Medieval This War of Mine feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It is a medieval This War of Mine, and it is incredibly done.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
Worth buying? What 207 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 207 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Black Eye Games, FishTankStudio2020Economy · Strategy · Simulation
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 52 min ago
The verdict
A free medieval "This War of Mine" about supplying a besieged keep: daytime crafting, nighttime scavenging. Skip it if you dislike slow, micromanaged survival games.
Great for
Fans of This War of Mine and resource-management survival who want a free, atmospheric medieval take
Main risk
Slow, repetitive scavenging and time pressure feel like a tedious chore, with no battle visuals
What players love
Supporting the defenders is a fresh premise
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Very original premise, I like to play for the people who need to keep things running while the soldiers defend the keep.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Tense night scavenging and choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Night crawling adds a nice suspense to balance the planning over the day.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Oppressive siege atmosphere and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The game conveys the atmosphere of a besieged medieval city very well, and resource management and survival make every decision truly matter.”
Steam review · translated · 5.2 h played ↗
Free prologue that works as a demo
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“It's worth a shot for the hour or so it takes to clear and it gives you a pretty good idea if you'll like the full game on release”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Good resource and time management
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“the game is well designed in crafting, time management, and resource management.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring, slow, tedious gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Same as This War of Mine: excessively slow and boring, with primitive, annoying mechanics.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗
Clone of This War of Mine, worse
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“A 3D copy-paste of TWoM.”
Steam review · translated · 0.9 h played ↗
Scavenging is clunky and micromanaged
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The night time scavenging is not fun. Movement is slow, chunky, dull and click driven.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Time too short, no pause
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“TLDR: No Pause Function”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Battles are offscreen, only a progress bar
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“you walk around collecting materials for your army, which you don't even get to watch battle.. They do it all offscreen and its just a progress bar”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Overpriced full game
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Now, since release I should pay the same amount to play the official version. Shame on you!”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 Sp. 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II X4 with at least 2,7 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750Ti, Radeon HD 7850 - at least 1GB GPU memory
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 Sp. 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 or AMD Phenom II X4 with at least 3.2 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 960, Radeon HD 7970 - at least 2GB GPU memory
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 7 Sp. 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II X4 with at least 2,7 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750Ti, Radeon HD 7850 - at least 1GB GPU memory
Storage5 GB available space
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