Medieval

2019 · Real-Time Strategy · PC / Steam

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is the gold standard for how a classic RTS should be remastered, delivering the original's legendary gameplay with modernized visuals, expanded content, and a competitive scene that keeps the game more alive than titles a fraction of its age.

1957 · Ingmar Bergman · 96 min · Drama, Fantasy

The Seventh Seal is one of those films that either grabs you by the throat or leaves you cold, and there's not much middle ground. Bergman's allegory of a knight playing chess with Death remains striking and intellectually layered nearly seventy years later. It demands patience and a willingness to sit with uncomfortable questions about faith and mortality. For viewers open to that challenge, few films reward the effort so completely.

1975 · Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones · 91 min · Comedy

The most quotable comedy ever made, a shoestring-budget medieval send-up that turned budgetary limitations into comedy gold and created a template for absurdist humor that's been imitated for fifty years.

2025 · RPG · PC / Steam

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II refines everything the original built, delivering a more polished, more expansive, and more accessible medieval RPG without sacrificing the historical authenticity that made the first game special.

2006 · Strategy · PC / Steam

Total War: Medieval II represents the peak of the classic Total War formula for a significant portion of the fanbase, combining deep campaign management with large-scale real-time battles in a medieval setting that the series has never quite recaptured.

2020 · Grand Strategy / RPG · PC / Steam

Crusader Kings III is the rare strategy game that makes you care less about winning and more about the stories your dynasty creates along the way. It balances accessibility with staggering depth, letting newcomers find their footing while veterans lose themselves in centuries of scheming and succession crises. The DLC pricing model asks a lot of loyal players, and the late game can lose momentum, but the core experience remains one of the most compelling sandboxes on PC. Five years after launch, it's still generating the kind of stories people can't stop telling each other.

2014 · 2-4 Players · ~90 min · Competitive

Orléans pioneered the bag-building mechanism and remains its finest expression, turning the randomized draw of worker discs into an engine-building puzzle that feels different from anything else in the euro genre. The satisfaction of curating your bag to deliver exactly the workers you need is hard to replicate, and the multiple paths to victory keep the strategic space wide open across dozens of plays. Theme is thin, and rounds can drag at higher player counts when someone takes too long optimizing their placement. But the core loop is so well-designed that these complaints barely register against the overall experience.

2018 · RPG · PC / Steam

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a deeply ambitious historical RPG that delivers an uncommonly authentic medieval experience, rewarding patient players who can push through its rough edges and steep learning curve.

2019 · Action-Adventure · PC / Steam

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a beautifully told story of siblings surviving the horrors of medieval France, with stunning atmosphere and emotional weight that overcome its simpler gameplay systems.

2019 · 1-4 Players · ~90-120 min · Competitive

Paladins of the West Kingdom elevates the worker placement genre with its colored-worker system and deeply satisfying combo-building, delivering a brain-burning puzzle that rewards careful planning and offers tremendous replayability despite its relatively low player interaction.

2019 · 3-5 Players · ~60 min · Competitive

The King's Dilemma delivers the best political negotiation experience in board gaming through a legacy campaign where every vote, bribe, and betrayal reshapes a kingdom that remembers your choices.

2022 · Action RPG / Strategy · PC / Steam

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord delivers some of the most satisfying large-scale medieval combat in gaming and a sandbox that can consume hundreds of hours, even as its campaign layer and mid-game pacing struggle to match the strength of its battles.

2013 · 2-4 Players · ~60-90 min · Competitive

Bruges is one of Stefan Feld's most elegant designs, using multi-use cards to create a rich decision space where every card offers six possible actions, producing a medieval city-building game that's both accessible and deeply strategic.

2022 · Action-Adventure · PC / Steam

A Plague Tale: Requiem expands on its predecessor in every dimension, delivering a more ambitious and visually stunning sequel that occasionally buckles under the weight of its own ambitions, particularly in pacing and performance.

2010 · 2-4 Players · ~90 min · Competitive

Troyes turns dice into one of the most strategically rich currencies in board gaming, where rolling well matters less than spending wisely and even your opponents' dice are fair game. The three-domain system of military, religion, and civil actions gives every round genuine variety, while hidden scoring objectives add a layer of uncertainty that keeps experienced players honest. The learning curve is steep and the game can punish runaway leaders, but for groups who appreciate a euro where dice are tools rather than tyrants, Troyes remains one of the sharpest designs of its era.

