Players establish a mercenary company in a fantasy world inspired by medieval Germany and take contracts.

[8] Although he criticized the game's lack of a useful tutorial and poor inventory management, Ian Birnbaum wrote in this review for PC Gamer, "Battle Brothers takes a formula I love and twists it to fit a wide-open medieval setting.

"[1] RPGFan reviewer Bob Richardson wrote that the PC version "demands your time, but grants rewards with a thrilling and earthy experience".

"[13] Jon Jansen of RPGamer praised the game's combat system but said the user interface was poorly designed for consoles.

[3] Digitally Downloaded's reviewer, Matt S., called the Switch version's tutorial incompetent and said it would cause many potential fans to give up on the game.