Farr: the Shahnameh battler

Factsheet

Developer

Sakhtar HooshmandMade in Iran

First release

August 2026

Platforms

Android: Cafe BazaarAndroid: MyketBrowser: faargame.ir/playA Google Play edition is in preparation.

Website

faargame.ir

Price

Free to play, with optional in-app purchases (gem packs)

Genre

Real-time online card battler, strategy

Modes

Online 1v1, friendly battles by code or QR, Shahnameh Pass (single-player campaign), clans and clan wars, cups and events

Languages

PersianAn English edition for Google Play is in preparation.

Audience

Players aged 13 and over

Requirements

Android or a web browser, with an internet connection

Engine

Flutter and Flame

Package

ir.shahname.shahname_client

Press contact

mohamad.navabi82@gmail.com

Instagram

instagram.com/faargame.ir

About the game

Short description

Farr is a real-time online card battler set in the world of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings. Build an army from the heroes and demons of Iranian legend, spend your elixir with care, and bring down the enemy fortress before the three minutes are up.

Long description

A battle in Farr lasts about three minutes. You drop troops at the right moment, balance attack and defence, and break the enemy towers one by one. It is easy to start and takes time to master. In online 1v1 you face a real player, or you can challenge a friend to a friendly battle.

The cards come from the heroes and creatures of the Shahnameh: Rostam and his horse Rakhsh, Sohrab, Esfandiar, Arash the Archer, the Simorgh, the White Div and dozens more, from common to legendary. You collect cards, upgrade them and build your own eight-card army. Every win brings Trophies, and Trophies carry you through twelve arenas, from the Starting Field to the Kayanian Throne. Each arena is a place from the epic: the Alborz mountains, Mazandaran, Turan, Damavand and more.

Every card carries a story from the Shahnameh, and playing unlocks Ferdowsi's own verses. Clans, clan wars, chests, daily quests and the Shahnameh Pass add to that. The art draws on Persian miniature painting and the music is epic.

History & story

What does “Farr” mean?

In the Shahnameh, farr (farrah-e izadi, “divine glory”) is a heavenly radiance that falls on worthy kings and heroes. Whoever holds it wins and rules, and whoever loses it falls. The game’s visual identity is built on that idea: light means the presence of farr and darkness its absence. The logo has three parts: a golden halo, the Kayanian crown and the word Farr in Persian calligraphy.

From turn-based strategy to real-time card battles

The project began as “Shahnameh”, a turn-based strategy game with kingdom building, turn-based battles with the epic’s heroes and player alliances. The team then changed course and turned it into a real-time card battler. Heroes and creatures became collectible, upgradable cards, and the earlier art and technology carried over. The game launched as Farr on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, and its browser version is open at faargame.ir/play. An English edition for Google Play is in preparation.

Key features

• Fast real-time battles

  Matches last about three minutes. Play online 1v1 against a real player, or a friendly battle by friend code or QR.

• Shahnameh cards

  Dozens of heroes, divs, soldiers, spells and buildings, from common to legendary. Eight-card armies and card upgrades.

• Combat classes and a counter ring

  Every card belongs to a combat class, and each class counters another. A good army is one that closes the ring.

• Twelve arenas

  From the Starting Field to the Kayanian Throne: Alborz, Mazandaran, Turan, Damavand, Gang-dezh and more.

• Shahnameh Pass

  A single-player campaign that moves the story of the Shahnameh forward chapter by chapter.

• Read the Shahnameh

  Every card carries a story from the epic and verses by Ferdowsi.

• Chat with Ferdowsi

  Ask the game’s narrator about himself, the epic and the game. Any verse he quotes comes from the Shahnameh text itself (49,608 couplets of the Ganjoor text).

• Clans and clan wars

  Group chat and battles for clan glory.

• Chests and quests

  Chests after victories, daily quests and monthly prizes.

• Competition

  Cups and competitive events, Battleground with live spectating and cheering, leaderboards and public player profiles on the website.

• Iranian at heart

  Persian voice-over, epic music and art inspired by Persian miniature painting.

Video

The 41-second Farr introduction video on Aparat. A gameplay video is also on the game’s Cafe Bazaar and Myket pages.

Watch on AparatIf the video does not load, use the Aparat link.

Images

Real in-game captures and official art. Click any image for the full-size file.

Game screenshots

Promo images

Key art

Arenas, the world map and Shahnameh Pass chapters.

Logo & brand

• 
  Main logoTransparent PNG, 2048×2048

  PNG
• 
  Official game icon (Rostam portrait)1254×1254

  PNGJPG
• 
  Secondary mark “F”Transparent PNG, 1024×1024

  PNG

In-game colours

• Farr Gold#FFD700Logo, titles, halos
• Antique Gold#D4A574Text, borders, icons
• Persian Night#1A0E0AMain background

Brand fonts: Vazirmatn (interface) and Lalezar (headlines). Both are free to use (SIL OFL licence).

Developer

Studio

Sakhtar Hooshmand, made in Iran

Sources & thanks

Ferdowsi's Shahnameh text from Ganjoor, the Vazirmatn and Lalezar fonts, Flutter and Flame

Interviews & more information

For interviews or more information about the team, write to the press contact below.

Contact

Press inquiries

mohamad.navabi82@gmail.com

Player support

youshgamestudio@gmail.com

Website

faargame.irfaargame.ir/contact

Instagram

instagram.com/faargame.ir

Image usage terms

The logo, icons, screenshots, promo images and key art are free to use for news, reports, reviews and articles about Farr. Please do not stretch, crop or recolour the logo, and where you can, credit “Farr” or faargame.ir next to the image.

For any other use, such as advertising, selling goods or building a product with these images, ask the press contact first.