2020 · 1-4 Players · 60-90 min · Competitive

Viscounts of the West Kingdom closes out the West Kingdom trilogy with a game that blends deck building, rondel movement, and area influence into a cohesive package. It's lighter than Paladins, more mechanically ambitious than Architects, and finds a comfortable middle ground that rewards repeated play without demanding marathon sessions. The hidden scoring keeps things suspenseful, the solo AI is excellent, and the way the card conveyor belt shapes your options creates satisfying tactical puzzles. The rulebook needs work, some strategies feel underdeveloped, and the thin player boards are a miss. But as a complete euro experience in 90 minutes or less, Viscounts delivers.

2018 · 1-5 Players · 60-80 min · Competitive

Architects of the West Kingdom takes the familiar worker placement formula and injects it with a level of player interaction that most games in the genre avoid. The capture mechanic, the virtue track, and the accumulating worker system all combine to create something that feels distinct even in a crowded field. It teaches quickly, plays in about an hour, and offers enough strategic variety to reward repeat sessions. The two-player experience is noticeably weaker, and individual turns can feel incremental rather than dramatic. But at three to five players, this is one of the smartest and most engaging mid-weight euros available.

2011 · 2-4 Players · ~60-90 min · Competitive

Village transforms worker placement through its innovative time mechanic, where family members age and die as you pursue your dynasty's legacy, creating a thematically rich euro game where planning for death is just as important as planning for prosperity.

2022 · Simulation / Crafting · PC / Steam

Potion Craft transforms alchemy into a remarkably tactile and inventive crafting system, offering hours of satisfying experimentation before the late-game grind catches up with its clever ideas.

2023 · 2-4 Players · 60-120 min · Competitive

Kutna Hora delivers one of the most dynamic economic systems in modern euro gaming, where a living market reacts to every player's decisions and transforms what could have been a standard city builder into something tense and unpredictable.

2021 · Action, Medieval Combat · PC / Steam

Chivalry 2 delivers chaotic medieval battlefield combat with a surprisingly deep melee system wrapped in an accessible package. Large-scale battles are a spectacle of flying limbs and battle cries, though server issues and a lack of meaningful progression keep it from reaching its full potential.

2023 · 1-4 Players · ~60-90 min · Competitive

Merchants of the South Tigris blends deck building with worker placement in a way that feels fresh within the West Kingdom lineage, offering satisfying combo potential alongside a learning curve that demands patience.

2021 · Simulation / Colony Management · PC / Steam

Going Medieval takes the colony management formula and adds a vertical building dimension that most games in the genre ignore. Constructing multi-story forts with underground cellars and defensive towers creates a tangible sense of place that flat-map colonies lack. The survival and defense elements keep things tense, and the medieval setting provides a strong framework for resource management. Early access limitations are real, with content depth and colonist AI being the clearest gaps, but the foundation is promising and development has been consistent.

2023 · RPG · PC / Steam

Wartales drops you into a gritty medieval world with a band of mercenaries and no grand quest to follow, and that deliberate lack of direction is both its defining strength and the thing most likely to bounce you off the game. The open-world exploration rewards patience with emergent stories that feel earned rather than scripted, and the profession system gives every member of your warband a role that matters outside of combat. Turn-based tactical fights are solid if not spectacular, and the management layer of feeding, paying, and equipping your company adds a survival tension that keeps the stakes grounded. DLC pricing is aggressive, and the mid-game pacing can drag when you've outgrown a region but haven't found the next one. For players who want an RPG that trusts them to make their own fun in a world that doesn't care about their survival, Wartales delivers that experience with commitment.

2007 · 2-5 Players · ~45-75 min · Competitive

Notre Dame is one of Stefan Feld's most focused and replayable designs, built around a card drafting system that creates meaningful decisions from the very first pick. The escalating reward structure makes every cube placement matter, and the rat plague mechanic keeps everyone honest without dominating the experience. Dated production values and limited person card variety hold it back from the top tier, but for a medium-weight euro that packs real strategic tension into under an hour, it remains a strong choice nearly two decades after its release.

2005 · 2-5 Players · ~60-150 min · Competitive

Caylus is one of the foundational worker placement games, and its influence on the genre is impossible to overstate. The Provost mechanism adds a layer of direct interaction and player conflict that many of its descendants have smoothed away, making this a meaner, more confrontational design than most modern euros. It rewards deep strategic thinking and punishes loose play. For experienced gamers who want their worker placement with teeth, Caylus remains essential.

2021 · Real-Time Strategy · PC / Steam

Age of Empires IV brought one of PC gaming's most beloved strategy franchises back from the dead, and it did so with a solid foundation that has only improved with ongoing updates and new content. The civilizations are distinct and fun to learn, the campaigns offer a unique documentary-style presentation, and the competitive multiplayer scene has found real legs. It doesn't replace Age of Empires II for everyone, and some visual and interface choices remain polarizing, but it earned its place in the lineup. For RTS fans looking for a modern entry point into the genre, this one delivers.

