
Sands of Salzaar
Raise an army in a broken desert empire, choose a hero, and shape a sandbox story of war, cities and family.
If Mount & Blade left you wanting something replayable and brutal, you have options. You might settle into these games easily.
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.
Brutal, Dark
Sands of Salzaar drops you into a fallen desert empire where rival tribes fight for control. Recruit troops, train them up, pick one of ten heroes and carve out your own legend. Fight in real time, capture cities, marry, raise heirs, and uncover the darkness growing in the sands.
Replayable
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
Voor De Kroon is a medieval wargame where you command the battle and fight in it. Pull back to the RTS view to move your formations, then drop into third person and swing a sword in the mud beside your men. Historically grounded gear, a 13th-century Dutch campaign, and a full editor to build your own.
Replayable, Brutal
A VR medieval battle simulator where you swing real weapons in fights with hundreds of soldiers, command troops, ride down enemies on horseback and build your own army across a sandbox campaign. Big, brutal and chaotic, and every battle plays out differently.
Replayable, Brutal
Rule Europe, Africa and the Middle East, then sail for the Americas in this huge medieval strategy classic. You build cities, scheme with popes and princesses, and command up to 10,000 troops in real-time battles. With Kingdoms included, this is hundreds of hours of scheming and shield walls.
Replayable, Brutal, Competitive
It's 1336 and the Hundred Years' War is on. Start as a minor lord, grow your towns, serve a scheming King, and fight sieges where you build, train and bleed in real time. Grand strategy on the map, hands-on RTS in the streets, and no reloads to save you.
Replayable, Brutal
Guide a noble house through the Middle Ages, where rulers die and heirs carry on. You build a line that lasts across generations. Diplomacy and cunning matter alongside war, with court plots and betrayals central to play and romances to pursue.
Replayable, Dark
A multiplayer medieval slasher where up to 64 mercenaries clash in battles with feints, cavalry charges and flying limbs. The melee is deep enough to spend years learning and chaotic enough that a naked man with a lute can ruin someone's day. Bring friends, swing hard, lose some heads, including your own.
Replayable, Brutal, Competitive
Lead a mercenary company through a grim medieval world where every hire is a gamble and every battle can cost a brother his life. Turn-based tactics, contracts, coin and consequences in a procedurally generated campaign that never plays out the same way twice.
Replayable, Brutal, Dark
A medieval sandbox CRPG where you start with nothing, take odd jobs to eat, and build a legend from there. Pick an origin, recruit a squad, mix hundreds of skills with no class limits, and carve your own path through a rough, open Freelands where every choice counts.
Replayable
A fast, gory medieval slasher where swords, longbows and catapults decide battles instead of guns. Siege castles, raid villages and duel rivals in skill-based first-person melee. Official servers have shut down, but community servers and offline play with bots keep the blades swinging.
Brutal, Competitive, Dark

Raise an army in a broken desert empire, choose a hero, and shape a sandbox story of war, cities and family.

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Command medieval formations from above, then step into the mud and fight the battle yourself in 13th-century Holland.

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Take odd jobs, gather a squad, and shape your own legend across an open medieval land where every choice leaves a mark.

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Live Henry's story in a richly detailed 15th-century open world where every choice leaves a mark.

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A medieval sandbox. Serve a king, rule your own fief, or raise a claimant to the throne. Marry, scheme, rebel, claim a crown, or just watch.

Recruit heroes, raise a legion and rule your own dynasty across a bright open world of real-time battles.

Get ready to battle, make your mark, and create epic battles.

Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order.

In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and…

Take odd jobs, gather a squad, and shape your own legend across an open medieval land where every choice leaves a mark.

Live Henry's story in a richly detailed 15th-century open world where every choice leaves a mark.

Return home a fugitive, build up your towns and people, and fight the Crown for every piece of land.