Choice of Life: Middle Ages
Live from peasant to nobleman one choice at a time, and see how many different lives you can squeeze out of a single kingdom.
89% of 1,755 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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Legends of Eisenwald
Lead a small feudal army through a medieval Germany where superstitions have teeth. Turn-based battles where every move is an attack, fighters you equip one by one, and a story that bends to your choices. No elves, no dragons: just people, their sins, and the occasional walking dead.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
76% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Choice of Life: Middle Ages
A life in the Middle Ages, dealt out two cards at a time. Robber or trader, jester or king's advisor: every choice steers your fate, and a wrong pick can cost a heart. Short, funny runs through a hand-drawn kingdom, with new paths and endings waiting each time you start over.
Story-driven, Replayable
89% of 1,755 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
A text-based dark fantasy RPG played out in a journal, where a boy's whole life is shaped by your choices. Every decision costs something, every trait you build changes who he becomes, and death is only a chance to try again.
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96% of 2,043 Steam reviews are positiveFreeKing Arthur: Knight's Tale
You are Mordred, and you killed King Arthur. He killed you right back, and now you are both alive again on a cursed Avalon, where the Lady of the Lake wants you to finish the job. A dark, turn-based tactical RPG about leading knights, rebuilding Camelot and living with every choice.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
83% of 6,782 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 90$44.99Heads Will Roll: Downfall
Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
67% of 419 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1FreeTyranny
The war is over and the tyrant won. A dark, story-driven RPG where your choices redraw the map, and where working within a brutal system might be the most interesting moral question a CRPG has asked.
Dark, Story-driven, Cinematic
86% of 10,007 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$29.99Dust and Salt
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
82% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$7.99BEAST: False Prophet
BEAST is a brutal, gridless tactical RPG that sends players to the dark ages rife with plague and raiders. Join forces with your warband, develop your skills, and unleash your inner beast to shred through your enemies. But take heed, as your choices have consequences – in and out of battle.
Dark, Story-driven, Cinematic
63% of 188 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Wartales
Wartales puts you in charge of a shabby mercenary company in a plague-ruined medieval land, chasing coin instead of glory. Recruit fighters, feed them, gear them up, and pick your contracts, from guard duty to bounties, with turn-based battles and a campfire waiting after.
Dark, Story-driven
85% of 32,576 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,826$34.99Game of Thrones
An original story set in Westeros, told through two very different heroes whose paths slowly collide. Conspiracy, betrayal and hard choices carry you from the Wall to King's Landing, with tactical fights and several endings. The plot is the reason to play, and it earns it.
Dark, Story-driven, Cinematic
74% of 1,405 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
This story-driven action RPG puts you in young Henry's place for a journey through 15th-century Europe. It offers a rich open world, a well-written story, and choices that shape events. Realistic and slow-paced, it suits players who want history that feels lived in.
Dark, Story-driven, Cinematic
93% of 148,169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,764$59.99The Tales of Bayun
Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not! Immerse yourself in the universe of the dark Slavic legends, explore the characters' stories and make difficult choices that affect the course of events. Bayun the Cat will help you. If you're lucky, that is.
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74% of 164 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
94% of 946 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Dust and Salt
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in…
82% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Tales of Bayun
Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not!
74% of 164 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Heads Will Roll
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.
77% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.99
Yes, Your Grace
King Eryk's throne is a hard seat: petitioners queue up with monsters, back pain and broken hearts, your daughters need you, the gold is nearly gone…
87% of 12,742 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$3.99
Beggar's Road
A darkly comic medieval roguelike where you travel between towns, recruit desperate companions, and survive strange encounters through difficult…
68% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Kill Ralph
"Lies, treachery, and a bounty worth dying for. You’re no warrior, just a cunning hunter—will your wits be enough to catch Ralph Devour?"
98% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Blood Soaked Bastard!
Blood Soaked Bastard! Is an RPG set in a dreary medieval fantasy setting.
91% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Succession of Changing Kings
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony?
85% of 495 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Command a squad of knights through turn-based battles and build your castle into a stronghold against the forces of evil.
60% of 582 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 46$0.99
I, the Forgotten One
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
89% of 200 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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Sovereign Tower
Hear your subjects' troubles, send oddball knights on the quests that fit them, and turn back time when a decision goes badly wrong.
93% of 4,197 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 462$19.99
Crown Gambit
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil.
93% of 458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.79
Legends of the Round Table
Lead the Knights of the Round Table through King Arthur's legend in a unique RPG, full of honor, magic and romance.
89% of 142 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$29.99
The Succession of Changing Kings
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony?
85% of 495 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
94% of 946 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
I, the Forgotten One
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
89% of 200 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Heads Will Roll: Reforged
A grim text RPG where a footman fights turn-based battles and makes hard choices, and every death starts a new life in a reshuffled Hundred Years'…
82% of 1,683 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$24.99
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Guide Sir Brante from birth through his early years in a ruthless empire where fate is written, unless you rewrite it.
96% of 2,043 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Who Needs a Hero?
You answer yes or no, roll the dice, and let your karma decide whether the Kingdom gets a hero or a headache.
91% of 1,388 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Wander a broken Avalon where every build, choice and ending is yours to shape.
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Choice of Life: Middle Ages
Live from peasant to nobleman one choice at a time, and see how many different lives you can squeeze out of a single kingdom.
89% of 1,755 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Tales of Bayun
Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not!
74% of 164 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Newest games like Bastard
Sovereign Tower
Hear your subjects' troubles, send oddball knights on the quests that fit them, and turn back time when a decision goes badly wrong.
93% of 4,197 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 462$19.99
Beggar's Road
A darkly comic medieval roguelike where you travel between towns, recruit desperate companions, and survive strange encounters through difficult…
68% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Legends of the Round Table
Lead the Knights of the Round Table through King Arthur's legend in a unique RPG, full of honor, magic and romance.
89% of 142 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$29.99
The Succession of Changing Kings
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony?
85% of 495 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Kill Ralph
"Lies, treachery, and a bounty worth dying for. You’re no warrior, just a cunning hunter—will your wits be enough to catch Ralph Devour?"
98% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Crown Gambit
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil.
93% of 458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.79
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Wander a broken Avalon where every build, choice and ending is yours to shape.
87% of 34,509 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 750$44.99
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Live Henry's story in a richly detailed 15th-century open world where every choice leaves a mark.
93% of 148,169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,764$59.99
Blood Soaked Bastard!
Blood Soaked Bastard! Is an RPG set in a dreary medieval fantasy setting.
91% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Inquisitor
Jesus did not die on the cross, but came down and unleashed vengeance on all the nonbelievers. 1500 years later, an army of Inquisitors brutally…
66% of 280 Steam reviews are positive$22.49
BEAST: False Prophet
BEAST is a brutal, gridless tactical RPG that sends players to the dark ages rife with plague and raiders.
63% of 188 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Heads Will Roll: Reforged
A grim text RPG where a footman fights turn-based battles and makes hard choices, and every death starts a new life in a reshuffled Hundred Years'…
82% of 1,683 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$24.99