# Wargus

> Wargus runs Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness on the open-source Stratagus engine for Windows, looking and sounding like the original, with small gameplay enhancements.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/warcraft2/ports/wargus/
Page updated: 2026-10-26

- Developer: The Stratagus Team
- Port type: Reimplementation (The game was rebuilt in new code that plays like the original and loads its data from your own copy.)
- Game: [Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/warcraft2/index.md)
- AI use: Not stated
- Source code: https://github.com/Wargus/wargus
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, from the DOS CD or the Battle.net Edition (Beyond the Dark Portal is optional).

Wargus lets players play Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Blizzard's 1995 real-time strategy game, on the open-source Stratagus engine. On first start it extracts the original game's data from the player's CD or install, so the game looks and sounds exactly like Warcraft II.

The gameplay is very close to the original, with a few enhancements in the style of StarCraft, and it adds higher resolutions and multiplayer on today's systems.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Windows installer or the portable build.
2. On first start, Wargus asks for your Warcraft II CD or install and extracts the graphics, sounds and maps from it.
3. Start the game and play the campaigns, skirmishes or multiplayer.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/warcraft2/ports/wargus/#download

- for Windows (portable): 3.3.2 (2022-08-10)
- Installer for Windows: 3.3.2 (2022-08-10)