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Build and defend medieval forts, then dig, fight, and bring down enemy strongholds in side-scrolling team battles.
Released 05 Nov 2013
Build Castle Defenses
Collapse Enemy Forts
Dig Attack Tunnels
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?
Developed by Transhuman Design · Published by Transhuman Design









King Arthur's Gold is a 2D side-scrolling medieval action game built around multiplayer battles and destructible environments. Players take part in team matches, working to attack enemy strongholds and protect their own.
Choose a Knight for close combat, an Archer for ranged attacks, or a Builder who can place and break blocks. Teams construct fortifications, traps, and siege machines, while digging tunnels or using explosives to breach defenses and reshape the battlefield.
The game includes competitive and cooperative modes, including capture-the-flag and team deathmatch, as well as single-player play. Community-made mods and scripts add further modes and experiences.
Players often praise the distinctive mix of fort-building, combat, and destructible battlefields, especially when coordinated teams turn matches into chaotic sieges. Class roles, capture-the-flag rounds, and community-made mods are also recurring highlights, with many reviews expressing strong nostalgia. At the same time, players frequently lament that active servers can be hard to find.




| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
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| Achievements | 64 |
| Age ratings |
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| Players | 1–32 |
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| Multiplayer | King Arthur's Gold supports online multiplayer focused on team-based competitive and cooperative play. Official store features list Online PvP and Online Co-op, and the marketing text states battles with 32 humans in multiplayer. Reviews describe server-based matches, common team modes such as Capture the Flag, Take the Halls, and Team Deathmatch, and the ability to join and leave matches freely. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game supports community-created mods and scripts, and reviews describe many modded servers with custom rules, weapons, vehicles, and entirely different modes. Mods expand multiplayer variety substantially, but no provided text indicates they change player counts or core online support. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 81/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |