Best Medieval Games on Steam
Games set around castles, knights, feudal life, old warfare, or medieval fantasy.
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1The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
May 18, 2015
In this game, you can…
- miss a unique card from an NPC, then later find that same card lying under a tree of hanged civilians if you never won it.
- pay out of your own pocket to take care of an orphan, finishing the quest with less money than you started.
- ignore the main quest and travel the continent just to find one specific card and beat one specific merchant at Gwent.
- turn a simple contract into a whole mini-drama, like mediating a divorce and then stumbling into a curse and a missing-person hunt.
- build fights around prep: read a monster entry, choose the right oil, brew a potion, pack bombs, then walk in ready.
- switch from swordplay to a full spell-and-alchemy style: parry, dodge, shield up, cast, then escalate to oils and bombs for bosses.
- walk into a huge city without a loading screen, then watch people change routines from day to night and react to rain.
- make small choices that ripple forward and change outcomes much later, leaving you stuck with the consequences.
2The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Nov 10, 2011
In this game, you can…
- start a full-town brawl by punching a chicken.
- enter a drinking contest, black out, wake up in a temple, track down a missing goat from a giant, and end up meeting a Daedric Prince for a reward staff.
- stand on a mountain, learn magical shouts, then spend dragon souls to unlock more words and yell enemies around as a core combat tool.
- pick a direction with almost no guidance and stumble into caves, dungeons, and random sights just by wandering.
- build your entire character around a once-per-day racial power, like berserker rage or rapid magicka regeneration.
- buy or build a house and turn it into an organized museum with weapon racks, sorted chests, and crafting supplies placed by each station.
- become a werewolf and ignore the main quest to live off the land, hunting deer and tearing through bandits.
- watch a dragon swoop down mid-conversation, grab a guard in its mouth, fling him into the air, and kill him instantly.
3Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.
Feb 4, 2025
In this game, you can…
- get ambushed mid-wagon ride, fight beside guards, then keep chatting like nothing happened.
- have towns remember your thefts so people grow suspicious, change locks, and hire guards.
- win a tournament, then get spared by would-be attackers who recognize you later in the street.
- pick a lock in a sleeping house, loot the chest, slip through a garden, and vanish into the trees unseen.
- walk through a world where every NPC works, goes to the pub, then sleeps on a daily routine.
- travel while conversations keep happening in motion, with jokes and gossip continuing through the journey.
- bathe, eat, and wear clean clothes because shopkeepers and strangers treat you differently when you look filthy.
- bring a dog companion that can track, help in fights, and still needs feeding and petting like a real animal.
4Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - 42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Nov 14, 2019
In this game, you can…
- watch a monk convert your knights mid-fight, and they instantly switch sides.
- tell AI teammates what units to train, where to build, and what target to attack.
- play voice-acted historical campaigns like Saladin or Joan of Arc, and even run some of those missions in co-op.
- auto-explore the map with your scout.
- collapse buildings into rubble when they're destroyed, instead of just disappearing.
- queue unit production and technologies at the same time, so upgrades don't pause your momentum.
- skip the early setup and jump straight into fighting with a mode that starts after the opening minutes.
- race a campaign mission timer by destroying every castle in a city in under 30 minutes.
5Mount & Blade: Warband - In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to 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!
Mar 31, 2010
In this game, you can…
- start as a nobody, win favor in a kingdom, get snubbed, then rebel and found your own realm with lords who immediately defect to you.
- fight massive battles like 150-versus-150 armies colliding at once, with entire formations getting wiped out in the same melee.
- scheme your way to ruining a noble's life, capture them in battle, and keep them imprisoned in a castle you own.
- bet on yourself in a tournament, win the whole bracket, and walk out with around 4,000 denars in one day.
- lead a cavalry charge and physically ride down an entire line of infantry while your army collapses in behind you.
- climb a siege ladder under arrow fire, break onto the wall, and personally hold the choke point while wave after wave tries to shove past.
- recruit peasants, sell loot, trade between towns, swear fealty, get granted land, marry into nobility, then declare independence and appoint your own vassals.
6Crusader Kings III - Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Sep 1, 2020
In this game, you can…
- make the pope your vassal, imprison him over a feast insult, seize Rome, force-convert him, and banish him.
