diff --git a/pkgs/games/curseofwar/default.nix b/pkgs/games/curseofwar/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b915345f862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/curseofwar/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, ncurses
+, SDL
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "curseofwar";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "a-nikolaev";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1bj3lv5vrnwzzkgj31pyf1lzkz10qphvzlfz7a3j4plqkczjq92y";
+  };
+
+  patches = [(fetchpatch {
+    # Pull request #40: https://github.com/a-nikolaev/curseofwar/pull/40
+    name = "prefix-independent-data";
+    url = "https://github.com/fgaz/curseofwar/commit/947dea527b2bf4c6e107b8e9c66f4c4fd775b6f9.patch";
+    sha256 = "0ak5igaxmbavkbl8101xx6gswhwgzm5f6wyplwapgh7cylnclc61";
+  })];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    ncurses
+    SDL
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = (if isNull SDL then [] else [ "SDL=yes" ]) ++ [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A fast-paced action strategy game";
+    homepage = "https://a-nikolaev.github.io/curseofwar/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99630d59aae7..c5102ad64cbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21432,6 +21432,9 @@ in
 
   crrcsim = callPackage ../games/crrcsim {};
 
+  curseofwar = callPackage ../games/curseofwar { SDL = null; };
+  curseofwar-sdl = callPackage ../games/curseofwar { ncurses = null; };
+
   cutemaze = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/cutemaze {};
 
   cuyo = callPackage ../games/cuyo { };