Revived by new updates and mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“out of nowhere, the developers have started patching it again and doing a phenomenal job”
Steam review · 35.9 h played ↗
The Guild II Renaissance
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Runeforge Game Studio2010Colony Sim · Simulation · Strategy
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 59 min ago
The verdict
A uniquely deep medieval dynasty and economy sim, recently revived by community-driven updates and mods. Skip it if you can't tolerate jank, a clunky UI and bugs.
Great for
Fans of Sims, Crusader Kings and economy sims who accept old-game jank, and friends wanting co-op
Main risk
Bugs, crashes, broken automation and an unintuitive UI can ruin long saves.
What players love
Multiplayer finally works
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Can finally play multiplayer with friends after the latest patch.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
Steam Workshop and Reforged mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“add the Reforged mod from Steam workshop and experience one of the greatest life-sim games of all time.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Nostalgic classic with no real equivalent
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Nobody has even come close to making anything like it since.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Unique depth: economy, politics, dynasty
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It feels like if Crusader Kings with actual 3d, personal gameplay instead of menus upon menus.”
Steam review · 46.5 h played ↗
Cheap and fun despite the jank
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Awesome game, can do whatever you want but buggy as hell. Still worth playing it though.”
Steam review · 30.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and game-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“legit more buggy than cyberpunk first release”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Clunky, unintuitive UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The controls themselves even when they do work, are archaic and nonsensical.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Broken automation and trade routes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the in-game automation is buggy and just plain dumb. After a while, the transport wagons will often just go in circles!”
Steam review · 152.9 h played ↗
Crashes and corrupted saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game is reliably crashing at the exact same ingame time and there is no other way to continue the game”
Steam review · 31 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“There was nothing in the way of any tutorial.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Multiplayer desyncs and failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“it's literally impossible to finish a multiplayer game”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® XP, Vista, 7, 10
Processor2 GHz Processor
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 capable graphics adapter with Pixelshader Model 1.1
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® XP, Vista, 7, 10
Processor2.8 GHz Processor or better
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 capable graphics adapter with Pixelshader Model 2
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows® XP, Vista, 7, 10
Processor2 GHz Processor
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 capable graphics adapter with Pixelshader Model 1.1
Storage4 GB available space
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