Venture through the Middle Ages with these great games
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The Middle Ages (medieval times) has been portrayed in a variety of ways of the past few decades when it comes to gaming.
While most developers follow suit with a strong simulation strategy focusing on large-scale battles and obtaining territory, others have ventured down the action-adventure or RPG route, opting to tell a more niche and direct narrative. Either way, there are a great number of medieval-based Steam PC games to play, whether it's classics that have had an HD upgrade or brand-new releases with advanced gameplay systems and awe-inspiring detail.
Here, we've put together a selection of top medieval Steam PC games that you need to check out.
Stronghold Crusader HD
Steam rating: 'Overwhelmingly Positive'
The highly-anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Crusader HD throws you into historic battles from the Crusades with brutal AI opponents, new units, four historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions. You'll build an army of brave warriors and journey to distant Arabian lands to do battle in real-time strategy combat.
The game features several campaigns documenting the First, Second and Third Crusades, as well as conflicts within the individual Crusader states. Experience battles such as Nicea, Heraclea, siege of Antioch, Krak des Chevaliers and the Siege of Jerusalem, as well as the Crusader Trails from the Stronghold Warchest and Stronghold Crusader Extreme.
Advance on the castle gates while flanking the enemy from behind, feign retreat and lead your foe into a deadly trap – or just sit back and watch the destruction unfold!
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Steam rating: 'Very Positive'
Besiege castles and raid villages from a first-person slasher perspective in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Set in a fictional, yet gritty and realistic world, you'll fight in fast-paced online battles for glory in the arena with up to 32 players.
The game features a deep melee combat system provides players with a huge range of responsive combat options, and you'll be able to adjust your attacks and blocks in real time with the mouse for precise and full control of the action. Wield an arsenal of up to 60 brutal weapons ranging from broad swords and battle axes to longbows and javelins - and use a variety of siege weapons ranging from catapults, boiling oil, ballista, battering rams and more.
You can also opt for offline play, allowing you to gain familiarity with the controls and gameplay before being thrust into the action.
Both Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and the Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior DLC are available in the Chivalry: Complete Pack.
Mount & Blade: Warband
Steam rating: 'Overwhelmingly Positive'
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, highly-rated standalone expansion Mount & Blade: Warband sees you assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Become the ruler of a faction and convince lords to become your vassals by granting them lands, and enjoy new motion-captured combat animations and numerous improvements to the combat system.
Test your strategy and leadership in numerous multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Conquest, Battle, and Siege - and experience epic battles with up to 64 players.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Steam rating: 'Mostly Positive'
Son of a blacksmith... it's time to explore a huge open-world medieval setting and wage civil war in the action RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance. You take on the role of Henry, a young blacksmith from a humble village, who soon sees his life turned upside down as he embarks on a quest to avenge his family and friends who are brutally murdered.
Join the resistance under Lord Radzig Kobyla and seek to bring the evil Sigismund (The Red Fox) and his mercenary soldiers to justice - not only to save the captured King Wenceslas, but also for your fallen loved ones. Experience sword fights like never before with Warhorse Studio's challenging and advanced combat system.
With over 30 target zones, players will need to perfect distance, strikes and counters in order to execute dozens of unique and merciless combos in battle. Solve quests in multiple ways thanks to the game's non-linear story, and face the consequences of your decisions.
You can fight, steal, seduce, threaten, persuade, or bribe - every action has a reaction in this medieval realm.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Steam rating: 'Very Positive'
Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, dark action-adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence follows the story of siblings Amicia and Hugo, who must trust each other if they're to survive the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. As they struggle against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.
You'll need to avoid hordes of hungry, angry rodents by distracting them away. Use fire to scare rats towards enemies, or use a sling-thrower to throw rocks to break drawbridge chains, and stun guards long enough for the rats to ambush them.
Learn magical abilities to help you survive in the Black Death-ridden streets. Use Ignifer to ignite the embers, Somnum to make others fall asleep, Devorantis to force an enemy to remove their helmet, Luminosa to destroy a group of rats, Odoris to attract rats to a specific location, and Exstinguis to turn off lights!
Ancestors Legacy
Steam rating: 'Very Positive'
In Ancestors Legacy, you take command of your army as you storm through medieval Europe in an extensive series of campaigns. Choosing one of the four available nations – Viking, Anglo-Saxon, German, Slav – you will be tasked with more than just conquering, raiding and pillaging enemy camps, villages and towns.
Only by utilizing the full range of available tactical options, taking strategic advantage of the environment, and managing your temporary bases and settlements, will you emerge victorious!
This history-inspired, real-time strategy game is influenced by historical events in the Middle Ages - combining resource management and base building with large-scale, squad-based battles across vast battlefields - all rendered in great detail thanks to the Unreal Engine 4 tech.
Medieval Kingdom Wars
In Medieval Kingdom Wars, you'll rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat and experience a fresh perspective to the grand strategy genre - combining it with a full-on real-time approach, and daring to go where few strategy games have ventured before.
Redefining Medieval grand strategy, the game combines historical accuracy, a huge living and changing world and historical quests, all in a real-time environment. Build your cities, wage your wars, serve your king, and experience siege combat with a degree of brutality never seen before.