Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A legendary, janky medieval sandbox where you rise from nobody to king, with huge replayability through mods. Skip it if you dislike grind, dated visuals and weak AI.
Great for
Players who enjoy self-made stories, army building and modding in a dated but deep medieval sandbox
Main risk
Repetitive grind, clunky AI and UI, or launch and crash problems on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Mods are endless. Play in japan (gekkokujo), medieval briton (brytenwalda), napoleon times, even lord of the rings, the crusades, star wars, and so on.”
Steam review · 3966 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It lacks some quality of life features found in Bannerlord, but makes up for it with much better balance, mechanics, and personality.”
Steam review · 189.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“You can be a bandit and raid caravans, you can be a mercenary and wage wars for kings, you can become a vassal and rule over a fief, you can even become a rebel king and rule over your own kingdom.”
Steam review · 79.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“And in spite of its age, the actual combat feels a lot sharper.”
Steam review · 189.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“So freaking fun and even runs on my 128MB vram potato laptop”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Through it, I met some of the greatest friends I’ve ever had.”
Steam review · 3296.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“won't run for ten minutes without crashing.”
Steam review · 187.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The gameplay loop becomes very repetitive.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the UI is ugly and keeps important information hidden a couple of clicks deep”
Steam review · 27.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Some of the worst AI in any game of all time”
Steam review · 49.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the learning curve is too big with no useful in-game tutorials”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“2/2 times I've played the entire campaign and conquered the map I have a glitch that prevents me from actually ending the game?”
Steam review · 517.8 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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