
(Work in progress development build example of the conquest system)
Captains will also now be able to issue orders with well timed buffs akin to the land infantry Officer class. Simply press the ability bind and begin issuing orders to the crew. When an order is issued they’ll call out your instruction throughout the ship to ensure everyone gets the job done.
The following orders are a work in progress and might not reflect their final design on release.
Load Ship Guns - Instructs players aboard the vessel to ready the guns.
Fire Ship Guns - Instructs players aboard the vessel to fire the guns. This will increase damage by 1.5x if fired within 2 seconds.
Repel Boarders - Gives all crew members a small melee resistance boost while standing on a friendly ship. Lasts for 10 seconds.
Wet The Sails - Increases speed of the vessel temporarily.
Hoist Flag - Hoist the enemy flag on your naval vessel becoming representative to that of the enemy faction temporarily.
Board Enemy Vessel - Gives all crew members a small melee attack boost while standing on an enemy ship. Lasts for 10 seconds.
None of these new systems would be any good however without somewhere to make use of them, on top of reworking and in some cases entirely redesigning original naval maps, we've also gone ahead and created a multitude more of new naval battlefields, coastal siege maps and now of course unique naval conquest maps.
Here's a sneak preview of one of the new coastal siege maps and naval conquest maps that'll be releasing with the Age Of Sail expansion.
This is just a small taste of what’s to come, there’s a whole load more that’ll be introduced to both the naval and land side of the game. We’ll be announcing more maps, new mechanics and a boatload more in the coming months so be sure to join us over on the official Holdfast Discord server.

discord.gg/holdfastgame
We thank you for your continued support and look forward to sailing the seas with you all and until next time, may good health be yours. :oheart:
- Anvil Game Studios Refleax, Rycon, Dreas, Walki, Jackson, Harper, Storey, UberJuice, Stan, Gest, Matt, Grandayy, CharlesCute_Rat, Winston (The Cat) & Nelson (The Other Cat).
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15 Aug 2025Developer post
Holdfast Heads To Gamescom! Join Us
Holdfast heads to Gamescom 2025! Come join us at Gamescom in Cologne, we’ll be located at Hall 10.2, Stand D023 with plenty of fanfare and exclusive reveals, if you’re passing through be sure to drop by you can even hop on Holdfast for a few games while you’re there too.. Being a
15 Jul 2025Developer post
New Record! 9,700+ Concurrent Players
After smashing through our concurrent player count record (previously 3,400) with a whopping 6,400+ players on launch day we then went on to set the ceiling even higher, breaking our record another 3 times and capping off the weekend with a 9,700+ concurrent player peak . We're m

Holdfast: Nations At War

Updates & announcements

July 4th Major Update! Out Now.

Reinforcements Are Here! Fixes & Additions V1

American Revolution July 4th Roadmap

Holdfast: American Revolution. Out Now!

American Revolution Gameplay Trailer. Releasing June 11th

Future Games Show! American Revolution

Dev Update! American Revolution

Holdfast: American Revolution! Releasing June 11th

Fixes & Additions! Age Of Sail

Shilling Boost! Game Sale & Player Records

Holdfast: Age Of Sail - Out Now!

A Taste Of What's Here

Something Even Bigger Is Coming!

Kit Yourself Out

Holdfast! Age Of Sail Releasing March 5th

Very Scottish Christmas! Update Released.

Highland Battlefields

12 Days Of Holdfast

New Main Menu

A Very Scottish Christmas - Announcement

News. Christmas & Naval Expansion

Christmas Gifts!

Holdfast Halloween! Increased XP Event.

Enemy Vessel Sighted!

Third Person Shooter Fest! Game Sale.

Age Of Sail Announced

Holdfast: Age Of Sail - Announcement

There Be ‘Pirates’

Holdfast Heads To Gamescom! Join Us

Setting Sights

New Record! 9,700+ Concurrent Players

1.5x Increased XP!