2014 · 3-6 Players · ~60 min · Competitive / Bluffing / Negotiation

Sheriff of Nottingham is a bluffing and negotiation game that produces some of the funniest, most memorable moments in tabletop gaming when played with the right group. The social mechanics are brilliantly designed, turning every bag snap into a moment of tension, hilarity, or both. Its total dependence on group energy means it can fall flat with quiet or uncomfortable players, and the game length at higher counts can stretch past what the mechanics justify. But for groups that love talking, lying, dealing, and laughing at each other across a table, Sheriff of Nottingham is one of the best games in its category.

2017 · 2-4 Players · ~75-90 min · Competitive

Merlin is a mid-weight Stefan Feld design that combines dice rolling with rondel movement around a circular kingdom, offering a breezy Arthurian euro that's accessible by Feld standards though it never reaches the heights of his best work.

2011 · 2-5 Players · ~60 min · Competitive

Lancaster combines worker placement with a clever knight displacement mechanism and a parliamentary voting system that gives the game a competitive edge uncommon in its genre.

2022 · Simulation / City Builder · PC / Steam

Farthest Frontier from the makers of Grim Dawn brings a detailed, punishing take on the medieval city builder. The soil and crop rotation system adds real agricultural depth, the survival elements create genuine tension, and the visual presentation is strong for the genre. Early access limitations show in balance issues, combat that needs refinement, and mid-game pacing that loses urgency. But the foundation of a settlement constantly fighting for survival against disease, raiders, and harsh winters is compelling, and the development trajectory suggests the final product will be something special.

2022 · 4 Players · 120-150 min · Competitive

Deal with the Devil fuses hidden roles with euro-weight resource management through an ingenious app-driven trading system, creating a uniquely paranoid experience that shines at exactly four players and nowhere else.

2011 · 3-5 Players · ~60 min · Competitive

Strasbourg delivers a clever auction-driven euro where pre-planning your bid stacks creates a unique strategic puzzle, even if the medieval guild theme does little to enliven the abstract competition.

2019 · Action, Medieval Combat · PC / Steam

Mordhau offers one of the deepest and most rewarding melee combat systems in gaming, with a skill ceiling that veteran players spend thousands of hours exploring. A punishing learning curve, community toxicity issues, and slow content updates prevent it from attracting a broader audience, but for dedicated duelists, nothing else compares.

2024 · Simulation / City Builder · PC / Steam

Foundation's gridless building system creates medieval settlements that look more natural and organic than anything a grid-based builder can produce. The visual results are genuinely impressive, with villages that feel like they grew naturally from the landscape. But the management systems underneath that beautiful exterior are thinner than the genre demands, and the game struggles to generate challenge or tension beyond the initial settlement phase. It's a relaxing, beautiful building experience that falls short of being a deep management game.

2020 · 1-4 Players · ~20-30 min · Competitive

Troyes Dice distills the original's dice-as-currency system into a compact roll-and-write that plays in under thirty minutes. The three-domain structure and shared dice pool survive the transition well, though the interactive edge of buying opponents' dice is naturally diminished in this format. It's a sharp filler for fans of the original, but players expecting the same strategic depth will find the compression comes at a cost.

2024 · City Builder / Real-Time Tactics · PC / Steam

Manor Lords is a visually beautiful, historically thoughtful medieval city builder with a foundation strong enough to make its Early Access limitations deeply frustrating. What's here is excellent. What's missing is substantial. It earns a strong recommendation for patient players who understand they're buying into a vision rather than a finished product.

2021 · Simulation / Strategy · PC / Steam

Patron has interesting ideas about adding social class dynamics and political factions to the city-building formula, and when those systems work, they create decisions that most games in the genre don't ask you to make. The problem is that the execution doesn't always match the ambition. Balancing issues, a rough early game, and inconsistent pacing keep it from reaching the heights of the games it draws inspiration from. For city-builder fans who specifically want social simulation layered onto their construction, Patron offers something different. Just go in knowing that the experience is uneven.

2024 · MMORPG

Night Crows is a visually impressive mobile MMORPG set in a dark medieval world, published by Wemade. The Unreal Engine 5 visuals push mobile graphics forward, large-scale PvP creates memorable moments, and the class system offers meaningful combat variety. But the game's aggressive pay-to-win monetization, cryptocurrency integration, and heavy auto-play reliance undermine the MMO experience at every turn. Gorgeous to look at, expensive to compete in, and passive to actually play, Night Crows is a technical showcase that struggles to be a fun game.