- create a custom religion with rules like forced nudity or ritual cannibalism, then use conversion to control and humiliate rivals.
- start as a two-year-old empress, face near-total revolt, then grow into a famous conqueror and reformer.
- play a dynasty where you die, then keep ruling as your heir.
- lose your wife to concubinage, rescue her decades later, then adopt a feral "wolf-boy" and raise him into a kingdom-building heir.
- turn a rumor into a chain of spying, blackmail, secret murders, and a land-claim war that drags the whole realm into marching armies.
- breed a "perfect heir" through dynasty genetics until your family tree becomes strategically useful and completely tangled.
- revoke an empire's election laws with a single decision, then deal with powerful nobles resisting the change and testing your rule.
7Castle Crashers® - Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
Sep 26, 2012
In this game, you can…
- ride a deer that rockets forward using its own poop.
- finish a boss fight, then duel your co-op partner for the princess and turn teamwork into a winner-takes-all brawl.
- make and upload your own custom knight, assign powers, and still toggle back to the classic visuals whenever you want.
- juggle enemies in midair with combo chains so they can't touch the ground before you relaunch them.
- swap to weapons like a chicken or a slab of meat, and watch the stats change your strength, magic, defense, and speed.
- collect tiny animal companions that follow you around and grant perks like extra health, XP, or other effects.
- replay the whole campaign on a New Game+ difficulty where enemies hit and survive so much harder that one mistake can end a run.
8Age of Empires II (Retired) - Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
Apr 9, 2013
In this game, you can…
- convert enemy soldiers so they instantly switch sides mid-battle.
- raise the population cap to 500 and flood the map with armies big enough to change your entire battle plan.
- win without conquering everyone by guarding a king, collecting relics, or building and defending a wonder.
- mass monks behind walls, upgrade them into tanky converters, then march out stealing whole armies while they chant.
- watch monks on both sides convert the same troops back and forth until someone breaks the stalemate with a surprise demolition squad.
- set up two markets far apart and generate more gold from trade just because the route is longer.
- fire a mangonel shot into a clump of archers and flatten them all at once.
- play campaigns as famous historical leaders like Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, or Joan of Arc.
9The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. The Northern Kingdoms mobilize for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy...
Apr 16, 2012
In this game, you can…
- pick between Roche and Iorveth and watch the rest of the game reroute into different chapters, locations, and main story arcs.
- turn Triss into a small figurine without realizing it, carry her around, and later crack it open to free her and expose a spy.
- wake up naked on a beach with a new neck tattoo, then retrace your drunken night to figure out how it happened.
- get framed for a king's murder, break out of a dungeon, and hunt the real assassin while piecing together your lost memory.
- walk into a cursed battlefield where an entire war zone is enchanted, then team up with mages to lift the curse before you can move on.
- drink potions before fights, coat your blade with oils, lay traps and bombs, and survive by timing Signs instead of just swinging.
- fight in an arena mode where endless enemy waves test your full combat toolkit under mounting pressure.
- import past choices and keep continuity details across games, including carrying that tattoo forward into The Witcher 3.
- reach the ending and get a detailed rundown of how your earlier choices reshaped characters, regions, and political outcomes.
10Crusader Kings II - Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Feb 14, 2012
In this game, you can…
- use intrigue to install your brother as an anti-pope, go to war with the pope, and make your brother the official pope for Catholics
- seduce queens and empresses across multiple realms, then spread bastards so widely that another player can end up as your kid
- build a secret Odin cult, drag your spouse into it, get in a tavern brawl while disguised, then die crusading for Christianity while secretly pagan
- start as a powerful emperor or a lowly count in 1066–1453, and if you die without a viable heir, your run just ends
- lose one throne in a succession war, then inherit a completely different kingdom through your family line
- marry into a rival dynasty, line up your heir to inherit, and watch two kingdoms unify automatically when the right person dies
- plot a duke's murder with help from his spouse, spark the civil war you wanted, and steer the chaos toward your firstborn inheriting
- murder the king of France, marry his widow, and have a son with her who gains the claim you need to take the throne
- raid across Europe from a tiny island ruler, kill hundreds of thousands, hoard mercenaries and gold, then trigger a coalition dogpile that wipes your empire in two years
